This article is excerpted from the April/May 2009 issue of InDesign Magazine, #29. Buy this issue or subscribe to InDesign Magazine.
In the days before digital publishing, the layout of publications or the creation of artwork for printing was almost always done by artisans — craftspeople who either worked with ink-stained hands in a printing shop, or who had been carefully schooled in the craft of printing.
Today, you’re often on your own when you create an InDesign document for commercial printing. This article’s valuable tips for preparing your job for printing will save you and your printer a few gray hairs.
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This article was last modified on January 5, 2023
This article was first published on June 11, 2009
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