How do they match: Desktop Publishers

  • Production Artist
  • Production Manager
  • Electronic Pagination System Operator
  • Electronic Prepress System Operator
  • Page Makeup System Operator

  • Format typescript and graphic elements using computer software to produce publication-ready material.

  • Collaborate with graphic artists, editors and writers to produce master copies according to design specifications.
  • Enter data, such as coordinates of images and color specifications, into system to retouch and make color corrections.
  • Enter digitized data into electronic prepress system computer memory, using scanner, camera, keyboard, or mouse.
  • Import text and art elements, such as electronic clip art or electronic files from photographs that have been scanned or produced with a digital camera, using computer software.
  • Load floppy disks or tapes containing information into system.
  • Operate desktop publishing software and equipment to design, lay out, and produce camera-ready copy.
  • Transmit, deliver, or mail publication master to printer for production into film and plates.
  • View monitors for visual representation of work in progress and for instructions and feedback throughout process, making modifications as necessary.