Pdf Print Production Guide, the - Softcover

Marin, Joseph; Shaffer, Julie

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0883624311 ISBN 13: 9780883624319

Publisher: Printing Industries Pr, 2003

Synopsis

There are a number of books out there about Adobe Acrobat and PDF, but none focuses entirely on PDF as it relates to print production—until now. In the high-end print production environment, PDF files must be created for a variety of uses: screen (for soft proofing and correction cycles), print (for digital printing), and press. This book explores the problems, solutions, and techniques specific to using PDF in prepress and print production.

You will learn the history and evolution of PDF and the Adobe Acrobat software family before exploring setup and PostScript basics. However, the meat of this book is in the how-to process, as it offers step-by-step instruction on fixing PDF problems that plague print production facilities, as well as specific procedures for creating print-perfect PDF files using the standard Acrobat software tools.

Additionally, an entire chapter has been devoted to answering common PDF questions taken directly from GATF training programs and seminars. All information in this book has been thoroughly tested in the GATF labs, so you can be assured that it is reliable.

About this title

About the Author

Julie Shaffer is the Director of GATF’s Center for Imaging Excellence (CIE), an electronic prepress training and production facility at the Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (GATF) . In that capacity, she manages GATF’s prepress labs and production facility and oversees the Foundation’s internal prepress production workflow. Shaffer instructs in a number of GATF workshops, conducts training seminars around the country, and performs technical consultations. She is a frequent contributor to GATF publications.

Joseph Marin is the prepress technologist/instructor for GATF's CIE. Specializing in prepress and prepress instruction, he leads several GATF training programs, conducts seminars at leading trade shows, and performs technical consultations for commercial and in-plant printers. His extensive practical knowledge of prepress issues has led Marin to be come a key developer of GATF’s Imaging Skills Training Curriculum, covering the essentials of digital prepress operations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Printing Industries Pr
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0883624311
• ISBN 13: 9780883624319
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 164