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We had similar problems until we switched to LZ (low tack) series. Something to do with the temperature and humidity on the west coast, even in a controlled press room.

What I meant was the printer would profile their press to a standard and when your job comes through, it goes through their workflow software which applies corrections (is this the right terminology? I call it a "curve" to adjust for dot gains) based on that printer's equipment to visually...

Here's a link to their website: Color Densitometers for Printers Most of them will measure dot area. Hmm... you can spec colours as Lab but they get converted to CMYK at some point in the workflow. Sorry, I don't have an intelligent answer.

Most of this will be automated through a workflow. They will not convert CMYK to Lab in your digital file. They calibrate the press and build a colour profile based on press variables (ink, paper, plate etc) and use the colour bar on the press sheet to verify and adjust.

On my Beta Spectrodensitometer (not spectophotometer), there is a mode to measure printed screen values. What's spec'ed as Cyan 30 - Yellow 100 will most likely not be those values on the printed sheet. If the printer is printing to some sort of specification, he would have applied a plate...

You can use a spectrophotometer to measure the screen values, allowing for dot gain on the press for that stock. With access to the colour bar on the press sheet, you can also verify if the job was printed to Gracol specs (G7 - solid ink Lab values, pre G7 - TVI, PC etc).

I've used it for different computers/monitors with no issues.

That's what we do too on some jobs. But what is a MAX setup?

Hi Augustov, What can I do for you?

@Paul Cavanaugh That's a lot of useful information. My experience is similar to yours. In addition to keeping the environment and press clean to minimize scratches, I would venture to say temperature control to prevent toning would be another issue. Make sure your rollers are not too warm. You...

We make a distinction between live jobs (currently in production) and completed jobs. The live jobs reside on the production server (RAID5) and gets backed-up nightly to tapes and weekly to a NAS (RAID5). The NAS is further mirrored onto an external drive. Completed jobs are taken off the...

I would set up the the following test files and print them to the DC5000. First file would have 75% cyan fill on first page, 75% magenta fill on second page, 75% yellow fill on third page and 75% black fill on fourth page. The second file would be the same except 50% tints on all pages and the...

Here's how I do it in RGB. First remove any colour cast by locating neutrals (highlights, midtones, shadows) and correct accordingly. Working in RGB has the added benefit that correcting colour cast is easy: you only need to fix R=G=B (same values for all channels). Highlights = 242,242,242...

As mentioned earlier, copy from first document, and then paste in place (cmd+option+shift V on a Mac) to retain size, position. Not sure if this will apply to your situation but you can also place an InDesign document inside another InDesign document. All the usual import options are available...

We had a Docucolor 2045/2060 before we upgraded to the Docucolor 5000. Experienced same problems as doubting_thomas noted above. Printing on gloss stocks also had its problems. On a heavy, dark solid background, there will be a "gloss differential"– a vertical roller mark somewhere around the...

I think the original poster was trying to match a colour from the Pantone book printing from Pantone inks on his DI. (I think) When we first got our Heidelberg DI Pro, we had this problem too. Assuming that rollers and press got a good washup from CMYK jobs running prior, try checking your ink...

Yes, you definitely save on click charges if you print 2up. That is how we run all our jobs whenever we can. Can't remember what the original software cost but a recent upgrade + yearly support + new dongle set us back >CAD$700.00.

What if the quantity is 1,000 or 2,000 originals? Like they say, teach a man to fish... As mentioned above, have a look at Quite Imposing, which is an Acrobat plugin. They have a free demo which you can run but puts a X watermark on the imposed file. We use Impostrip which is a standalone...

Based our extensive testing, turning "Black Overprint" off works for some files. The biggest issue is when you set Text Quality at high and go into Impose. When you go into Impose, sometimes the output size changes from printing at 100%. I suspect that it's the FieryOptimized2.joboptions...

Qkarmark, Can't help you with CWS on the Mac. We run it from a dedicated PC next to the engine. Our design team is all Mac. If you have to run Windows virtualization software to get the functionality, have a look at Parallels. It runs XP at near native speed and you can have both OS running...