Getting It Printed: How to Work With Printers and Graphic Imaging Services to Assure Quality, Stay on Schedule and Control Costs (Getting It Printed) 4th Edition

The chapters in this book cover the following:1) Project Planning: Scheduling Time, Matching Cost & Value, Workflows, Service Expectations, Involving Your Printer, Working with Managers & Copyright Concerns2) Font Types & Graphics: Fonts, Faces & Families, Duotones, Illustrations & File Formats3) Assembling the parts of Prepress: Workflow & Process Standards, Producing a Process, What Tools to Use, Word-Processing Applications, Vectors, Image-Editing Applications, Page-Layout Applications, Fonts, Databases & Digital Printing Applications, File Preparation & Preflighting, Imposition, Trapping & Assessing Financial Liability4) Film & Flats: Proofs, Proofing Technology, Remote Proofing, Costs & Brands, Plates & Saving Prepress Work5) Color Management: Proper Viewing Conditions, Color Language, RGB & CMYK and converting them, Spot & Process Color, Dot Gain & Color Reference Systems6) Paper & Ink: How Mills Make Paper, Grades, Ratings & Brands, Samples & Dummies, Printer/Merchant Relationships, Reducing Waste & Spoilage, How Paper Looks/Feels, How it is Measured, Bond & Writing, General-Purpose Offset, Luxurious Text, Sophisticated Coated, Sturdy Cover, Misc. Grades, Specifying Paper, Printing Inks, Protective Coatings & Toner7) Offset Printing: Best for Most Jobs, Press Components, Press Types, Sizes & Features, Quality Expectations, Misc. Quality Problems, Press Checks & When to do them8) Other Offset Printing Methods: Print On-Demand, Ink-Jet, Flexography, Letterpress, Screen, Gravure, Engraving & Thermography9) Techniques for Finishing & Binding: Imagery in Binding, Cutting & Trimming, Drilling & Punching, Scoring & Perforating, Folding, Collating, Laminating, Adhesive Bindings, Mechanical Bindings, Case Binding, Selective Binding, Converting, Packing, Final Counts & Storage & Transit10) Working with Printers: Your Regular Printers, Occasional Printers, Specialty Printers, Printing Away from Home, In-Plant Printers, Locating Printers & Print Buyers, Pricing Practices, Requesting Estimates, Evaluating Quotations, Interpreting Alterations, Negotiating Problems, Industry Quality Guidelines & Clarifying Trade CustomsThis book teaches you everything you want to know, need to know and more than you can remember after you've read it. "Getting It Printed" is definitely a great reference book to keep close by your side for an immediate informational refresher upon a moments notice. I used this book for an online print production course and will not resell it due to its priceless contents.

This is a great book for designers out there to learn the in's and out's of the PreMedia, In House Prepress and Printing; also explains in great detail what tools are needed for DESIGN and how to use the correct program.I've been in the business for 20+ years and one of my biggest pet peeves is designers using vector base illustration or image editing applications as layouts, enoughalready!!!, do not think that because you are an awesome web design is the same application for printed pieces....PLEASE take the time to read this book to educate yourselves in the matter, it will save you a lot of money.

Im a Graphic Design Professor and been working in the Industry for 26 years. This book is still UPDATED for the techniques. From the PDF and production to the tablets to book layout creation. A must have for every student or any person who wants to know how prints work. I bought NEW and receive a PERFECT product. No shipping problems like other sites. Enjoy!

Great book if you really want to get in-depth about printing! We used this for our print reproduction process class in graphic design school, and this is one book I'll be keeping to use for future reference constantly! A bit of the info is outdated, but still completely worthwhile.

I used this book extensively when designing my own book, Treasure of Shabbat: An Illuminated Guide to the Shabbat Table Experience. It was very helpful.

I was very happy to purchase this book for a considerable savings. This is a required text for a publications class I'm taking. Our campus bookstore was charging around $50.00 for a new book. I paid less for a new book than what they were charging for a used one!

Pretty basic and not much on digital capability

Very pleased to find this, as my earlier edition was out-of-date. It's important to understand and appreciate the role of the printer, even in today's digital world.