Recent content by Bass hunter

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    New Workflow options

    Not trying to Hi-Jack this thread but I too am in the same boat as the O.P. I'm at a commercial printing company and currently using Rampage. Have had several meetings / demos with various vendors, (Prinergy, XMF, Apogee) Cosmo, I see you said you had worked with Truflow. What's your opinion on...
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    Fuji acquires RAMPAGE's support contracts

    Hmmmm. The whole not supporting Mac Based clients issue is a bit concerning! To say the least. I'm really disappointed, about Rampage going away. It's been a Great Company and Great product for us.
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    Fuji acquires RAMPAGE's support contracts

    Why were you looking to go to Rampage rather than upgrading Apogee? Just curious, as I am a current Rampage user and Apogee is one of the Rips we were considering going to, once Rampage is phased-out. Are there issues with the Rip or reasons you haven't upgraded in 5 years? Any info is welcomed...
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    Plate Spoilage Numbers

    Perfect! Thanks for the reply. At least this gives me some sort of a comparison.
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    Plate Spoilage Numbers

    Just crunching some Year end numbers for Pre Press Dept. Was curious if anyone had an idea of what the Average spoilage percentage is, for plating?? I tried doing some searching on the internet and this Website but didn't really come up with anything. Im just trying to get some perspective of...
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    Javellin 8800S using Different Plates

    Currently running FujiFilm Javellin 8800S Platesetter with FLH125Z Plate Processor. We are using FujiFilm LH-PJ Thermal Digital Plates. We are wanting to explore cheaper plates. What would the Pro's and Con's be of using different brand Plates with our current FujiFilm equipment??
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    What's the software with special settings for imacs?

    I just recently ran across this post. The Pre Press Dept. that I am in, just recently switched to new I-Macs. So I was just curios how this turned out. Did you ever try the ColorEyes Display Pro software, or is there a different one that you can recommend? Thanks
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    Soft Proofing question

    Has anyone used or heard of, "Proof-it-Online? I believe they're called inMotion now. Anyway just wondering if there is any good or bad feedback on them. Thanx,
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    Soft Proofing question

    Thanx for the response. At least gives me some ideas to start with. Ian, I will get in touch. I'll send you an E-Mail.
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    Soft Proofing question

    We are using Rampage for RIP device and ORIS Color Tuner for Hard copy proofs from our EPSON Printers. Currently we are posting our PDF Proofs on a DFS Site and clients have to download files. It's served it's purpose for awhile. They are starting to complain about download times as more and...
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    Soft Proofing question

    Was wondering if anyone out there is using the ORIS Color Tuner WEB 1.0 or ORIS Hybrid Proofing software, to post Soft proofs for client alts and approvals? If so was just wondering about some of the Pros and cons of the software. As my employer is considering different Soft Proof Workflow...
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    Plate Processor Question/Problem

    We are using a Luxel 9600 CTP system with Digital Negative Plates. When we came in this morning our plate maker noticed that the Plate Replenish Solution had turned blue in the Replenish tank. We have had this system for 5 years or so and have never seen this before. Wondering if anyone had any...
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    Metrix or Preps

    Re: Metrix or Preps We had been using Preps and then slowly made the conversion over to Metrix. We are now using Metrix 3.0 along with Rampage 10.6. and we are in the process of converting the shop to a JDF workflow. JDF will definately be the way to go for the majority of our jobs I think...
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    Using FileMaker Pro 9 for Archiving Question....

    Re: Using FileMaker Pro 9 for Archiving Question.... I thought it might be a Username/Password issue. As far as I can tell we use a Password when entering new Data through FileMaker Pro 5.5 but it never asks for a Username. But when updating to FileMaker 9 it wants a Username and Password.??..
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    Using FileMaker Pro 9 for Archiving Question....

    We are using a Database created through FileMaker Pro 5.5 to catagorize and keep track of a DVD Archival System for old job files. It works fine but I wanted to update it to the New FileMaker Pro 9 to get it on a Machine thats running OS X. When updating to the newer version we can look up and...

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