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I don't think people have a good grasp of the scale of offset printing. You hear about digital all the time, but it is a tiny tiny fraction of total production capacity. It's like the people who think a car wreck is more likely to kill them than a heart attack because that's all they hear...

We do litho and wide format work. The wide format files make my skin crawl. Sign shops often work primarily in Illustrator. It's been that way for a long time and doesn't seem likely to change. We get stuff like 4 versions of a banner all on separate layers in one single illustrator file...

I don't know what you're talking about. We're in this business to give stuff away for free. We're really good at it!

I'm a complete neophyte when it comes to color. So I have a hard time reasoning through things. I do understand that grey balancing a device doesn't necessarily control color in any other part of the spectrum, but we've had reasonably good luck with Gracol/G7. What would be the 'simple'...

The first thing to consider is the instrumentation taking the measurements. If you aren't using the same instrument, even the same patch will read differently on two devices. Moreover, if one or both of the instruments are poorly calibrated you can get wildly different results. Then there's the...

Well one of the cons is that you'd be in the printing business. But other than that UV is fine. It's a lot more work, more headaches and new and more expensive consumables. But there are things you can do with UV that you simply cannot do conventionally. If you have a piece of business on...

. . . well, I know that's how you handle it for other customers, but you'll bump my job to the front right? Also, I forgot to tell you this is a six color job. You won't charge me extra for the two spot colors right?

Since I love to bash EFI (and usually it's richly deserved), I figured that I should post and say their response to me was very quick. The person who called was very knowledgable. He gave me part numbers and list pricing right away. Of course I have to buy through a dealer, but EFI actually did...

I did call EFI. I'm sitting by the phone waiting for a return call . . .

Have you considered using JDF folding libraries and assigning a fold for every product? Operators can refer to a specified standard and can fold the piece without having to guess about the artwork. You would be surprised at what percentage of your jobs you might be able to handle this way.

Hi, I'm hoping somebody here can give me guidance with my proofing situation. The background is complicated, but here are the facts I'm dealing with: We have two proofers, an epson 9900 and a 9800. We have EFI colorproof XF 4.0 and our license only allows for one printer. We need to use...

Stephen, I agree with everything you said, but my point was really that his files might be preflighted without his knowledge. For instance, I'd bet my lead operator would say she doesn't preflight files. From her point of view, it's part of the ripping process, so it isn't really preflighting...

I would guess that automation engine is doing some preflighting for you. I don't know AE that well, but I know it can automatically apply pitstop preflights and fixups. For example, does it check image resolution, lossy compression, separations, color space, pdf version, bleeds etc? The...

You're initial assumption is correct. That wet coating MUST becoming from somewhere else. Have you tried the carrier sheet idea HRoss suggested? Put your piece that has been coated on one side coated side down on a blank sheet of paper and run it through that way. That will tell us, pretty...

I haven't seen an official explanation, but read this thread: http://printplanet.com/forum/press-technology/sheetfed-web-offset-discussion/249354-to-chill-or-not-to-chill Apparently somebody (not me as previously posted) complained. I think the ban should be lifted. I'm also fairly certain...

No doubt! And when you look at requests on here for ancient product manuals, you'll realize they're often using equipment that you disposed of 10 years ago. The same customer who wouldn't buy good work off a an old press in the US because of "quality", will happily accept crap printing off the...

What does your post have to do with getting banned by management? The AP/AR clerk at some printer you used made a bunch of mistakes with a new account . . . whoop-de-do . . . I'm sure it was frustrating for you, but how is posting it here going to get you banned? Let's not make a mountain out...

I suppose I should second what dabob says. I too disagree most heartily with turbo, but I don't think he should be banner either. It makes for interesting conversation and he wasn't spamming the board or anything. I seriously doubt that he his employer is anything like what he says. Some...

The difference maker in the relationship is that the employer owns all that stuff - you don't. Just like I don't get to dictate to you what happens in your own home - you don't get to dictate anything that happens in my plant on my equipment. I agree with a lot of what you suggest and we do...

LOL, don't ever try to have that conversation with somebody from Fuji. They made me sign a form saying they couldn't guarantee we'd get certified by idealliance unless we linearized our plates. Why bother trying to understand what you're doing and why? It's so much simpler to follow a check...