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    Getting the Job

    Another eVerify success story! Somehow, all of our bindery department passes eVerify, yet can't speak a word of english. Coincidence, I suppose.
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    Epson 9800 "Blank Page"

    Try cleaning the wiper blade with a wet cloth. It's inside the front cover, behind the control panel.
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    Press OK procedure

    You'll want to avoid contact between a client and your pressman unless he possesses above average people skills... and his ass isn't hanging out of his pants. A separate proofing/viewing room with glass panels separating the pressroom from the client is preferred. Signs reading "Don't feed the...
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    Average number of retouching hours

    Just make up a number... nobody will ever be able to verify or dispute your findings because nobody has any idea what prepress does anyway. Your superiors will just tell you that the competition is doing it twice as fast as you, so just ask what average time they'd like to see and come in 20%...
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    Font Explorer X Reflow Problems

    It's getting to the point where I don't even use font management software with InDesign files, I just toss a copy of the client's fonts into the Applications/InDesign/Fonts folder and launch the app. Works with PC and MAC fonts. You might try it instead of using Explorer.
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    Is it possible to achieve bright orange using CMYK

    We've used fluorescent process inks to offset print vibrant CMYK images, including oranges, on uncoated stock and it worked quite well.
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    Plates Tinting up on Press

    Take back the power! Take back the power! Short of putting a defense attorney on retainer, prepress really only has one choice when confronted with these attacks from the pressroom... documentation of all maintenance and calibration! Do you have a plate reading densitometer? If not, get...
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    Tired of it.....

    You guys need to lighten up. I'm sure this client will pay his bill in at least 120 days... if he's still in business. When it comes to clients and salesmen, I've pretty much been reduced to one of the people in the old Twilight Zone episode where everyone has to be nice to the little spoiled...
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    What are the key ideas for achieving greater efficiency in prepress?

    Forget automation... think standardization! One way prepress can improve layout mistakes is to standardize layout temples so that everyone isn't recreating the wheel every time a 12pg book gets run on a 19x25. Standardizing templates prevents stupid human errors like forgetting color bars or...
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    Business Card Web to print

    My advice... take the money you plan to spend on a web to print solution and contract a hitman to whack the sales rep who landed this crappy account. NOBODY makes any money on business cards, except BCT or AWT, and I guarantee you they wouldn't touch this account. The only reason most printers...
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    Procedure for printed work

    This one is easy. Never, Never, Never let client's in your pressroom! They just ask stupid questions and try to tell us how to run our business, or they get their neck ties caught in the press rollers and then sue us for negligence. Press checks should be done in a separate room with its own...
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    Having the client and the broker sign off?

    Find a printer who will give you a commission for bringing them your work. That way your customer pays the printer, and the printer cuts you a check every month. All of the printing goes through you, so you can track the sales, but the printer bills your client. No risk for you! We do it all of...
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    Prepress outsourcing to india

    I hope you like Curry, because it's just a matter of time until they figure out how to outsource water. hehe I think it's great that you're getting out of prepress. It's a doomed industry. Speaking of doom, I've always thought a Funeral Director would be a good career choice for most prepress...
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    How to motivate sales people in the printing industry

    Motivation and more! Motivation and more! Great responses everyone. Mattf, I appreciate your opinions and agree with some of your points regarding the responsibilities of a sales rep. I don't agree with the courier idea for delivering proofs. This is one of the few times your company gets to...
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    Bad customer Pdf, how can I fix this next time?

    Ripped on Prinergy Ripped on Prinergy For what it's worth, I refined your file using Prinergy Connect and it worked fine up to page 37 and then gave me a missing font error. The font is AgfaRotisFemiSerif Bold. You can view the error message and use my refined PDF file if you're still in a...
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    Mistakes

    Mistakes- Mistakes- "Does your prepress department/plant make a lot of mistakes? If so what drives it?" I think I can answer that question... IT'S CALLED BEING HUMAN!!!! AAAAARRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHH!!!!!!!!! As a prepress supervisor struggling with this issue, I once asked my "superiors" a simple...
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    PrePress = IT Department? What the...

    Good point Rich. It's a sad reality that it really doesn't pay to give too much in a small company environment because it's never rewarded and it's never enough. What's even more depressing is now I wish I'd chosen a career in a something I used to make fun of, like a government job. Turns out...
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    PrePress = IT Department? What the...

    OK, why is it that whenever someone in our company can't receive email they automatically come running into Prepress? How did prepress inherit the management of all things "internet" related, and how can prepress unload this responsibility onto somebody else? Why do sales people ask prepress to...
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    How automated is your Prinergy?

    We have Prinergy Connect and utilize 4 automated rule sets. One creates a low res PDF that our CSR's access and send to our clients for approval. Another rule is for archiving and exports the job as a zip, then destroys the job and the low res PDF. The other two rules tweak our CIP 3/PrintLink...
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    PrePress Mistakes

    I feel your pain. I feel your pain. "The relentless pursuit of perfection." I'd like to kill the little son of a #$%@ that coined that phrase. The reason you keep making mistakes is because you're not Jesus, and no matter how hard you try to become Jesus you will always fall short...

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