What are the steps in the print production process?
- Prepress:
- Design and layout
- Image and text preparation
- Color correction
- Platemaking
- Press:
- Printing plates mounted on press
- Paper or other substrate fed through press
- Ink transferred to substrate
- Image transferred to substrate
- Postpress:
- Trimming and folding
- Binding or stitching
- Finishing (e.g., coating, laminating)
- Quality control
