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If you have an i1 Pro 2 (the black one) it is capable of measuring M1, indeed. I would suggest downloading the latest version of the offical X-Rite software included with the instrument (i1 Profiler). With that, you can calibrate your display, and on top of that, you can validate it after...

There are several factors which must be considered in your case. First and foremost: in which kind of light, in which environment do you evaluate the said color patch? Softproofing only works properly in a controlled environment, that means you have to put your color proof into a designated...

My problem with the Mac was twofold in the last ten years. First, the lack of a professional grade (easily expandable) machine, like the old MacPro line was. The second is the forced movement towards a unified user experience, favouring the look and feel of the handheld devices. My first...

If you don't own your premises, then calculate with the place the machine takes up. Eg. we had to get rid of several large footprint machines to go into a smaller office. The decision came after a calculation, where we came to the conclusion that some machines won't even generate enough profit...

Output one page each day and you will never have any problems with that printer. Long live old Epsons!

KM's own controller (Hikari) is absolutely OK, we've downgraded' from Fiery and there have been no issues at all. Of course, there are thing which are handled differently, so you might have a (mild) learning curve, if you switch. The advantages IMHO is that it's a true browser-based system (no...

In the EU, it's a race to the bottom, really. The more type of jobs in the basket, the more possibilities to cheat. The winner is the bidder who gives the lowest offer on all (summa) jobs in the basket. The most used cheat is that you give a relatively high offer on common, often needed jobs...

One of our clients moved whole design teams home. The workers installed the company-supplied Adobe CC software components onto their own computers. The main issue was to have a very large, 99,9 uptime, extreme bandwith server somewhere with a rock-solid VPN. After 6 months, I have to say it's...

Tell your boss that either he/she will spend a lot of money (on a new Epson printer + updating Fiery + buying new consumables), or he/she has to be a bit more patient. Introducing a whole new system into the workflow might take weeks to accomplish. The cheapest option is still to buy a...

You can't finish even a short-run job on those machines. Every piece will be different, which is undesirable. I would buy this one: https://www.ebay.com/itm/DUPLO-DB-280-PERFECT-BINDER/303637674345?hash=item46b2373969:g:n4YAAOSwHAdfHuNo There are another such small, but automatized binder out...

Aliexpress and Alibaba is full of parts and consumables for that line of printers. You can rebuild a machine to factory new state using what's available for pennies.

Try to get hold of another 9880 off eBay etc. A different machine will introduce a new crop of problems. With a homogenous fleet, you will spare a lot on inks, spit tanks. And... no need to update the EFI!

There are adhesive stocks designed for digital, where there is a small 'stay-away' area around the sheet perimeter (1-2 mm) without glue. Of course they're a bit more expensive. Another workaround might be to lower the fusing temperature.

Some glue might get out from the stock (because of the heat), sticking to some rollers. The contamination then cause the sheets to stick intermittently to rollers, eventually cleaning itself away. When another sheet with loose glue enters the machine, the circle starts again.

This function is called creep, and in a professional workflow it is handled by the imposition software. The offset values of the pages are calculated using the paper thickness and the imposition layout.

One more thing to try: select ZIP image compression when producing the PDF output. JPEG compression can increase (or create) posterization in images with fine gradients.

Chineese suppliers have a lot of parts for x800 Epsons. If you know the faulty part, you might find it on Alibaba or Aliexpress.

Proofs made on inkjet tends to mislead in case of gradients, as they're inherently noisy. You can't really judge the posterization of a fine gradient on an inkjet proof. If you can't see the steps on a calibrated monitor, then the error is in the CTP curves, as Gordo said.

You might buy the APPE as an upgrade option, for a fee - ask the system supplier. It can cost around 1000-1500 USD. My only concern with APPE capable DFEs is that you see the fully normalized, flattened artwork only at the end, on paper. Imagine a crappy document (full with impossible...

The embedded Fiery version doesn't have the APPE (Adobe PDF Print Engine) option, which means it can't reliably handle non-CMYK, internally tagged PDF content. For example PDF/X-4 files can have both sRGB and AdobeRGB images embedded in them, and on top of that, an SWOP Output Intent. In...