Full view; buyer's guide to full- and dual-page monitors

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A buyer's guide to full- and dual-page monitors includes ten tips for selecting the best monitor. Buyers should note the clarity of 10- and 12-point body text, check straight lines for curving ends or sagging middles, look for screen flicker, shimmer, or pulsation; test the monitor with the publishing system it will be used with, ensure that showroom lighting is equivalent to office lighting, check the screen image for inch-for-inch correspondence with the printed page, draw a circle on screen, bring a color swatch book along when shopping for a color monitor, note the position of switches and adjustment dials that will be frequently used, and ensure that the same model as that used in the demonstration is purchased if a display adapter is required. A chart is provided that lists 71 monitors from 24 vendors, listing screen size, pixel dimensions, compatible computers and list price.

Directories, Color, buyers guide, Hardware Selection, Monitors, Monochrome

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101 hot tips

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Experts offer tips for digital designers and computer-based publishers using common software tools. The tips are broken into the categories of graphics and illustration, layout and design, type and typography, presentations and multimedia, systems and management, and printing and prepress. Useful but little-known quirks of tools such as Adobe Photoshop, Fractal Design Painter, MacroMind Director, Autodesk Animator, Windows PostScript, QuarkXPress, Aldus PageMaker and Adobe Illustrator for the most part will enhance the look of publications, but effective disk storage tricks and time savers are also mentioned.

Computer aided design, Graphics software, Multimedia software, Hands-On Experience, Computer-Aided Design, Publishing Industry

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Relative proof

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Computer-to-plate (CTP) print production does away with the need for film in making printing plates, but in so doing, it disrupts traditional technical and social relationships. Publishing is a complex process, and no two publications follow exactly the same procedures to create documents or ensure the quality of printed results. Although moving to a CTP workflow eliminates the need for film, many publication staffers cling to their established approval rituals. In a competitive marketplace, such opposition to better, faster and less expensive ways of doing things is a luxury that cannot be afforded.

PRINTING AND PUBLISHING, Printing & Publishing, Management issue, Telecommunications systems

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