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I'm not up-to-date on digital RIPs but that seems like a huge opportunity for competition. I'm assuming this RIP is driving one machine? I'm now wondering why the other RIP vendors haven't entered this market. A top of the line offset/flexo RIP with all the bells as whistles would struggle to...

If this is an accurate number that's incredibly expensive for a RIP. Add in 10-20% of total cost per year for software service/support and that's a seriously steep number. Does EFI really have that much control of this market?

I'm looking for a Job Manager (job tickets and approval status tracking), paired with an Digital Asset Manger (product and it's subparts (inks, linked images, etc.). I've reached out to Filemaker developers and spent a serious number of hours learning Filemaker. I'm just queasy about anything...

If your workflow has a JPEG/PNG export option use it and don't send PDFs as proofs. If a customer is determined to get a PDF route that PNG/JPEG to a process to make it into a PDF.

Filemaker remains a serious consideration but the costs of hiring a developer are quite high and licensing and supporting more desktop applications isn't exactly a thrilling idea. Talk to any Filemaker developer and they'll tell you upfront that the Webdirect portion of Filemaker is less than...

What are you doing about asset UUID and asset relationships?

Sorry for being snarky

Well.... the bad news is that there is not a one size fits all solution for you. I'm more or less in the same boat but not for flexibles. You're likely going to need multiple proofing solutions to pull this off. If you want ability proof metallic inks you're going to need a device capable of...

Let me google that for you The answer is literally the top search result on google/youtube

I forgot to mention that I also reached out to a some of my friends who work for design firms. Given that now a days most of their work is web focused and have developers on staff almost all seem have an internally developed noSQL solution. A few mentioned using basecamp.

I'm curious what people are doing in regard to project management for prepress. I've been looking at a lot of ERP, MIS, pick-an-acronym solutions and "pre-production" seems to be a very weak area for nearly all of the industry specific solutions that I've seen. What are you utilizing for...

What device(s) are you currently using? What RIP software are you using to drive proofing? The Epson 7900/9900 is probably your best bet. It's gamut is huge (the biggest out there?) with 10 (11 if you count matte black) chromatic ink channels. You're also going to need a RIP that can drive it...

There's basically an ISO standard that dictates what dE formulas IDEAlliance is using to qualify you as GRACoL, SWOP, G7, etc. If I am up to date they are still using dE76 as commonly known as generic "dE". There is significant argument as to whether dE76 should remain in use. A 2009...

Thanks for sharing. I'll take a look at this and if I can improve upon it will share.

If only Arden felt this way.

Compatible substrates have a chemical coating that allows the aqueous inks to bond. A substrate be it organic or synthetic without such a coating will not let the ink adhere. Some may allow it to absorb in however. The quality might not be very good though with absorption. Your proofing paper is...

It looks like something is wrong with your inline spectro. I would first totally, completely, absolutely verify that all of the software is configured properly. After that is exhausted I'd talk to Epson about upgrading to the ILS30EP or replacing the exact same ILS20EP unit. You mentioned that...

I stand by my statement that Impact is a great CAD tool for CAD operators if you generally care less about how it connects/integrates and behaves with other departments and computer systems. Artios too has own problems but at least it integrates fairly easily. My expectation is that the PDFs...

Warning: your plant will smell like the scent for at minimum a week. After a week you may just get accustomed to it. ~5 years ago I did a christmas card project with a scented varnish. I didn't think we'd ever get rid of the smell. If you've ever been to a flavored cigar factory or something...

The more vocal people dealing with this day in and day out are the more other printers will adapt and buyers will have to learn how to communicate properly. I've been told I am naive about this but I remain optimistic which is why I spend some free time here on print planet. I encourage anyone...