Introduce yourself!

[DAC]

hello good people, I'm new to this site and just finding my way around.

Too many years in the industry starting life as a Gravure Planner (Stripper) and then responsible for installing colour systems into a National Newspaper, then the "desktop" era and finally responsible for quality worldwide. Can show scars to prove it if required!

Hope to be of use to you all, and looking forward to reading the threads

cheers

[Kernie]

My name is Jeff, I'm from Rogers, MN. I've been in the printing biz for about 14 years or so. Mostly been with smaller shops and spent a year with a big trade show custom display company with an in-house large format graphic dept. Most of my experience is in electronic prepress. I also do some design work and have experience with sign production as well.

I've been at this shop for about 1-1/2 years now and the biggest challenge so far has been getting both the MAC workstations updated to the latest versions of software. One MAC is almost current with the exception of being on CS4. The other is about 2 full versions behind (which makes absolutely no sense to me!). The guy that ran this dept before me didn't really know how to run it. They just showed up and put in their 8 hours! Back-up was terrible and archiving even worse. We now have a 1TB file server that backs up nightly and also have an off-site drive. It's looking better every day.

We are now looking in to purchasing new Macs because the machines we have are pre-Intel and can't upgrade to Adobe CS5. The running bill keeps growing! We're thinking of going iMac and beefing them up with memory & processing power.

Just hoping to get some good pointers here and do my best to give some out as well!

[DAC]

I guess the $64,000 question is "why Mac"?

We did a couple of shoot offs with operators that loved the MAC and they could tell no difference. The advantage to the bean counters was that PC (HP) replacements were a fraction of the cost.

[Kernie]

I guess the $64,000 question is "why Mac"?

We did a couple of shoot offs with operators that loved the MAC and they could tell no difference. The advantage to the bean counters was that PC (HP) replacements were a fraction of the cost.

That is a good question, but why is it a $64,000 question?
The honest answer is because we are stuck in our ways. I would have to really dig for a reason I think. Something to consider...

[Nigel Wild]

Worked in the print industry for a long time,

Misomex -
CAD systems, Step and repeat machines, Imagesetters and Direct to plate machines
Started as a service engineer - ended up as UK and Ireland Service Manager.

Graphoprint -
Web Printers
Pre-Press Manager

Artwork Systems / Esko -
Pre-press software
Senior Application Specialist UK & Ireland

Out of the Box -
Production MIS and pre-press tools
Technical Director

Precision Printing Plates Limited -
Flexo Plate/Sleeve plate makers and Reprographic services
Systems Development Manager

[Armya Inc]

Hi Nigal, Please contact me with farshad@armyaservices.com.

We might be able to work with each other, if you are interested.

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farshad@armyaservices.com

[HassanShareef]

My Name is Hassan Shareef and it took my 45 years to get here.

I am the prepress Manager for Obeikan Folding Cartons, located in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. I work there 11 months out of the year and spend my one month vacation in my hometown of Brooklyn, NY (We Go Hard!) or my adopted hometown of Delray Beach, FL.

I started in the prepress industry working for a "color separation" house in NY in the 80's and stayed with them for over 20 years before being offered a position in Riyadh, in 2003. The move wasn't difficult. My name is Hassan, after all.

I have worked with all of the major prepress systems (Kodak, Esko, Artpro, etc) and major asset is my ability to work with a diverse group of people. At Obeikan it's like the United Nations.

On my off time, I like to beat up on my 15 year old son at Madden NFL. He took a 72-71 butt whooping from me the last time we played. I also have a daughter and a Ball and Chain who I love very much.

[customfolders]

Hi Everyone!

Just joined this informative and energetic community and was finding a place to introduce my self with all members. I am Mr.Senim and interested in online custom/presentation folders printing business but need a lot of information, this is the reason I joined this forum.

Thank you for reading my first post.

Regards

[thadeus]

Hello

I work in company which produces (prints) large variety of labels, from thermal transfer to flexo printing. I've been looking for internet communities and sources of information about many, many, many technical and practical issues, so here I am )

Greetings from Poland!

[victoria_foster]

Hi, my name is Victorya and I am the manager at a medium sized commercial shop.