Pre-Media GRA 323
Final 70-80 questions
Job planning (folding dummies, laysheet plans, calculations) 25% of final mark
Review WP. Of laysheet and folding dummies
Calculations how many plates- press sheets- how many times through press.
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Study * Media box> Trim box > art box * Preflight what it is * The specs for the job. * Four areas of preflighting colors * Trapping> what it is > why * 4 types of trapping > over print> chock * Trapping distort the lighter colour> dark makes shape * Lightness> measures through grey scale * Separate colour> comp * Trapping tolerance> ½ row dots * Job planning > who does them> what it is> determine specs> where do we start (we talk to bindery) * Bindery considerations * Press consideration> colours, impositions> enough units * Press sheet size * Job specs> double check > * Basic steps to good job planning * Imposition> signature, pages, forms> where do we need the least space> not needed * Know EACH IMPOSITION STYPE * Head orientations * Number up, number out * Folding dummy, laysheet plan * One laysheet plan for every form * Kodak Preps (part of a workflow) * Preps signature > imposition * Prep job> run list> placeholder> not same a printegy there are different orders * Preps marks, text marks variable data
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Lectures Week 1-6 Notes
Week 2 Preflighting I
Preflighting
Introduction & Manual * Preflighting is not always done by one person. * The client can fix it as well * Press errors include trapping, too many colours, etc * Fonts are still the biggest problems regarding pre-flight because of the different types of fonts there are.