The Official Adobe Print Publishing Guide, Second Edition

Introduction

Until recently, most prepress tasks—such as scanning color photographs, trapping, imposition, color correction, and half-tone screening—were performed exclusively by skilled specialists working manually or on expensive proprietary systems. Today many of these tasks can be accomplished on the desktop.

The flexibility and direct control offered by this new technology have blurred the traditional roles of designer and prepress professionals. Designers who have the knowledge and the equipment can do their own prepress work. The prepress industry has changed to support the new requirements of the desktop publisher. Most commercial print ...