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| Printing Specialization graduates can earn average starting salaries of $22,000. With experience, successful graduates can look toward salaries of $40,000 per year and up. Graduates can further develop their careers and earning potential by advancing to production managers, project managers, quality coordinators and pre-press supervisors. |
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| Printing Specialization graduates can look forward to creative career positions with printing, publishing and packaging companies throughout Texas and the United States. Texas ranks fourth in the nation in number of printing companies, with print sales of more than $7.1 billion per year and more than 3,100 companies. Nationwide, more than 53,000 printing companies employ over a million people. Successful graduates have almost endless opportunities. Many of the largest companies are in metropolitan areas such as San Antonio, Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth and Houston. |
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| While at TSTC, Printing Specialization students use many types of equipment and software to gain a technical edge. These include: |
- High-end Macintosh and IBM-compatible computer systems;
- QuarkXPress; Adobe Illustrator, PhotoShop, PageMaker and InDesign;
- A PressMatch color proofing system;
- A Xerox color copier with a Fiery RIP;
- An Agfa imagesetter;
- A Harris sheetfed offset press; and
- A variety of industry-standard bindery equipment.
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| ADP graduates can network through organizations such as the American Advertising Federation, the Advertising Club of Waco, the Texas Fine Arts Association, the Texas Visual Arts Association and the Central Texas Watercolor Society. |
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