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I am working with a new print company to develop carton designs. We have received the proofs back with some very minor concerns. We tentatively have approved them, however I wanted to get some feedback to understand how an Illustrator/EPS file could be placed into a RIP/Prepress software and...

I posted earlier this past year looking for work. I am reposting my call for work but also adding on my experience within Chain of Custody Certification. I have a total of 2 years experience within the printing industry, 6 months at a pre-press position, a bit over a year working within a...

People call me a process guy and I love managing projects. I have a total of 2 years experience within the printing industry, 6 months at a pre-press position, a bit over a year working within a sheetfed offset printer and finally 3 months working at a flexography and hot stamping operation...

I've been starting to gather together a list of defect classifications that can occur when handling Flexography and Offset printing. This would be for our own companies use as well as vendor manuals. I've been trying to look for visual representations of each defect such as Adhesion, Ghosting...

As the title suggests, I'm looking for a software package that can handle label printing from Avery Dennison 64 04 printers. There would be a total of 10 styles of labels with variable data going on the labels sometimes in orders of 500 to 10,000. I've been trying to find a software that could...

We know of the FSC, SFI and PEFC are certifications for paper. Anyone know of any certifications specifically dealing with plastics?

I know this also probably should be within the Environmental discussion, but I thought since this is basically a consumable item its relevant here. My company makes display item holders, cards for jewelry, hang tags for clothing and so on. A question has come up on the subject of...

I know this might be the wrong location to ask this question, but I couldn't really find a place for it anywhere else on the forum. I got a question concerning labels, needed some input if anyone was able to answer. I have a potential account that will demand millions of labels a year. With...

Was looking into trying to find specific information concerning a label printer I wish to make an investment in. Here's some specific of what I'm looking for: 1) Can do B/W and up to 4C 2) Web roll stock 3) Can handle label stock (of course) 4) Can handle from 1" x 1" label square to longer...

There is always waste in printing a job. Whether it be pre-press trimming, post-press trimming, overs and so on. I was curious as to see other printers paper recycled to paper bought ratio. I'm actually crunching these numbers for my own company and it looks like we end of recycling a...

Need some fresh ideas on a specific issue I've been tackling within our fulfillment department. This example is our largest account, so making it more efficient will help in multiple areas. Any advice on improvement would be helpful: My company has a huge order we do every summer. The deal...

How can you tell a low quality paper from a high quality paper? What are the factors in determining the quality of a certain type of paper? Does GSM, Calipher, M-weight have anything to do with it? I assume Opacity does. I know this is materials 101 garble, but I gotta start somewhere :P

The Tri-Certification audit is today for my company. I've worked about 5 months on this without a consultant, so I'll hoping I've done enough. Wish me luck, I'll try and post something tonight to tell people on the forums how it went and maybe make some pointers for those who are not certified...

Is there anyway possible to reduce waste without the assistance and use of computers and computer specific programs? I'm dealing with a very "old fashioned" employee who does the scheduling for all jobs. His method is hang tag cards with job information on those while also having a small...

Kind of a curve ball question: Our company has a large amount of left over paper stock that is owned by the company. Stock has been sitting on our shelf between 3 months to a few years. The premise: Donate leftover stock that we don't use anymore to a non-profit. Cut the stock to 8.5 x 11...

No pictures mind you, but this is a story I got from another lean forum: Implementation of 5S in a small company He was having issues at first, but a lot of what occurred that made it all work was management buy-in. Not just "yea we'll do it" but actual support from management and...

Hey gang: Thought I'd drop in and say hello. HELLO! :D Anyhoo, whole set of new problems has popped up at me this year, so I need some potential advice that could help me out within this predicament. Subject: house stock vs. customer-centric mindset My print company has a small press...

This article compared lean suppliers to China. Kind of daunting to most, but the analysis is quite good, I'm waiting to see if I can get my hands on the actual data to compare the results, but its an interesting article nonetheless. Lean suppliers competitive with China Found it from this...

Alright, wanted to get this out because I've been researching this for about 3 months now and my company is about to do an audit to get Tri-certified within a few certifications. I'm going to just list the certifications, if anyone wishes to elaborate on any, whether it be information on how to...

Hey all: Just had a quick question haven't dealt with this because I've worked with mainly conventional printing equipment. I was asked by a potential customer if we use "Co-Cure Ink". I said no because we use conventional equipment so we aren't into much of any specialty printing and I knew...