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    Help with Fiery Workstation 5...

    Hello. We are a small shop running Xerox Versant 80, Fiery WS 5 (FS 150pro) I want to set up to use WS 5 on my Mac in my office. We presently have the Fiery WS 5 beside the V80 in the next room. It would be so valuable and efficient for me to be able to send jobs to print from my office instead...
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    Adobe Acrobat 11

    I want to buy Acrobat 11 to work with my version of Fusion Pro. Adobe does not sell it anymore. Any ideas are appreciated. I don't want to pay $600 to update Fusion Pro and then sign on to the monthly subscription of Adobe. Thanks, Neal
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    Banner Design on iPhone?

    we have need of iPhone app for quick and simple banner design. Any recommendations? These banners are mainly solid color backgrounds with limited type, maybe a logo. Thanks
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    Competing with Xerox?

    Small shop here... we run xerox V80 the local college has an on campus print shop with a xerox crew They provide copy copy services for students, faculty, AND solicit business from the general public. In a recent quote I noticed I could not get me price low enough to compete with their...
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    Staples for Xerox Versant 80

    Where do you folks buy staple cartridges for the Versant 80? Thanks. Neal
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    Xero?

    Anybody using Xero for invoicing, payroll, customer account history, AR, AP, etc I have been using Quickbooks Online but with payroll the cost is about $100 a month. Xero seems to be about $30 a month. Thanks Neal
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    Output Delivery / Versant 80 - Workstation 5

    Hello, I am trying to change the default setting in my Output Delivery to be "Face Up" instead of the present default of "Face Down". This would save me having to change it on every one sided job I print. Thanks for any tips. Neal
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    Transparency problem

    my customers pdf looked fine on monitor but when printing on our versant 80 the bounding box of a logo image (png file) printed only part transparent. Ideas please? Thanks
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    PDF viewer for IPhone

    Many times I receive customer files and need to view the pdf on my iPhone to verify the page size of the document. I have adobe on iPhone and I can view the file but cannot see the page size. Do you you have any suggestions? Thanks
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    Small shop here...

    We are presently outsourcing our banners and posters but want to bring it in house. The volume is not great but we are needing faster turn than we can provide through our sources. I think the volume will grow once we bring it in house. What machine would you recommend? Typical product requests...
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    Image shift Versant 80 / Fiery Work Station

    Have you experienced this issue on Versant 80 / Fiery Work Station? When shifting the image to line up the front and back sides, under the Finishing Tab, select Image Shift box... It seems simple enough to shift up, down, left or right so the images line up front to back but I usually end up...
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    iOS estimate app?

    anybody using a simple iOS estimate app? thanks
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    Job Pricing help...

    Would anyone be willing to help an old offset guy as he learns about digital pricing? I am doing ok with the simpler jobs but books like the following are more difficult. 8.5x11 saddlestitched 375 quantity 68 pages + cover 80# Gloss text 80# Gloss cover 4/4 no bleeds we are running on...
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    Adobe Alternatives ???

    Hello all wise and knowing ones... We are a 2-man shop... Xerox Versant 80 Mac with Adobe CC 2018 Fusion Pro for simple Var Data jobs (Addressing, numbering) Most files come to us print-ready PDF. We do some simple file prep, proof, and print jobs. I am having issues with FP - Acrobat and...
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    Smartphone uses in our business...

    Hello all, Just wondering who makes real effective use of there smartphones in our business? I am due to get a new Iphone 7 and thought I might try to learn some new tricks with it. I use my phone for calls and texts with a little emailing thrown in. I also do some estimating with it. Anyway I...
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    Color 1 side... grayscale back...

    I have read a good bit on this but still not sure what to do... please comment. Using Fiery Work Station 5 and Versant 80 On a simple 8 page newsletter customer wants pages 1 and 8 in color with pgs 2-7 grayscale. (All 8 pages of the pdf are color) I convert pages 2-7 to grayscale in acrobat...
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    FusionPro and USPS Small Business Tool... Mailings

    Hello, We have been doing mailings for a couple of years now but we are trying to utilize the USPS Small Business Tool online to take advantage of more automated setup and get better postage discounts. Using Fusion Pro 9.3.26 for our VDP software... it has several barcode tools in the rules to...
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    Do you give customer the pdf file?

    Here is the situation... Customer gives us jpegs, hand drawn sketches, business cards, word files, etc.... We prepare a print-ready pdf in via Indesign. We print the job and they are happy and pay. 2 months later they come asking for the print-ready pdf. I say it is the property of the printer...
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    Do you give your customer the job files?

    Here is the situation... Customer gives us jpegs, hand drawn sketches, business cards, word files, etc.... We prepare a print-ready pdf in via Indesign. We print the job and they are happy and pay. 2 months later they come asking for the print-ready pdf. I say it is the property of the printer...
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    Fusion Pro and intelligent barcode

    Recently started looking into intelligent barcode for usps mailings. We have been using fusion pro for variable data addressing as we print the job on our versant 80. How do I incorporate intelligent bar codes with fusion pro and the usps IMsb tool? As I read the IMsb user guide it says I can...

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