Prepress

Projects

  1. Moore
  2. DCCC

Demos

  1. Getting around InDesign with bitmap images
  2. Setup: an Imposition Document
  3. Convert: Ad from 2 to 4 color
  4. Setup: Spot Varnish/die cut
  5. Preflight 1 (W1dac flyer)
  6. Preflight 2 (P1C flyer)
  7. Preflight 3 (brochure)
  8. Preflight 3 (checklist)

Resources

Process

  1. New Rules for Printing
  2. Thumbnails (handlettering)
  3. Mounting flat work

Paper

  1. Paper Grades and weights
  2. Choosing the Right Paper
  3. Sustainability
  4. FSC - Neenah®
  5. Yupo Paper (FAQs)

File Formats

  1. File Formats (Real World Print Production)
  2. PDF presets explained
  3. PDF settings (video)
  4. PDF/X-4 explained
  5. Refrying PDFs

File Setup

  1. Ganging business cards (video)
  2. Ganging business cards (step-by-step)
  3. Saddle-stitch Imposition(step-by-step)
  4. Saddle-stitch Imposition(video)
  5. Multiple pages + sizes
  6.  
  7. Magazine/Newspaper/Book Specifications
  8. Philly Mag
  9. Inquirer
  10. Olathe News (spot color chart)
  11. Blurb

Color

  1. Swatches
  2. Pantone
  3. *all new* Extended Gamut
  4. Color-Separated PDFs
  5. Converting a PDF to Grayscale
  6. Color Separation/Ink Preview
  7. Density
  8. Locate a swatch in your file
  9. Stubborn spot swatches
  10. Transparent Objects (see PDFX-4)
  11. Printed version looks darker?
  12. Gradient Color Conversion
  13. Color Management 101
  14. Advanced: Trapping
  15. Spot colors in Comics

Text/Fonts

  1. Converting Text to Outlines
  2. Fixing Missing Fonts

Specification Sheets

  1. Spec Sheet Basics
  2. Sample Spec Sheet

Preflight

  1. Soft Proofing
  2. Preflight checklist (pdf)
  3. Packaging for output from InDesign
  4. (CS5) Live Preflight panel

Folding, Finishing, and Binding

  1. Brochure folds
  2. Brochure templates
  3. Paper Coating: UV, AQ, or Flood?
  4. Spot Varnish InDesign Tutorial
  5. Digital Varnish: Clear Dry Ink (video tutorial)

Mailing

  1. USPS Mailpiece Design Analyst
  2. USPS mailing guidelines

Printing Topics

  1. Offline v Inline
  2. the Dawn of Desktop Publishing
  3. Best Prepress Resource
  4. Packaging Printing (pdf)
  5. Risography Printing
  6. InDesign Secrets (blog and podcast)

Books

  1. A Guide to Graphic Print Production
  2. Real World Print Production
  3. Put it on Paper! (ebook) Print Buying
  4. Digital Prepress For Comics

Presentations (PDFs)

  1. Prepress and Planning
  2. Paper
  3. Digital Imaging
  4. Live, Trim, Bleed
  5. Color
  6. Fonts
  7. Spec Sheets
  8. Printer Spreads and Binding
  9. Folding, Binding, and Finishing
  10. Mailing Logistics

Printers

  1. The Center for Excellence in Surface Imaging (Philadelphia University)
  2. Perfect Communications - Moorestown, NJ
  3. Baker Printing - Media PA
  4. Fireball Printing (digital)
  5. Awesome Dudes (screenprinting)
  6.  
  7. ONLINE PRINTING
  8. Vistaprint (general and promotional item printing)
  9. Moo (business cards)
  10. Blurb (books)
  11. Spoonflower (fabric)