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Prepress is the term used in the printing and publishing industries for the processes and procedures that occur between the creation of a print layout and the final printing. [1]

34 relations: Adobe InDesign, Camera, Color management, Copy editing, Desktop publishing, Digital printing, Flatplan, Galley proof, Graphic design, Halftone, Imposition, Job Definition Format, Letterpress printing, Light table, Markup language, Offset printing, PDF, PDF/X, Pre-flight (printing), Premedia, Prepress proofing, Preprint, Press check (printing), Printing, Proofreading, Publishing, QuarkXPress, Raster image processor, Screen printing, Scribus, Stripping (printing), Typesetting, Web-to-print, Workflow.

Adobe InDesign

Adobe InDesign is a desktop publishing software application produced by Adobe Systems.

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Camera

A camera is an optical instrument for recording or capturing images, which may be stored locally, transmitted to another location, or both.

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Color management

In digital imaging systems, color management is the controlled conversion between the color representations of various devices, such as image scanners, digital cameras, monitors, TV screens, film printers, computer printers, offset presses, and corresponding media.

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Copy editing

Copy editing (also copyediting, sometimes abbreviated ce) is the process of reviewing and correcting written material to improve accuracy, readability, and fitness for its purpose, and to ensure that it is free of error, omission, inconsistency, and repetition.

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Desktop publishing

Desktop publishing (abbreviated DTP) is the creation of documents using page layout skills on a personal computer primarily for print.

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Digital printing

Digital printing refers to methods of printing from a digital-based image directly to a variety of media.

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Flatplan

The flatplan is a page plan of a publication that shows how the articles and adverts are laid out.

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Galley proof

In printing and publishing, proofs are the preliminary versions of publications meant for review by authors, editors, and proofreaders, often with extra-wide margins.

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Graphic design

Graphic design is the process of visual communication and problem-solving through the use of typography, photography and illustration.

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Halftone

Halftone is the reprographic technique that simulates continuous tone imagery through the use of dots, varying either in size or in spacing, thus generating a gradient-like effect.

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Imposition

Imposition is one of the fundamental steps in the prepress printing process.

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Job Definition Format

Job Definition Format (JDF) is a technical standard being developed by the graphic arts industry to facilitate cross-vendor workflow implementations of the application domain.

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Letterpress printing

Letterpress printing is a technique of relief printing using a printing press, a process by which many copies are produced by repeated direct impression of an inked, raised surface against sheets or a continuous roll of paper.

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Light table

A light table is a viewing device that is used to review photographic film or artwork placed on top of it.

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Markup language

In computer text processing, a markup language is a system for annotating a document in a way that is syntactically distinguishable from the text.

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Offset printing

Offset printing is a commonly used printing technique in which the inked image is transferred (or "offset") from a plate to a rubber blanket, then to the printing surface.

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PDF

The Portable Document Format (PDF) is a file format developed in the 1990s to present documents, including text formatting and images, in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems.

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PDF/X

PDF/X is a subset of the PDF ISO standard.

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Pre-flight (printing)

In printing, Preflight is the process of confirming that the digital files required for the printing process are all present, valid, correctly formatted, and of the desired type.

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Premedia

Pre-media or premedia is a term used in the design, creative and publishing industries with an evolving and contestable meaning.

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Prepress proofing

A contract proof usually serves as an agreement between customer and printer and as a color reference guide for adjusting the press before the final press run.

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Preprint

In academic publishing, a preprint is a version of a scholarly or scientific paper that precedes publication in a peer-reviewed scholarly or scientific journal.

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Press check (printing)

The printing press check is a step in the printing process.

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Printing

Printing is a process for reproducing text and images using a master form or template.

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Proofreading

Proofreading is the reading of a galley proof or an electronic copy of a publication to detect and correct production errors of text or art.

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Publishing

Publishing is the dissemination of literature, music, or information—the activity of making information available to the general public.

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QuarkXPress

QuarkXPress is a desktop publishing software for creating and editing complex page layouts in a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) environment.

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Raster image processor

A raster image processor (RIP) is a component used in a printing system which produces a raster image also known as a bitmap.

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Screen printing

Screen printing is a printing technique whereby a mesh is used to transfer ink onto a substrate, except in areas made impermeable to the ink by a blocking stencil.

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Scribus

Scribus is a desktop publishing (DTP) application, released under the GNU General Public License as free software.

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Stripping (printing)

Within the commercial printing industry, the job of stripping involves arranging and joining film negatives as part of the process of preparing printing plates.

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Typesetting

Typesetting is the composition of text by means of arranging physical typesDictionary.com Unabridged.

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Web-to-print

Web-to-print, also known as Web2Print, remote publishing or print e-commerce is a broad term that refers to the practice of doing print business using web sites.

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Workflow

A workflow consists of an orchestrated and repeatable pattern of business activity enabled by the systematic organization of resources into processes that transform materials, provide services, or process information.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prepress

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