Recent content by Bret Hesler

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    Double-sided Epson proofs?

    They had a DJET system with the stacked Epson printers at my last job. I believe they got it from CMYK Distributers. What is DJet - CMYK Distributors
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    Round creasing lines

    Ah, yes, the female part of the die would be a counter. Where you probably use matrix for straight creasing channels.
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    Round creasing lines

    You need to have a die made. They laser cut grooves in plywood and bend cutting and creasing rules to fit the shape. By the way. I never heard of a Tiegel press. We call them Windmills in the US.
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    Pantone 2023

    It looks like they are at the beginning of the library in Pantone Connect, #s in the 6000 range. They have a supplemental Formula Guide fanbook of the new colors. https://www.pantone.com/color-tools/physical-color-tools/graphics/formula-guide-supplement-coated-uncoated Color Bridge does not...
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    Pantone: + or not?

    There are a bunch of additional colors in the 2xxx range.
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    QR codes taking over

    I have heard of mobile advertising... I got one to scan from the video, and it takes you to michaelalanalien on instagram.
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    Delta E'00 l:c:h weighting factors

    Our spot colors are verified by our ink vendor using DE2000, and again on press for packaging work. There is a print quality verification service that specifies it, as well as the 1:1:1 ratio. " Color difference formula: ΔE2000 Color Space kL* = 1 kC* = 1 kH* = 1, in accordance with ISO...
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    Moving the first page image to match end paper and cover page of a book

    I have also seen that done for better crossovers in perfect bound brochures, usually 1/8" (3mm) We called it kick out. It was a manual process.
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    AM 250 lpi

    No contradiction here. The last place I worked printed everything with 300LPI hybrid screening (Stochastic below 5% and above 95%) We let 300ppi images go, and found there are very few instances where extra resolution was helpful.
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    The New Face to the Customer

    1. Yes 2. They provide disposable procedure masks, but I got my own reusable, fabric ones. 3. Yes, but they didn't fit me.
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    Paste Binding

    We do this inline on a web press, which is much more than you need. You might be able to do inline gluing on a folder as described in this link. https://www.baumfolder.com/resources/setup-guides/
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    gloss spot varnish HELP

    I'll second Magnus59 suggestion if you have UV capability. If not, sending out for UV coating is going to be your best bet.
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    Time planning software?

    In the past, I have used Trello in a large format department, and Ganttic to schedule Sheetfed, digital and large format.

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