Daily Dose of DTP: 24. At Your Service

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Daily Dose of DTP 24. At Your Service From Jacci Howard Bear, your Guide to Desktop Publishing Many of the prepress tasks we discussed previously, such as trapping and creating proofs, may seem daunting and even technically impossible for some designers. But help is at hand. There are many prepress tasks that even the most experienced designers leave to the experts. Those experts can be found at a service bureau... 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 stage in which this lesson falls) Today's Definition Service Bureau Outsource your prepress tasks... Today's Trivia Your One and Only This is one of those vital tips: I read several checklists and tips from service bureaus and most of them offer the same basic advice. One important one that seems so obvious but still manages to trip up some folks: never, ever send the service bureau your one and only copy of your file. They may handle dozens, hundreds, or more files a day and things sometimes get lost in the shuffle. Don't let that one lost file be your only file. Keep duplicates or triplicates of all your application files, fonts, images, PostScript files, and PDF files associated with a job. 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