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EFI 4.5.2 Rip & OSX 10.7

My suggestion is to find a reseller that still has 10.6, buy it and install it. Even if you have to buy it on eBay. You should be good to go.
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- Post #3
- Oct 4, 2011
- Forum: Wide Format and Inkjet Discussion
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Color Management, What is it really??

Here is a good place to start getting the answers you are looking for: ColorWiki - Color Management Answers
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- Post #6
- Dec 1, 2009
- Forum: Color Management
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Opinion of Quark 8

InDesign is a better application by a wide margin. When Quark was king (version 4ish) I used it like everyone else and was happy, but that was then. I have no respect for a company that had a virtual lock on the page layout market and sat on their a$$ counting their $$ while Adobe worked hard...
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- Post #13
- Oct 20, 2009
- Forum: Prepress and Workflow Discussion
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cmyk to cmyk convertion

Device link profile in Photoshop CS4. We use Link-O-Lator for the DL, works great!
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- Post #6
- Sep 1, 2009
- Forum: Prepress and Workflow Discussion
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PDF to TIF automation solution

EskoArtwork Nexus will do exactly what you want, but at a hefty price. I agree with Al, Photoshop droplets should be very efficient and cost effective.
- tthompson
- Post #12
- Sep 1, 2009
- Forum: Wide Format and Inkjet Discussion
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PDFs out of Microsoft Apps

Enfocus Instant PDF will do exactly what you want. Very easy to use and not that expensive ($300).
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- Post #6
- Feb 10, 2009
- Forum: Miscellaneous Prepress Applications
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IPA’s Color Management Professional (CMP) Certification Program

I was just recently certified. The material is very good. The fundamental course should be easy for you if you have any real world color management experience. My only complaint is that the advanced courses have been delayed for some reason. I was told by one of the "higher ups" at the IPA that...
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- Post #4
- Feb 10, 2009
- Forum: Color Management
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Proofer Recommendations

We used Epson 9600 printers in the past for contract proofs and backed up press forms but have switched to the Canon 8000s. It's much faster than Epson and quality is similar. It took a while for us to figure out how to get accurate backups but now it works better than ever.
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- Post #4
- Jan 21, 2009
- Forum: Prepress and Workflow Discussion
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Is 10.5 Leopard stable for production yet?

Is 10.5 Leopard stable for production yet? IMHO it is. I know for a fact that it will work fine using: Adobe CS Pitstop Dynastrip Mac Office I have been using Leopard since March with those applications on MacPro towers and Intel iMacs. Also CS4 pre-release on a MacPro with 10.5.5. Very...
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- Post #2
- Sep 30, 2008
- Forum: Prepress and Workflow Discussion
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remote proofing

Re: remote proofing I would recommend ICS Remote Director. Easy to use and supported very well. Training is done online in a matter of hours. It can be automated completely by using their "ProofFlow" software which allows for hot folder driven workflows. I don't think that it supports 1-bit...
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- Post #5
- Jan 22, 2008
- Forum: Prepress and Workflow Discussion

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