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    Over 50 unemployed Prepress Tech, should I call it quits for printing?

    PhotoshopDude, I would recommend putting together an electronic portfolio/slide show showing some intricate before and after retouching and color correction projects that you are proud of to embellish your resume, you can create a web friendly version and email it to potential employers. Gear up...
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    ORIS Flex Pack proofing system - is this the next big thing for digital proofs?

    Hi Stephen, In your opinion is the CGS ORIS Flex Pack proofing system a good solution for proofing contract quality color proofs for food packaging on white or clear polyethylene substrates? thanks, Pat
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    Inkjet proofing on polyethylene

    Does anyone have any experience creating contract quality proofs on clear or white polyethylene substrate to simulate flexo print for packaging? I am not having much luck web searching for vendors who even sell the substrate for inkjets proofers much less a device that will print a high quality...
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    proofing on polyethylene

    Does anyone have any experience creating contract quality proofs on clear or white polyethylene substrate for flexo packaging? I am not having much luck web searching for vendors who even sell the substrate much less a device that will print a high quality proof on that substrate. I appreciate...
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    Need Color Management Direction

    wyseconsul wyseconsul I think this might be Terry's email. You could try to reach him at [email protected] He is also a Senior Member of Printplanet.com, maybe he will see the posts and contact you. Best of luck, Pat QUOTE=pabney;189121]Ptheobald1 That link seems to be out of commission...
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    Need Color Management Direction

    I would recommend Terry Wyse as a good starting point Wyseconsul.com Pat Where would I look for such a person? Is this something we should look to our rip manufacturer (Screen) for? Somebody, please help me find the proper way. TIA Paul
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    View in Illustrator

    Did you turning down your brightness adjustment in System Prefs/Displays? Pat
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    Adobe Illustrator Link Information Mystery

    Lukas I placed the same image in InDesign and although the Link Info palette is much different it shows as being placed at 100%. This was originated for print not web.....
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    Adobe Illustrator Link Information Mystery

    I see.... Thanks Lukas for taking the time to explain the 24% relationship to resolution I am on Illustrator CS5 Version 15.0.2 and the Raster Effects are set to 300 DPI I will attach a screen grab of the version and raster effects palette Pat
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    Adobe Illustrator Link Information Mystery

    Good morning Lukas, The placed image file in that Illustrator file is a 300 dpi CMYK .psd document, it shows up in Link Information as 24% if it is placed as in .tiff format also. I selected the .psd file on my desktop in Bridge and it displays in Link Information as 300 DPI..... I know my math...
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    Adobe Illustrator Link Information Mystery

    hopefully the screen grab was attached correctly...I had to blur out some of the info, sorry What I am seeing is an image that I know was placed at 100% displaying 24% in the Link Information.... thanks, Pat
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    Adobe Illustrator Link Information Mystery

    Link Info Mystery Link Info Mystery Hi Rich, The final file is going to be a PDF but my efforts in color correction/retouching happen upstream in our workflow, before the assembly operators do their work in Illustrator and save out the final PDFs. What I would like to do is open the...
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    Adobe Illustrator Link Information Mystery

    Hi Group, Happy Friday! I wonder if anyone has encountered problems like I am with the Illustrator Link Information palette showing placed images at 24% instead of 100% or 12% for placed images scaled to 50%? I need to resize final color corrected images to the placed size in the client's .ai...
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    Kodak Approval Recipe Builder

    Approval Recipe Colors Approval Recipe Colors Thank you Chuck, This is very encouraging.... I need to do some research on current versions on our Approval RIP, etc.... I appreciate your reply Pat I have some good news regarding Recipe Colors on the Kodak Approval Proofing System. Late last...
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    Kodak Approval Recipe Builder

    i was wondering if there is anyone out there with advanced techniques/insider information for creating spot color matches using the Kodak Approval's Recipe Builder/RecipeGenerator? I usually start with the Recipe Calculator's suggested Donor/Density Click combinations but I am usually very...

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