desktop publishing

n. The design and production of publications using personal computers with graphics capability.

desktop publishing

n (Communications & Information) a means of publishing reports, advertising, etc, to typeset quality using a desktop computer. Abbreviation: DTP

desk′top pub′lishing

n. the design and production of publications by means of specialized software enabling a microcomputer to generate typeset-quality text and graphics. [1980–85]

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Noun

desktop publishing - (computer science) the use of microcomputers with graphics capacity to produce printed materialspublishing, publication - the business of issuing printed matter for sale or distributioncomputer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures

Translations

桌面出版系统

desktop publishing

(ˈdesktop ˌpabliʃiŋ) noun (also DTP) the production of a magazine etc using a small computer and a printer. 桌面出版系统

desktop publishing

desktop publishing,

system for producing printed materials that consists of a personal computerpersonal computer
(PC), small but powerful computer primarily used in an office or home without the need to be connected to a larger computer. PCs evolved after the development of the microprocessor made possible the hobby-computer movement of the late 1970s, when some computers
..... Click the link for more information. or computer workstation, a high-resolution printerprinter,
device that reproduces text, images, or other data from a computer, digital camera, smartphone, or the like on paper or another medium.

Impact printers, which mostly have been superseded by ink-jet and laser printers, use a mechanical hammering device to produce
..... Click the link for more information. (usually a laser printer), and a computer programcomputer program,
a series of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; programs are also called software to distinguish them from hardware, the physical equipment used in data processing.
..... Click the link for more information. that allows the user to select from a variety of type fonts and sizes, column justifications, page layouts, and graphics libraries and often includes support for document creation and editing. Desktop publishing enables a small business or an individual to produce professional-quality materials on the premises inexpensively and quickly without the need for outside typesetting or printing facilities.

desktop publishing

[¦desk‚täp ′pəb·lish·iŋ] (computer science) The use of a personal computer to produce printed output of high quality that is camera-ready for a printing facility.

desktop publishing

(text, application)(DTP) Using computers to lay out text andgraphics for printing in magazines, newsletters, brochures,etc. A good DTP system provides precise control overtemplates, styles, fonts, sizes, colour, paragraph formatting,images and fitting text into irregular shapes.

Example programs include FrameMaker, PageMaker, InDesignand GeoPublish.

http://cs.purdue.edu/homes/gwp/dtp/dtp.html.

Usenet newsgroup: news:comp.text.desktop.

desktop publishing

Using a desktop computer to produce high-quality printed output or camera-ready output for commercial printing. It requires a desktop publishing program, such as Adobe InDesign or QuarkXPress, a large monitor and laser printer. The term "desktop publishing" was more popular when personal computers emerged in the 1980s. Today, almost everything is created on a desktop or laptop computer for publication, whether for print, CD, DVD or online.

Beyond Word Processing
A desktop publishing program (DTP), also called a "page layout program" or "publishing program," provides complete page design capabilities, including magazine style columns, rules and borders, page, chapter and caption numbering as well as precise typographic alignment. A key feature is its ability to flow text around graphic objects in a variety of ways. Although many word processing programs offer many of these features, a desktop publishing program provides ultimate flexibility.

The Final Layout
Original text and graphics may be created in a desktop publishing program, but graphics tools are often elementary. Typically, all data are created externally. Text is generally created in a word processing program, and graphics are created in a CAD, drawing or paint program and photographs are taken with a digital camera. All text and graphic elements are imported into the publishing program.

Print or Publish Online
A laser printer may be used for final output, but shaded drawings and photographs print better on commercial high-resolution imagesetters. For transfer to a commercial printer, documents are generally saved as PostScript or PDF files. For Web publishing, PDF files are the de facto standard for downloading documents. See PDF.

It Was a Revolution
Desktop publishing dramatically brought down the cost of page layout, causing many projects to be taken inhouse. Predefined templates for newsletters, brochures and other publishing tasks help rank novices do respectable jobs. Nevertheless, there is no substitute for a graphic designer who knows which fonts to use and how to lay out the page artistically.

Desktop Publishing this Encyclopedia

Previous versions of this database were desktop published in PageMaker. The faint grid lines are used to align text and illustrations, which cause the elements to "snap to" them when dragged close.

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noun (computer science) the use of microcomputers with graphics capacity to produce printed materials

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