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  1. michaelejahn

    Page count divisible by 4

    Important tool for imposition applications that cant ad blank pages !
  2. michaelejahn

    Transparency effects printing issues

    Does not sound like you are saving time ( or materials ) dropping AI that don't process / print as expected. Sorry. Converting to PDF/x resolves a lot of print related issues.
  3. michaelejahn

    Easiest way to fix broken/corrupt/weird PDFs?

    You want reliable PDF that print, welp, you might need to open then in an app that can save them out a PDF/X. I am quite familiar with Scanned documents and horrible word documents- gotta make 'em reliable. PitStop is one way to accomplish that.
  4. michaelejahn

    Easiest way to fix broken/corrupt/weird PDFs?

    or, you can educate your customer. If they want a reliable printed result, they need to make a reliable PDF. Save as PDF/X
  5. michaelejahn

    How do you see your business affected during COVID-19?

    I think @Fyshy was kidding @ehurwitch - LOL We at SmartSoft are software developers - and all of our offerings are Saasy / Cloudy - while no one has been to the office in nearly 3 months except to gather monthly checks our of the offices mailbox, we have seen absolutely no change during this...
  6. michaelejahn

    Suspect printing

    We never run out of paper WHEN WE PRINT TO PDF
  7. michaelejahn

    Cost of JDF driven cutters and folders??

    "These" JDF devices ? Some JDF "devices" are simply software to process JDF files. For example, our PressWise system has a option to generate a JDF file that is was developed to pass certain printing related details for a job to a JDF Processor that expresses someting very simple - like what...
  8. michaelejahn

    Remote Color OK's

    Yes. Use Remote Director. https://www.remotedirector.com/ Contact Dan Caldwell - he can hook a brother up ! [email protected] http://whattheythink.com/video/100681-facilitate-remote-proofing-remote-director/
  9. michaelejahn

    A couple of questions for US forum members

    @Gordon - there is no understanding Trump. Even Trump does not understand Trump.
  10. michaelejahn

    wow, that is some fancy word salad

    wow, that is some fancy word salad
  11. michaelejahn

    Self Quarantine

    As I work in Support, nearly all our customers are using this time to dive deeper into our Print MIS system ( PressWise ) so, we are getting a lot of requests for GoToMeetings - as it is Cloud Based - 100% of us can work just fine from home
  12. michaelejahn

    HYBRID Software Launches Flexo Tool to Optimize Plate Material

    took me a little mousing around, but i finally font that product here; https://cloudflow.hybridsoftware.com/cloudflow-modules/tectonics/
  13. michaelejahn

    Ring AM screening?

    If i might add. http://www.hamillroad.com/products/auraia/ Probably the very best screening I have encountered. I worked for Scitex ( Via SGAUA ) and AGFA and Compose Systems. Andy Cave is one of the brightest people I have met. http://www.hamillroad.com/company/about/
  14. michaelejahn

    Pressero

    Related to; I work for SmartSoft, we develop and market a Cloudy SaaS-y-ish ( monthly service fee ) PrintMIS called PressWise. We have many customer who use Pressero as their front end ( Storefront that injects orders into PressWise ) - Pressero makes use of our PressWise APIs. Pressero also...
  15. michaelejahn

    Softproofing Before OR After Ripping

    I appreciate everyone being super careful - and while some workflows and business relationships actually require a signed off proof ( where the proof is a more or less a 'business contract' ) - in a world where customers use storefront templates for digital printing, soft proofing is all that...
  16. michaelejahn

    Rip from Adobe suite or the CTP rip?

    PricelineNegotiator - yes, you can create several things ( that might look like traps ) by printing to PostScript and Distilling. ALSO - there are tools that can import PDF files and then export trapped PDF files. Of course, you better know what your print service provider wants if you plan on...
  17. michaelejahn

    PMS vs Spot best practices for various presses

    I would like to suggest that - some RIPS ( I I know Adobe RIPS ofer this ) well, they have a setting where you can have black "overprint" up to a certain point size - and then trap when it is over that point size. Of course, I would assume that this would be for a RIP that is set up to make a...
  18. michaelejahn

    Rip from Adobe suite or the CTP rip?

    Like screening, many folks like automatic trapping. I can think of very few instances where I would choose Adobe InDesign as my trapping engine, unless - for some workflow reason, you really needed to output some trapped PDF to then show and get customer sign-off. When I worked at AGFA, I...
  19. michaelejahn

    Print 19 Sunday

    "started" on a Sunday - way different then ending on a Sunday.

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