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Hi Guys, all good stuff. this one might be the easiest- The 2nd method does require Illustrator, but not opening the whole file in illustrator: Open the PDF in Acrobat Pro Go to the Tools menu>Advanced Editing>Touch Up Object Tool Click the object(s) you wish to change the color of, right click...

Thanks Glen. yes I have heard of this feature in Pitstop "Change Specific Colour" Global Change. Will give it a go. ta Simon

Ok this is a very basic problem (hopefully has a basic answer). Bare with me (I have an offset printing background! not prepress). What is the bestway of changing CMYK colours to named Pantone spot colours so I can edit in Command workstation. Customer's supplied PDFs, as you can imagine...

Yes not looking at big $$$. I guess I could go up to 5k and I'm happy for second hand. Maybe a little left field is the answer. E.g a standard woodworkers band saw except with a very fine blade and then something to smooth the edge. I don't know. 5mm ACM would be tough on a lot of blades. Thanks...

Hi there!. As you can guess I'm a newbie to signage (offset printing background). Is there a relatively cheap accurate way to cut ACM. (I'm looking for a tool or bit of equipment) for some reason I'm getting a lot of small ACM work ( Curb side parking signs, small information signs etc.). Just...

Thanks guys. Yes I'm sure the inconsistency is due to coming off a sheeting machine from the mill rather than a guillotine. I guess I'll just need to unwrap everything and trim and rewrap. I know some larger printers buy by the pallet (or 1/2 pallet) just flagged (not wrapped) But I feel this is...

Keen to get members feed back on this one. Currently running a V2100. My issue is inconsistent paper size from my paper merchants. (One supplier is worse than the other). Being a small market here in New Zealand there is not a huge range of paper supplies to choose from (and ofter it is...

Hi Brett I see a couple of years ago you put a posting up regarding this perfect binder. (Horizon BQ 140) Just wounded how you got on with it? There is one on ebay Aus I'm thinking about. (I'm in Auckland) My ROI only works out ok if I can get it cheap enough (not really expecting a lot of work...

Hi Josh Good to hear from you!. Yes would be keen to have a look. Not sure I'd have room for it but love to have a nosey. You never know. If not me I've got a mate who might be keen (he's using a cheap Chinese machine at the moment that has its limitations). Thanks for that advice you gave me...

Hi there. I'm a newbie to this software. Hoping some one can save me a lot of time working out the best way to attack this. I have just got a trial version at the moment and want to make sure it will do what I want before I purchase. I print a lot of labels on my Xerox production press (not...

Hi Tony. I've misplaced the original brochure I had but it was quite a few years ago. (from memory it looked very similar to to the F-mark it might have been the same machine) maybe they dropped the price? It had only just been released and I remember the price was over the moon. Will do some...

Thanks Tony. Yes I agree aftersales support is very important. (That's why I'm hesitant in buying a China's machine). My ROI is not going to be great if I spend to much. ( I don't do a huge amount of this kind of work). Bit lacking in aftersales support on this side of the world for a lot of...

Hi there. Re: Kiss cutting labels (odd shapes and round corners) Does any one have any experience with this brand "BestCut"? Chinese brand. I wouldn't normal go anywhere near something like this but the price is a fraction of what I have seen anywhere else. I realise there are a heap of vinyl...

Thanks Esko. Unfortunately I did not get a cd when I purchased the Mutoh. At the end of the day all I want to do is create cut lines (from vector art files, mostly for labels) with the registration cross's (my old Roland had dots) It is just I know how to use illustrator and I was trying to...

Hi there. Bit stuck. Was cutting to a Roland (GX500) cutter from a plug in Ai (cs6) My Roland died. A cheap Mutoh Valuecut came up, before I purchase a few people told me yes you can get a plug in for this (still cutting from Adobe illustrator) So I purchased. Do you think I can find a link...

Another option is to buy the machine with finance. You can make sure the monthly repayments are no more than the monthly lease payments (preferably less) and of course you want to be able to settle the outstanding amount at any time minus the interest on the amount still owing. (the whole point...

hahaha. your screwed. Sorry to put it you it so bluntly. I have seen it time and time again where the punter gets caught out, your completely at Xerox's mercy. You "might" be able to come up with some sort of deal but from my experience you are liable for all the payments until the end of your...

Hi there, Do your numbers! In this part of the world (New Zealand) you can pick up an old Heidelberg platen for around $500.00. Most dies cost between $70.00-$140.00. So even with the di cost it may work out a lot cheaper to go down this path. On the minus side they take up a lot more room on...

Thanks Cassie. Well you have put me off the Aerocut!. I have other Duplo equipment here and on the whole are pleased with it. So I'll think I'll go down the duplo path. Just a case of being patient until the right model comes up at the right price.

Thanks for all the info guys. Has any one had any experience with the Aerocut verse Duplo. I'm guessing it probably depends which version of each. My overall gut feeling is a lot comes down to workload. At what point is it worth investing in either to take work off your guillotine. How much work...