Recent content by Todd Smith

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    Suggestions for Replacing Indigo with Toner press

    We just put in a Xerox Irridesse and are very happy with it so far. You get banner printing plus Gold, Silver, Clear and White.
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    Raster or Vector PDF proofing

    Which type of PDFs do you use for customer proofs? Raster or Vector? Why? I say Raster, but need good arguments for Rastor.
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    New Job Title for Prepress/Wide Format/Digital Press operators

    I started in Prepress 25 years ago, and my job title was simply "Prepress". Now, like many prepress operators, we also wear the Wide format and Digital Press operator hats. So the question is what should our new title be to reflect our added skillsets?
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    Illustrator Plug-ins for CAD files

    We are taking the plunge into Wide Format printing. We are investing in a couple of printers, one is a flatbed and one a roll. We will be doing cutting, scoring etc. on a separate machine. We will be using Kasemake design software and a GMG Rip. From what I understand the conversions from CAD...
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    Photoshop: Convert part of an image to true greyscale?

    I always use Hue/Saturation. Make your selection then open Hue/Saturation, check the colorize box, then pull saturation all the way to the left (zero).
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    Paper being marked? Epson 7800

    Try trimming the paper before running your job. During the summer months we always trim the paper first thing in the morning because of humidity. The first couple of inches get wavy because of the extra moisture absorbed during the night and the print head scrapes the top of the waves and leaves...
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    Finding a Printer for Wedding Invitations

    Wedding invites Wedding invites Our company would be happy to send you a quote and some samples! We just installed a Konica/Minolta C8000 for short run 4/4 printing. We can print on almost any kind of stock. It does a really beautiful job. We ship work to the west coast and east coast all...
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    Legal issues with designer's files

    Re: Legal issues with designer's files We use Prinergy EVO and usually drop our PDFs onto workflows but we also have a printer set-up that we can print problematic files to and then it automatically process the files into the Job Data volume. Don't know if you have something similar set up but...

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