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Is there anyone out there that is still making plates from film? Preferably in the Chicagoland area?

We have older "System 38" Komori webs, (probably 20+ yrs old), and would like to try to set them up presetting the ink keys for, obviously, faster makereadys. We already have other, newer web presses already using a CLC system, (CIP3), and have been extremely successful with that system. What we...

Has anyone heard of or used a new product from "Chromaticity" that is a new ink optimamizer program? If I'm correct it's called "ice"? From what i've been told, it's something like "Alwan". Apparently it is in the stage of being newly rolloed out in the next few months. The boast is that not...

I posted this query back a few; how can I save ink without going "Alwan" etc. and one of the replies was, try creating a heavier GCR profile, which I did using Kodak's Profile Wizard and setting the process template in Prinergy to use this profile ONLY on "Images" and not "Graphics". Overall...

OK, here's the dilemma, we want to employ Alwan for the purpose of attaining ink savings. However the "budget" at the moment won't allow our prepress dept. to purchase this program. Is there a possible or cheaper way of employing something we already have to use a GCR method to achieve something...

We've recently dealt with a customer sending us a PDF file with embedded Pantone colors. Now, I am familiar with the letter used to assign a particular substrate, ie., "C" , "U", etc for coated, uncoated, but we received two Pantone colors, one with a "CV" and the other with a "CVC", for...

We're looking into trying something different in dot shape. Currently we're using a round dot shape, but would possibly like to try euclidean, or maybe a hybrid dot shape. This trial is prompted by a rash of problematic patterning issues as of late. Also, is anyone running their yellow at a...