"camera-ready original"

[Poshedly, Ken]

STOP THE PRESSES! HOLD THE FRONT PAGE!

Hoo-Boy!! You'll probably get scads of replies about this one -- both on
and off the list.

"Camera-ready" goes back to pre-desktop publishing days, when
newspapers, magazines, etc., were produced by using a special camera to
photograph a board of the exact size of the desired page. The board had
on it separate strips of paper of typeset material that were stuck on
via hot wax. All the headlines, body text, photos were attached
separately.

After all the stories, photos, etc., were in place, that board was
"camera-ready" and was sent on to the next step where it was
photographed, a negative produced and a metal plate was made for the
printing presses. (Do you know what "printing presses" were? <grin>)

Today, it just means clean output from your laser printer of material
you've done by desktop publishing - your output is literally
"camera-ready", that is suitable for further photocopying.

-- Ken in Atlanta
("Scoop Poshedly" long before I got into tech writing)




 

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From: techwr-l-bounces+poshedlyk=polysius.com at lists.techwr-l.com
[mailto:techwr-l-bounces+poshedlyk=polysius.com at lists.techwr-l.com] On
Behalf Of Susan Hogarth
Sent: Friday, December 15, 2006 10:54 AM
To: TECHWR-L
Subject: "camera-ready original"

I am writing a proposal and one of the requirements in the statement of
work is to provide: "a camera-ready original and electronic copy on
computer disk".

I'm afraid I am almost completely a product of the digital age. I see
this phrase ("camera ready") often and have only a very vague idea of
what it means. Is it just a really clean copy on good paper? Should I
describe the paper, the dpi, etc?

--
Susan Hogarth
http://www.colliething.com
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