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Hi Johu, thanks for your reply - you are quite right about the page numbering! We held one of our four days training back so we could ask this question (as well as many others). We had this last week and we are much more confident about the system now - it's just a case of finding where things...

Hi spoocobra Sure the website (which is not very good imho) is at http://www.ffei.co.uk/realpro-workflow/ but this is a bit confusing - if I click on the brochure it brings up their Graphium label product. I'm in the UK where Apex are the distributors, we were quite impressed with the product...

Hi Duncan Our decision to go with Equios was mostly financial (the move from Trueflow to Equios is counted as an 'upgrade'), but also because we already had our Trueflow system linked to Equios Online (for online proofing). We purchased a second user platesetter separately so our decisions are...

Hi Duncan, its been a while since your last message - did you upgrade in the end. We have taken the upgrade a few months back (good job too - the old Trueflow Server has finally given up the ghost). We are managing to get all of our work (both digital and litho) through the Equios system - but...

Hi - anyone out there help? Our press is in another part of the factory from the platesetter - at the moment we are using the cardboard boxes that the plates come in to transport the exposed plates to the press, but this is a little awkward and the boxes don't last very long? Has...

Hi Guys We have just had the Equios demo and it went well, I think a lot has to do with the person doing the demonstrating - the first thing the demonstrator showed us was the things that were the same or similar in Trueflow and there is more than I realised. The imposition is different, but...

Hi Kansasquaker ​Thanks for reply - it all helps (I think !) - the trouble is, as both of us have found out, the manufacturers will bend the truth about what their software works with - its only when you actually come to use it that the problems emerge. I really like Trueflow, as...

Hi Duncan, ​I'm in the same boat here - just had a demo of XMF and as you say it looks good, but am waiting to get prices - we are currently on Trueflow 7.3 and are now in the process of evaluating workflows - going to look at Equios (though we didn't like the early Pre4M version that came...

Hi all We are on Trueflow 7.3 here, but Trueflow has been replaced by Equios - which is a very, very different program. We have both here, (I think that Equios comes with Trueflow as well - but don't quote me on this!) but haven't yet made the switch. I also noticed the problem with the...

Hi can anybody give me some advice. We have output some sample Greyscale images on our C7000 for a customer. We have a fiery attached and I simpy selected 'Greyscale' on the print driver. The customer has looked at the samples and sent a new PDF where he has attempted to lighten the images...

Paul, we had considered the DIY route ourselves, but the advantages of using Equios seemed to outweigh this, mainly in the following areas (for us of course - might be different for you). I'm sure it's possible to setup/write your own code to do all of the following but its definitely not a...

Hi Paul, We use Equios Online here for our proofing, but are using it with Trueflow 7 - haven't had the time to switch over to Equios - mainly due to us having a huge range of flatworker impositions and a nice structured imposition folder - which as far as I can tell Equios doesn't support. So...

Can't comment on Trendsetter, but we have had Screen for many years and found the platesetter to be extremely reliable.

Hi the_brain Thanks VERY much for your help - I would never have found this myself, it also opens up lots of other possibilities that I hadn't even thought could be done. You really live up to your user name ! How on earth do you know all this stuff :) Again, thanks for the step by step...

Hi the_brain Thanks for your reply, I think I understand what you mean, but the trouble is I can't see any option in Pitstop to: Set the Media box to the Crop box. Or indeed any box to the Crop box! Using Inspector my available options are: Crop box to Media Box Crop box to Trim Box (greyed...