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    PDF Overprint Preview

    Does anyone know of a way to save a lo res pdf that will automatically show overprint preview? Many of our customers don't know how to turn this feature on in Acrobat. More importantly I want to be able to see things like white overprints (BAD) automatically and have them print with this feature...
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    Automation Engine Transition

    Hi Everyone! I work for a folding carton company. I am working on making the move from Nexus 10.1 to Automation Engine. We are having many issues with large complex files stalling in the Nexus Rip or erroring out for various reasons. Can anyone who is currently using AE send me concrete reasons...
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    Packaging Prepress Workflow

    Hello, I'm wondering if anyone has had experience with FFEI & Realpro Toolkit? Is this a good option for the Folding Carton Industry? Pros or cons? Any suggestions are appreciated. Thanks much! Lynn
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    Imac or Mac Pro?

    Hi everyone, We currently have 2 workstations with iMacs in our Graphics Department. I need to add another workstation and wondering if another Imac is the best answer. Graphic files seem to be larger and larger all the time and I've recently had a few jobs where I couldn't get them to trap (PC...
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    Hybrid Inks

    Hi All, I am not a pressman, but this is a vague description of our dilemma if anyone cares to comment. We are printing offset on Poly SBS using hybrid UV inks. This is a new substrate for us and are having difficulties such as maintaining consistent color, piling, ink drying on rollers. Where...
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    Warping/Distortion in Illustrator or InDesign?

    Hi All, I'm looking for a way to do a conical distortion of sorts in either Illustrator or InDesign. I know there are very expensive software packages out there to do this, but would like to know if it's possible to do this with the software I already have. Basically I would need to take a flat...
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    View in Illustrator

    Hello Everyone, Anyone else experience issues with viewing light screens in Illustrator 5? Anything under 20% screen disappears and I've tried everything I can think of. Apple says it's Adobe. We have two new Imacs in Graphics and the other screen views correctly. All our settings are the same...
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    Illustrator effects

    Hi There, Wondering if anyone has ever come across a similar problem I've just had with Illustrator files. A designer sent me a file and what I see on my screen is different than what he sees and even my proof printed the way I see it and not how it's supposed to be. We are both mac based and...
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    Catching Printing Defects

    Hi all, We have a Heidelberg and Man Roland. We are looking for different techniques or processess for catching printing defects in print press sheets for the Press Operators and Quality Control People. Too many things are going unnoticed. Any suggestions would be appreciated... checklists...

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