Newspaper prepress layout production operation method

At present, with the popularization and popularization of the Internet, and the continuous acceleration of the speed of data transmission on the Internet, the Internet has played an important role in all fields of society, and it has not been included in the publishing and distribution of newspapers. While many newspapers are printing and publishing, they also publish an online version of the newspaper through the Internet, which has greatly increased the influence and scope of the newspapers.

Because the newspaper's prepress blood production and production of the newspaper's online version are achieved through different carriers, there is bound to be a clear difference between the newspaper's prepress layout and the newspaper's online version. For example, the requirements for data components to be prepared are different (mainly reflected in the image files) and the means implemented are not the same (mainly expressed in the required hardware and software equipment). In order to facilitate the simultaneous realization of newspaper pre-press layouts and online editions of newspapers, it is necessary to have a more holistic understanding of these differences and differences, so as to avoid some discrepancies caused by the data in publishing. The issue of publishing quality. This article will focus on the production process of newspaper prepress and web editions and the classification management of data files in LANs.

First, the operation flow of newspaper prepress production

Newspaper pre-press layout production is mainly to complete the newspaper's text and image typesetting, and finally output CMYK or print version (CTP) after multiple corrections.

Its main operation flow is:

The first is the collection of text and image data. The collection of text can be done by entering text. In the local area network, text entry is generally entered by newspaper reporters through interviews, and then submitted to the relevant departments through news gathering and editing systems. After being supervised by the leaders in charge, they are forwarded to the file server for editing and layout. The image acquisition and text acquisition methods are basically the same, except that the image file must be obtained by a digital camera or scanner.

Followed by the newspaper layout and typesetting. Newspaper layout editors extract the required text and image files from the local area network to the corresponding servers, perform reasonable layouts based on their contents, and typeset them with typesetting software.

The third is to conduct multiple proofreads through the RIP output layout. Through publishing operation, the typesetting file is converted into a PS file, and then the interpretation of the PS file by the RIP can be output by the digital proofing device, so that the proofreader can proofread the text and format of the layout. After the layout editor to modify the layout. After such proofreading has been modified many times, it can be officially exported.

Finally, it is a print plate or a plate directly printed on a newspaper layout. When the layout of the newspaper completes all the pre-press production and ensures that it is correct, the final output of the issued PS file can be done through RIP.

After analyzing the process flow of newspaper design, it can be seen that the hardware equipment required for newspaper prepress layout production includes: web server and corresponding network equipment, computers, scanners, digital cameras, digital proofing equipment, and laser imagesetters, etc. . The required software includes: network software and computer operating systems, text entry software, image processing software, newspaper publishing software, and RIP output software.

Second, the production of newspapers online version of the operating process

When a newspaper page is printed and published at the same time, if an online version is to be published on the Internet, all or part of the contents of the day's newspaper must be made into a web page and published through the website. When you create web content on the web, you can directly refer to content that was used in the prepress production of newspapers and has been fixed. Of course, the images in the gray and red version of the newspaper layout are not colored, but the images published on the Internet are mostly color images. In this way, when making an online version, it is not possible to use all the image files for making prepress layouts. This is also an important issue that must be resolved when producing an online version of the newspaper.

The operation flow for making a newspaper online version is:

First of all, as with the prepress layout, text and image data are collected. The collection of text can directly call the final output of the newspaper in the pre-press layout of the newspaper. These documents basically do not require proofreading. The image acquisition method cannot be so simple. Making an online version of an image file must be a color mode file, so you must look for original image files that were not processed before newspaper layout. After the original color mode image is reprocessed (its main processing operation is to adjust the color and resolution of the image), it can be used in the newspaper network version.

Followed by the production of newspaper web pages. The production can be classified according to the contents of the newspaper layout, or it can be produced according to the newspaper's edition order. The production of a web page for newspapers should use dedicated web production software. It is also necessary to make a full page of the newspaper from a web page. When making a full-page webpage, the easiest and most convenient way is to use a scanner or digital camera to scan or photograph a full page of a newspaper, save it as a picture, and create a web page. The specific content in the newspaper layout should be produced using part of the webpage production software.

The third is to prepare the server or computer to connect with the Internet. To publish information to the Internet, you must first achieve a connection with the Internet. You can use broadband access to connect to the Internet by contacting your local telecommunications department. Due to the need to publish information on the Internet, it is best to use a fixed IP address.

The fourth is to carefully check the Internet version of the newspaper published on the Internet. Before this, it is best to check all relevant content to be released and see if there are some potential mistakes not found. Check carefully whether each web page is correct; carefully check whether the link between web pages is correct; check carefully whether it is conducive to the normal browsing and downloading of readers.

The last is to publish web pages of newspapers produced on the Internet. Before the release, you must first apply for a website domain name address on the Internet. There are two methods: First, apply directly to the Internet domain name management agency. This type of application requires a relatively large amount of money. It is actually not necessary for most newspaper companies; second, it is affiliated with other large-scale websites to apply for a domain name address. The cost of the method is lower, and you can apply for the ideal home page space according to actual needs. There are two ways to publish webpages on the Internet for the two situations of applying for domain name addresses: one is that the newspaper company has established an internet website to publish the online version of the newspaper; the other is that the newspaper company borrows the services provided by the large-scale website and uses the funds to borrow. The resources of other websites are published on the newspaper's online version. The second method is actually more appropriate, which can save a lot of human and material resources, and can not require professional WEB servers. After the web page publishing mode is selected, the publishing operation of the web page of the newspaper produced is very simple, and the web page software can be directly used for publishing.

After analyzing the production process flow of the newspaper online version, we can see that the software and hardware equipment required for the production of the online version is more complex than the design of the newspaper pre-press layout. The operation is more complicated. The hardware equipment mainly includes: a network server and corresponding network equipment (which should also include a network server and corresponding network equipment connected to the Internet), a computer, a scanner, a digital camera, and the like. The required software includes: network software and computer operating systems, Internet management software, text entry software, image processing software, and web page creation software.

Through the above understanding of the newspaper pre-press layout and the online edition of the newspaper, it can be seen that when the pre-press layout and the online version of the newspaper are produced at the same time, the management of the data file is not precise enough and it is very easy to cause both. The need for data files does not match, thus affecting each other's publication quality. The impact on the newspaper's online version is most prominent. For example, the newspaper online version is not exactly the same as the text in the newspaper. This is because the original document was used in the production of the online version. In the online edition of the newspaper, a gray image appears in the area where the color image should be. This is because the image is used. The image is a processed image in the layout of newspapers, coupled with the confusion of network file management has been unable to find the original image file or no original image file at all; the newspaper online version of the web page opened very slowly on the Internet or even can not open the web page, which It is because of the use of image files that have exactly the same resolution as prepress production, and so on. In order to avoid these conflicts, strict data file management must be conducted.

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