| Indoor
Letter Height and Viewing Distance Chart
Provides a guide for determining letter height based on indoor display and viewing conditions.
Investigating
In-House Imagesetting
Predictable film turnaround proves more important than price
for most adopters
Outdoor
Letter Distance Chart
Provides a guide for determining letter height based on outdoor display and viewing conditions.
Creating a Color Control
Culture, Part 1: Taking Control of Incoming Files and Proof
Control
The first step of implementing a Color Control Culture is,
taking control of "incoming." You will keep the
customer coming back time and time again.
Criteria for Optimized
Process Color Ink Set
Understanding of the differences between the scanned image,
the proofing system and the printed piece helps to improve
communication and the success of the job.
Linearization
of the Imaging Process
Dot for dot, your job is to ensure that the image setter,
film positive and stencil are reproducing original color data. That's linearization, and it's just a measure away.
Say, You Want
Some Resolution?
Some believe that a good scan is one that tingles your retinas
with blinding contrast and vivid, saturated color; however,
the reverse is usually true.
When and Why:
UCR & GCR
Want to save on ink costs and prevent color shifts?
Take charge of the two "R's" in UCR and GCR ?
Color Correcting
Images in Photoshop for Inkjet Printing
Describes how to use the tools in Photoshop to color correct
and adjust images.
Trapping
One area of persistent difficulty for
electronic publishers has been in the creation of traps: slight
overlaps between adjacent colors. This article covers the issue
of trapping, and gives tips on how to best handle it.
Applications
and Fundamentals of Halftones for Screen Printing
Suggested ways to optimize the quality
of your printing by optimizing your films. Items that
are addressed include: Substrate considerations, setting standards,
variations among presses, and use of SLUR targets.
Advanced
Freehand Tips
Using the Macintosh to create Mezzotint
graduations for T-shirt separations. Preparing ready-to-go vector-based
clip art on the Macintosh with Macromedia Freehand 7.
Beating
the Banding Problem
What you need to know to produce smooth
vector blends and avoid banding in your films. Also offers
guidelines when working with bit-mapped gradations.
Digital
Halftone Dots
Describes what the make-up of a halftone
dot is, and how the shape of the dot determines the quality
of print. Includes descriptions of dots per inch (dpi)
and screen lines per inch (lpi) as well as insights to understanding
the relationship between screen ruling, resolution, and grays.
Resolution,
Screen Ruling and Halftone Dot Shape
Discusses resolution and screen ruling
as they relate to the creation of a halftone. Provides
some of the rules that govern digital halftones.
Hard
Dot, Soft Dot
Summarizes the history of the halftone
dot and how it applies to modern laser technology.
Purchasing
a Graphic Computer System
Aimed at the first time buyer of a graphics
computer system. Includes considerations when shopping
for a computer. Discussions on equipment and specifications.
Dot
Gain
Topics include measuring halftone dot
percentages, apparent vs. physical dot gain as well as suggestions
on when and why to adjust for dot gain in films.
Bringing
Big Files Down to Size
Creative ways of working with big files
can make a big difference in your profitability.
Dealing
with Digital Data
Customer expectations have risen to match
or exceed new digital capabilities. Educating your customers
is the ideal solution.
Just
Fix It, Please
Basic tools you can use to prepare client
files for digital output while sharpening your troubleshooting
skills.
Preparing
Images in Photoshop for Inkjet Printing
To color correct images for print, first
convert your image file to CMYK mode so that you can manipulate
the cyan, magenta, yellow and black channels individually in
Photoshop. |
