1. the process of preparing material for printing, including design, layout, color separation, and plate-making
Usage: printing and publishing industry term

1. relating to or denoting the stage of work done before printing begins
Usage: printing and publishing industry term

Examples

• The prepress department checked all files before sending them to the printer.
• Prepress work includes color correction and image resolution optimization.
• Our design team handles prepress tasks to ensure quality output.
• The prepress process caught several errors in the document layout.
• Digital prepress has made printing preparation faster and more efficient.
• She specializes in prepress production for large-format printing.