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Everything about Prepress

Process in publishing

Prepress is the term used in the printing and publishing industries for the processes and procedures that occur between the creation of a print layout and the final printing. The prepress process includes the preparation of artwork for press, media selection, proofing, quality control checks and the production of printing plates if required. The artwork is quite often provided by the customer as a print-ready PDF file created in desktop publishing. Wikipedia →

🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path

  1. Read the overview: PrepressA 5-minute orientation
  2. Skim a recent paper: A New Three-Dimensional (3D) Printing Prepress Algorithm for Simulation of Planned Surgery for Congenital Heart DiseaseInfluential work since 2022
  3. Pick up a classic book: TelepublishingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
  4. Read the landmark paper: Effects of prepress-solvent extraction on the nutritional value of canola meal for broiler chickensCited 59 times
  5. Go sideways: Approval prooferA closely related topic
  6. Go sideways: PrinergyA closely related topic

📖 Definitions

Adjective Before going to press.

Noun A machine for pressing most of the oil from oilseeds before the remainder is extracted using solvents.

🗂️ The subject at a glance

  1. Processes
  2. Digital printing
  3. Color management
  4. Quality control
  5. Digital workflow
  6. History

🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)

🆕 Influential since 2022

📚 Books worth reading

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