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I'm trying to help out a prepress pal - he had a jam up with a Herk image setter. Cleared jam with no issues. Restarted and everything seemed fine but when film comes out, only 1 inch of the total image appears. No error codes, etc. He tried all the common sense stuff - reboot, clear any...

I just need the little black plastic gear attached to the rubber roller which advances the film from the supply cassette into the image setter. It cracked and we super-glued the break - works well in a 911 situation. (Found this after multiple Error #'s 3515 & 350B) I have my spare cassette in...

Good ones...I always use the "You can have it right or you can have it now but you can't have it right now."

Re: Poll--just curious? Re: Poll--just curious? Plategirl, traditionally newspapers pay terrible wages (as you obviously know). Anyone on this forum that worked at a newspaper, even with a "job printing" dept. knows that when you go up to the powers that be and talk about your much deserved...

Re: My print job smells like...you don't want to know Re: My print job smells like...you don't want to know Big time high pressure customer okay (we were printing his product for the first time!) It was a 4C process forest scene with evergreens & mountains in the background of a check. The...

Re: Poll--just curious? Re: Poll--just curious? Wow. You are VERY underpaid! We pay no experience people off the street to come in and catch off a press more than that per hour! I am exactly your age and have been in the biz for over 20 years. Depending on your location, you should, at the...

Re: Ready to get OUT of the business ... Great points made all the way around the block. We can all feel the frustration when sharing the horror stories of our daily prepress hell. Dealing with "P.I.T.A" CSR"s, Sales people, Order Writers, etc... is the worst part of my job because most of...

Re: Font Assistance Thanks, fellas. I appreciate the feedback. I understand I have a lot to learn. Have a great day. Mark.

Can you vets help a newbie out? I have looked in all the obvious free font download sites but I cannot find Windows fonts for all helvetica neue: medium, condensed, italic, bold, roman, black and thin. If there's a site for freebie download, please pass it on! If anyone is overly in the...