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Typesetting type -- changing it that may have been on the fly, arranging done with lines of it on the page, metal type, later gave setting leading, way to type tracking, kerning, Type composition by etc. No typesetter, machine, such as no paste-up person. Linotype. The type then goes to the paste-up person who puts it on a paste-up board along with all the other elements of the publication. http://www.desktoppub.about.com/compute/desktoppub/library/weekly/aa112499.htm (2 of 6) [9/13/2000 10:07:36 AM] Traditional vs. Digital Prepress Images are The designer may photographed, take digital images cropped, enlarged, or or scan in images, do reduced using cropping, scaling, traditional photo enhancement Images photographic (including color processes. FPO boxes correction) in an (for position only) are image editor then placed on the paste-up place the actual board where images digital images into should appear. the publication. After text and FPO The designer places boxes are in place on everything in the the paste-up boards publication from text the pages are shot with to images, a camera, negatives rearranging as made. The stripper necessary. File takes these negatives preparation involves plus the negatives of either preparing a all images previously digital file (insuring acquired and sized to that all digital fonts fit the FPO boxes. The and images are stripper checks correct and supplied everything then with the digital file File Prep assembles it all into or embedded as sheets or flats. These necessary) or flats are then imposed printing out a -- arranged in the "camera-ready" order in which they page. File prep may are to be printed include imposition, depending on how which can often be they will be folded, done totally within cut, and assembled. the software used to The imposed pages are create the made into plates from publication. which the publication is printed onto paper on the printing press. A possibly Because it is so time-consuming much easier to print process where pages out interim copies or are printed and proofs (to a desktop carefully proofread for printer, for instance) errors. Fixing errors many, many errors may involve making can be caught in this new negatives and way before the carefully replacing the publication gets to "bad" items in the the stage of making Proofing original making sure negatives, plates, they line up perfectly. and final prints. http://www.desktoppub.about.com/compute/desktoppub/library/weekly/aa112499.htm (3 of 6) [9/13/2000 10:07:36 AM] Traditional vs. Digital Prepress The new plates are created and the pages are printed again. Errors can creep in at many stages as there may be many different people working with individual elements of the publication. Paste-up to Film to The process may Flats for imposition (if remain the same or required) to Plates to similar (Laser Printing. Output to Film to Plates) but other Printing processes are possible including output directly to film from the digital file or directly from digital file to plate. Learn more about prepress and printing through my extensive collection of links devoted to topics such as camera-ready artwork, collection & preflight, imposition, and working with service bureaus. Jacci Howard Bear Your Guide to Desktop Publishing ICQ#10206585 Related reading Prepress jobs decline, Desktop Publishing on the rise Increased use of computers in typesetting and page layout will replace or force major changes in many prepress jobs. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics projects declining job opportunities for prepress workers, typesetters, paste-up workers, film strippers, and most other printing workers. 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