Preflight Checklist for Printing Color Graphics
Here was a nice little article and preflight checklist named, “Prepress Checklist : Use on Graphic Design Projects Sending Out to Printers.” Something to consider before printing color graphics or sending off your valuable graphics to be printed. It is more than just running an electronic quality assurance check on your Adobe Acrobat or InDesign files with their Live Prelight or Markzware’s FlightCheck application, but a process and dedication to perfection- in otherwords, “Prepress“:
PREFLIGHT CHECKLIST
___ The files are camera ready
-> HARD COPY (mark through if not needed)
___ Desktop printed files are done according to the printer’s instructions
___ Files are in order
___ Files are complete
___ Separations (if color)
___ Registration marks (if color)
___ Everything aligned
___ Headlines spelled correctly
-> ELECTRONIC COPY (mark through if not needed)
___ Everything aligned
___ Headlines spelled correctly
___ Headlines spelled correctly
___ Fonts embedded (PDF)
___ Art files included (for Non-PDF documents)
___ Proof copy for the press is supplied (if necessary)
___ The files are all on disk OR
___ Special instructions are included
___ The printer is standing by to receive the files (if electronic)
___ The files were received (whether mailed, hand delivered or emailed)
___ The printer verified the files are complete and ready
___ The printer has no additional questions
What better way to have your color graphics output correctly than with proper planning and the right Adobe plug-ins and tools to do the job!
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