This revised curriculum for graphic arts is designed to provide secondary and postsecondary students with entry-level skills and an understanding of current printing technology. It contains lesson plans based on entry-level competencies for offset lithography as identified by educators and industry representatives. The guide is divided into 15 units that consist of one or more lessons. Each lesson contains the following components: scope, lesson objectives, information assignment, references, introduction, outline, summary and conclusion, interaction items, classroom and laboratory activities, evaluation items, and transparency masters. Units cover the following topics: processing job orders; preparing customer layouts; typesetting; producing camera-ready copy; exposing with a camera; processing photographic material; contacting; performing film image assembly; making proofs; image carriers; offset press; finishing operations; paper handling; packaging and preparing for mailing; and specialty operations. A 27-item bibliography is included in the guide. (KC)