Recent content by seaemwhykay

Re: Wax Like Coating Thanks very much, I believe that's exactly what we're looking for!

Does anyone know what type of coating is being used for papers like Starwhites 'Soft Touch' & Curious 'Touch' The finish is very soft, almost a waxy matte type of coating. I've looked into matte uv coatings and this isn't the same thing, I'm positive this is a liquid coating, any help would be...

Re: Pantone Finder Ah, thank you, did a quick search but it didn't bring that thread up. Problem solved though!

If i have process colour values what is the quickest way to find out the Pantone number without fanning through the books?

Maybe this has been asked before, maybe this is one of those days I think myself into circles Im using Acrobat Pro.8 to print PDF's to a digital xerox printer. When i go file > print > advanced and look under output my frequency is at 60, screening method is 'default screen' and cannot be...

Re: How Do You Archive? Time machine is amazing for daily back ups We archive actual job dockets afterwards with dvd's & also use disk tracker Edited by: seaemwhykay on Jan 25, 2008 3:48 PM

Re: Varnish on Digital Prints? haha, the pressman decided to run the second side without waiting for the front to dry, it marked everything and the job was in the garbage friday. the varnish did eventually dry after a couple of hours, and it really looked good (with out all of the wheel marks...

Anyone have experience with varnishing digital press prints? Xerox Sales Rep okay'ed it, ran 1000+ sheets through this morning on a super-rush-needed-this-yesterday job, 2.5 hours later the varnish is tacky where the toner is and has completely dried where there is paper only.... My whole...

Not sure where to post this - does anyone know of a good program for keeping track of their stock inventory? The last year it was all done on paper spreadsheets - a real PITH, I don't have enough time to think of a better idea, what do you guys do in your shops?

Re: Training Great thread Here's MHO I'm 20 & have worked in prepress for a year and a half now, i hold down this dept. as well as the digital print dept. in a small business and bring home about 30k a year before taxes, there's plenty of overtime (aka stress) but I have to say there are...

Re: Best way to do sequential numbering for raffle tickets, etc. You can use data merge in INDY, you'll need to create some sort of numbering system with excel, (so if you have tickets 4 up, and want 400 numbers make 4 columns in excel, column one will contain numbers 1 to 100, etc.) save...

We're currently working on a project that has historically been difficult to bind, they've added a couple more obstacles to the design this year and the standard creep just doesn't seem to cut it. The booklet is 100 pages plus cover, 6 3/4" x 4", it's SUPER fat The person creating the...

Re: Envelopes on Xerox 240 We run envelopes on a 240 quite frequently. Depending on how well the envelopes are manufactured they may come out with some wrinkles. Just run tests and try the envelope through different orientations . I would recommend a separate fuser as you will end up with...

Re: .xls spread sheet The date was actually contained in the header, not in a cell so that method wouldn't work. The job was completed outside of excel, thanks for your help though!

i absolutely cannot stand this program...anyhow...a client has sent an .xls spreadsheet to make a day timer, they have it all setup and such, i just need to create 365 of these to print one for everyday. is there some way in excel to automate the date? they currently have the jan 01, 2008 set in...