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According to FIRST guidelines, it seems like there are different proofs for different reasons. And everyone needs to be in agreement which type of proof is being used and for which purpose. All parties involved with a project must agree on the process and terminology used to evaluate and...

- What is the nature of the remake? -- Generally they are caused by one of eight categories, ranging from human error in the digital files to the press chewing up the plates. - Difference in plate image content vs source file? -- Sometimes, but rarely. We found out the RIP doesn't handle live...

I'm running into an issue where our logged plate remakes is becoming too excessive for upper management. The problem is that no one is sure what is an acceptable tolerance to use as a baseline. Depending on whose opinion I am getting at the time the acceptable level seems to change. Someone says...

Thanks. I'm trying to keep an open mind and tenacious attitude toward standardizing. There's A LOT of variables to attempt getting control of. I'll revisit this subject after I see what I can make stick.

Okay, so I've come to terms with the fact that my company will just always use a bunch of variables for every job. Each new job brings with it a new combination of press, substrate, ink density, anilox cell count, anilox BCM, plate line screen resolution, screen angles, dot gain, dot gain...

Puch, I'm inclined to agree with you on finding another company. But I really want to break through and get this problem turned around, as challenging and frustrating as it is. The company is good. They just don't know any better. There has to be a way to get them to understand they need to...

Currently our company uses a RIP called Symphony Flexo made by Xante. We like it because all we need to do is send it a 1-up image and then tell it to step and repeat it however many across and however many around. It does the stepping and repeating, distortion, bearer bars, and color blocks on...

I run a prepress department and have been getting a lot of backlash for inaccurate plates lately. It seems to me that there is a disconnect between three upper managers and myself as to what is the correct way to create accurate plates for press. The three upper managers come from 35 years of...

Indeed it does. This photo is from two plates that haven't been mounted yet. Also, it does seem to be more noticeable, as seen here, with wider plates. I would think that it's the laser too, but we just had it serviced. With a 25x loop the 1% dots look sharp and crisp. It doesn't seem to be...

I manage the prepress department for a company that I've been working at for four months. This means that I've inherited the company workflows that they have already put in place. As a company culture there is a strong emphasis on being able to track all the details of any given job. However...

We're running into an issue with bearer bar registration recently. The issue reared up at the same time the laser etcher was acting up. Okay, so we got the laser serviced. The issue remained. We looked into how we are applying the plates to the vacuum drum, making sure not to lay the plate over...