Real World Print Production

REAL WORLD PRINT PRODUCTION

Claudia McCue

Peachpit Press

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Berkeley, CA 94710

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Peachpit Press is a division of Pearson Education

Copyright © 2007 by Claudia McCue

Editor: Nancy Raiken

Project Editor: Becky Morgan

Production Editor: Lisa BraziealTechnical Editor: Premedia SystemsProofreader: Haig MacGregor

Compositor: WolfsonDesign

Indexer: Colleen Dunham Indexing

Cover design: Aren Howell

Notice of Rights

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher. For information on getting permission for reprints and excerpts, contact permissions@peachpit.com.

Notice of Liability

The information in this book is distributed on an "As Is" basis without warranty. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of the book, neither the author nor Peachpit shall have any liability to any person or entity with respect to any loss or damage caused or alleged to be caused directly or indirectly by the instructions contained in this book or by the computer software and hardware products described in it.

Trademarks

Adobe InDesign, Adobe FreeHand, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe Acrobat are registered trademarks of Adobe Systems, Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. QuarkXPress is a trademark of Quark, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in this book, and Peachpit was aware of a trademark claim, the designations appear as requested by the owner of the trademark. All other product names and services identified throughout this book are used in editorial fashion only and for the benefit of such companies with no intention of infringement of the trademark. No such use, or the use of any trade name, is intended to convey endorsement or other affiliation with this book.

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Printed and bound in the United States of America

Dedication

For my mother, who taught me to love words. And for my North Star.