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		B O O K S
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		Colour
				Printing in colour is one of the most exacting aspects of printing, adding in matters of ink formulation, order, colour calibration and representation as well as trapping and registration---and that's just for process (CMYK, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and blacK). Spot colour has its own peculiar difficulties, especially given the limited representations and manipulations which are all-too typical with desktop publishing programs. Interestingly, Thomas Carrier invented air conditioning to improve the consistency and quality of colour printing. ..... Listed below are texts on various aspects of printing in colour which I've found of use or interest.
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				Cantor Lectures: Colour Block Prints
				Given by Mr Hesketh Hubbard. G. Bell & Sons, Ltd., London, 1934. ..... History and description of colour printing with woodblocks.
		Electronic Colour Separation
		t		Real World Scanning and Halftones Blatner, David and Steve Roth. (Berkeley, California: Peachpit Press, 1993). ISBN 1-56609-093-8, ISBN 0-20169-683-5 second edition.
				Excellent discussion of how to handle bitmap images with consideration for printing.
				Duotones, Tritones and Quadtones: A Complete Visual Guide to Enhancing Two-, Three-, and Four-Color Images Clark, Nick. (San Francisco, California: Chronicle Books, 1997). ISBN 0-8118-1426-2.
				Book of printing samples, showing exactly what the title suggest. Includes an acetate overlay which multiplies the possible samples tremendously.
		Cover art		The Desktop Color Book, second edition: A Verbum Guide Gosney, Michael and Linnea Dayton. (New York: MIS Press, 1995). ISBN 1-55828-365-X.
				Interesting book, lots of images. Heavy Mac bias and a bit out of date already.
		Cover art		Four Colors/One Image: Getting Great Color Output with Photoshop, QuarkXPress, and Cachet Nyman, Matties. (Berkeley, California: Peachpit Press, 1993). ISBN 1-56609-083-0.
				Despite the title, this volume includes information which will be of use to anyone who needs to understand process-colour printing.
				Professional Studio Techniques: Production Essentials Tapscott, Diane and Lisa Jeans, Pat Soberanis, Rita Amladi and Jim Ryan. (Mountain View, California: Adobe Press, 1994). ISBN 1-56830-124-3.
				Heavy bias toward Adobe products, but good coverage of concepts, with examples repeated many times with slight variations.
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