Preparing Files for Successful Printing
Creating prepress-friendly electronic files

This 4-hour seminar will enable participants to successfully prepare files for quick, trouble-free, zero-error print output. Participants will learn:

How to get each job done right the first time

• Two simple requirements for success
• How designers view a printing project
• How service providers view a printing project

Prepress essentials

• PostScript demystified
• What is a RIP?
• The myth of WYSIWYG
• Understanding the prepress workflow

What to expect of your service provider

• What software can you expect your service provider to be proficient in?
• What fonts can you expect your service provider to own?
• Ownership rights and responsibility for errors

Before you begin: critical project planning

Intelligent digital file construction

• Increasing quality and eliminating errors
• Achieving consistent, quality color
• Successfully including digital images in your publications
• Creating high-quality blends and tints
• How to make last-minute alterations and edits with a minimum of disruption
• Understanding and identifying font hazards

Sending files to your service provider

• Simplifying the file transmittal process
• What items to send to your service provider for each job
• File organization techniques
• Sending files via the Internet
• Boosting efficiency with file compression

Understanding proofing technology

• Recent improvements in digital proofing technology
• Which types of proofs show accurate color?
• What is a pre-proof?

On the horizon: developments in publishing and prepress