SummaryReviewThis chapter covers traditionally created mechanicals for offset lithographyfrom prepress considerations to quality control of the finished publications.Good preparation and planning are paramount in typesetting, copyfitting,scaling, cropping, retouching, and pasting copy for reproduction. Follow thetables within this text or develop your own checklists to ensure professionalquality mechanicals leave the shop. Avoid common pitfalls in printing. Thetime you save by thorough preparation is phenomenal.CommentsThe skills Lithographer's Mates possess for reproducing material ofuncompromising quality is greatly undervalued in the charged atmosphere ofelectronic digitization. For a real education on printing and the effects ofgood and poor mechanical preparation, find a Navy Print shop and follow ajob from the time it enters the shop until the time it leaves. Obtain andcomplete the LI training manual. There is no better way to learn the subtiliesof creating artwork for reproduction or halftones, and negatives of correctdensity than to experience it. Learn quickly before it becomes a skill lost totechnology.1-74
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