Dictionary of Computer and Internet Terms: prepress
prepress
the preparation of material to be printed in quantity on a printing press. Many prepress functions are highly automated and well suited to being performed with computers. For example, there are software packages that take a PostScript file and slightly increase the outline of color areas to create trap. The graphic arts industry now uses a digital production system where the printing plates are prepared directly from computer files.
Dictionary of Marketing Terms: prepress
prepress
tasks required to assemble and lay out copy and art in preparation for printing on a traditional printing press or via digital print technologies. The cost of changing a print image during prepress is typically 10% of what it would cost on press.
