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    Sonora Storage

    Yeah, I saw a video of the autoloader and how the cartridges move around, and the whole set up looks like it would take twice the space that we have right now. We have to manually load each plate, which is why we're looking for an offline storage option to keep plates safe and organized.
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    Sonora Storage

    I was planning on storing the plates with the light-proof paper wrap they are packaged in (Bit of a pain since its glued to the box). Also, the plate room was originally set up for violet Agfa chemical plates, so with lights out and door closed its light proof as well. Good to know about the...
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    Sonora Storage

    My shop recently switched to a Kodak Achieve and Sonora plates and are looking at storage options for keeping plates organized before they're imaged. We have four sizes: Jet, Hamada, Komori Sprint, and Komori Spica. I was leaning towards a Sandusky Flat File Cabinet with open base, like this...
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    Job tracking software...

    Again, I don't know contract details, but it has to be the easiest system to give a short term trial of. No hardware or softwear to buy, if it doesn't click dump it and move on to something else.
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    Job tracking software...

    I'm surprised Michael hasn't jumped on this, but there is a product named Presswise produced by Datatech with job tracking components. It isn't completely suitable for offset production (no inventory modules for plates, inks, blankets, just one for paper), but it's a web-based subscription...
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    Acrobat XI Trim Marks Bug

    Envelopes. Namely, we print envelopes with bleed, and need laser proofs with crop marks so that the pressman can see the correct position of the artwork. But for ripping, the PDF has to be to size (Or size plus bleed), so there can be no marks in the file. Thus, not being able to print accurate...
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    Acrobat XI Trim Marks Bug

    Anyone else find that printing PDFs from Acrobat XI with trim marks on the crop box instead of the trim box annoying enough to send a bug report? There is a post about it on an Adobe forum, but there's no response to it, so it might not yet be considered a bug.
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    InDesign Alpha Fill

    A set of application files submitted by a customer included an Illustrator graphic imported into InDesign. Somehow, the InDesign graphic box that the Illustrator file was imported into adds a 45% Alpha Fill to the graphic. I have not been able to find an InDesign setting to add an Alpha Fill to...
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    Acrobat and Black Type color mix

    My guess is that the Output Preview is doing a CMYK conversion between the two different profiles, regardless of the color space, while Prinergy is removing the ECI profile and applying the SWOP profile. I can not find the ECI profile as an option in Output Preview, so it might just be that...
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    Acrobat and Black Type color mix

    Just to state the obvious, different Profile settings in Inspector and Output Preview will result in different values. A Photoshop 4 Default CMYK profile in Inspector will be read as C75 M68 Y67 K90 in Output Preview. If both utilities are set to the same Profile, their results will match. The...
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    Acrobat and Black Type color mix

    Do you know what the original source file was, and how the PDF was created? And do you need the black type to be something other than 100% K, like a rich black or overprint?
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    Acrobat and Black Type color mix

    Shot in the Black Shot in the Black Could you be seeing the Alternate Color Space for a spot color black? For Pantone Black U the Pitstop Eyedropper gives an Alternate Color Values of C0 M13 Y49 K98, and a Color Values of 100%.
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    Harlequin Rip Workflows

    How comparable are the Xitron Navigator and Nustream Proofstream workflows for a Harlequin rip?

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