Pre-press
Desk and proofs
The last desk before the machine — proofs, swatches, and the file opened once more for bleed, padding, and colour.
Pre-press is where design becomes a job ticket. Bleed, border buffers, and asset cleanup happen here so the RIP and the operator are not inventing margins.
A typical pass: check outlines, flatten what must be flat, confirm the colour profile for solvent, UV, or laser, then mark the proof. The screen is only half the work.
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