Repro

nounShop talkPrinting

A high-quality proof or camera-ready mechanical used to generate printing plates.

Repro is the final, flawless copy of a layout that contains all text and graphic elements in their exact positions. In historic offset prepress, it was photographed to create the negative film for platemaking. It serves as the absolute reference standard for the job before the press run begins.

Heard on the job

Send the repro to the darkroom so we can finally burn these plates.

Also heard as

  • camera-ready copy
  • reproduction proof