Frank Romano, Rochester Institute of Technology

Published October, 1998 by Prentice Hall PTR (ECS Professional)

Copyright 1999, 288 pp.
Paper
ISBN 0-13-020837-X
$39.99

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Must reading for every design, publishing, and print professional The only complete, real-world guide to PDF and digital workflow! PDF and related digital technologies are transforming graphics arts workflow-and with every new job, it seems, come new surprises. Now there's a comprehensive guide to the realities of digital workflow with PDF, by the industry's leading expert and author-Frank Romano. In PDF Printing and Workflow, you'll walk through all you need to know to integrate PDF into digital processes that actually achieve their goals. From preflighting to color management, trapping to RIPping, it's all here-the best practices, pitfalls, workarounds, and compromises that would otherwise take you years to learn.

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• Learn advanced trapping approaches, including In-RIP Trapping
• Make the most of Acrobat Exchange, PDFWriter, and Acrobat Catalog
• Learn more about Crackerjack, Tailor, Checkup, PitStop, and other key PDF plug-ins

Discover how designer/printer relationships must evolve to support high-quality, profitable work in digital environments. Implement technology and workflows to support short runs, personalization, repurposing, soft proofing, and other critical new requirements. Get "under the hood" with PDF and PostScript to see why things don't always work as they're supposed to. Whether you're a creative, publishing, or print professional, PDF Printing and Workflow brings together all the theory and practice you need to succeed with digital workflow.

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FRANK ROMANO is Roger K. Fawcett Distinguished Professor of Graphic Arts at the Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a widely known consultant to organizations such as the United Nations, John Hancock Insurance, and General Electric; founding editor of Electronic Publishing Magazine; and author of several best-selling graphics arts books, including Encyclopedia of Graphic Communications (GATF/Prentice Hall PTR).

1. Digital Workflow.
2. It All Started with PostScript.
3. An Introduction to PDF.
4. Print-Related Processes & Issues.
5. Digital Workflow Environments.
6. Creating PDF Files.
7. Applying PDF Files.
8. Inside the Acrobat PDF.
9. The Digital World.
10. The Digital Document.
11. Plug-ins Extend Acrobat PDF.
12. Other Issues.
13. To Recap.
Index.