Recent content by frailer

XMF user here, in Australia. Pretty happy, especially with the integrated imposition. Improvements/upgrades happen reasonably well. We pay about $k5/year for maintenance contract which includes all upgrades/bug fixes/support. You would need to check that out where you are; may vary. All I know...

Took some getting used to. If you don't get to the Prepress Layout drop-down, prepress stuff is hidden. But it is a case of familiarity. But some odd things. Like 'Edit Page Boxes' tool button. (hash with pencil over it). OK, you can select it, but it doesn't become 'active' (4-way arrow), until...

A good point to remember. And likewise...never use Auto-Activation. An extra minute spent is well worth it.

Strange, and worrying. I assume the undesired situation occurs when you activate afterwards. Am in the habit of activating customer fonts before opening Indy file.

We are on the older (chem) processor. Have been told the new (shorter/dedicated) processor for Pro-Vs would cost around $15K. We are awaiting news on a retro-fit of our G&J chem one here in OZ. We may go that way. Much cheaper. Chem-free processors are much shorter in length, for obvious reasons.

Here's a screenshot of a problem from CS5, supplied PDF. The 2 lines, as selected in Pitstop, were 'below' the image on the page; essentially unwanted garbage, not attended to by the artiste. Now, it was visible in WireFrame. Certainly not in normal view. On Black Magic proof, it was barely...

FFEI tech here was kind enought to get back to me on this: FWIW, reply pasted below: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Your're right, it is a license issue. It may be an idea to open up the "license tool" and check that: 1. The dongle number comes up. 2. All...

Maybe it is a License issue. Have you re-seated/relocated your dongle? (then restart everything). Dig around in your FFEI applications folders. Take screenshots, or copy and paste into a text doc, any relevant info. Are you able to contact FFEI locally, where you are, or at least email them with...

I hated those Celebrant Error messages. Be better as cryptic crossword clues. Are yoou submitting a PDF to Celebrant there?. Maybe it's having trouble writing PostScript prior to rendering. Just a guess. Have you tried Optimising the PDF and resubmitting? Or saving a PostScript file from...

Not at work for another 12 hours. Are you on Celebrant? XMF? RIP Manager is ringing a bell, but not loud enough at the moment. Are you sending imposed PDFs? Can you give more detail on the source file and the path/steps to the V6.

When using a 6-to-view (12pp section) saddle stitch, rendered 3D seems to offset some pages vertically, either direction. It may be happening where the impo pages sit foot-to-foot. Haven't had time to track it today. FFEI have confirmed it occurs on the JDF-based patterns, as well as home-brewed...

I agree. It's just there, working background when you open a file. Basic is free.

You've probably got a depth of experience I don't have, cosmo, but the surprise to me is that we experience so few problems. Between Apple, Adobe, and FFEI, with each trying to enhance their products, (I'm being kind here), it's a wonder that that's all we see. Quite a soup, IMO. All I know is...

Watch for text reflows when (re)opening IDML files. just saying...

To think about reverting to good ole PDF alone is throwing the baby out with the bathwater, IMO. Trouble is, you don't know what dumbed-down IT restrictions are in place for them, and their 'own 'expertise', or lack thereof. We have a ridiculous 6~7 MB attachment limit ourselves, so I usually...