This course will survey the use of computer graphic techniques and problems in producing illustrations for technical publications. The lectures will reference published material but will gather unpublished research and techniques into a useful set of course notes. The course introduces the problems of producing illustrated documents at the expected quality levels and of organizing written and graphical information in a complex document. The presentation of an imaging systems architecture begins with the two-dimensional device-independent imaging model that forms the basis for the discussion of page description languages, Xerox Interpress and Adobe Systems PostScript. These page description languages raise a number of challenging issues, such as color technology, digital typography and the interchange of illustrated documents. The sources of illustrations are covered from the point of view of an implementor. The focus shifts to the problems of rendering documentation graphics with a consistent quality, style, and typography expected of technical publications. The final topic addresses automated techniques for creating graphical presentations. Throughout the course, unsolved problems and thorny technical issues will be highlighted to point out areas needing further work.