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Item specifics
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- Artist
- Sandee Cohen, Robin Williams
- Book Title
- The Non-Designer's Scan and Print Book: All You Need to Know Abou
- ISBN
- 9780201353945
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Peachpit Press
ISBN-10
0201353946
ISBN-13
9780201353945
eBay Product ID (ePID)
319612
Product Key Features
Number of Pages
264 Pages
Language
English
Publication Name
Non-Designer's Scan and Print Book
Subject
Desktop Applications / Desktop Publishing, Desktop Applications / Design & Graphics
Publication Year
1999
Type
Textbook
Subject Area
Computers
Series
Non-Designer's Ser.
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.6 in
Item Weight
25 Oz
Item Length
10.8 in
Item Width
7 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
College Audience
LCCN
99-211201
Dewey Edition
21
TitleLeading
The
Illustrated
Yes
Dewey Decimal
686.2/252
Table Of Content
Introduction. Start at the End. 1. Know Where You're Going.What are the questions? When to ask questions. What kind of job is it? What's the size of the paper? How many pieces of paper? Working with signatures. Imposition. How many folds? How many copies? How many colors? Any graphics? What kind of paper? Color. Coating. Finishes. Weight. Other paper considerations. What holds it together? Office bindings. Professional bindings. Who's printing it? Is a publication printing your ad? Goal list. Print information.2. The Basics of Desktop Printing.General printer considerations.. Resolution. Paper size. Print area. Speed. Cost of goods. Fonts. RAM. Networks. What about PostScript? PostScript printers. Non-PostScript printers. Who needs PostScript? Printing PostScript fonts and images to non-PostScript printers. Ink-jet printers. What is an ink-jet printer? Resolution of ink-jet printers. Monochrome ink-jet printers. Color ink-jet printers. Advantages of ink-jet printers. Disadvantages of ink-jet printers. High-end ink-jet printers. Laser printers. What is a laser printer? Resolution of laser printers. Monochrome laser printers. Color laser printers. Multifunction laser printers. Advantages of laser printers. Disadvantages of laser printers. High-end digital printers. Laser printers as imagesetters. How to use a laser printer as an imagesetter. Dye-sub printers. What is a dye-sub printer'. Resolution of dye-sub printers. Advantages of dye-sub printers. Disadvantages of dye-sub printers. Who needs a dye-sub printer? Thermal wax printers. Resolution of thermal wax printers. Advantages of thermal wax printers. Disadvantages of thermal wax printers. Specialty printers Fax machines. What is a fax machine'. Computer fax machines. Designing your fax letter.3. The Basics of Commercial Printing.Professional copy shops. Small print shops, or presses. National commercial print shops. To copy or to print? Printing press. Copy machine. The different printing processes. Letterpress. Flexography. Gravure. Steel-die engraving. Thermography. Offset lithography. Screen printing. Collotype (screenless printing). Digital color printing. Direct-to-plate. How to find a print shop. What to bring to the appointment. For those on a budget.What is the computer doing? 4. Different Types of Computer Applications.Choose your software. Word processing applications. Spreadsheet applications. Presentation programs. Image editing programs. Vector drawing programs. Page layout programs. Text features. Graphic features. Fonts typefaces).5. Computer Color Modes.Bit depth..Wanna know the math? (if you don't, skip this). Bit depth and file size. Bitmap mode. Threshold. Grayscale mode. What to scan as grayscale. RGB mode. Choosing colors in RGB. CMYK mode. Choosing colors in cmyk. Which modes for scanning and working? Index mode. Guide to color modes. Color mode and depth chart.6. Raster Images and Resolutions.Important information before you begin. Monitor resolution vs. printer resolution. Raster (dots) vs. vector (lines). Resolution on ink-jet printers. Resolution on other non-laser printers. Understanding pixels. Pixels and bit depth. Pixels and print resolution. Pixels per inch and the monitor display. Print resolution for 1-bit raster images. Laser printer resolution for 1-bit raster images. Imagesetter resolution for 1-bit raster images. Print resolution for grayscale or color images. Understanding linescreen (lpi). Linescreen specifications. Linescreen and resolution. Are you confused? Breaking the linescreen an
Synopsis
For most non-designers, especially beginning desktop publishers, the scanning, prepress, and printing process isn't an intuitive one. Trial and error is often the only way to learn the technical basics of producing professional-looking documents. If you're tired of learning the hard way, The Non-Designer's Scan and Print Book is for you. Using the format that is so popular in Peachpit's best-selling Non-Designer's series, this latest offering, fully cross-platform, provides a multitude of tips, techniques, and design, prepress, and production principles to help create professional-looking documents. Clear instructions and numerous examples cover the entire process of scanning, prepress, and printing., For most non-designers, especially beginning desktop publishers, the scanning, prepress, and printing process isnt an intuitive one. Trial and error is often the only way to learn the technical basics producing professional-looking documents. If youre tired of learning the hard way, The Non-Designers Scan and Print Book is for you. Using the format that is so popular in Peachpits best-selling Non-Designers series, this latest offering, fully cross-platform, provides a multitude of tips, techniques, and design, prepress, and production principles to help create professional-looking documents. Clear instructions and numerous examples cover the entire process of scanning, prepress, and printing.
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Z257.C74 1999
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