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Lists ink limits for coated, uncoated, and newsprint stocks.

Explains when to use plain or rich black builds.

Plans white underprint layers for packaging art.

Computes trap widths from press registration tolerance.

Chooses choke or spread per object order.

Decides knockout versus overprint per element.

Plans choke and spread amounts by color pair.

Steps through color proof approvals and sign offs.

Plans calibration target prints and measurements.

Lists causes of screen to print color drift.

Explains missing or mismatched ICC profile warnings.

Builds brand color sheets with CMYK, RGB, and spot fields.

Builds per job color specs with tolerances.

Flags gradients likely to band at print sizes.

Recommends type minimums for colored text builds.

Checks embedding permissions before shipping fonts in documents.

Plans character subsets to cut embedded font size.

Plans fallback stacks for non embedded font viewing.

Lists glyphs to check before final export.

Checks CJK embedding and CID font requirements.

Generates modular type scales from base sizes and ratios.

Recommends leading from type size and line measure.

Computes comfortable measures in characters per line.

Lists fixes for widows, orphans, and runt lines.