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Electronic layout with
desktop publishing
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Steve Jobs decided that most peoplejust needed to write and drawpictures to communicate well.
Thus the Macintosh computer oferedhigh resolution screen and sotwarethat allowed a user to create artwork
and type diferent onts.
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ageMaker
aul !rainerd a newspaperman sawthe potential o the Mac"s #$S%#$&display as potential publishing tool.
's a result ageMaker a program orpage design developed by 'ldus(orporation emerged.
Canons laser print engine was the)rst one used in desktop publishing.
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*ardware overview
*ardware in desktop publishing+ ' personal computer with more than
,-/0 1'M
'n electronic mouse
2aser printer with ostscript
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Macintosh and ("s
'pple Macintosh Macintosh lus 3 entry level Mac and the
cheapest
Macintosh SE 3 with e4pansion capability
Macintosh %% 3 5u!us6 naturally most e4pensive
%!M ( &ives sotware authors total 7e4ibility in
creating the program"s environment
!ut lacks standardi8ation in sotware operation
oor second in desktop publishing
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2aser rinters
There are two kinds o paper lasermachines6 the comple46 ostscriptlaser printer is the one used today in
desktop publishing.
They are much cheaper than bromidelasers but ofer less resolution on
printed page. The advantage though is they do not
need sophisticated production
materials or chemicals.
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Typesetters
9or a high end output devices there are the2inotronic -::6 ;:: or ,:: models.
These devices are ideal or pictures and
haltones. hotosensitive )lm or paper6 chemicals and
operating temperatures are also part othese devices.
'lso it is much slower than the laserprinters but its
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ostscript
%t is a graphics description language.
%t was created by 'dobe (orporationo alo 'lto in (aliornia.
%t is a high level programminglanguage that is tailored ortypesetting and graphics creation.
%ts other strength is its independenceo speci)c printers.
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Scanners
This device can transer ready drawnart rom any paper source into thecomputer or manipulation or
enhancement.
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Sotware
=esktop publishing makes use othree major types o programs+ #ord processor
&raphics creator
age layout
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#ord processors
They are relatively easy to choose.
' simple one with spell/checker anduser/de)ned dictionary will do.
'lso minimum point si8e orpublication should also be checked.
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&raphics program
Two types+ !it/mapped program
>fer ull reehand drawing capabilities
They can also be used to enhance scannedobjects
!ut it has one drawback6 the images haveragged edges
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>bject/oriented sotware &raphics created on the screen are done
with mathematical e
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age layout sotware
ageMaker >ldest and most popular
1eadySet&o
?press #ork with pre/set rectangles
%llustrator 5ewcomer to desktop publishing
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9eatures to look or
0erning Means the ability to close the gap
between two letters in a headline
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Kerning and tracking
A. Original
B. Kerning applied between W and a
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*yphenation *yphenators with a built/in dictionary
9le4ibility o customi8ing the dictionary
Speed is also a consideration
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2eading 'llows the user to insert small amounts
o e4tra space between lines o type to
improve the visual impact
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ages *ow many pages can the program
handle at one time@
'lso6 look at the ma4imum si8es opages it can handle
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'uto threadingThe program"s ability to keep abs on the
continuity o a long story on multiple
pages
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9onts and point si8es Most important aspects o desktop
publishing
1>M onts and =ownloadable onts
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5etworking
' publishing house or newspaperproducing daily or weekly journal willneed more e
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5etworks can be very basic orcomple4.
' basic network consists o a groupo personal computers sharing oneprinter.
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More comple4 share hard disks6printers6 )les with security accesslevels and even electronic mail.