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Our business has shifted out of traditional printing to wide format. What we use now works ok for quoting but is really made for offset/digital so it could do a lot of things better for wide format. Any recommendations for software for quoting wide format?

Our shop has made a big shift and we are focusing on wide format, our print division we merged with another company. So I am in somewhat new waters with wide format, I have done some wide format before, but not to the extent we do now. We have a SwissQ flatbed. Talking to our operators they say...

Had a client doing a rebranding and they have a bunch of Pantone P colours. I have never seen these before. do these translate to specific Pantone U or C colours for 2 and 3 colour prints? Or is this supposed to be some CMYK Pantone?

They have switched us all over to PC here at work, of course no one is all that thrilled about it in prepress. We have the latest updates of Adobe CC and are using an ancient version of Apogee to basically send files to our Indigo as well as to make plates on our AGFA (rebranded Screen CTP). We...

We have a CP Bourg BM-e Booklet Maker E-Series TR. The touch screen is freezing up randomly and we keep holding our breath till we eventually get it working again. This is going to eventually die so we need to find a part for it. Does anyone know anywhere that sells used parts, specifical the...

I have a PDF from a client. Everything looks fine till it is printed out on our Indigo. There is artwork that shows up. I tried ripping apart the PDF in illustrator with no luck. On a whim I thought I would try opening it with Affinity Designer and see what I can see. In Affinity it shows a...

Just wondering if anyone has the Windows installer for Pantone Color Manager? I have a couple of licenses and this would save needing the Pantone Connect subscription for a little while. I don't need hacked software, just a legit installer for Windows if anyone has one available. I have been...

We have an HP Indigo 7. Every now and then when sending a file over, I will set the file up and move it to the held que. On the Indigo itself the operator will see a lock symbol beside the file. He can print it but make no adjustments to quantity or anything else. I sent 2 posters with identical...

I used to have a Versant 2100. It was a great press for me and #10 envelopes ran amazingly well, both regular and offset window envelopes. Never jammed, great colour and registration. Since having the Versant 2100 my family business has merged with a larger company and none of our equipment came...

We have a new C7090 press, have had some new machine birthing pains that are getting sorted by techs as they come up. One big issue is printing #10 envelopes. They just will not feed through. They stop before they can exit tray 3. Or they rip and go through. Tech was in and in the end their...

We have a Xante Enpress we use for full colour envelopes. It is out of warranty and trying to get service to reply in a timely matter is a little frustrating. Google has only bought up a Ricoh printer with the same error code, I did try to do what they said with no luck. Has anyone encountered...

Not sure if I am in the right section for this but I will ask anyways. I have a client whose current provider will no longer do the smaller quantities they print for a deck stain applicator. Flat it is 6 x 10, gets folded and wrapped around a foam piece that they are selling. The outside is...

I am looking for an old preps 4.2 installer, or installer plus update files to get to 4.2. We have still run this ancient version here in an old version of Apogee. They want to migrate the Apogee server to a new one. As it gets light use management is not interested in buying newer versions at...

Every now and then I am getting a box to create, sometimes it is straightforward, other times it can be complex (for me at least). We don't do enough of it to warrant the higher price tag I have seen from Esko. I was wondering is there any software that makes the process simpler without breaking...

I am working on a quote for some diplomas and was asked by the client about archivable ink. I don't think our digital presses have this in the toner/ink used, trying to find answers. We run an HP Indigo 7R and a Kodak Express 3900. Does anyone know any details regarding the toners and their...

I am contemplating what to do with an aging RIP. I use Fiery XF 6.2 for my Epson 9900. Had a family print shop, a few years ago we merged with a larger company and I decided rather then sell I would keep the Epson and RIP and use it as home. So not looking to spend a fortune for printing for...

I have an Epson 9900 at home and Fiery XF 6.2. I have not needed to setup a new client in years... till now. I am stuck at the password to connect with a new client. It is not saved in my keychain on any of my Macs. Does anyone know what the default password is or how I can go about finding or...

I have an Epson 9900 at home for personal use. Left over equipment from our family business when we merged with another company. I was going to use some aftermarket inks to keep the price down as it really just makes posters and cards for nephews and nieces and family prints every now and then...

I have an Epson 9900 I took home with me when our family business merged with a larger print shop. I don't do a whole lot with it other then print some posters for nieces and nephews birthdays. Looking to save some money on inks as the Epson branded stuff is a pretty penny especially when there...

Had a sales guy in today and he gave us some pricing on ink for our Epson 9900. Now I have never used non Epson inks. Is there any reason to avoid on Epson branded ink? This is for our Epson 9900.