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I believe I understand what you're after: you want a file that has already been rasterized in the same format the printer consumes so when sending the file it goes straight through the RIP (as if it's been processed already since it's the native format). I don't believe this is something that's...

We get crap files all the time. Our shop is next to a local university and we have students constantly coming in to print jobs for local businesses they've done freelance design for. I feel like I've personally taught many of the students about fonts, bleeds, color managment etc. The craziest...

I would call these guys and figure out what they would recommend. They might even send a sample. Here's a link to their site showing aqueous printable adhesive vinyl Adhesive-Backed - Digital Media Warehouse I believe most of the media that aqueous printers can print on have some sort of...

I almost forgot to mention that you'll also want to save as jpegs as they are smaller in file size and will be read into the RIP much faster resulting in faster processing.

I think with that particular print engine you are overkill for much of anything over 300 ppi on the images. If it's variable as you mentioned I might even be tempted to fudge it to 250ppi to speed up processing. You might try some tests with different resolutions and see how the graphics are...

Lashako, We own a Canon 9065 and to understanding they have about the same print engine. We have NEVER been able to get good quality prints from textured paper, even from something like an uncoated offset cover weight with very little texture. Of course we were told by the sales monkeys that it...

Maynard105, when you say "The 3302 is great machine but it will not beat a printmaster for productivity and quality" do you mean a Quickmaster? We've looked at several used QM46-2's but many seem to have a lot of impressions. What kind of life could we expect to get. One we've looked at had...

We are currently printing all of our two-color work on a small Ryobi 2700 duplicator with T-head. Recently we've printed a number of projects that I feel have been marginal on quality. There are two basic problems we are experiencing. 1. Dust leaving specks on heavy solids 2. Large Solids are...

A small offset press would perform well but the process of plating might pose an issue for such small quantities. As long as you're running the same color there would be little to setup on the press for each run other than changing the plate. HP does have a laser printer that you can use to...

We have a X700 and a Canon 9065, and I would spend double for the Xerox any day. We have had nothing but trouble with the 9065 and the down time puts us behind. Interestingly we've had all sorts of promises from Canon Direct as far as getting "specialists" and the like to come look at it but...

I'm wondering if perhaps they say 3000 sheets, but only spec that for 8.5x11 sheets, larger sheets being half that amount?

As Craig mentioned I would think twice before going inline unless you have a single job that's always the same with large quantities. An offline unit will be much more flexible especially since it looks like you might be doing some pretty small books. For a basic tabletop unit I would look at...

I'm not aware of any settings you can use to change color images to grayscale when creating a PDF. What we would normally do in a situation like this is receive the full color PDF from the client, then use an Enfocus Pitstop script to convert all color objects to grayscale. If you do this you'll...

I can't speak to all your questions but we've found the registration to be adequate on ours. What we usually do is prior to a longer run we adjust the document using Pitstop (shifting the image slightly). After it's lined up it seems fairly consistent (within 1mm front and back). However we've...

As mentioned by Shawn we record an "action" then replay it for repetitive tasks

You're correct in the fact that the OS will not support printing larger items. It sounds like you currently have the printer connected directly to the network which poses a problem if you're trying to print large files. Most software will not support such sizes (even photoshop as you've...

You're going to be looking at something like a Xerox 242/250/260 printer, or a Canon ImageRunner Advance 7000 or 9000 series color printer. You might also look into the Konica Minolta 6501 which might auto duplex your postcards depending on how thick you need them. It should duplex 10pt fine...

I would recommend a Xerox WC7655 or similar unless you feel you need a RIP to adjust profiles etc. Then I would recommend the Xerox 242. You can probably find one used for considerably less. These machines put out excellent quality and are much faster than the C1. If you like the Canon lineup...

Matt, I agree that this design does not require gutters. However my experience with digital equipment is that the toner "chips" off the edges of all the cuts that were not under the clamp. This is most severe on coated stock with heavy coverage. You are correct that adding gutters adds to the...

you need to take into account the "adjustment" time on these things. We had one in on a demo for 6 weeks and it had periods of "quality adjustment" that could last up to 15 minutes. I don't know about you but most of the short run jobs we put on ours could have been run in 15 minutes. We even...