Pathways to Print: Combined Series Unit [Paperback]

Robin McAllister (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 12, 1997 | ISBN-10: 0827379269 | ISBN-13: 978-0827379268 | Edition: 1

Sharpen your skills in all aspects of desktop publishing, with the Pathways to Print series! Pathways to Print will provide you with the critical guidance and techniques you need to know, from technical subjects such as scanning and trapping to more abstract legal and ethical issues facing desktop publishers. Written in down-to-earth language and loaded with screen captures and illustrations, each of the eight Pathways to Print books gives you step-by-step instructions to produce the high quality end products you want.

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About the Author

Robin McAllister has been speaking about and teaching others to create effective pages since before Desktop Publishing was invented. Of course, it was a lot harder to do then.
In the process of teaching others, he's written a lot of "how-to" guides and training manuals - starting with how to mark up copy mechanically, and proceeding through sophisticated page layout techniques. He is a contributing editor for FreeHand Graphics Studio Skills 5.5 (Hayden Books). Add to that a hundred or so - articles for magazines and newsletters, and presentations of one sort or another to literally thousands of people and you get the idea that he's committed to the industry. Has been, in fact, since the late 1960s.
He is a recognized speaker at leading seminars in the United States and internationally. Robin views himself as a publishing educator, giving attention first to what is going to get the job done - including an interaction of all the disciplines involved in the publishing process. His presentations and training sessions focus on productivity and following effective publishing protocols rather than showing which buttons to push.
In addition to other activities, Rob is the forum leader for America Online's Desktop and Web Publishing Forum. He is a Senior Editor for Print On Demand Business and Print On Demand Solutions and is a regular contributor to Electronic Publishing magazines. His emphasis is on page layout and graphic arts service provider matters, coupled with legal, ethical and business issues.

Product Details

• Paperback: 608 pages
• Publisher: Thomson Delmar Learning; 1 edition (November 12, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0827379269
• ISBN-13: 978-0827379268
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,591,965 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3.0 out of 5 stars Basic rules for DTP beginners., July 18, 2000

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This review is from: Pathways to Print: Combined Series Unit (Paperback)

This book encompasses important subjects like Scanning & Image manipulations, Trapping, Color, Type management, QA and a few more. Some important rules for scanning and printing. Though it's full of short examples of Do's and not Do's, I felt like a stupid kid with the "Questions" at the end of each chapter, and the material is not well compressed. Sometime I got the feeling that I've already read the material at preceding chapters. But, let's not forget this book is composed out of 5 different short books, each devoted to a specific subject.

Conclusion: Dry rules for DTP beginners.