- [Voiceover] Hello I'm Claudia McCue
and welcome to Print Production Essentials:
Prepress and Press Checks.
Now if you're about to attend your very first press check
I think it's helpful for you
to know both what happens
to your job long before it goes to press,
that's called prepress.
As well as what to expect when you go out
into the press room.
Now prepress comprises all the processes
that touch your file after the job is entered,
and before the press cranks up.
Prepress includes preflight, proofing,
corrections, trapping, imposition, and plate making.
Now, don't worry if some of these terms
are a bit unfamiliar.
I'm going to explain them as we go through the course.
I think that the more you know about
what happens as your job's being prepared for press,
the more you appreciate the expertise
of the people who make your print job happen.
If you're preparing to attend
a press check you may be curious about
what life in the press room is like.
It's very busy.
And it's kind of noisy.
But I think it's a wonderful lively environment,
if you know what to expect.
Join me, and let's discover what
goes on in the printing plant
in Print Production Essentials: Prepress and Press Checks.