Book Description

The book contains following items of prepress at one time or another: typesetting, copyediting, markup, proofreading, page layout, screening (of continuous-tone images such as photographs), retouching, page assembly (stripping), imposition (combination of many pages into a single signature form), trapping (also referred to as spreading and choking), separation (specifying images or text to be put on plates applying individual printing mediums [inks, varnishes, etc.] to a common print) and plate making (photomechanical exposure and processing of light-sensitive emulsion on a printing plate). The book contains nine chapters on various aspects of prepress, i.e. Role of Prepress, Typography, Text Handling, Images and Graphics Handling, Make-up, Planning and Assembly, Working and Imposition Methods, Proofing, Print Specifications and Standardisation, Output Media and Preparation of Printing Surfaces, Computer-to-Print etc.