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    QM46 Quickmaster Plate setter with a "Trans Fault 2" Error.

    We have a Quicksetter 46 and I am getting a Trans Fault 2 error. How can I determine what is the issue? This is everything I have done so far: 1. Removed the film out of the Diverter and removed the Supply cassette. 2. Removed the whole top of the Quicksetter. 3. Replaced the Drive Belt. I...
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    Preps 5 $side question

    Preps 5 $side question What I use is the code: side$side And that gives me the signature and the side on my plates. It will display like this "signature1 sideA". I believe this is what you are looking for. Bob
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    Acrobat 8

    Acrobat 8 In the Print box, click the advanced button in Acrobat 8, then go to the marks and bleeds tab and turn off the "page information" box and this should not print the extra information. Bobh
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    New Fuji Plates

    We have been using the Fuji Pro-T Digital Thermal (Processorless) plates for a while now. We have a Screen Platerite 8100 Imagesetter and the only problems we have had with our plates is after developing them up on press, we have spots in the non-image areas. We just wipe the plates down with...
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    Ink Coverage in Illustrator

    Re: Ink Coverage in Illustrator What I do is just save the file as a PDF out of Illustrator and then open the file in Acrobat Professional. In the advanced tab> print production> output preview, here you can check the box at the bottom of the dialog box that says "total ink coverage" and set...
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    Polyester Plates

    Re: Polyester Plates Babylon, I am using Mitsubishi Poly plates. We have a Heidelburg QM46 Quickmaster press and I am using a Heidelburg QM Imagesetter. Our plates are 340mm x 505mm and we only use this for business cards and 2/color work. We also have Fuji Pro-T processorless plates for our...
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    Transparency Print Issues

    Re: Transparency Print Issues Michael, What RIP system do you have? And what proofer are you using? I am using the Xenith RIP made by Xitron and our proofer is an Epson 9600. In my Xenith I have a RIP&Trap tab that I can tell each job what I want to do. In the past I had proofs that were...
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    Film Scanning

    Re: Film Scanning High all, We still use film for a couple of our clients, but we also have the electronic files. Isn't there electronic files for your film or did another company supply the film? Anyways we are CTP now and are using Fuji Pro-T processorless plates. I have experimented with...
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    CTP Plate Poll

    Re: CTP Plate Poll We were using Kodak plates that we had to process, then we went to the Kodak Processorless plate and was getting holes in the images and spots on the plates that would not develope out. So now we switched to the Fuji Pro-T Processorless plates and they are beautiful. As long...
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    Illustrator to PDF bolding issue

    Re: Illustrator to PDF bolding issue I have had issues with saving to a PDF in Illustrator CS3 also, one way I have found to correct some of my problems is not to "save as" PDF. I print to a PS file then distill it with Adobe Acrobat distiller. Then when I preview the PDF in Acrobat 8 almost...

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