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Monday, 31 August 2009 14:46 |
Mac OS X has multiple Fonts folders to organize the fonts on your computer. Where you install a font determines when and who can access it. Mac OS X has at least four Fonts folders, depending on software installation and number of users. This article will distinguish the essential folders and fonts for you. Installing Fonts
Many fonts will be installed by the Mac OS X Installer and other applications. You can also install fonts by copying or dragging font files to any of the standard Fonts...
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Monday, 24 August 2009 07:46 |
I’d like to share with you some excellent resource websites that I’ve found useful and informative. Checkout and bookmark any of these sites, along with PrepressX.com, to include in your searches for printing and graphics information. These and other valuable resources are listed in our PrepressX Directory.Graphic Arts Online
Graphic Arts Monthly is widely recognized as the most authoritative publication covering applied technology for the printing industry. Flexographic Technical...
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Monday, 17 August 2009 08:46 |
This week we showcase three unique articles describing various perspectives for preparing digital files for press. Check out these articles, and more, at PrepressX.com.
Digital File Preparation Guide
Use Page Layout Programs such as InDesign or QuarkCreate your document in the exact size of the final trimmed piece. For example, if you are creating a letter size multiple-page document with facing pages, your page size would be 8.5x11, not 11x17.Use the master page to place common items such...
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Monday, 10 August 2009 06:12 |
The Swatches/Color palettes available in Adobe® InDesign® and QuarkXPress® can provide you with many choices for applying color in your document layouts. At PrepressX.com we will review some of the default colors as-well-as the many useful custom colors combinations and demonstrate how they are used in commercial offset printing.
Default Colors
The default colors on the Swatches/Color palettes are a list of all the document colors that you have available when you create a new document...
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Read more... [Color Palette Considerations for Press]
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Tuesday, 04 August 2009 08:10 |
Have you ever adjusted at an image based on how it looks on your computer screen only to find that it prints differently on press? You can always tell how well an image will print on press by looking at it’s numbers. What numbers? The numbers that I’m referring to here are the percent values for each color that are measured using most any image editing program.
Evaluating Color by the Numbers for Press
For decades color separators and scanner operators have been evaluating color by the...
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