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I understand what you're saying, Alu, and I don't mean to be snarky. What I am tyrying to get to is that, as print continues to change and we need to be more adaptable, it pays to think of selling solutions rather than products. That said, if you give your clients all the caveats and warnings...

No, nothing bad happened to the iGen. The paper jammed a lot, but I have a feeling that was due to it being light (20#) and non-woodpulp based paper. The feel of this stuff is akin to rice paper. We also ran it on our Nuvera, and essentially got the same results with full coverage; light...

No, what I'm suggesting is that I'd much rather educate a client about a POD solution (and offer a POD solution) than sell them a product that will very likely damage or destroy their local device. Once you have offset on the rollers and fuser of a laser printer, you're pretty much looking at...

Howdy: Curious if anyone out there runs "tree free" substrate on their digital presses and, if so, how does it behave for you? We've just tested a boodle of paper made from sugarcane and bamboo (20# was what I had to work with) and, while I like the feel of the paper and think it would be...

I would just avoid printing letterhead digitally altogether. Another way to approach the same customer might be to suggest your shop run the composite letters--I'm sure your click rate is the same whether your running a letterhead or an actual letter, no? A fillable PDF version of the letterhead...

I think your toner cracking has more to do with the direction of the grain of your substrate than it does the Duplo. We use the same (or nearly the same) model in our shop--we run iGens and Nuveras--and the only time the toner cracks on scoring/folding is when we're trying to do so on the grain...

EXACTLY! Your suggestion is, ultimately, what I've landed on as the best solution. After a little RTFM time, I figured out how you can create a reference based on the ink on substrate (which, thankfully, I have samples of). :) Thanks! -d-

Good afternoon: Per the subject, is there a "calculator" tool out there for converting spot/Pantone colors to their l.a.b. values? I have to find l.a.b. values for the following PMS colors: 5483 417 452 5507 I know you can pick this up in Photoshop, but I also understand the values may shift...

Sure! Shoot me an e-mail to [email protected] and I'll reply with it attached.

Quoting tool? Try Excel! Quoting tool? Try Excel! We use an Excel spreadsheet in our inplant digital shop. Setting up the formulas was the hardest part of establishing this tool, but once you have that in place, it's really the easiest, cheapest, most available solution out there. And, if you...

Howdy: There are a lot of good responses here, and I won't contradict any of the advice offered here per se, but I will offer my own insight on the subject. 1) You should consult with your client and explain that laminating is a lot like adding a spot varnish--color will shift in both cases...

We are an in-plant shop for a financial services organization. We recently moved from iGen3 (nightmare in terms of down time, maint., color, and the like) to iGen4. The upgrade has been worth every single cent, and here's why: *FreeFlow v8 has resolved all the issues we used to have with...

Okay, related to my original reply: We upgraded to the iGen4, but tints and screens remain a challenge for us. I'm looking for some best practices around handling tints on an iGen4. We're having some issues with hitting and holding tints--device to device and run to run on the same device. Our...

We are currently running 3X iGen3, and are scoping an upgrade to the iGen4. A good bit of the reason we're looking at the iGen4 is that we are generally very, very pleased with the quality and uptime of the iGen, but like Dave says, we have a devil of a time with transparencies, duotones...