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    Symphony Calibrator

    Question on setting up a cal set using Stochastic FM111 screening in Symphony calibrator. In nexus workflow the raster tiff module are the following angles for FM111 screen set cyan-0, Magenta-270, Yellow-180 & Black-90, however when i pull in this set set into Symphony calibrator i get the...
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    Quick look helper

    anyone ever have issues with quick look helper, my Mac has been lagging constantly. when i open the Activity monitor i noticed that "quick look helper" climbs to the top and uses all my real memory and cpu usage and will not allow anything else to run. i force quit the process and it will come...
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    Part Time Prepress

    Looking for a part time prepress position, working nights or weekend shift. Boston area to central MA
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    Adobe 5.5 upgrade

    is it me or can you not upgrade CS4 to CS5.5 on the mac, cant seem to find it on web
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    Screen file before plate

    I have a document that contains several thin lines in it and want to have it re-produce consistently across the press sheet when i step and repeat it. i need help to accomplish this, is anyone currently doing this, if so could you share both the input (rip) and output (plate) workflows that you...
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    Quark 8.1.6 start up crash

    We are basically a Creative Suites shop, however i did get a Quark 8 file that i would like to open in Quark. however Q8.1.6 crashes every time on start up. Here are the specs Quark 8.1.6 running on mac 10.6.6. Any suggestions?
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    Imposition Software

    Looking for imposition software feedback. Been using Preps to impose for years and looking to see if there are better solutions available. I have some basic needs, we step and repeat every job, we use the same sheet size for every job, we have a PDF workflow (Nexus total PDF). One thing i do...
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    Mac server to PC server

    we are in the process of moving all work to a new PC server from and old Mac server. i noticed that the first few jobs we have lost the ability to double click on a file and have it open in the proper application, all the files are showing up as a "Unix Executable File". What am i missing to...
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    Mac Upgrade

    Quick question, I am in the process of replacing 2 Imac's to newer models. I Have Adobe CS4 running on the old Imacs and I will be installing CS5 on the new Imacs. Can I still buy just the CS5 upgrade to install? will it install on the new Imac without seeing an older version? Or do I need to...
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    Quark 7 and DSC 2

    Not using Quark in a while i have an issue that i cant remember how to handle. I have a Quark 7 file that contains a DSC 2 photoshop file with spot colors. I cant seem to get good postscript out to even make a PDF using distiller or getting my Nexus workflows to handle it as well. In quark i...
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    Convert spot colors to CMYK except

    I want to use the action list that converts all spot color to CMYK with the exception of a dieline color that will always be spot color. The basic convert to cmyk works great, how do I modify that to ignore my dieline color
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    Spot Color Delta E

    What would the industry standard tolerance (delta E) be for a printed spot color to the pantone book be? I have a drawdown from the press that is a delta E of 5 compared to the book, is this within spec? Would the same spec be used for process colors as well?
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    Quark 6.5 & MAC OSX 10.5

    We had our macs upgraded to OSX 10.5.6. now when we double click on a Quark document it automatically creates a copy and does not open the quark file. Anyone else seem this?
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    PDF Workflow

    Not knowing much about other workflow systems (Agfa, Prinergy etc..) and how they work as a PDF workflow I would like to know if I can create (or if anyone is using) a PDF WF using Nexus RIP, Import and Processor. My intent is to create a high res (normalize??) PDF to use as a proof for my first...
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    Problem with applescript

    I am attempting my first applescript and have come across a problem. I am trying to create a folder and have that folder take on the name of the current date. Line follows make new folder at folder "Customer" of folder "untitled folder" of folder "Desktop" of folder "marjutpoillucci" of folder...
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    Missing Safari

    My son somehow deleted safari from his old mac. Can i re-install safari only from the system disks? If not how can i get internet access restored to his Mac? Thanks in advance
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    Empty Folders

    Is there a quick and easy (also foolproof) way to have the system find empty folders on a drive and delete them?
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    External Drive

    I have an external firewire drive that will not mount. When I run disk first aid it comes up with "invalid volume header", i try to repair (disk first aid) and re-mount but it does not work. Is this something Disk Warrior will be able to help me with? What other options do I have or is this disk...
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    EPS files and Quark 7

    I have a basic rip trap WF that creates a low res EPS file (link) and a high res CT/LW file. When i bring the eps file into quark 6 it reads all the spot colors correctly (they show up in the color palette) and I can print back to Nexus to image a proof. Same process in Quark 7 produces...
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    Marketing Assistant

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