Educational Presentations

In this section you will find interesting and informative presentations given by GWG members around the globe. Just click on the links to download and view.

Presentations and test files

8 Reasons to Preflight (original file) - This presentation/test file was created for Drupa 2008, and presented at a number of vendor booths.  There was a bad file and a good one.  Try to detect all of the problems in this file without any specialized preflight applications. 8 Reasons to Preflight (good file) is the same file that has been adjusted to be correct and thus give correct results.

Two presentations given by Didier Haazen from the VIGC on the joint meeting of ERA in March 2011. You can download the presentations (in PDF format) by clicking on the links below:

• An introduction to the GWG
• The GWG Ghent Output Suite

The following presentations were given in Chicago in April 2011 at a free half day seminar. Individual presentations in PDF format available by clicking on links below

• The best things in life are free
• PDF/X Overview 
• Implementing PDF/X-4
• New GWG Specifications
• GWG Output Suite v3 Overview
• GWG Cross Media

Webinar

Introduction to PDF/X - This Webinar covers PDF, PDF/X, and PDF/X-Plus as it relates to use in print.

It is available in two formats (click on the links below)

Streaming

Downloadable

Blogs

Following are links to Blogs that offer valuable tips on a variety of publishing and print related topics. (Click on links below)

Prepress Tips and Tricks