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My boss has decided she wants to have customers be able to design business cards, letterhead, banners and more on our company website. Being a prepress worker and not a web designer, I have no idea where to start with this project. I guess the first thing I need is a browser based design program...

Does it have any VDP capabilities? What are the advantages compared to InDesign, Quark and MS Punisher?

The easiest solution for this that I have found is to modify the PMS definitions in the RIP. That way anytime a certain PMS is called for, the new definition is used.

Yes, like Vee said. Indesign for numbering. You can even use word if need be. Your boss should appreciate the time saved since you don't need to run it through the press as well as the copier.

Someone must have some knowledge on this. Please don't be shy.

I've just always compressed the files using zip or stuffit, then move the compressed file to the other computer.

It affects it by the print area. One printer might have an 8" wide print area on letter size and another will have an 8.25" print area. Unless the person used soft returns at the end of the each line of type, the type will flow differently because of the .25" difference in print area. That is...

Word sets itself up to your default printer. Try loading the PPD for the printer of the computer it was designed on.

I don't know much about this machine, but I feel we should be able to get better quality from it then we are. Can this machine print good solids? Even when we use the highest quality setting and print only uni-directional, our solids still appear mottled. We are using HP Rip software ver...

I'm doing a job dealing with election information where I need to sort a list of voters by voting precincts, with each precinct starting at the top of a new page. Is there a way through Excel to insert the various blank records quickly, or some other list management software to do this? Is there...