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    Fujifilm processless plates and Heidelberg Anicolor press

    Does anyone have any experience with Fujifilm Processless Plates and the Heidelberg Anicolor Press? Any information will be greatly appreciated.
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    Strange dot

    We are printing to ISO 12647-2 standards. Created a linear set of plates, run the press to ISO Ink standards, get the dot gain values and then create dot gain compensation curves. Our dot gains when we go back to press is spot on, as well as the ink densities but it just seems to be lacking...
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    Strange dot

    Just an update on this. We tried using a 200lpi round dot with this customer. The irregular dot structure dissapeared but the print was extremely flat. Even with dot compensation curves etc. We can not continue using the 200li round/square dot as it definately creates print problems. It appears...
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    Best Pizza Ever

    1. What's your favorite crust style? B: Thin and Crispy, C 2. What City and State are you in? Johannesburg, South Africa 3. What's the name of the best pizza place in your area (in your opinion) that serves your favorite style? Woolworths Bacon and mushroom - take it home, stick it in the oven...
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    Strange dot

    The reason why I am not saying who the vendor is, is that I am an independant consultant. I do not want to get anybody/vendor's back up as they are already upset with me for finding this problem. There are not that many platesetter/Workflow vendors out there and it is one of the bigger ones, so...
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    Strange dot

    To continue the saga. The vendor of the platesetter/workflow has now come back and said that there is nothing wrong with the dot and it will not result in lower quality print. I have requested specifications from FOGRA on what is acceptable and what not, but if anybody else have some more...
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    Crazy unpredictable gain

    I think the problem with not running a linear curve and then the plate curve is "what basis do you start from?" I agree that it is double work, but basically if you have optimised your platesetter, so there is no more than 2% deviation across your plate, and your internal 50% is reading 46% for...
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    Xmf

    You need to go to your ConfigTool. You will see that there is something called JDF Web. Open it up. Have a look at what it says in the block that says "Server Name". Your computer name must be in there. If it is not, find out what your computer is called and copy it in there. Start your XMF...
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    Xmf

    There is no PDF files/manuals on XMF, or very few, should I say. All the help is online. If you go to the ? mark in XMF it will give you all the details. I do have some notes that I could send you if you want to give me your email address.
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    Strange dot

    Am I correct in getting to the following conclusions then: 1. That the dot is unusual, but that it won’t necessarily create a bad print. 2. That the resolution is not high enough for the line ruling that is being used, so the suggestion is either to go 175lpi/2400dpi or 200lpi/3000dpi 3. To...
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    Introduce yourself!

    Introduce yourself Introduce yourself My name is Laura Minter. I am part owner of a smal prepress supply company in South Africa. I started my trade as a photolithographer and specialised as a colour retoucher after qualifying. Did training at a Printing College based in Honeydew, South Africa...
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    CTP for Small Press?

    Have you looked at Highwater's CTP systems? They are very economically and well build kit.
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    Strange dot

    Thanks for all the info. Herewith some answers: "Are you able to see the rasterized dot structure on screen prior to output? does it match what you see on plate?" Yes I can and Yes I does. "To me it looks a bit like very odd scanline slip, I am guessing that the fast scan line direction is...
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    Strange dot

    I would rather not say which RIP/Workflow it is as I am not the customer, but only an independant consultant who is doing the customers Colour Management on press and proofing. I can tell you that it is not Harlequin, as we did use a Harlequin RIP to go out the the same platesetters and there...
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    Strange dot

    We get it in Continous tone image as well as gradients and tints. So when ever the job gets rasterised it creates the dot that you see on the plate. Again, it is not only in the 50%, it is just a lot more noticeable in 50. The workflow does not first convert to pixel before it rasterizes. We...
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    Strange dot

    Did not see the next lot of questions. I did not think that it will make a difference on the printing, but the customer has noticed the strange dot and now it is an issue. They are a top class printer and likes everything perfect. I think if they get told that this is normal, they will continue...
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    Strange dot

    It is not vector. It is a continous tone that is being rasterised. You can also see it if you run a calibration to the platesetter. To take it further we generated a "Stepwedge" with 5%, 10% to 100% tint values and placed it on a page to image all over the plate. It is more noticable on the 50%...
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    Strange dot

    The problem is not with a specific file, but with a specific workflow/rip vendor. We have tried using the same workflow/RIP but output to three different platesetters, and we get exactly the same result. Initially my customer was told that the problem might go away if he upgrades to the latest...
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    Strange dot

    Has anybody ever seen a 50% dot structure like this. I know it only reads 48% but I am more concerned about the structure of the dot than the calibration at this stage. It was done on a CTP device, 200lpi, 2400dpi and the platereader is a Lithocam. If we play out a 175lpi, we do not have the...
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    Violet vs thermal Ctp

    Re: Violet vs thermal Ctp We are a support company who does support on both thermal and violet systems. We have found the following: 1. The day to day running costs of the violet systems are better than the thermal systems 2. Violet systems are more lenient than Thermal systems. Basically what...

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