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In the past I've done a 100% and a 60% bump plate.

Well, that isn't good. I think Heidelberg may have discontinued the standalone PrePress Interface as they have their own workflow that they are trying to sell. There are other 3rd party solutions available. I believe PressProfiler is one.

I respectfully disagree. Prepress is just as responsible for accurate CIP3 data as they are for accurate proofs and plates. The data being generated can (and) should be adjusted by prepress as all the CIP3 drivers I know of allow adjustments on the front end.

I found Packz Hybrid not too difficult to learn. The main difference being that Esko's products tend to be Illustrator add-ons where Packz products are standalone. The both have their assets and deficits. MANY of the engineers at Packz jumped over from Esko so the knowledge is there. I found the...

In my experience, that statement is best applied to the internal/promotional projects a company does. The printer itself can be its own worst customer.

It really boils down the relationship that you have with your customer. If it is "transactional" work, then charge accordingly. If you have a strong working relationship with a customer/organization, then that needs to be taken into consideration. Are the "nickel and dime" charges going to erode...

The LaserJet 5100 series was released over 20 years ago so the driver is probably incompatible with the newer OS.

I concur. Being in middle-management sucks. Trying to appease those below you and those above you at the same time.

That does not surprise me...or anyone. Considering both the LA Times and San Diego Union-Tribune are both printed in Riverside now.

They are quite similar to sheetfed offset blankets. The only difference is the Goss Sunday 200 uses gapless blankets.

This is because a newspaper press generally prints both sides of the web at the same moment. You need both blankets to firmly press against the web for each side to make an even impression. If you have a large "smash" in one blanket, the web does not have support in that area to provide a solid...

Unfortunately you cannot edit PDFs within InDesign, only place them as links. There is a 3rd party solution called PDFMarkz from Markzware that will make PDFs into editable InDesign files. I have not used it personally, but I did use another one of their products, QXPMarkz, to convert...

This was my favorite ad of that time period. H.A.L. Y2K Macintosh commercial

Output Preview in Acrobat Pro can cause some wonky stuff. I've noticed that is you have a PDF that is a fillable form, it flashes like a strobe light upon first opening the file.

The company I recently worked for used Cyrious. I was in prepress at the time, not a project manager, but they seemed to like it.

Greetings all. I just started a job where PressWise is heavily utilized. My last exposure to PW was about 6 years ago. My question is... After a component is batched, is there a way to have that Batch # appear on the job ticket? I would like it to appear in the appropriate component and also be...

Being an owner or management does NOT automatically make you a Leader.

With Chevy Chase in the video!

Over the years I have had 3 different double-sided proofing systems. 1) Our first was a SpinJet 1000. It was an accessory for the HP DesignJet 1000 series from TechSage that would automate flipping the sheet. It used a single printer. The first side would print from a roll, while printing the...

At my last shop we were running an app called "Prepress Interface", albeit a very old edition. You could define curves and apply them to the outgoing CIP3 files. You could even send to different presses independently with their own curve set..