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How do you get ISO 12647-2 Accreditation and who has it ?

Hi All We currently print Wedding invitation and greeting card inserts in black on a digimaster (Toner based single colour printing device). The problem we have is when we come to glue the insert into the relevant product we experience a cockling effect, which looks very unattractive on the...

Re: FM screening lines front to back of plate Hi G_Town What plates you using?.........we are currently experiencing this issue's with kodak plates (Ultra), in fact we have had this issue' for 18 months.......have you made sure the plate is been develeped fully?..........have you checked the...

does any no a work round that will stop text being rasterised over drop shadow or transparent image. i.e NOT BEING FLATTENED in/by the postscript file.

Re: Nexpress Streaks... Hi John Nic is right.....noise / texture can be added in photoshop, it does work, we just printed a gray vignette with lots of noise added (the worst tint ever) and it printed OK. I agree nic, designing for digital print is the best way and teaching your customers the...

Re: Nexpress Streaks... I have worked in digital print for 6 years...........Unfortunately streakes are a common problem in digital print, especially on large solid areas. What we tend to do is add noise to a problem tint, this will give you a better print result.

Re: Color Management with Staccato documents? Hi John What are device links? We constantly have issue's supplying proofs which clearly represent the print on uncoated papers and sometimes coated papers. Have you had any experience in this. We proof to ISO Standard (fogra) for all jobs and...

Hey All We currently print on uncoated boards at 25 Micron. Iam little concerned we are struggling to print FM25, I really think its too fine for uncoated paper, make the print look quite dark and full. Kodak Quote FM25 = 325lpi. Do you think i should go to a lower micron or even go to...

Re: Staccato Screening - printing 4col Black and white images Hi John Our Target curves are based on ISO, which i believe are based on 175screen conventional. What targets do I run to for staccato ? Just the photo is going sepia ? I have attached some files to look at. File 1 - LoRes PDF...

Hi All We have proofed a job to Fogra 39 - The 4col B/W Photos look great (maybe lacking contrast, which is due to the epson, but the photos look neutral) All our press curves are targeted towards ISO Dotgains. We put the Job on press, using image control we levelled the sheet to ISO coated...

Re: Press Room Manager for CTP machine Totally Agree Paul..........The prepress Manager should be in control of platemaking, working very closely with the production planning - This relationship is crucial.

Re: Job Description suggestions Do you agree with me ?

Re: Color Management with Staccato documents? Aaron We print staccato 20 / 25 - In regards to Colour management, we follow ISO target dot gain targets on press, then create profiles for use on the epson 9800, we have to create our own profiles, due to the increased colour Gamut on press. We...

Re: JDF for beginners Hi Peter We are not full members of the BPIF, so I cant get involved with the commitee n(unless there is another way). We are currenty in discussions with Iteba and Kodak and we expect to move forward very soon. Tharstens are holding a Openday on the 31st January at...

Re: Job Description suggestions Hi All I have agree with both sides, A production Director or Operations Director really needs to understand technology, Im not saying he/she should be able to sit down and program or setup workflows, but have enough knowledge to make informed decisions on what...