hand book of prepress

      
HAND BOOK OF PREPRESS


ROLE OF PREPRESS

Prepress workflows
Preflight checking
Outline of prepress workflow-traditional and electronic
Design brief sketch/visual
Text writing and editing
Photography
Production layout
Graphic design
Typesetting
Traditional reproduction
Electronic reproduction
Receipt, distribution and storage of digital data
Memory and storage
Removable media
Hard drives
Data back-up procedures
Desktop computers
AppleMacs
PCs
Sun Microsystems and Silicon Graphics

TYPOGRAPHY

Composition Sizes
Dispaly Sizes
Sizes of type
Type founts (or fonts)
Type characters
Typefaces
The set of a typeface
Page widths and depths
Recognition of typefaces
Length of ascenders, descenders and x-height
Serifs
Width of the various letters
General weight and colour of the typeface
Design of the letters
Proof Correction and Standards
Capturing keystrokes
Proof reading
Proof correction marks
Fonts end working with fonts
PostScript Type 1 and True Type fonts
Copyright and font licensing issues
Transferring fonts and work electronically party
Font manipulation software

TEXT HANDLING

Text input methods
Direct keying
Manipulation and conversion of text data from one system to another
Conversion and transference of text data
Optical Character Recognition(OCR)
Automatic Voice Recognition (AVR)
Text transferring through telecommunications
Modern
ISDN
Software programs
Text capture and basic graphics
Formatting text
Style sheets
Vector and bitmap text and graphics creation
Page description languages and postscript
Open systems, networks and network protocois, client/server principles
Open systems
Networks and network protocols
Client server principles
Small Computer Systems Interface (SCSI)
PC to Mac and Mac to PC conversions/cross platform compatibility
Hardware option
Software option
File exchange
Virus protection

IMAGES AND GRAPHICS HANDLING

Images/graphics generation and manipulation
The traditional route
The desktop/digital route
Hardware
Software
Periphery/external sources
Originals
Monochrome line originals
Colour line originals
Continuous tone originals
Reproduction of line and continuous tone
Halftone screen
Reproducing the original
Graphic arts cameras
Contact screens
Dot patterns
Screen frequencies/rulings
Monochrome scanners
Photographic film and other light sensitive materials
Orthochromatic film
Lith film
Rapid access film
Third generation film and daylight operated film
Fourth generation film
Film processors
Development of dry film processing
Principles of colour
Colour as a wavelength
The human perception of colour
The properties of colour
Colour models
Colour management systems
Colour reproduction
Additive synthesis
Subtractive synthesis
Process colour separations
Electronic colour scanners
Drum-or rotary based colour scanners
Flatbed scanners
Scanning mechanism
Flatbed scanners
Colour reproduction properties of process printing inks
Colour printing
UCR (undercolour removal) and other means of colour adjustment
Extended UCR
Creating and processing digital images
Graphics generation and manipulation software programs
Object orientated/vector form programs
Bitmap form programs
Image editing and manipulation software programs
Digital cameras
Kodak Photo CD
Image and data libraries
Clip art
Photographic and online image libraries
Trapping, spreads and chokes
New screening developments
Halftone reproduction
Grey levels
Input/scanning resolution
Output screen frequency/ruling
Output resolution
Pixel or bit depth
Dpi and Lpi
File formats
Data/file compression
Open Prepress Interface (OPI)

MAKE-UP,PLANNING AND ASSEMBLY

Desktop/digital systems
EPC systems
Desktop publishing systems
DTP page make up software
Brief overview of PageMaker DTP package
Brief overview of QuarkXPress DTP package
Corel Ventura
Extensions, and ons, plug ins
Traditional systems
Paper make up, planning and assembly
Preparing layouts or laydown sheets
Mixed media

WORKING AND IMPOSITION METHODS

Methods of working considerations
Imposition
Multiple image printing
SheeT-fed presses
Half sheet work
Work and turn
Work and tumble
Sheet work
Choosing the method of working
Hot plans
Insetted and gathered forms  of binding sections
Gathered sections
Web fed presses
Large width web fed presses
Narrow width web fed presses
Designers/publishers spreads and printers spreads
Electronic imposition
Margin allowances in imposition

