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Yes, Stephen Marsh had suggested I check out the VIGC profiles as well. From what I have gathered, the only profiles with "FOGRA" in the profile name are Adobe supplied. For example, if I ask one of our Far East printers what profile they recommend they will state FOGRA39, but they will supply...

Hi, Puch. Revisiting this thread, what would you say are the reasons that Adobe supplied FOGRA profiles are inferior?

Are there issues when using a very thin stroke on black text. Both the stroke and fill would be 100K and set to overprint. I looked at some PDFs, in Wireframe mode, and couldn't see anything that appeared to be problematic, but I am also not the one creating plates, so I figured it was worth...

So it sounds like for the most part it's just lack of trust from the supplier of the layered PDF. I get that - been on the print vendor side of things before I got into publishing.

Personally, I love layered PDFs, and they are part of our standard workflow. However, I have some print vendors (both in the US and overseas) that have resistance to receiving layered PDFs. Most of the time, when we push back, the print vendor will accept the layered PDF, but sometimes they...

Forgive me for my naivete, but then why use FOGRA39 in the first place? Would it not make more sense for the print vendor to suggest ISO Coated v2 300% (ECI) instead?

Thanks, Bret. In layman's terms how would briefly describe the difference between FOGRA and ECI? Are ECI profiles just FOGRA profiles with custom Total Ink Limits? And what would you say to a print vendor that suggested using FOGRA39 but also said they will reject a Total Ink Limit >320?

I have a print vendor, in the Far East, that has suggested we use FOGRA39 for coated stock and either FOGRA47 or FOGRA52 for uncoated. Based on this request, I have a few questions: 1) where can i download the FOGRA47 and FOGRA52 profiles? I did some searching and could only find...

This explanation makes perfect sense.

While Gordo's breakdown is the most straight-forward and logical, I do feel that premedia is beginning to replace Prepress - especially outside of an actual print vendor. I work in publishing and have many friends that work at some of the big 6 publishing houses. In most cases, in-house prepress...

Curious to hear how folks are differentiating Prepress from Premedia. I've always thought of Premedia as a more updated, trendier term for prepress. However, I do see articles/descriptions in which both prepress and premedia are referenced in such a way that they are clearly different. For...

Giving this a bump. This is a great opportunity for someone in the print industry looking to expand their skills by moving over to the publishing industry. Great benefits package.

I played around some more with this and am still lost. I opened the file in Q7 and it behaved properly. I no longer have Q8 on any of my computers, so I can't test that version. I have attached a screen-grab which should help better illustrate the problem I am having. Thanks in advance for any...

I've just encountered a major issue with discretionary hyphens in Quark 9. A book interior, that was originally set in Q4, needed to be edited for an upcoming reprint. When opened in Q9, many of the discretionary hyphens that were added to the front of a word were changed into actual printed...

Candlewick Press is hiring. Please see the job description attached. This is a great company to work for. I've been here for 14 years! Feel free to PM me for more details, however all salary discussion must go through Human Resource at [email protected] Graphic Production/Pre-Media...

Magnus, could you elaborate on why you suggest not turning color management off. If I am supplying final native files, or final PDFs to a repro-house who is exporting PDFs without CM, what are the benefits if I use it? We ensure all images are CMYK, and TAC is no higher than 300 before...

This is interesting. I just created a P'shop document with 2 black swatches; one had a tac of 400% the other 280%. I then placed in ID and exported using the settings mentioned in my initial post. I was happy to see, that the 400% was brought down to 330%, but surprised to see that the 280%...

I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around what might be a very simple answer. I'm working with a publisher who provided the following settings (see ColorSettings.png and ExportSettings.png). In both cases, numbers are preserved, so what are the benefits to converting to a Destination...

That's great, Gordo. My 2 favorite bullet points are: • The press operator should try and use correct terms and use them consistently. For example, do not use the term "blue" if you mean "cyan." • Encourage the customer to explain what concerns they have rather than tell you how to fix...

I've been on press checks at numerous vendors in the USA as well as in Asia. I prefer to go into the press-room and talk directly to the operator (or when in the Asia, converse through your customer service rep). During one press check in Asia I requested that the sheets be dried (with blow...