Production for graphic designers /

Pipes, Alan,

Production for graphic designers / Alan Pipes. - Fifth edition. - 272 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-264) and index.

Introduction -- Text & type -- Illustration -- Computers and their peripherals -- Prepress -- On press -- Digital design -- Appendix: standard sizes for paper, books, and envelopes -- Glossary -- Abbreviations and acronyms -- Further reading -- Web site resources -- Magazines and journals -- Organizations -- Index.

Computer technology has completely revolutionized the work of graphic designers, printers, and print production professionals. To keep pace with these far-reaching changes Production for Graphic Designers is set firmly in the digital age. The book comprehensively explains the prepress and printing processes from traditional letterpress to the latest on-press CtP (computer-to-plate) digital offset and on-demand colour printing. It also covers design to production workflows.

9781856696012


Printing.
Prints --Technique.

Z244 / .P57 2005

686.2 PI.P 2009 / 23