SYLLABUS
Theoretical Part
The Course covers the fundamental principles and workflow of digital prepress. Analysis and file repair, color correction, trapping, color proofing, RIPs and screened separations. Structure of Digital Printed Products, Technological Capabilities, Digital Description of the Printed Page, Digital Screening Processes, Quality Requirements, Input and Output Resolution, Transferable Tonal Range, Dot Shape, Tone Value Influences in Printing, Color Management Profiles. Handling of text/images, planning, assembly, Proofing, print specifications, standardization, Computer‐to‐print and beyond.
Laboratory Part The educational purpose of the laboratory part includes exercises based on the theory mentioned above. particularly development of projects with the use of special software (Adobe Suite ) in specialized forms of printed products and advanced software functions for the successful processing of working
ATTACHED BIBLIOGRAPHY
Greek sources
- Lectures notes in Prepress- Premedia Technologies I course
International sources
- Kipphan, H . (2001). Handbook of Print Media, Springer, New York.
- Eschbach, R. (ed.)(1999) . Recent Progress in Digital Halftoning II, The Society for Imaging Science and Technology, Springfield (VA).
- Adobe Systems: PostScript Language Reference Manual. 3rd ed. Addison-Wesley 1999.
- Adobe Systems: Portable document format reference manual (vers. 1.3). Adobe Systems, 1999 (see also http://partners.adobe.com).
- Bann, D.; Gargan, J.: Colour Proof Correction, Phaidon Press, Oxford, 1990.
- Parsons William, Electronic Prepress: A Hands on Introduction.
- Gavin Ambrose, Paul Harris, Basic Design: Layout AVA Publishing SA, DARTBOOKS 2006.