From Design Into Print Preparing Graphics and Text for Professional Printing

Author Sandee Cohen unravels what designers need to know about the often mysterious rules of producing graphics and layouts for print. Working backwards from what a professional printer needs to put readers'work on the printed page, Cohen explains the fundamentals of image capture, file preparation, and press operations. Along the way she describes how to manage different file formats, printer output, and printing links.

Sandee Cohen has been an instructor in desktop publishing for over twenty years, teaching at New York University, Parson's School of Design, New School University, and many publishing houses and design studios all over the United States. She is the senior contributing editor to InDesign Magazine, and a popular speaker at many InDesign and publishing conferences around the world. In addition to authoring several editions of InDesign: Visual QuickStart Guide, she is co-author of Real World Adobe Creative Suite 2, Adobe Acrobat 5 Master Class, and The Non-Designer’s Scan and Print Book.