1 Preface.- 2 Introduction.- 2.1 A Simple Reference Model for Document Imaging.- 2.2 Topics Covered.- 3 Color Phenomena in Display and Printing.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 The Human Eye.- 3.2.1 Retina: Rods for Brightness and Cones for Chromaticity.- 3.3 Eye Response Functions.- 3.4 Illuminants (Daylight, A, B, C, D50, D65) and White Point.- 3.5 Metamere Colors.- 3.6 Tristimulus vs. Opponent Color Theory.- 3.7 Model of Vision for Colored Objects.- 3.8 Equally Distant Color Systems.- 3.8.1 CIE L*u*v*.- 3.8.2 CIE L*a*b*.- 3.8.3 Color Difference Measures.- 3.8.4 Standard White Values.- 3.8.5 Metameric Index.- 3.9 Color in Printing: RGB, CMY(K), CIE L*a*b*, and Separations.- 3.10 Halftoning.- 3.11 Simple Model for Halftoning Screens.- 3.12 Clustered Dot Halftoning.- 3.13 Dot Shapes.- 3.14 Overprinting of Multiple Separations.- 3.15 Rational vs. Irrational Screens.- 3.16 FM screens.- 3.17 AM, FM, and Dot Gain.- 3.18 A Simple Printing Model: The Neugebauer Equations.- 3.19 Printing Processes on an Offset Press.- 3.19.1 Thickness of Ink Coating.- 3.19.2 Raster Points in the Process.- 3.19.3 Press Effects.- 3.19.4 Printing Characteristics.- 3.19.5 Color Balance.- 3.19.6 Ink Trapping and Color Printing Sequence.- 3.19.7 Color Control Strip.- 3.20 Press Measurement.- 3.20.1 Densitometrie Measurement.- 3.20.2 Colorimetric Measurement.- 4 Fully Digital Workflow for CIM for Print.- 4.1 Creative Systems.- 4.1.1 Text: Text Editors, Typesetting Systems.- 4.1.2 Graphics: Graphics Editors.- 4.1.3 Images: Scanners, Image Editors.- 4.1.4 External Representations (Import/Export): PS, EPS, AI, TIFF, OPI.- 4.2 Layout Tools.- 4.2.1 Import to Layout.- 4.2.2 Export from Layout.- 4.3 Imposition Tools.- 4.3.1 Input to Imposition.- 4.3.2 Output from Imposition.- 4.4 OPI Servers.- 4.4.1 Import.- 4.4.2 Export.- 4.5 RIPs.- 4.5.1 Structure and Architecture of RIPs.- 4.5.2 Processing Graphical Primitives in a RIP.- 4.5.3 RIPs and Image Setter Device Effects.- 4.5.4 Performance of RIPs.- 4.5.5 Functionality of RIPs.- 4.5.6 Environments for RIPs.- 4.5.7 Controlling the RIP Process.- 4.5.8 Quality Issues for RIPs.- 4.5.9 Resources for the RIP.- 4.5.10 RIPs as Part of a Workflow Solution.- 4.5.11 Input into and Output from RIPs.- 4.6 Trapping.- 4.6.1 Trapping in Applications.- 4.6.2 Trapping in the RIP.- 4.7 Image Setters.- 4.7.1 Input into the Image Setters.- 4.7.2 Output from Image Setters on Film or Plate.- 4.8 Plate Copiers.- 4.8.1 Plate Copy Input and Output.- 4.9 Presses.- 4.9.1 Import: Plates, CIP3 PPF.- 4.9.2 Output: Print Sheets.- 4.10 Finishing Equipment.- 5 Formats.- 5.1 PostScript.- 5.1.1 Level 1.- 5.1.2 Level 2.- 5.1.3 Encapsulated PostScript.- 5.1.4 Integrating different PostScript sources.- 5.1.5 Color Concepts in PostScript.- 5.1.6 Device Independence.- 5.1.7 PostScript Language Excursion.- 5.2 Acrobat and Portable Document Format.- 5.3 Tagged Image File Format (TIFF).- 5.3.1 Color Concepts in TIFF.- 5.3.2 Image Organization.- 5.3.3 Compression and Encoding Methods.- 5.4 CGM.- 5.4.1 CGM 1987.- 5.4.2 CGM 1992.- 5.4.3 CGM Encodings.- 5.5 Image Interchange Facility (IPI-IIF).- 5.6 Prepress Interchange Formats.- 5.6.1 IT8.- 5.6.2 Handshake.- 5.6.3 ChromaLink.- 5.7 PhotoCD.- 5.8 Document Related Standards.- 5.8.1 Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML).- 5.8.2 Standard Page Description Language (SPDL).- 6 Problem Areas.- 6.1 Color.- 6.1.1 Color Space.- 6.1.2 Color Calibration.- 6.1.3 Color Management.- 6.1.4 Transparency.- 6.1.5 Color Interpolation.- 6.2 Fonts.- 6.2.1 Font Formats.- 6.2.2 Font Exchange.- 6.2.3 Font Substitution.- 6.3 Resource Requirements.- 7 The Integration Problem.- 7.1 Integration of different Formats.- 7.2 Conversion to a single Format.- 7.3 Integration without Conversion.- 7.3.1 Integration Architecture.- 7.3.2 Interpreter Kernel.- 7.3.3 PostScript Parser.- 7.3.4 PCL 5 and HPGL2.- 7.3.5 CGM.- 7.3.6 Image Formats.- 7.3.7 Image Filters.- 7.3.8 Font Server.- 7.3.9 TigerType.- 8 Information Interchange for the Production.- 8.1 Media Use for Information Interchange.- 8.2 Interchange of Editable Objects.- 8.3 Advertisement Transmission from Prepress to Newspapers.- 8.4 The CIP3 Print Production Format (PPF).- 8.4.1 What is CIP3 PPF?.- 8.4.2 How to Boost Productivity?.- 8.4.3 Order Processing.- 8.4.4 Prepress.- 8.4.5 Press.- 8.4.6 Postpress.- 8.4.7 Delivery.- 8.4.8 CIP3 History.- 8.4.9 Members of CIP3 Group as of March 1997.- 8.4.10 Content of CIP3 PPF (V2.0).- 8.4.11 State-of-the-art Example.- 8.4.12 CIP3 Example.- 8.4.13 Current Use at Different Stages.- 8.4.14 CIP3 PPF Extensions in Work.- 8.4.15 Productivity Benefits of CIP3.- 8.4.16 Experiences in Practice.- 8.4.17 CIP3 Environmental Benefits.- 8.4.18 Information About CIP3.- 9 Outlook: From Printing to Cross Media Publishing.- Bibliography and References.