JOLIET JUNIOR COLLEGE

DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER INFORMATION

AND OFFICE SYSTEMS

COURSE SYLLABUS

Course Prefix and Number OFS 240

Course Title Prepress

Curriculum Computer Information & Office Systems

Lecture 3

Lab 0

Credit Hours 3

Prerequisites Prerequisite: OFS 120, OFS 130, and one of the following page-layout programs: OFS 118, OFS 119, or OFS 128; or consent of department.

Catalog Description

This course will show the student how to make print-ready files on time at the highest possible quality while staying within a budget by optimizing his workstation, establishing font and file management workflows, developing a strategy for file transport and storage, properly planning and managing the project, mastering graphics programs, and understanding the complexities of color workflow.

Course Objectives: See attached.

Prepared by: Reviewed by:

Fern Rau Ram Raghuraman

Dept. of CIOS 2/01 Department Chairperson Date

STUDENT MATERIALS

A. Textbook

Title: To Be Determined

Author:

Publisher:

B. Other Required Materials

C. Student Evaluation (Type of Grading)

To be determined by instructor.

Teaching Aids or

Week/Days Topic or Class Activity Special Instruction

1 An Introduction to Digital Prepress

2 Creating Your Work Environment

3 Optimizing Your Work Environment

4 Using Software – The Right Tool for the Task

5 Font Management

6 File Management

7 Media Dexterity: Transport and Storage

8 Quiz; Project Planning

9 Digital Imaging Fundamentals

10 Design Issues

11 Color Issues

12 Trapping

13 Preflight and File Preparation

14 Proofing Methods

15 Project

16 Project and Test

OBJECTIVES

Upon successful completion of this course, the student will be able to:

1. Design and equip a prepress workstation including choosing software and reference materials.

2. Maintain organized and extensive collections of fonts.

3. set up a file management system.

4. Successfully transmit files over the Internet and back and forth between vendors.

5. Get the highest quality for his budgeted dollars while ensuring to make a profit.

6. Adjust and refine a scanned image for optimal printing.

7. Resolve color variables as they relate to human perception, monitor display, and printer output.

8. Demonstrate trapping.

9. Establish a successful preflight system.