Recent content by Stephen Marsh

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    Detecting areas of fine detail

    If you were OK with rasterizing the file in Photoshop for preview purposes, then it's easy to create an action to visually show detail at a given pixel size that is considered too small. Here is a simplified animated example, however, with other content it might prove to be more challenging:
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    How to compensate for the color shift of Matte lamination?

    Inkjet ink has many variations: aqueous pigment or dye, eco-solvent, UV, latex/resin so there are many variables.
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    How to compensate for the color shift of Matte lamination?

    The laminated result can be profiled and used in a conversion: What is a finishing proof? Fogra49 and Fogra50 in detail. | proof.de
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    Excessive revisions and proofs

    I encourage our Accura MIS users to add a variable to their proof email template, which automatically includes the version number of the proof. This way both parties know that they are on Proof Version: 99 of the "print ready" artwork that should have been good to go on the first proof!
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    The Re-quote Process

    Is the job still profitable, even at $400 less? Less than what? $400 less than cost? $400 less in profit, i.e. the job is being sold at cost for no profit? Forgetting labour costs for the staff with nothing to do for the moment, there is still the cost of substrate, ink, packing materials etc.
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    Fastest way to add bleeds to a supplied PDF file.

    Simply paste the code into the forum using the </> button:
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    Renaming a PDF page label with information on the page... Then extracting the page with that label for the name

    Attached is a .zip archive of various Acrobat Pro Action Wizard .sequ files for splitting files.
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    Renaming a PDF page label with information on the page... Then extracting the page with that label for the name

    As I had to remove the code from my blog to stop Google taking the site down, here are the two scripts: var CSV = function(data) { var _data = data.split('\r'); for(var i in _data) { if(_data[i].length > 0) { console.println(i + ' ' + _data[i]); _data[i] =...
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    Renaming a PDF page label with information on the page... Then extracting the page with that label for the name

    A bit late to the party, however, the following may be useful: Splitting PDF Files to Variable File Names Splitting PDF File Names from a .CSV Source
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    Epson Surecolor P proofer vs HPz9 printer for print proofs

    I know that CGS ORIS Color Tuner can do progressive proofs. Do you certify your proofs? Always check that the RIP supports the printer model that you are considering, this isn't always a given and different RIPs may support more or less features for a given printer. Consider the inkset, if you...
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    Any way to know what clicks we did last month?

    If you have a print management system, it should be pretty easy to run a report for this for a given time frame (at least that is my expectation from the Accura Print MIS).
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    What volume discounts do you use for digital?

    Do you know your costs? Do you know what the market rates are? Where do you sit in the market, being a "county in-plant" and how does this potentially change things?
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    Why do they reject sRGB???

    In many cases they don't want to be held responsible for gamut mapping, forcing this back to the supplier of the file so that they are aware of and are responsible for any saturation and or hue shifts. Edit: Forgot to mention, it is rare in my experience that a digital press is set up as a...
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    Task Management software

    Other options that seems popular: monday.com pricing and plans Trello Pricing However, I'm skeptical if any sofware will allow "my day go as planned rather than being interrupted".

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