Daily Dose of DTP: 4. It's a Print!

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Daily Dose of DTP 4. It's a Print! From Jacci Howard Bear, your Guide to Desktop Publishing Printing is easy, right? You just push the print button in your software and a few minutes later that printer sitting next to your desk starts churning out the pages. But what if you need hundreds or thousands of copies? What if you need to use paper larger than your laser printer can handle? What if you want to use metallic inks or raised printing? There are dozens of ways to go about printing the files you create doing desktop publishing. In today's daily dose of DTP I'll break it down into two main methods to give you a taste of how printing works beyond the print button. Class Notes: This is not simply a word-a-day course. The lessons follow a specific order in roughly the following groupings: General concepts > Things you need > Font specifics > Image specifics > Prepress & Printing > Rules & Tutorials (bold indicates the st age in which this lesson falls) Today's Definition Printing If you're doing desktop publishing, chances are you're going to want to print your fabulous creations. Get a taste for what that really means. Today's Trivia Printing On and Off the Web Both sheetfed and Web presses are used for some types of commerical printing. A Web press has nothing to do with the Internet. It's just a type of printing press that prints on continuous rolls of paper. You've probably seen a Web press on TV or in the movies - it's those monster presses used to print newspapers. A sheetfed press, as you may have guessed, prints on single sheets of paper (sometimes very large sheets of paper). Q&A What's the Difference Between Commercial & Desktop Printers? It's man vs. machine when comparing a commercial printer with a desktop printer. Discover what each means and how to tell by context which printer is meant in desktop publishing articles and tutorials about printing. How Do Commercial & Desktop Printing Differ? The two primary differences in offset printing and desktop (inkjet) printing are the colors of ink and the way the ink is placed on the paper. The method of printing dictates how the desktop publishing document must be prepared. This email is written by: Jacci Howard Bear Desktop Publishing Guide Email Me | My Blog | My Forum   Missing a lesson? Click here. About U. is our collection of free online courses designed to help you learn a new skill, solve a problem, get something done, or just learn more about your world. Sign up now, and we will email you lessons on a daily or weekly basis. You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the About.com 'Daily Dose of DTP' email. If you wish to unsubscribe, please click here. About respects your privacy: Our Privacy Policy Contact Information: 249 West 17th Street New York, NY, 10011 © 2010 About.com   Advertisement