Camera-ready, final layout of all elements of a work to be reproduced through a commercial printing process. It is a pasteup of the typeset text and images on a sheet of paperboard, usually with a clear sheet (called overlay) used as the top cover on which directions for the printshop (printery) may be written. It is used where a computer generated artwork is not available. Also called mechanical art or pasteup.
Use 'mechanical' in a Sentence
Sometimes going through a business day can feel like a mechanical process but staying consistent will keep you prepared for anything.
Before the design firm printed the new brochures, the company executives wanted to examine the mechanical once more to finalize the color choices.
The process of film making can become very mechanical and not very artistic if there are too many people on the set.
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