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We also recycle all our plates and re output if job is run again. David

Hi Our Production Department would like to add the sheet width to our layouts. In Preps there is a variable text mark $SheetWidth that can be used to automatically indicate the numerical width of the sheet. This works fine when doing an all Preps workflow but we only use Preps to create...

I had no problem creating a properly centered pdf, both exporting or saving postscript and distilling, from both Quark and InDesign. I had to turn of the the bleed marks in InDesign. Quark was fine. In InDesign the trim bounding box was created properly and would work with our imposition system...

There are a number of things that we do or the person who is suppling the PDF can do. First when saving postscript or exporting single page PDFs from either InDesign or Quark, when in facing pages, you can set the Inside Bleed to 0". At our end we have our Preps imposition templates set to...

I have to agree with toronar, I don't like to rasterize unless I have a problem file that I can't get to work any other way. mtnman

0 here - not bad for age 56 going 57

Hi we just upgraded to Apogee Prepress (Apogee 5). I've figured out the basics for the plate versioning but wonder if anyone was using the elements or PDF layers?

We dumped Calgraph when our contract was up and now go with a local independent operator that has training on Mutohs. He's done a good job and is way more reliable. David Vancouver, B.C.

Our proofers are more stable than our older web press but our new web press is just as stable. We stay on top of monitoring our proofers using a proofer check to confirm ink densities and a reference check to compare (using Lab values) a previously saved reference. We re calibrate every 6...

Non imbedded fonts don't usually cause the Apogee RIP/server to crash, normally just won't process the pdf file. There are a couple of things to attempt, you could load the font to Apogee - PC fonts have to be loaded from PC Client, Mac Fonts have to be loaded from a Mac Client. Not sure why...

mtnman mtnman We're running ApogeeX 4 but I was reading that in AX5 (PrePress) that Plate Versioning is now included and not an extra. We currently use Printdrive and double burn for different language/currency versions. Would like to know if any one has been using the plate versioning in...

Re: ApogeeX 3.5 to 4.0 Upgrade time poll Yes ours took longer than three hours, probably more like six. Haven't had any rotation problems. David Vancouver, B.C., Canada

Re: Users of Kodak Thermal Direct plate, please reply! Hi Chris We were running the Agfa Azura but had to many problems and consquently changed to the Kodak Sword Excel which has given us no problems. David

Re: Force "NO" Color Management in Indesign & Illustrator CS2 & CS3 We do a lot of publication work and require that all files be supplied as cmyk without color management turned on. This is an early binding workflow and works well for us. Many of our customers recieve ads from many sources...

Re: Any Apogee users running Sublima?? We've been running Sublima for over two years. The screen rulings offered are actually 210 & 240. We're a commercial heatset web shop running 210 Sublima on about 90% of our jobs. We love the quality. Some of our covers are done at outside sheetfed shops...

Re: Whose here from PPF? We're here. It's unfortunate that we seem to have competing user forums happening, makes keeping track twice as much work. mtnman

Re: Pre Press vs. Press salaries I've been in prepress for 30 years and have a college degree in Graphic Arts, Print Production. It's the best of both worlds when you have education and experience. Head pressmen here make more than prepress people but we are on par with second pressmen and...

Re: What does CIP4 stand for? We are currently using CIP3 to send ink data to one of our web presses, presets the ink keys, does automatic registration and has dramatically reduced makeready times. Looking at adding to our other presses.