"He who marches out of step hears another drum." ~ Ken Kesey
I was just thinking..does anyone know what this is? LOLI see it all the time. Does the actual customer even know? Is it only the old timers using this phrase? (like frog) haha?Just something i see out there and wondering about..
Camera-ready is a common term used in the commercial printing industry meaning that a document is, from a technical standpoint, ready to "go to press", or be printed.The term camera-ready was first used in the photo offset printing process, where the final layout of a document was attached to a "mechanical" or "paste up". Then, a stat camera was used to photograph the mechanical, and the final offset printing plates were created from the camera's negative.
It is an old-timey term from the days that actual cameras were used to make films from which printing plates were made. Camera-ready art was called "mechanicals" in the offset world, everything pasted up onto boards, ready to be taken to the darkroom.So, we usually use the term incorrectly... the camera step is now gone, so the art goes direct-to-plate or printed directly on film to take to the screen room. So, today, it would be more accurately called "imagesetter-ready" or "inkjet printer-ready" or, if you go direct-to-screen, "screen-ready."Edit: kingscreen posted a better Wiki link as I was typing.
Quote from: Command-Z on November 09, 2014, 10:32:20 AMIt is an old-timey term from the days that actual cameras were used to make films from which printing plates were made. Camera-ready art was called "mechanicals" in the offset world, everything pasted up onto boards, ready to be taken to the darkroom.So, we usually use the term incorrectly... the camera step is now gone, so the art goes direct-to-plate or printed directly on film to take to the screen room. So, today, it would be more accurately called "imagesetter-ready" or "inkjet printer-ready" or, if you go direct-to-screen, "screen-ready."Edit: kingscreen posted a better Wiki link as I was typing.Your post brings up an even broader, more widely used obsolete term; "typing". Nominations for a current relevant term start with "keying" but it won't catch on.And btw, my wife is still bugging me to finally reclaim some major closet space and haul out the old Agfa Repromaster!
An interesting "in-between" technology was the hot lead typesetting machines.In the mid '70's, my ex-wife operated a Ludlow typesetter, at an interesting old shop in Oakland in which the guy dealt used printing equipment, but everything was operational and actually in service. She set and proofread a small publication for landlords. Around the same time, her proofreading and my limited camera skills got us temporary positions at Rolling Stone after they announced their planned move to New York. There, they were also using Ludlows, I believe.btw, I can still remember hand setting type for a business card project in my high school print shop when hearing the news of JFK's shooting. (It was a style like Park Avenue)
Flashback!! We had a camera just like that. Anyone ever hear of or use a Graphic Modifier (I think it was called)