Recent content by tobias

and where does the data to add to the labels come from?

indeed pdfsnake might just do the trick.

Also, when working in Indesign, don't print to PDF but use the export as PDF option. This gives you far greater control over your PDF output.

Using this: Creating a Virtual Postscript Printer in Windows using Ghostscript you can setup a virtual printer. This will output to raw postscript. With the Adobe Postscript Red Book (Language Reference) it's doable to make some sense out of it, and even add in extra postscript. Since...

Automatically adding a layer of data to a PDF is quite easy using opensource tools, or even scripted using your favorite Adobe® tool. But I would consider checking to see if your RIP/printengine supports postscript or similar language. You could even put in a postscript processor in between...

same behaviour at our site; we process all sorts of rgb input without an issue. We use the hp production pro print server ('matrix') rip from hp, which basically is a cluster of harlequin rips.

Indigo can print a 'digital matte' (as hp calls it) using a transparent ink. It provides a silky, nonglossy look on glossy substrates. Its an option on indigo presses just as an extra pms color or digital white (on 7000, 7200ws and 5500) Tobias

hahaha, touché :D

No, if you feed a raster image, it basically means you've already RIPped your data. So you still need something rasterizing (e.g. a RIP) but at a different point in your workflow.

I seriously hate desktops for my vdp work. If you read into it enough you can prepare your vdp jobs in raw ppml and process those on a real server, keeping your desktop clear for facebooking or random lolcat-photo-surfing, and not requiring you to drink excessive amounts of coffee because you...

is there noone out there with a rig that'll rip PPML files and 5 minutes of spare time? :(

really agree with ajr on this one. Their stuff, their problem. Thats what your service contract is for. Also, paperweight shouldnt influence colors that much; just the transfer pressure is altered and I dont think that should change color rendition because of the multiple-transfer-nature of most...

VDP here is key; so use a digital press as a 'dumb' printer, with all the bonus that digital offset gives you over their desktop nephews (websheet, etc). For volumes like these in FC i'd advise an HP Indigo 7200 WS if you need doublesided variable. If not, there are cheaper presses out there. I...

Well, its a bit of both. Basically we first write (prototype) PPML by hand (using the spec PODi released) and then write software (mainly PHP and Python) which then are able to create a larger PPML job based on what we just learned while prototyping (positioning, page order, etc). So yeah, we're...

*kick* :) Can someone please just simply download my PPML and see if their RIP eats it up, and post the output? Thanks :) (http://pastebin.com/Qcix6LZx)