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    MAGNUS 400 Detect Plate Edge Problem

    Hi - the reduction in speed would make me think you have some lasers out of action. Have you tried recalibrating them? Have you tried putting the plate in the other way round? Sometimes the plate may have subtle differences in the colour of the substrate which tips the edge detection out of its...
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    Xerox 700 B&W question

    Have you installed the 'Fast Black' Patch? This is designed to dis-engage the CMY developer drums when printing only Black - it seemed to cure our problems.
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    Direct Mail what software do I need??

    Until recently we used Flexmail but updates got expensive so have gone over to Bulk Mailer 5 from Satori. You need the pro version for more than 20K addresses though. Mailsort Online is great for 'one-off' large mailings, we have used them for years for jobs that didn't warrant purchasing extra...
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    Numbering software

    Easy Numbering Easy Numbering If you have a Macintosh, Easy Numbering is a cheap shareware option. Andrew
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    Azura plates run length issues

    Re: Azura plates run length issues It the getting blamed for the wrong stock used on the press gets me - yes it has happened!
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    Azura plates run length issues

    Re: Azura plates run length issues Hi We had similar problems on our SM52 press (albeit with Kodak TD plates). It turned out to be and increased amount of calcium in the paper building up on the blankets. We changed to a different fount which pretty much cured the problem. We also had problems...
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    older files from 1996

    Re: older files from 1996 Hi The 'unknown' document is from Pagemaker 6 (Aldus days!) and the .eps's were from Illustrator 3. Opening them in a text editor gives some clue in the last line of each. I can't open them from my newish Macs but will try to dig out an old machine to see if I can...
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    Film Scanning

    Re: Film Scanning John Willis wrote: One more thing you might consider. I discoverd that one of the processless brands of plate can be exposed in the contact frame to film or the ctp platesetter without a problem! That might work for you and save you money. We found this too and has allowed us...
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    Kodak Magnus 400 - distance plate output <=> groundfloor

    Re: Kodak Magnus 400 - distance plate output <=> groundfloor Hi Mine is 112.5 cm from the floor with the wheels jacked up about 10mm. We use Kodak TD plates so go straight to a stacker. Hope this helps Andrew
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    Plate scratches and fingerprints...help?!

    Re: Plate scratches and fingerprints...help?! Probably no help but when I was working in a University as a photographer we had a number of postgraduate researchers who did their own sheet film processing. Everyone was okay except for one lady who was only was suffering from contamination and...
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    Prinergy Naming?

    Re: Prinergy Naming? Hi Mac At what point is the file being renamed? If it is after imposition then you need to edit the file naming section (Respect Mac Filenames ON) in your Output from Imposition templates. I have seen this from one particular mac where the pdf's created were being...
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    preps run list

    Re: preps run list Hi In my version there is a tick box (bottom left) to toggle this on and off. Andrew

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