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XMF is great, but pricey. Xitron's Sierra is the exact same program with a slightly different skin, and tends to run a bit cheaper. the support through them is pretty good, but XMF comes with Fuji's broaded shop-wide support. well depending on your fuji rep. We run Sierra and it has been a...

We use XMPie in our digital centers and love it! It is a bit pricey, but the support and features are great. As far as file processing, it handles it pretty well, it works best if you are working with a strong RIP on your digital that can handle the special formats like the VDX. basically, it...

My direct customer is actually hoping that it becomes such a mess dealing with the other printer that they just have us print it and ship it over. It's only ever for a couple hundred pieces.

I just have to vent a bit... I have a very VERY picky customer that sends me some of the most complicated and particular printing projects I have to process, but they pay for it gladly. They have a whole line of marketing that is flood super black with spot gloss/dull varnish contrast to make a...

after being a packaging shop for over 10 years, we have FINALLY got our own sample cutter! YAY!! I've been trying for YEARs to get one, so I'm super happy. however, I need a piece of cabinetry to help in my room. Going back to 4-up and 8-up neg stripping days, I'm looking for a "neg" or...

check your drum for dust and crap in the machine. you did say you had it cleaned recently, but maybe they weren't super careful about how much outside stuff they let into the machine. When we've seen that before it's because there is stuff on the drum behind the plate when it's imaging. Even...

sounds like you either have a bad batch of plates. Check the side of the box for the lot#. if you have a box with a different lot number, try those and see if you have the same problem. Otherwise, it might be your processor isn't cleaning the plates as well as it should. check your rollers...

Umm...if you are varnishing in-line then definitely with varnish down. Otherwise, once you start running, (if the varnish is covering the colorbars) your densities won't match on your check sheets. ....unless your pressmen are setting their densities, and then running the job without checking...

I will have to see what is available for options. I'm a few versions behind, and my boss doesn't want to update atm.

Dan~ because of the Techkon scanners, we have to use a specific colorbar layout, the Ryobi handles 6 colors (which is funny because it's a 4-color press), the SM74 uses 5-colors (again, funny because it's a 6-color press)... so the option of just changing the patches on the color bar isn't an...

That is a good place to start. We recently switched our ink vendor from a local small shop to Van Son, their service has been excellent, I will talk with them and the pressmen on this and see what we come up with. we actually have a number of jobs that we run with 3-4 sometimes even 5 PMS...

I still haven't really seen consistent reliable quality from any Xante machine though... They are really just slightly modified and rebranded Oki machines, and Oki doesn't have a great track record. We run a Xerox 700i.... Nice machine but pricey. The 500 series is more of an office machine...

As Gordo said...I have this argument...I mean discussion with the pressmen occasionally... we have determined that it really doesn't matter also. The one thing we HAVE noticed, at least with the Aqueous, is that whichever way it is, make sure that the coating either completely covers, or...

ok, leading with this... Please don't laugh...too hard...at my stupidity, and yes, we will call it that, cause my dense head was completely MORONIC on this one! We recently figured out that we have been literally screwing ourselves on spot color jobs and never even realized it!! Quick...

the sad part is, sometimes, you don't have a choice. My hubby and I vacationed in San Diego over New Year's last year and stayed at this great resort in the bay right by Sea World. Only problem, you're on what was essentially an Island, and there WASN'T any other parking. so you really didn't...

LOL...stayed at a resort recently??

glad it helped. that video is helpful to see how you use the fonts on your system, but I didn't see how you can send them for final production. Hrm... I'll have to play with it.

as this has mostly been responses that are company plugs, I thought I'd actually respond with an unbiased opinion. The programmer we hired is affordable, and very good. He also has one of the best file uploader scripts I've ever seen. Web Apps, Custom Web Programming, Web Design, Interactive...

We have installed on one computer due to a number of our customers being designers that HAVE to have the "latest and greatest". it still installs like a normal program, so plugins have not been an issue. Unless your plugin hasn't upgraded to be compatible, but that is a different issue. As...

oh wow....that's absolutely horrible! Why waste time!??! LOL On topic.... I always felt that if anyone else actually tried walking in my shoes and juggling all my hats.... They'd be sitting in a corner crying softly before lunch... edit ---> My boss in fits of frustration with me has...