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    Is there such a thing as a 2pt round score for a sheetfed press?

    Thank you both. The link looks like they have heavy (0.026" is pretty much 2pt) scores. The music wire is an awesome idea. Your method of mounting is exactly how we mount scores and perfs so nothing difficult there. Thanks again. =)
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    Is there such a thing as a 2pt round score for a sheetfed press?

    We do a lot of jobs that are too large for our letterpress and we have to outsource the scoring. I would love to score them on the press but the only scoring strips I can find are quite thin and the paper still cracks. Does anyone know of something similar to a 2pt round score for a press? It...
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    Dog ear corner on second fold of 16 page sig.

    The first unit folds and perfs, the second folds on the pref and scores, the third does the final fold on the score. The problem is that when the paper is folded on the perf for the second fold the rollers aren't grabbing it right. The corner of the sheet that was folded in the first unit tucks...
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    PDFs out of Microsoft Apps

    Of course you are having problems. But not because you are a Mac shop, because they are Office files. We are a PC shop and have tons of headaches with any MS app. Fonts still substitute without warning and type re-flows. The type is never pure black. We PDF those files ASAP then attack them with...
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    Convert PDF to grayscale

    We use Box of Tricks all the time. RGB gone is very handy. My only complaint about the greyscale conversion is the amount of gain on a PC. Converting all text to black is also nice. Especially for those documents where the black text is a mixture of auto, spot black, rich black, and real black.
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    My print job smells like ink

    I once had a client who thought the work was too dark (after approving a press proof) ask "Can't you just run it back through the press and take some ink off?" I was at a loss.

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