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Handbook of Print Media

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The process of producing printed products can be divided into three parts: prepress, printing (press), and print finishing (postpress).

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Kipphan, H. (2001). Prepress. In: Kipphan, H. (eds) Handbook of Print Media. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-29900-4_3

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