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Hi Folks, I'm just trying to knowledge up on plastic card production a bit. Could anyone point me in the best direction for understanding how 'Signature Strips' are added to plastic cards? 1. Manual application (by hand) 2. Any Entry Level kit that can speed things up Thanks in advance for...

Hi Folks Can anyone point me in the right direction, I can't recall what the fittings are called that plug into the laminate rolls? I'm looking to run some larger core rolls on a little 25mm core machine. From past experience, I've done this using a 'converter' attachment to allow me to run...

Hi All, I wondered if anyone had a nifty workflow figured out for sticker sheets (where the labels on the sheet are all different)? I do a bit of design and pre-press work for a few printers around the UK, one of them has started to do quite a few sticker sheets. So, for example, customer...

Hi Folks, I've been trying to find a solution for a little niche I've found myself in. I need to print 'has to be inkjet' onto A4 sheets, uncoated. Desktop options are super slow, and not great quality (because the stock isn't coated for an inkjet) I just wondered if anyone had experience with...

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Hi Folks, I a few years back, there was a firm advertising in the print magazines and supplying through the paper merchants. They sold 'pre-die cut' card sheets that could be overprinted on a digipress, I wondered if anyone could remember this offering and the suppliers name. I'm not sure if its...

Hi All, I used to have a cracking system from Esko, connected to a website I owned. That would pull down the PDF's / run some preflight against some associated XML data / and change the website status to 'in production' or 'artwork rejected' and report the file errors back to the client for...

Hi folks, this might not be the best place for this, you're welcome to move it to another group if needed. So, we've all seen the rise and rise of Canva! And I'm currently doing some work for a printing company in the UK, creating a bunch of templates for their website. I have a distant...

Hi All, I have an application in mind, customer needs prints (wide format) so up to A1 maybe A0 size. But, the prints need to be a Toner Based print, rather than inkjet. I have memories of these bits of kit been pretty popular a years back, they were toner based wide format machines, super...

Morning All, I hope it's ok to share this An editor that can do this? Thats a really quick video link, showing a very specific text editing request for a Paragraph Text Field, I've not seen many online design tools that can do this. This video is recorded from Vistas website, who have a really...

Hi Folks, I've been using PitchPrint, hooked into Wordpress, I've built a solid website using the system. Pitch has its limitations, but they have a tonne of positives, so I'm not knocking their system at all. I just wondered if anyone had seen some good options for Online Design at Drupa? I...

Hi folks, I've just put a 'new to me' Ricoh Pro C520' in, I'm chuffed to bits with the quality. But, I've managed to get the sum total of around 6 SRA3 sheets out the machine. The technician just came back today, the Fiery Rip keeps disconnecting, and dropping off the machine. Command...

Hi Folks, I wondered if anyone had any feedback, or experience using this range... WorkForce Enterprise AM-C4000 | Business Inkjet | Inkjet Printers | Printers | Products | Epson United Kingdom I have an application that would suit this well, but as far as I can see, I can only print onto...

Hi All, Was hoping someone could share some ideas. I'm trying to see if there is a way I can apply a varnish to the sheets I'm printing. They need a bit of protection from general scuffing. In days gone by, I'd run the sheets through the litho press, laying down a clear varnish on the 5th...

Hi All, I was after a little advice on some nesting software for labels. I wondered if any folks on here had favourites? I'm just looking for a bit of software to specify a few different standard canvas sizes. Then impose circular and irregular sized labels with the minimum waste per sheet...

Hi All, I was hoping someone had some ideas on this front. I'm pulling down PDF's from a system, and I'd like to extract images from the PDF, to run through some image enhancement software, and then insert them back into the PDF. Looking for 'cost effective' ways to do this. There is a great...

Hi Everyone, a friend has asked me to design a funeral order of service. She's over in Toronto with her Dad who's terminally ill. I wanted to ask a favour of the PP Hive mind 1. Can anyone recommend a printer in Toronto for a fast (24-48hr) turnaround 2. Can someone share the Toronto paper...

Running a booklet job on Saturday night, got some lines in the magenta drum. (I ran some 4 colour separations) and can see the lines on the magenta drum. Job was needed urgently, and I had the luxury of designing the artwork too, so I introduced some intentional marks on the artwork to hide the...

Hi All. Years ago, I used to run sheets on a Nexpress, it had a magnetic backing that was 'magnetised' after printing. I used to run a little roller up and down the back of the sheet. I can't for the life of me remember what that was. Does anyone know of any similar materials? I'm looking for...

Hi All, I'm hoping someone on here has seen this issue, the engineers are stumped (just telephone support, so far). Video here, for visual folk (apologies for my droney ol voice :-) ) Machine been fine, i've been printing from USB, because the printer driver I have (MAC), doesn't show any...