PROOFING, PRINT SPECIFICATIONS AND STANDARDISATION

Proofing
Monochrome/spot colour proofs
Digital route
Traditional route
Overlay film proofs
Colour proofs
Digital colour proofing systems
Dye sublimation
Colour laser
Dry laser technology
Thermal wax/thermal transfer
Inkjet printers
Drop on demand
Continuous flow
Solid inkjet printers
Two in one digital proofing systems
Soft proofs
Conventional colour proofing systems
Photomechanical proofs
Toner based
Coloured foil based
Wet proofs
Presentation of proofs
Proofing, it must be remembered, is a means to an end, not an end in itself.
Print specifications and standardisation
Colour Control bars or strips
Digital Cromalin control strip
Analogue Cromalin control strip
Dot gain
Colour profiles and calibration


OUTPUT MEDIA AND PREPARATION OF PRINTING SURFACES

Phototypesetters
Imagesetters
RIPs
Imagesetters
On line processors
Laser printers
Print engine
Dot scanners
Mixed media
Mixed media output systems
Preparing printing surface
Lithographic platemaking
Printing down and plate processing
Plate baking
Step and repeat machines
Projection platemaking systems
Direct to plate systems
Artwork to plate using a camera system, or other form of analogue exposure
Imagesetter, laser printer to plate or specialist plastesetter/platemaster
Computer to plate systems
Silver halide metal
Hybrid
Photopolymer
Thermal
Letterpress blocks and plates
Photopolymer plates
Flexographic printing plates
Rubber
Engraved/hand cut rubber stereos
Moulded rubber plates
Photopolymer plates
Computer to plate relief photopolymer systems
Laser engraved plate or roller
Platesetters
Gravure cylinder preparation
Etching
Electronic engraving
Film generated (analogue) engraving
Digitally generated engraving
Screen stencil production
Screen meshes
Screen frames
Screen stencils
Hand cut stencils
Photomechanical stencils
Electronically generated stencils
Electronically cut  stencils
Computer to screen inkjet system

COMPUTER TO PRINT

Preflight checking of files
Electronic/digital printing
Computer to plate (CTP)
Electronic/digital printing systems
Digital copier/printer systems
Xerox DocuTech Production Publisher
Xerox DocuPrint
Xerox Docutech
Kodak Image Source
Kodak 1565 copier/printer
Micropress
Xerox DocuColor
Variable information/data black and white printing systems
Nipson Vary press
Nipson
Oce Pagestream
IBM InfoPrint
Domino Jet Array
Computer to print systems
Indigo E-Print 1000
Agfa Chromapress
IBM InfoColor
Xeikon DCP/32D
Xerox Docucolor
 Wide format digital colour printing  systems
Colour Span Europe DisplayMaker
Hewlett Packard DesignJet
Raster Graphics
Digital imaging printing systems
Computer to press systems
Heidelberg Quickmaster
Future developments in high quality digital printing presses
Omni Adast Dominant
Goss ADoPT (Advanced Digital Offset Printing Technologies  Concept Press
KBA Planeta and Scitex
Adobe Acrobat and PDF
The Internet
World Wide Web
HTML (Hypertext Markup Language)
SGML (Standard Generalised Markup Language)
Electronic mail (e-mail)
MISs(Management Information Systemns)

Engineers India Research Institute (EIRI) is a renowned name in the industrial world for offering technical and

financial consultancy services.

EIRI services are:

Detailed Feasibility Reports
New Project Identification
Project Feasibility and Market Study
Identification of Lucrative Industrial Project Opportunities
Preparation of Project Profiles / Pre-Investment and Detailed Feasibility Studies,
Market Surveys / Studies, Market Survey Cum Detailed Techno-Economic Feasibility Reports
Project Reports in CD Roms
Identification of Plant /Process/Machinery and Equipment, Industrial General Guidance for setting up new industrial
projects.

Our most up-to-date and Technologically Advanced Industrial Project Reports, categorized with respect to

Financial Outlays and Sector – wise Classification are immensely useful for :

Existing Small or Medium Scale Industrialists facing competition from large houses
Young Entrepreneurs dreaming to start their own industrial enterprise
Young Graduates and Professionals wishing to begin their career
Industrialists interested in Debottlenecking  their capacities & New Product – Lines
Large Industrial Houses pursuing  Expansion, Growth and Diversification Plans