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How to use this tool for practical purposes? Can I calculate a superior FOGRA XX profile from the original dataset with iccGPU?

You can indeed manipulate the Output Intent in a stock Acrobat Pro: eg. you can remove the ICC profile, or remove the OI altogether.

Please be aware, that the Output Intent is not necessarily has the same name (or syntax) than the profile used. The Acrobat check is basically a text search, which looks up the defined character string in the PDF metadata. Example: you could have a valid PDF/X document with the Output Intent...

Must be a problem with the paper. We regularly flip through the batches of paper, sometimes 2 times, to release the sheets from each other. Static can stick them together, and I see that with some coated stocks the guillotine can make 'smears' at the edges which literally locks sheets together.

The circumstances and the environment (and the 'culture' of operation) are great factors. I see demo machines with large clicks in pristine shape. They were used in very clean, controlled environment, fed with only rated papers, and the tiniest problem was solved within hours using the right...

Be aware, that some of the deleted profiles will be re-installed by Photoshop or some other Adobe software. There is a bunch of (now useless) profiles which can't be eliminated.

I work on an M1 mini (16 GB of RAM) in a production environment from last spring. No problems, even with multiple Adobe applications running concurrently. I mean processing a batch of images in Photoshop with a script, while doing layout work in InDesign. On the other hand, the computer might be...

https://www.amazon.com/Print-Publishing-Hayden-Shop-Manual/dp/0789721023 A bit outdated, but most of it is solid gold.

Enfocus BoardingPass might be a help for you. If you need more, you have to dig down deeper and understand printing basics like overprint, knockout, total ink coverage, spot colors, printing standards. There is a ton of resources out on the net to learn from. After that, you have to get a...

Two documents which illustrates the operation of the most likely contender for your workflow, X-rite Eye-One Pro: https://www.manualslib.com/products/X-Rite-I1pro-9219799.html

As Bly said, the easiest way to achieve acceptable, repeatable color is to use some kind of instrument. There are a ton of oldish i1 spectros available on ebay, which might be out of certification, but for your goals, they will suffice.

I see a LOT of overprint problems, still. Black type, black vector graphics, OCR codes and barcodes: all of them can be 'knockout' even using the latest software. Our most basic service is to preflight documents and fix the problematic situations. My perception is that the majority of content...

Ulrich is right, you have to have the actual ICC profiles in place. The settings file contains references, but not the profiles itself. The place where the ICC profiles should be: /Library/ColorSync/Profiles. If you place the profiles into the Recommended subfolder (actually an alias to the...

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That's a very important point. I remember when our (then brand new) Konica C1085 developed a strange problem after an accidental, neighborhood-wide power outage. They said the motherboard has to be replaced - when they did, it solved the problem eventualy. After awhile I asked the service tech...

I see shops doing it, but mostly with old(ish) machines, producing mediocre quality jobs for the average Joe, coming in from the cold. Professional printers tend to corner the vendors (make them fight for the client), eventually lowering the click charge significantly. As I see, the drive behind...

1 - Unacceptable, the printer has to take care of press room hygiene. 2 - Of course, not, the customer expects zero errors. 3 - Artwork must be clear of defects and artifacts. 4 - We call them "cleaning sheets". 650 examples is not a small quantity for an art book, today. I would consider it a...

That depends on the previous owner. The more money (and culture) the owner had, the better the machine's condition. That said, you'd better buy a second-hand machine from a mature market like Europe or the USA. The majority of the machines at those areas are running under Konica's contract, so...

There are paper shortages in large and small quantity supply, too. We had to offer alternative materials for some customers, since the original paper is unavailable at the warehouse.

Hello. Those machines working according to the 'xerographic" principle, so they fix the ink by heat on the paper. Once fixed, the text and images are very stable. Water might ruin the top layer of the paper, and that's when the ink (wax) layer may come off. But it takes a lot of water (like...