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I am using Navigator Rip 8.1, with the Rip manager. My system has 4Gb of RAM and is running Server 2008. I have increased the IncreaseUserVA to 3Gb, however the Rip still does not see the extra allocated RAM. Do I need to do something else? Also once the Rip uses 2Gb in the task manager, it...

A big problem we have is getting customers to send in decent PDFs. Unless they are using programs that can export directly, they are lost. Is there a free solution that will create a PDF (preferably a PDF/X1a) without a lot of hassle? The closest I have found is Bullzip, but was wasn't sure if...

I recently started using preps at my company's small print shop, and I ran into a problem that I can't solve. When I make a work and turn imposition, preps wants to add crop marks that lie on the trim line. I ran through most of the training guide but could not find any instance of this in the...

I was wondering if some of you could check out my press target (attached) for an upcoming fingerprinting session. We are migrating from the outdated Kodak Directworks rip to our new Xitron Navigator 8.1 rip. Since the company won't hire a color expert, it's up to me to try and make this work...

I am having an issue choosing an uncoated profile to aim for. The 70# uncoated paper I am trying to fingerprint measures out to Lab= 93.0/2.6/-11.9 using an eye-one without a uv filter and is 10.5 delta E from the requested value for paper type 4 in the bvdm 2006 manual. Should I use the PSO...

My company has a Presstek / Kodak 5034 DI press, and when starting up the computer, it occasionally displays the blue screen of death and states it can't find the boot drive. The last disk check produced no errors on disk. My question is, can I use Norton Ghost with the current hard drive and...

I have a lot of issues printing large pdfs to our C650 Bizhub printer (with a fiery rip). This time it is a 160 pg 4c 8.5x11 book. We just needed to print off the book for proofing purposes. It will spool and timeout after a long time, not showing up in the copier display panel. We could send...

I noticed that when my MacPro is running InDesign CS4 and Acrobat 9 (in leopard), they only use 100% of a core, leaving the others unused. Would this be fixed in Snow Leopard? Or is this something that is limited by the software? I was hoping the grand central station or w/e in 10.6 would fix...

Just wondering if there is an industry standard for an highres inkjet proof used to simulate the press output? I have been using high res proof, the shop i'm at calls it a proofer proof, as opposed to a laser copier proof.....:rolleyes:

I have used the eye one pro with measure tool to come up with the lab value's below. I noticed when comparing to the G7 book and bvdm pdf that the different paper grades all have a *a value of 0. While you can see that mine all have something in the *a value. Is this due to optical brighteners...

I am trying to get my shop to on some sort of standard, so that when we print jobs, they come out matching our proofer, and can be matched again. We have two offset 4 color presses a heidelberg 5 color and presstek DI, and a offset 2 color press, along with a couple small 2 color offsets for...

Our shop has a Kodak 5034 (presstek DI i think) and our old imposition system (directworks/oneflow) is setup to always take the 9mm gripper off the sheet size. So to print a 12.5x18 sheet the imposition sheet has to be 12.5x17.756, and a WT has to be 17.402. Is there a way to setup Preps to...

How does your small shop handle customer's electronic orders? website, email, ftp? At my managers request I am looking to reform our workflow of receiving customer files. Currently out shop is receiving job orders and pdf jobs from 3 separate email accounts, and a ftp. It is getting confusing...

I was wondering how much this setup is worth.... ballpark? The company I work for doesn't use this anymore and is going to upgrade there other server. Prinergy Evo 3.1.6.5 Preps Plus 5.2.2 Windows 2000 Server Dell Poweredge 830 Server w/ 15" lcd Pentium D 3ghz Dual Core 2GB Ram No interface...

Not sure what would be a good choice for our shop, but in the near future we need to change our workflow. Not sure if we need to upgrade or just start from scratch with a whole new workflow. Common issues below and shop equipment /workflow listed at bottom. After working for 8 months I...

I am having a big problem with my color shifting throughout my workflow. Once my file is converted and ready in photoshop, it looks different in acrobat by the time it hits the proof ready pdf. I thought using the Fogra 39 profile throughout would be fine, but as the screenshots below show, I...

Hello, I am looking to streamline the prepress dept. at a small sheetfed shop I recently started at. Color management is a big issue. Contract prints are always "pretty close" , softproofs are best guess at best, and the final output is hit or miss, with more than enough wasted plates. My...

How would I get a higher res preview of the separations that comes out of Directworks? It will be used to go to the Kodak DI. Right now we use Thumbprint DI which makes a VERY crude bitmap, which in turn hurts the softproofing on press. Any idea's?

After struggling on a G5 iMac for a few months I will be taking in my Mac-Pro and Eizo monitor into work in the next month or so and am debating whether or not to load leopard or just stick with 10.4 ? I really like the quickview for pdf's and springy folders on the dock would be nice, but the...

I just started working in a smaller sheetfed shop and last week I ran into an issue with this customers pdf, it brought the rip down to halt and flushed the job. I ran it through pit stop and converted all blacks to K and converted the rgb images to our cmyk profile. Placed the pdf in indesign...