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Re: grid kind of pattern on thermal In our experience, when running stochastic screening, the laser focus settings are much more critical than when running conventional screening. We see a grid pattern over the entire plate when the laser is slightly out of focus. If your problem is caused by...

Re: Anyone using MetalFX? Pardon me, but $300/lb is somewhat incorrect. I think that is the old price that MFX was charging when the product first came out. MetalFX makes 2 silver inks and 1 gold ink. The silver comes in a super-shiny Premium, which is $200 per +kilogram+, or 2.2 lbs, so it's...

Re: Prinergy vrs Prinect vrs Apogee We have been using Prinergy for 5.5 years and are very happy with it. It's expensive compared to some others, but it is really stable, and Kodak continues to develop it with interesting features. Tech support is very good when you need them, which is to say...

Re: Finding a printer that caters for Stochastic/FM screening Exactly, gordo! We (a US company) have been printing stochastic since early 2003. Within 6 months of the start, we were printing about 90% of all jobs stochastic 20 micron, and within a year we were at 99%. Today, it is highly...

Re: Legal issues with designer's files In Prinergy, there is a place in the Refine Process Plan to enter a security password for PDF files. Look under Normalize, and then the box "Secure PDF Password". That should at least let you RIP it. As for the pretentious designer problem, that's a...

Does anybody recycle the discarded sheets from the back of their FinalProof? It's a ton of material, but no one seems to know what to do with it. The aluminum recycler has no idea who to talk to, either.