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Answer to question Answer to question Hi there, Thanks for the reply. The reason I wanted to get information about mixing plates on one processor is because I wanted to test out some Chinese plates for some black & white line art jobs but wanted to keep the same plates for my 4 color work...

Printing Ink Company Printing Ink Company Based in Toronto I believe. We use them for permanent inks and they have been very good so far. Every batch is consistent. This is a problem we were having with another large company I'm not going to mention. I'd say go for it. We did and we've gotten...

Answer Answer Well due to having a contract with Fujifilm, I don't mess around with that kind of stuff. I would be able to if I messed around with the menus though. Using Screen 8up CTP.

Hey peeps, Was wondering if anyone had any experience with running Kodak plates with Fujifilm chemistry? We are thinking of mixing vendors and were wondering if this would cause a problem. Any thoughts/advice would be much appreciated. Thanks :)

Hi boys and girls, We are currently printing our dielines on polyester film using a vinyl cutter with a pen instead of a blade. We submit this with our print job. I cannot use my diemaker to do this because he makes dies the old fashion way and doesn't have any proofing equipment. I plot a 1...

Platejet Platejet Those machines are built strong. I was just speaking to an ex supplier I know and he claims that Océ does support this machine. A company called Bob Webber (www.bob-weber.com) seems to be supporting it also. I used to run one at my last employer about 4 years ago. Back then...

Hey everyone, I would like to know what everyone is running through their Iluminas. I'm an offset printer who uses the Ilumina for small re-runs due to errors in finishing. I tend to try using offset stocks often but sometimes I don't get good results. Is there anyone attempting to use stock...

Build your own Build your own Hi everyone, I just wanted to let everyone know that I successfully had an HP XW8600 workstation with a QuadCore processor installed with Rampage 11.0. We are running a Rampage R Series controller card for output to a Screen 8up CTP. It was much cheaper than...

PDF Trap Engine PDF Trap Engine We use PDF Trap Engine for Indesign files that have complex transparencies and spot colors. We too have had problems with speed. Most of our Indesign files are about 40" wide by 15" high and at times it takes us 4+ hours on a 2 Xeon 3.6ghz processor box which is...

re: strange color differences Just a suggestion: Have your ink supplier give you draw downs of the cans of ink they ship you. Different batches may have a different LAB value which will result in different colors on reprints. You can check this with a spectrophotometer. I've had this happen to...

Re: Wax Free Permanent Inks Hi Jlind, Thanks for taking interest in my problem. We are using Hostmann Steinberg inks with a high tack. Our press dept. uses ink reducer to reduce the tack everytime they get new ink. We print on Asia Rivera 200m Gloss stock and we print on 18-24pt board. In my...

Good afternoon, Anyone out there using Wax free permanent inks for color fastness reasons? We are having issues with the high tack and we are running a Speedmaster Heidelberg without any third party dampening system like Delta. We constantly have to stop to fix the hickey/picking issues. I...

Re: 4colorized 1 bit tiff problem Was the client's 1 bit tiff already screened? How did they generate it? Could it be trying to screen an already screened file on your Dart? Just a hunch. When I submit 1 bit tiffs through Rampage, I use the CT/LW Input profile setup on Rampage. I have not...

Re: Building your own Rampage Boxes? We attempted this with our own equipment when we first purchased the Rampage JVX workflow. We had some issues with their hardware being compatible with our hardware. For example, when we needed a screening board for 1 bit tiff output, it was not compatible...

Re: Thermal vs. Violet CTP--anyone switch? Both are good technologies. We made the transition from CTF to CTP about 1.5 years ago and we took a long time to look at everything. For me it was the service that was the most important. Over the years Fuji has really stayed on top of their game...