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Hello! For those of you running rotary screen (aka silkscreen on narrow web flexo presses)--what glue do you use for attaching the screen to the end rings? We run a pair of Gallus ECS340 presses, mostly flexo, with the occasional rotary screen. Lately, when we attach the welded screen to the...

Here are some additional options: Agfa Apogee Impose Devalipi Imposition Studio Heidelberg Signa Station Tilia Labs Phoenix (now owned by Esko) Ultimate ImpoStrip EFI Metrix Agfa, Heidelberg, Esko & EFI will generally sell as part of a larger suite of software. Devalipi or Ultimate might be...

You might try this (coming from a flexo environment where we do this stuff all the time): Make a one-color vector outline of the image (multiple ways to do this--I usually start in PhotoShop, then Copy, then Paste in Illustrator and use Image Trace, then Expand). Turn the vector object white...

Update--our Esko rep was able to generate a .txt file showing the expected dE for the Pantone book (I believed based on a generic GRACoL 2013 profile).

Thanks for the reply! Do you mean within Equinox?

Hello! Question for printers using Equinox to print in 7cp: are there any specific Pantone Solid colors that don't reproduce well? We're looking into ArtPro+ with Equinox & PackProof to move into printing 7cp (CMYKOGV), after having landed a large account of multiple items with multiple...

We ran into the same thing when we were facing an imposition upgrade last summer. We were on Metrix 2013 standalone (single license), but Metrix has since been absorbed into EFI, and standalone pricing was next to impossible to obtain (and pretty pricy once we finally got a quote). Here are...

Here's a manual for the Avantra 25. It contains a few specs and option for the Avantra 30. Let me know if this helps!

If it helps--attached is a screenshot we always send to our customers to address overprint viewing issues (this is for Adobe Acrobat--for Adobe Reader, I believe it's just a check box in Preferences (Edit/Preferences on a PC).

Thanks for the feedback! We'll be using offset-only, and our existing Metrix 2013 has a number of saved standard layouts. Preps: is that part of a bigger prepress system, or can it stand by itself? Prinergy: is that only available with a Kodak prepress system?

Hello! We're a user of Metrix 2013 (one standalone license, one operator), and looking to upgrade. We've been quoted a several-license, five-figure price to get to the latest Metrix from EFI, and it seems like overkill for us. We're an offset printer, running one-sided, ganged work. I've...

Hello! Any flexo platemakers out there using Fuji's Flenex waterwash plates, printing UV ink? Looking for feedback on plate quality, print quality, duration on press (# of impressions), ease of use, etc. Also interested to know if they work with HDFlexo screening sets at 4000ppi. Any...

Hello! We've owned our Epson SC P7000 printer for just over three years now. For approximately the past couple months, we've been getting a couple error messages when we first print to it every day: "Paper Jam" and "Carriage Error 1125". Nothing appears to be lodged in the printer, and...

Checking in again--any feedback is appreciated--thanks!

Hello! Our old NCI dot matrix receipt printer (model 1250b) finally stopped working, and now we're unable to print receipts directly from our QC800 barcode verifier. I've looked around on eBay & other sites, and also contacted local printer suppliers, and I can't get anything new at a...

We did redo the press curve after I posted this thread--sorry for the delayed response. We've been running to a standard set of ink densities, and having a better time than before. We'll keep an eye on it. Gordo, if you're still reading this--would the Curve4 software we're using for curves...

Interesting thread--a few thoughts (some of which have been at least partially addressed): Wouldn't 7-color expanded gamut (CMYKOGV) make CMYK obsolete as far as brand color management? The only reason I can think of to adopt a newly-created CMYK SMS would be to conform to a print shop's...

Maybe contact MKL prepress:

Yes--we're sending the same file to the proofer that we're sending to press. We apply the GRACoL 2013 profile at proofing, and we apply the press curve at plating.

Thanks for the suggestion--does the ink rotation cause issues in other color combinations, in your experience? BTW--we're running K-C-M-Y if that helps.