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camera-ready mechanicals

English translation: completed pages ready to be printed

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English term or phrase:camera-ready mechanicals
Selected answer:completed pages ready to be printed
Entered by: Charles Davis

08:14 Apr 10, 2014
English language (monolingual) [PRO]
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English term or phrase: camera-ready mechanicals
In addition, we offer full production and typesetting capabilities. Typically, a job will be translated, proofread, edited, typeset, and delivered as if needed.

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Gad Kohenov
Israel
Local time: 11:19
completed pages ready to be printed
Explanation:
In principle this refers to the days before computer typesetting, when pages of a publication were prepared by hand on paper, the result being called a paste-up. "Camera-ready" meant ready to be photographed for offset printing: in other words, completed, corrected and ready to be printed. The term "camera-ready copy" is still common, even though no camera is involved these days.

"Mechanical" is just another term for a "paste-up", a completed page.

"Completed, or camera-ready, pages are known as mechanicals or mechanical art. In the offset lithography process, the mechanicals would be photographed with a stat camera to create a same-size film negative for each printing plate required."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paste_up
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Charles Davis
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Local time: 10:19
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completed pages ready to be printed


Explanation:
In principle this refers to the days before computer typesetting, when pages of a publication were prepared by hand on paper, the result being called a paste-up. "Camera-ready" meant ready to be photographed for offset printing: in other words, completed, corrected and ready to be printed. The term "camera-ready copy" is still common, even though no camera is involved these days.

"Mechanical" is just another term for a "paste-up", a completed page.

"Completed, or camera-ready, pages are known as mechanicals or mechanical art. In the offset lithography process, the mechanicals would be photographed with a stat camera to create a same-size film negative for each printing plate required."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paste_up

Charles Davis
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