Recent content by publicsectorslave

Thanks guys for the keystrokes, I'll pass the info on to the powers that be.

We're about to make the leap to an automated MIS/W2P workflow. (Avanti, Xerox, Hiflex etc. ) Woohah! With the first phase of a DAM (North Plains - Telescope) in place for photography, design, prepress & print files already in place, I'm wondering if any organizations have successfully...

Just had a chat with Adobe, no 90 day free upgrade window, but if you buy CS4 after April 12 you get the free upgrade to CS5. fiddlesticks... we received CS4 on Feb 10, 2010.

Just saw them unloading a Nexpress 2500 at our new location. Wondering if there are any advantages/obstacles in adding the Nexpress to our existing Agfa Prepress workflow? Any thoughts appreciated... thks joe

Thanks for the pointer to the printing standards. Found it in black and white on page 9 of Acrobat 9 pdf http://www.indesignusergroup.com/chapters/washingtondc/files/667/Nedell_Acrobat_9_Stds-Preflight.pdf Passed on the "official" limitations, lets see what the powers-that-be make of it. thks joe

Thanks guys/gals for the quick responses.... ultimately any digital file is unlockable/editable. As it stands, I'm the end cog in a vast government bureaucratic quagmire and the top dogs' assistant wants to create a lockable pdf that she can submit to a variety of media/organizations without...

Is it possible to create a "read-only" (locked) printable pdf. When I drop a security-enabled Adobe Pdf in my Agfa Prepress V6 CTP workflow, it flushes it as expected. Is there anyway to lock the content and still print the PDF? thks joe

Thanks for all the replies. You sure did point me in the right direction. The Task processors have revealed some hidden gems in them - lots of variables, just gotta figure out the right combinations. Overall though, not impressed with Agfa's telephone response (even with a multi-year $XX,000's...

Thanks colorblind for the push in the right direction.... Any good "educational" sites or books on profiling available? Called Agfa earlier but its' a holiday in the US (I'm in Canada). Had other jobs to process so didn't want to wait on hold. Although I was a member of the Apogee User forums...

Recently, running into issues with customers complaining about the quality of proofs compared to quality of press sheets. We only have SherpaProof Base Satin paper that we print through an Epson 9800. We are running an Apogee X system to an Avalon/Azura. The proof look immaculate and sharp and...

Re: Differences in Postscript files from different OS I'm not concerned with file sharing at this point, right now we use a underutilized G5 as a local server before backing up our work to Appleserver then to our Novell network. (Thats were alot of problems reside, but thats not my concern or...

Keep getting told by "IT" that they can't deploy "Tiger" macs because Tiger can't see our "soon to be replaced" imagesetter still running on a G3 under OS 8.6. Our Panther Macs can access the G3's spool folders on a daily basis with no issues whatsoever, since we simply drop postscript files...

Re: Agfa Avalon Thanks... Just got back to the office after an extended Holiday break and glad to see my conscerns have been answered... Just waiting for an install date to be set. thks joe

Re: Agfa Avalon Are there any light sensitivity issues with manually feeding Agfa plates. I've been told that an Apogee/Avalon ctp workflow (minus plate manager) is out on RFQ and should be awarded before years end. I'm told we'll be manually feeding plates for 4 different size presses (KBA...