Production Defining Digital (1,102 words)

PDF's common thread provides the catalog producer with more than just an avenue for digital imposition; it allows the same file to output to various devices without modification. It's important to understand that a file created and designed for output on a desktop device is not a file you'll want to use for output to plate for production. However, a file created for the high-resolution CTP process can and will print on a desktop device, typically a PDF file.