Tags: #cmyk, #colorhistory, #printing, #printinghistory, #printquality
Author: Gary G. Field
Publisher: Graphic Communications Institute At Cal Poly
The story of the modern color printing era from its birth in the 1890s to today. Digital technology produced astonishing advances in prepress productivity, unleashing many creative possibilities and image quality improvements. Progress in printing technologies also raised color quality and productivity. Today's subsequent availability of inexpensive, high-quality color images, has greatly enriched us all.Author Gary G. Field's account of modern color printing's evolution has four areas of emphasis:The Photomechanical EraThe Electronic Imaging UpheavalColor Printing's…
This books provides a great review of the history of color printing. Field draws from his vast industry experience, especially in the area of digital color reproduction and scanning technology. He further supplements the history with a discussion of how to identify different printing technologies, aided by photomicrographs of the different printing structures.