GCM 110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Cmyk Color Model, Prepress, Halftone
22 Apr 2016
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Much of the print you see today involves capturing images. The process of including photos in a printed piece was not always easy. Premedia refers to all the upstream processes which occur before a job is sent to final output. This is important because in todays graphic communications field, output could be any of the following: The term premedia was formed from the term prepress . There are 3 core functions: preparing customer files for output. Imposition: taking a document and laying the pages out not in order so that when you put it all back together the pages are in the correct order. Printing proofs: giving your customer the final proof so that they agree with the job before its all printed. Colour fixes, typo"s ext : creating ways to automate the 2 jobs. Terms you may hear are jdf or jmf (these are special languages that can tell machines what to do)
