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GRC 30
Quark XPress,
Professional Publishing






(Formerly Printing Technology 30)
3units, 2 lecture 3 lab  


Quark Xpress page layout software. Emphasis on working with a service bureau for remote output and dealing with printing requirements. Components from image adjustment and draw programs.

I. Introduction, Policies, Procedures

II. Quark Xpress Page Layout Software
A. Multiple master pages
B. Style sheets, appending style sheets
C. Keyboard shortcuts
D. Step/repeat
E. Automatic page numbering
F. Readers pages/printers spreads
G. Imposition
H. Trapping
I. Tabs, hanging indents

III. Image Adjustment Software
A. Characteristic curve, placement of midtone/end points
B. Dot gain compensation
C. Pixel cloning
D. Silhouetting/drop outs
E. Scanning techniques

IV. Illustration Software
A. Complex trapping issues
B. Design to minimize ghosting

V. Computer Ready Electronic Files
A. Pre-flighting files
B. Collecting for remote output

VI. Trapping Software

 

 

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