GRA 323 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Thermography, Lithography, Collotype
10 Feb 2015
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Refers to all upstream processes which occur between conception of original artwork & manufacturing of nal output channel! Nal set of lm used to create printing plate! Premedia still includes prepress & much more! Premedia preparation stages can be similar across nal output media! In some cases, same job is presented in many different mediums, at same time! In all cases, proper image preparation & le construction is crucial! Premdia offers value added to client because of technical expertise in understanding of process & ability to ensure correct results! Basic process: customer & marketer think of solution, graphic designer create les, prepress operator makes les ready for printing device, press operator prints job, post-press binds job! 3 core functions: preparing customer les for output! Colur usuage & control (should be cmyk)! Terms you my hear = jdf or jmf (special languages that can tell machines what to do): creating ways to automate two jobs above!
