Desktop Publishing CarnegieMellon University Spring 2001

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Desktop PublishingCarnegie-Mellon
UniversitySpring 2001

• Dave WattersonArt Director, GATF
• wttrsn_at_aol.com
• dwatterson_at_gatf.org

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Workflow

• Application Files
• File Formats
• Prepress Services
• Preflighting Files
• Files for Press

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Workflow

• Film/Flats
• Proofs / Remote Proofing
• Costs and Brands
• Plates
• Archiving Prepress Work

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Application Files

• Word Processing Files
• Illustration Files
• Image-Editing Files
• Database Files
• Page Layout Files

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File Formats

• PICT, TIFF, EPS,
• JPEG, DCS, PDF,
• GIF, CTLW,
• CT, LW

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Working with Prepress Services

• Compatibility
• Legality
• Training
• Documentation
• Recommendations
• Focus on Output
• Simple Designs/Modest Quality

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Preflighting Files

• Level One Preflight
• Level Two Preflight

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Preparing Files For Press

• Understanding dot gain
• Paper
• Printing method / Type of Offset Press
• Ink
• Screen Ruling
• Press Chemistry

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Film/Flats/CTP

• Is film dead?
• Proofing issues
• Legacies
• Cost and impact

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Proofs

• Preliminary proofs
• Contract proofs

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Contacting me

• I dont have an office on campus and really work
  all day
• Please e-mail me and I will set up a meeting time
  as quickly as possible

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Thanks for your attention! Now lets head over
to the lab(CFA Room 318)