Print and Production Manual

This kit brings together many of the useful tools that the production controller, print buyer or graphic designer will use every day, and offers guidance with such areas as: how to cast-off a typescript; and a type scale to measure the depth and size of some typesetting, among other topics.

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This practical kit brings together many of the useful tools the production controller, print buyer or graphic designer will use every day. It gives practical help with the following: how to cast-off a typescript; a type scale to measure the depth and size of some typesetting; what screen a halftone has been printed in; a quick method of ruling up a layout sheet; the opacity of a sheet of paper; how to work out a schedule; how to match a colour using standard process inks; how to check alignment of a piece of camera-ready artwork etc. This book should be of interest to production controllers, print buyers and graphic designers.