This is an archive of CompuServe forum messages from 1985 to 1995, as saved in transcripts by John Foust.
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Brad, I appreciate the quality and need for higher resolution output. I just want to get a clearer picture of what is being done and how. I suspected finer toner and special paper were part of the answer. What about the difference in the hardware? If a laser printer puts…
Mike, I'd love to come back with a brilliant, witty, juicey, comment to continue this repartee, but my sense of humor "dryed up" some years back when my mule died on an expedition into the Superstitions to locate the Lost Dutchman. Yucca, yourself. Ever been to Arizona? –Dennis
Brad, So the service bureau basically adds higher resolution, and converts the page to printer ready form? Any other benefits? Can anyone explain why an imagesetter produces higher resolution than a laser printer? Do different brands of imagesetters adhere to a uniform color standard? Specifically, would a graphic's color look…
#New DTP'r questions/pt2
Message #6388
Brad, If pre-press compiles elements of the page for the printer, what information is added by the service bureau that is not provided by Quark Xpress? Is anything other than higher resolution provided by the typesetter (do I call people who run the image setting equipment typesetters?) that is not…
#New DTP'r questions
Message #6311
Tom, Thanks! First of all, what exactly is pre-press? What are the most common technical problems you have with DTP output from beginners? Does a common standard exist which allows computer generated color graphics to match with final output? Is there a typesetter's bible or some such which governs spacing…
Tom, Just trying to stir things up a bit. While it is true that we have design experience, we are new to working with outside prepress (is that what we call you?), and could use some instruction from the experienced people who are commenting here. We had few problems working…
As a new "freelance hack" I would be very interested in hearing from all of you professionals exactly what we can do to make your (and of course our) job easier. My brother is actually the designer (hack) and he has 15 years experience in newpaper design and he has…
Mike, Preformance or construction? Niether. It's Organ Pipe as in cactus. Please don't "needle" me about our co. name. Dennis