Issuu publishing test

Just wanted to post this to test Issuu.com's publishing features. Below is the July - September 2013 issue of Straight Tip:

Exam Review

Items to Study for Exams:

• Study terminology pages 42-48, 72-73, & 122-127 from the Adobe Print Publishing Guide
• Understand bleeds & bleed allowance
• Know .125 is standard bleed size
• File formats; Tiff, eps, photoshop eps, pdf
• What is a lossy format?
• Why transparency cause problems.
• Know what print resolution is and what happens when you scale.
• Resolution/Dpi
• Halftones/Lpi
• Dot gain: Cause & effect.
• Types of presses & what they print on. (Screen Printing, Offset, Flexo Presses)
• Imposition, binding types, bindery terminology.
• Work in turn VS work in tumble.
• Typography Terminology; Widow, Orphans, Leading.
• Layout Terminology; baseline grid, gutters, etc.
• Default paper sizes (letter, legal, ledger/tabloid, tabloid extra, etc)
• Standard paper orientation. (portrait & landscape)
• Know the default font for laser printers.
• Know the differences between Laser printers and Ink Jet printers.
• Understand how page number works.

Color:

• Know additive & subtractive colors
• Acceptable printing color space/modes
• Proper Spot colors.
• Know the color modes/spaces that are acceptable for printing.
• Duotones, Multitone, spot colors, tinting
• Additive and Subtractive colors
• Know what registration color is used for.
• CMYK = Process
• Color separations: Use & Application.

Terminology:

• Trim marks, registration, form, signature, Emboss, Deboss, bindery, Collate, dummy,.
• Paragraph formatting, widow, orphans, baseline, baseline grid, justification, kerning, tracking.
• 2up, gang run, saddle stitch, perfect binding, flat knife, Print resolution, moire.
• Halftone, trapping, overprint, reverse type, gripper edge.
• Binding terminology, saddle stitch, perfect binding, coil, trifold, bifold, scoring & crossover.
• Photoshop eps, tiff, eps - what are they for which one do you use and for what purpose.
• Post scripting, separations, crop marks, trim marks, registration marks.
• Open type font, post script font, & true type font.
• Know DTP(Direct to plate), platemaker, plate setter, image setter.
• Short grain, long grain, matte, gloss, uncoated and other paper types.
• Know what a moire is and when you see them.

 Concepts to know:

• Know the different types of bindings.
• Understand what profiling is used for.
• Resolution and scaling.
• How types of paper and printing affect quality.
• Know when to use bleeds and trim marks.
• Causes of dot gain and dot loss.
• Understand how trapping works.
• Know what a densitometer is and what it does.
• Know about what transparency affects can do to prints.
• Understand reverse type and overprinting.
• Know what type of font to by and why.
• General knowledge about scheduling, communication, and budgets.
• Understand the difference between laser jet printers and ink jet printers.
• Understand paper orientation and types of paper.
• Understand Basic Design, Typography concepts & paragraph formatting.
• How to build die lines.
• Know about crossovers.