SNI 18.130—Pre-press and pre-media services

Where 18.130 sits

1. C Manufacturing
2. 18 Printing and reproduction of recorded media
3. 18.1 Printing and service activities related to printing
4. 18.13 Pre-press and pre-media services
5. 18.130 Pre-press and pre-media services

What 18.130 includes

• Typesetting, typesetting and photosetting, data entry before printing including scanning and OCR (optical character recognition), electronic folding
• Preparation of data files for multimedia applications (printing on paper, CD-ROM, Internet)
• Production of plates including photosetting and platesetting (for letterpress and offset printing processes)
• Cylinder preparation: engraving and etching of cylinders for gravure printing
• Plate preparation: "computer to printing plate" CPT (also photopolymer plates)
• Preparation of plates and molds for relief or letterpress printing
• Preparation of: • artistic works of a technical nature, e.g. preparation of lithographic limestone and logs for woodcuts • materials for presentations • sketches, layout sketches, dummies etc • production of proofs

What 18.130 excludes

• Graphic design of image content for conveying information that is not intended for printing, see 74.1

Example activities

• graphic services before printing (prepress/premedia)
• image processing, graphic activities before printing
• image processing, graphic activities before printing
• desktop publishing
• digital projection
• production of digital presentation material
• phototypesetting work
• preparation of digital data, e.g. enhancement, selection and linking of digital data
• engraving or etching of cylinders for gravure printing
• engraving, (engraving) base metal, for printing purposes
• clichés, manufacturing
• dies, manufacturing
• media production, preparation of originals for printing
• original production, for printing
• overhead images, production
• plates for graphic use, manufacturing
• reproductions, printed originals, production
• scanning (scanning) of documents, not for archival purposes
• setting
• printing cylinders, manufacturing
• printing molds, manufacturing
• original print, production
• printing plates, manufacturing
• printing types, manufacturing

18.130 in other systems