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I'm exporting PDF's right from INDD using their provided presets. When you say version level, do you mean Compatibility? If so, it's Acrobat 6 (PDF 1.5). The files contain transparency and it's not flattened. We place low res images that get swapped out with hi res by them, the printer. I'll...

I continue to have problems with rotated psd files that contain transparency in indd when two or more of the images overlap. I get jagged edges. What should be a smooth line becomes stair stepped. According to my printer, the solution is to rotate the images in Photoshop so I don't have to...

I work at a Prinergy shop in Portland, Oregon and we have the ability to image Staccato patterns to film on our Avantra. Attached is a sample of what I can offer. This shows 10% and 40% in 10 micron. Give me a call if I can help you. Jim Precision Digital Imaging Professional Digital Imaging...

Sometimes I'll use the backside of a butter knife.

If you ever need anything, I image film daily and ship all over the country. I image 4 and 7 mil film using our Avantra 44S. Max size 35.6" x 44.5". It's usually same day service if we receive the files before noon pacific time. Precision Digital Imaging

Look at the PDF in Acrobat that Prinergy is sending to the Epson. Does it separate properly at this point? (This is before the PDF goes through EFI.) If the answer is yes, I would believe the EFI is causing the spot to overprint If the answer is no, it may be Prinergy's process template or...

Also, if the color is set as "dieline" in the color editor, check the Render section of the process template and experiment with the "Dielines Overprint Other Content" option.

Is this particular spot color set as either "transparent" or "dieline" in the color editor? It could either be a global or a job specific setting.

I have a customer that takes the film that I image and uses it as their final product. They do not use the film to burn plates or screens. The pieces of film are about 4"x4". They want the film to lay flat but the film comes on rolls so it does have a slight curl to it. Does anyone have any...

I had a similar problem with my 10600. The cyan and black were printing poorly so I did several cleaning cycles and nothing improved. I then did a deep cleaning then the cyan and black got worse. They essentially disappeared. This was the second time in about two years that this happened...

Will the cut off length be a consistent dimension for the press or is it per job spec?

I've been using Preps to make plates for sheetfed presses for 11 years but for the first time I am going to be making plates for a web press. Since the paper is on a roll and not a sheet, when you set up the template in Preps, what is the best practice (or standard mode of operation) as far as...

Thanks everyone! I just upgraded to Preps 5.3.3, did a test and it works beautifully.

It looks like Joe's solution would be the best way to go but I did a test and it looks like you would have to print out each signature at different percentages. It would be little cumbersome but not nearly as bad as my solution. Kyle, That Excel file is sweet and will be real handy. Thanks

I got a nightmare job recently. It was an 84 page saddle stitch job with crossovers (photos) on every single page and to make things worse, there was a .375" white border on each spread as well. I explained to the customer creep (shingling) issues and told him that this will be a challenge for...

Jimmy from Oregon here. I've been in prepress since 1994 and have spent the last 12 years working for Precision Digital Imaging here in Portland. We don't have any presses here, we image plates and proofs for many printers in the area that don't want to bother with prepress. We were one of...

Here's what I do to get a consistent .5" margin from the crops to the edge of PDF plus it pushes the trims out of the bleed. For instance an 8.5x11 page will be centered in a 9.5x12 PDF. When you print or export from INDD make your offset .29165" and the bleed .125". I print with the crops...