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Hello, we had a job today, a tabloid, that had issues and one pressman is on my back about it being the pdf's fault and got the production manager on for the ride. Registration was off. I mean, not so that it could be adjusted. The black on only the one side seemed stretched, is how I'd...

Quickish question: what's the deal with non chemical plates--my place is thinking of perhaps switching over, and I really don't know very much about this type of plate. Right now we use thermal plates, which means they have to go through a heater and plate scrubber. Are chem free plates...

My shop just got us Photoshop to correct customer's PDF's. Our main problem is text not separating right--ending up in all 4 coolors, when it needs to be black only. I haven't had any lesssons in Photoshop but tried a test page in which the type wasn't sep right, and no luck. Seems to me...

I'm at work right now. The thermostat in the "cool" part of the room says 85 Fairenheit. If feels like 90+ where I am. We have a Trendsetter News, thermal plates, heater, the whole nine yards. What kind of problems can I expect if my company expects their machinery to operate in this kind of...

How much different is digital printing from computer to plate (imposition mostly)? I have an interview in 15 hours for a position as a digital printer. I have 10 + years doing conventional striping and about 4 +years experience on direct to plate (Dynastrip and Creo) and also Quark. The shop...

Hello, I do mostly impo work right now. I do not have a degree in graphic arts and desperately need to freshen up my learning curve some. My local community college is offering somethig new for the fall semester. It's called "Graphics Design Career skillset" comrising of the following...

Cory, Is it possible to remove a post that has been placed? (Not a reply, but an original thread>) thanks

Hi, right now (like at this moment) I am (attempting) to print out a calender. The customer (haha--it's in-house) has them as PDF's...don't know what she used to get them, I think Quark. Well what's happening is this: When I try to normalize the PDF's I keep getting a "fatal error" message...

How much do you think a CTP operator is worth paying these days? Because I have 3 years exp. im Creo (Prinergy, Preps, Dynastrip, and my current employer pays me $7 an hour--honestly, I was making more in 1990 as a 25 year old camera/conventional pre-press worker with less than 2 years on the...

Question: I had a job that was a 32 pp tab. I made up a template etc, importing smart marks for the grey bar. Problems arose when I saw that the customer had bleeds on two of his regular, inside pages. The thing is, I had to delete the grey bar to get the bleed all the way to the gutter...