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  1. narseman

    Is it just me, or, has the whole world gone security-crazy?

    Fine if you're the penetrator. What if you're the penetratee? :)
  2. narseman

    The Life, Death and Rebirth of Adobe Flash

    Flash is also used to make ads that show in our browsers. What REALLY ticks me off is that most often there is no USER control to stop the animation from running continuously. Oh, you can click the loop button all you want or the play / stop but nothing happens, it just keeps going. You have to...
  3. narseman

    Tear and Crushed Spine Trimming Perfect Bound Books

    There is no wrap around at the face. It's a flat sheet cut. We have the same spine tear problem also but not as bad as yours seem to be. Usually it is the outer layer of the cover that comes away very slightly at the cut. Laminated covers pretty much eliminate it as the lamination holds the...
  4. narseman

    Do you ask your customer???

    Text at 300 dpi will be horrible! Even at 600 dpi is not great. Text should be at minimum 1200 dpi on a digital press. For this purpose Acrobat PDFs work well as a file format. File can be processed to handle 150 dpi little graphics to 1200 dpi text, all in one. You don't have to rip everything...
  5. narseman

    Starting a New Digital Printing Business

    And the TRUTH shall set you free ! And the TRUTH shall set you free ! ajr is smart. Plenty of printers available. What you NEED is the print WORK. Get the print work, and hand it off to an actual print shop to do. After a while you'll develop relationships with a handful of shops you can...
  6. narseman

    Printer Advice

    ....i have a small print shop where i outsource 90% of my printing jobs.... I think he does that now. Pehaps you meant to discuss operational costs with the printers he uses now.. Except that they would then be his competitors.
  7. narseman

    A Good Small Perfect Binding Machine, Is there such a thing?

    Sterling Digibinder Rosback 860 Sterling DigiBinder Nice little machine. Solid. Available from any number of dealers like this one. Perfect Binders, Perfect Binding Equipment, Automated Machine
  8. narseman

    Printer Advice

    You may want to look into MGI printers.. They will print a very wide variety of stocks, everything you mentioned, and even laser safe letterheads in spite of being a Toner based digital printer. And reportedly very reliable. Sorry I have only seen demos, but was impressed with the quality and...
  9. narseman

    Perfed Cover Stock Stuck Together

    Sounds like they were perfed on old equipment which allowed doubles (or triples) fed sheets throught the perf machine. I have one from 1964... The sheets are essentially stitched together by the perf wheel. Using a micro perf will help, (very small holes).A tire flattening, as has been said...
  10. narseman

    PDF compression

    PDF file sizes. PDF file sizes. I too get files of extremely varied quality. The size of the output file is a balanced result of number of pages, how many fonts are embedded, (fully or subset) how many graphical elements are in the file, (pictures, boxes, banners) etc. The resolution of those...
  11. narseman

    Paper Counting?

    Toner variation will average out after about 50 for a sample. So sample it at say 200 pieces, and it very unlkely to be off by much at all. (Bigger samples, smaller batches). Oh yea.. I'm confident. You CAN blame the post.
  12. narseman

    Triumph Paper Cutters

    Challenge parts very available. Just Google "Challenge cutter" to find many, very nice used for around 10 to 15 thou. 30 1/2 inch (305) Anything new will run you in excess of 25 thou. To my mind, I would only want to look at a Challenge. Also - for what you are cutting, I'd go with a bigger...
  13. narseman

    Alcohol Percentage for offset printer

    Were you checking to see that they waited till after shift. ? And where did they drink ? In the lunch room or in their cars?
  14. narseman

    Triumph Paper Cutters

    I have had only one Triumph Cutter. A small electric one. What a peice of crap. Barly able to cut a 1" lift of 20lb stock. Seems there are a few people out there who swear by 'em, (well 2) (At least one is a salesman) I will personally never look at another. We use a Challenge 30.5" XG and it is...
  15. narseman

    Large Scale Data Merging

    Planet Press (Objectif Lune) can absorb all kinds of data flow. Text files, Printer output streams etc.. Other data streams too.. Setup docs in teh Design Module, Setup automated data links and outputs in the Watch Module Complex programming will need an expert (an expericed programmer may be...
  16. narseman

    Introduce yourself!

    EPrint manager EPrint manager Hi all.. Digital Print mostly B&W for twenty some years. Currently running an in house B&W print dept. and bindery for a major CD / DVD manufacturer in the Chicago, Illinois (USA) area. Used to run Xerox, now Canon's. 7138s and a Color 7000. Grew up in...

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