desktop publishing

noun

, Computers.

1. the design and production of publications by means of specialized software enabling a personal computer to generate typeset-quality text and graphics.

desktop publishing

noun

1. a means of publishing reports, advertising, etc, to typeset quality using a desktop computer DTP

Example Sentences

Adobe became known for other aids to desktop publishing and professional imaging, notably Photoshop, which enables photographs to be altered in seemingly infinite ways.

From Los Angeles Times

He is a former software entrepreneur from the personal computer era who founded an early desktop publishing software company, which he ran for a decade.

From New York Times

“I admired entrepreneurs, and desktop publishing had just become a possibility.”

From Washington Post

To demonstrate, let him tell you a little story about QuarkXPress, the desktop publishing program.

From Los Angeles Times

He began his career working in desktop publishing and typesetting, the field in which Ms. Lenz also began her career.

From New York Times