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“Colour is not the same as colour …

… and in prepress you should avoid the word “bunt” (multicoloured) if you want to be taken seriously in the printing industry.”

From the chapter “Farbe oder Bunt” (colour or multicoloured)

From colour models, screening, typefaces and paper to the finished print order: the knowledge you need to hold your own in prepress and order print products with confidence. The book is written in German.

Grundwissen in der Druckvorstufe

Prepress basics for career changers in commercial roles · Peter Henning

  • 124 pages
  • 17 × 24 cm
  • €19.95
  • ISBN 978-3-00-084903-9
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What's inside on 124 pages

Every chapter ends with “Theorie und Praxis” (theory and practice): what the terms mean in everyday work when you order or check a print product.

  1. Colour models: light colours & printing inks8
  2. Complementary colours12
  3. Colour systems & colour models13
  4. Colour or multicoloured18
  5. Trapping, overprinting, knockout20
  6. Colour profiles in prepress22
  7. Typefaces25
  8. All about pixels33
  9. Screening, screen ruling, screen angle40
  10. Images & graphics49
  11. File formats51
  12. Paper: what it can and cannot do58
  13. DIN paper sizes65
  14. Bleed and trim71
  15. Printing processes74
  16. Finishing81
  17. Binding methods85
  18. Folding types90
  19. Print job workflow95
  20. File checking99
  21. Writing a print order101
  22. Legal regulations112
  23. Questions and glossary116