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Thanks Gordon - I do remember. If "the kid" came into prep from the pressroom looking for halftone dots, we'd put a few handfuls of film punches (round of course, we printed with round halftone dots) in box and send 'em back. Warm Red, Type Lice, it goes on and on. There were probably cave men...

Star Trek, yes Gordo, maybe even Mr. Rogers. Best, Dan

Thanks very much for the comments and info Dov. You've probably heard it all so I won't bore you (for long) but I ask this from a production standpoint. I am often handed off .pdf files for production and then challenged when I request the native art files - usually Illustrator. At the print...

Hi All, Does anyone know of a definitive way of determining if a .pdf has been saved with or without this having been checked off in the save dialog? If opened in a text editor is there something that is present in one but not the other? -dan

Mike, I'm not aware of a rip which will wrangle that problem for you, it may be out there though. You could fiddle with the files in other ways, like keeping the Primer, White and Topcoat on separate layers and then simply turning those layers off for viewing but leaving them on for print...

Look here for some ideas. Indesign https://layersmagazine.com/create-smart-contact-sheets-in-adobe-indesign.html https://www.thegraphicmac.com/building-the-ultimate-contact-sheet-using-indesign/ Illustrator...

I have seen odd results when spot colors have been treated with Multiply over process (images) where the CMYK values changed but this may be/have been rip specific. With pdfs and overprint preview I have been pokiing around with in the last half hour, I didn't see any negative effects with...

Macmann, transparency did not exist in 1999 - but I get your point. Your HP guy has probably grown accustomed to inexperienced or inept users encountering RIP systems or the ability to print white ink where that experience is absent. Did you ask him why? His comments were probably made...

Thanks Gordo.

Couldn't you build something like this? Clear beginning and ending with all seps required in between. A missing separation or pass would be obvious. -dan

Noted! and thanks for your participation here and confirming my suspicion that successful implementers would be tight-lipped. Would it be too tongue-in-cheek to say let's see what the future holds? -dan

Here's a newly released (yesterday) conversation with Dr. Kiran Deshpande of Siegwerk regarding ECG. Part one of what will be a two part discussion. -dan https://www.buzzsprout.com/episodes/1724983-31-the-extended-color-gamut-ecg-revolution-is-going-mainstream

I've downloaded and started the study report. It looks like a very good and illuminating experiment with regard to the general ability of systems to convert Pantone L a b based colors into CMYKOGV and further, how well they perform as tested on the printers used. I mention that the P9000 is an...

I have not read the study itself yet - but will. Based on the WTT article though, it seems like it is a comparison of software technologies and their abilities to convert spot colors into CMYKOG. Then the resulting conversions are evaluated by being printed on a P9000 which is an 11/c printer -...

Hi Mac, The P2P51 will get you your cmyk data but you'll have to test the ogv inks separately and/or combined in a muli-ink chart. Have a look through this document, it should cover most of your cmykogv calibration questions. -dan...

I believe you are correct Gordo. You could however, apply the same curve adjustments in the remote workflow to produce tiffs with the correct tone values. Sometimes this is press-specific so some communication and planning would be necessary. Also I suppose, if unadjusted tiffs were created...

Do they explain why they would want this? What do Sales and Sr. Management think of this? Assuming this is for 4/c process, do they want each of the 4 colors lightened or darkened by the same amount and do they know that this is not how a (an offset) printing press works? If you are proofing...

There may be some functionality in your prepress workflow. Prinergy for example has a softproofing element called VPS in which marquee selections can be made (so white space outside the work area can be excluded) and % coverage of inks given. This can be done for a single piece or an imposed...

See ya Sev, all the best. -dan

brdubya69, The easiest way to control this is probably by setting the varnish color's attribute to "Transparent" in Color Editor. This will prevent it from trapping. -dan