Modern professional printing technology is complex and requires many considerations to produce good results. Understanding these dynamics can help a designer get accurate results from the final printed product.

• CMYK – The color model for four-color process printing and in most home color printers.
• Halftoning – How subtle colors are mixed on the page using a small number of colors.
• Process vs. spot printing – Understand the difference between these two methods of multicolor printing.
• Traps – How to minimize problems from color plate misalignment.