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are hesitant to inform them that their designs incurred extra costs to reproduce. We can contribute to
a solution to this problem by analyzing all of the pre-imaging processes for each type of reproduction
manufacture and link them back to the computer graphic design software.

We will examine six pre-imaging processes:

• Raster image processing (RIP) technologies that are common to all four manufacturing
processes

• Colour management for repeatability, as a part of the RIP process
• Trapping to lithographic and flexographic specifications

• Transparency, which is a visual effect that has a great impact on imaging
• Imposition for pre-RIP and post-RIP for media utilization

• Preflight analysis and automation for computer file creation