Real World Print Production with Adobe® Creative Cloud®

Introduction

Much has changed in the realm of printing since the original edition of this book. Film has been almost totally abandoned in favor of direct-to-plate imaging, and the quality of digital printing processes rivals that of traditional offset. Updating the book has been a bit like time travel, as I deleted sections devoted to processes that have fallen by the wayside and expanded portions that described new-at-the-time techniques that are now commonplace.

I’m not a designer—I’m a printing geek. I spent half my life in prepress, troubleshooting, fixing jobs, and meeting impossible deadlines. I still love printing. I love the heavy rhythm of presses, the smell of the chemicals, the beehive bustle of a pressroom. I love to see paper roll ...