Final Art: Preparation of Files for Printing
Visit the conventional offset workshop and plotter
A course by Chack Robles , Final Artwork Designer and Director
About the video: Visit the conventional offset workshop and plotter
Overview
“Now we will give a virtual visit to a conventional offset printing press, where you will know the process of the machine and the people who manage it to work with our files. We will also see how a large format plotter operates and the process so that in the end we can obtain our materials.”
In this video lesson Chack Robles addresses the topic: Visit the conventional offset workshop and plotter, which is part of the Domestika online course: Final Art: Preparation of Files for Printing. Learn to adapt your designs for production in various printing formats.
Partial transcription of the video
“[Music] Let's learn about the conventional offset process. The offset that has been with us for decades. Let's see what it's about. This traditional printing press... that we have all seen, we have all occupied. Which we also know as lithography. You will remember that we prepared our file to provide an output. We generate this as a pdf. This type of specifications is important, always having them... and review what happens at the time of a shipment. Normally what happens is... people review the file we send... the pdf, in high. It is checked, it is verified that all the colors are good. Th...”
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Course summary for: Final Art: Preparation of Files for Printing
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Category
Design -
Software
Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Design, Digital Illustration, Editorial Design, Editorial Illustration, Graphic Design, Traditional illustration

Chack Robles
A course by Chack Robles
Although Chack began his studies at the faculty of architecture, in the end he trained as a graphic designer. It was while studying that he began working in the graphic arts industry as an assistant in a pre-press studio.
In the decades that he has been working in advertising, he has handled the final artwork in agencies such as McCann Erickson, Publicis, and Flock. He has also collaborated independently with brands such as Coca-Cola, Microsoft, and Jack Daniel's.
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