How are prepress responsibilities divided between designer and printer?
Today, there is no universal answer. It is important for designers to always employ proper font and color management so that prepress can run as smoothly, and quickly, at the printer. This includes using preflight software to send the final document with all the fonts and images used in the project. Often, designers are correcting digital color and placing the high-resolution images in the final document for the printer to output. Designers can sometimes also assume the responsibility for traps and bleeds. It is best for the designer and printer to talk about the prepress process to understand what is expected of each other, how to handle changes or AA’s (author alterations) and how to best transfer files.
Today, there is no universal answer. It is important for designers to always employ proper font and color management so that prepress can run as smoothly, and quickly, at the printer. This includes using preflight software to send the final document with all the fonts and images used in the project. Often, designers are correcting digital color and placing the high-resolution images in the final document for the printer to output. Designers can sometimes also assume the responsibility for traps and bleeds. It is best for the designer and printer to talk about the prepress process to understand what is expected of each other, how to handle changes or AA’s (author alterations) and how to best transfer files.]]>