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Rebecca Freeman: Oct 6, 2026, 2:02:31 PM
A prepress department can look fully staffed on an org chart and still be one absence away from a production problem. The knowledge that keeps files...
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Rebecca Freeman: Sep 21, 2026, 11:03:08 AM
A packaging file looks perfect on screen. The colors are right, the copy is approved, the layout is signed off. Then it comes back from the printer...
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Rebecca Freeman: Jul 21, 2026, 12:19:57 PM
Ask any prepress operator how a job got to press with the wrong overprint settings or a missing bleed, and you'll usually get the same answer:...
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Rebecca Freeman: Jul 6, 2026, 12:16:48 PM
A job goes to press. Twenty minutes in, someone notices the spot color didn't separate correctly, or the bleed is missing on half the pages, or an...
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Rebecca Freeman: Jun 22, 2026, 12:32:59 PM
If you work in marketing or operations at a retail brand, you probably don't spend much time thinking about prepress. That's understandable. It's not...
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Rebecca Freeman: Jun 19, 2026, 10:10:50 AM
If you run a prepress operation, you already know where the day goes sideways. It's rarely the big, dramatic failures. It's the same five or six...
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Rebecca Freeman: Jun 10, 2026, 2:13:18 PM
If you work in print or packaging production, the gap between receiving a file and sending it to press has always been where things go wrong. Fonts...
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Rebecca Freeman: May 17, 2026, 4:07:01 PM
If you work in print or packaging production, you already know the feeling. Jobs are coming in faster, file quality is inconsistent, approval rounds...
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Rebecca Freeman: May 6, 2026, 10:56:39 AM
