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    Heidelberg SBBK Cylinder question

    I only now came across this post, a couple years late. If you can provide an update on what you've done in the meantime, that would be great. But I just want to pitch that the simplest explanation is sometimes correct...If the crease/score rule is too tall, it acts as a cutting rule: smashing...
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    Films for screen printing.

    We tested a WIDE array of inkjet solutions and NONE had the repeatable registration/size-variation that we need. Consecutive films do not fit to each other. We ended up buying a older used Esko CDI Spark 4835, that has been a fantastic solution that produces very repeatably tight tolerances when...
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    Recommended Options for making Digital Film?

    Reporting that we have purchased a used, circa 2007 Esko CDI Spark 4835. Using the Laser Point II Next Generation film, which is a clear 7mil film. We first extensively tested all the inkjet solutions marketed toward making film: the dimensional fit, repeatability, register color-to-color on...
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    Can you help me through a Focus Search on a Esko CDI 4835 Spark?

    Can you help me with a Focus Search, where it ablates about 20 stripes and you choose the thinnest/sharpest one that indicates best focus? Need your advice/judgement if you have... We are making pretty good film images (yes, we output film, not plates), but still a bit of room for improvement...
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    Heard of anyone using a Flatbed Inkjet to make highly accurate/repeatable film positives or negatives for making screens or plates?

    I learned that even the least expensive flatbed that would meet my needs, Xante X-55, is about $60,000...which is almost twice the price of a solution purchasing a used Esko CDI 4835 that will make a similar sized digital film that I am sure is superior in both fit/register and resolution...
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    Heard of anyone using a Flatbed Inkjet to make highly accurate/repeatable film positives or negatives for making screens or plates?

    What are some brands that I should contact that make a true flatbed in format size approximate 29x41 inches? I don't need a 4'x8' or anything like that.
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    Recommended Options for making Digital Film?

    We are testing Epson T-5270. Will report results. Would you please elaborate in detail on "The trick was in the feed adjustment"? Exactly what adjustment? Where? How? With thanks... Duane
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    Recommended Options for making Digital Film?

    Reliability. Uptime. Repair. Cost. They run 24/7/365 and wear out. Parts are difficult if not impossible. People to work on them are rare and hard to find. And expensive. AND if they have to fly-in, WAY expensive. The diagnostic software only runs on like Windows 2000 or something, so very hard...
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    Recommended Options for making Digital Film?

    Am doing a new round of tests & measurements: will report back once accomplished. If unclean power is the problem, is there a device to purchase that a printer can plug into that filters/cleans the power?
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    Recommended Options for making Digital Film?

    What current/recent solutions should we consider for making size-accurate film, in 29x41in format or slightly larger? Our application is film positives for screen printing. Budget is not unlimited so price has to be considered. We need to retire our AGFA Avantra 44 imagesetter(s), and it has...
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    Heard of anyone using a Flatbed Inkjet to make highly accurate/repeatable film positives or negatives for making screens or plates?

    We are seeking a way to make highly repeatable film positives, 29inx41in or larger. The non-flatbeds that most people use for such purpose, like Epson T-5270, can not deliver true-size results: too much random size variations. SO, I was wondering if flatbed inkjet has inherent improvement on...
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    RIP sees and outputs the elements and space surrounding Cropped-Areas of PDF: Any way to make the RIP honor a cropped PDF?

    What are some negative ramifications you can think of from leaving this setting on CropBox?
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    RIP sees and outputs the elements and space surrounding Cropped-Areas of PDF: Any way to make the RIP honor a cropped PDF?

    Attached is my "PDF OPTIONS" window in the RIP. 1)I do not see any place to define Crop/Art/Trim/Bleed... 2)BUT, in the dropdown for "Page Size Bounding Box", when I change from MediaBox to CropBox, then I get WYSIWYG. Please help me understand any negative ramifications from leaving this...
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    RIP sees and outputs the elements and space surrounding Cropped-Areas of PDF: Any way to make the RIP honor a cropped PDF?

    Thank you for your help: 1)So it seems that "Media Box" and "Page Size"/"Page Box" are terms used interchangeably? 2)If so, then I use the section in the lower left "Change Page Size" (same as seen when cropping), then check the "Custom" button and enter a page size that is slightly larger than...
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    RIP sees and outputs the elements and space surrounding Cropped-Areas of PDF: Any way to make the RIP honor a cropped PDF?

    Thank you for your time and efforts to help me. Please forgive my ignorance, but How/where does one change Media Box in a PDF, using Acrobat Pro DC?
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    RIP sees and outputs the elements and space surrounding Cropped-Areas of PDF: Any way to make the RIP honor a cropped PDF?

    1)Is there any Rip setting that honors the Cropped-Areas of PDF? We are running Xitron Navigator 13.0r1. When a PDF is cropped in Acrobat Pro DC, of course the screen displays a smaller area and reflects a smaller document size. However, when I Rip, the original area and any elements outside...
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    Hi Chris, I notice that you know how to enter "Hidden" menu on AGFA Avantra. I have forgotten...

    Hi Chris, I notice that you know how to enter "Hidden" menu on AGFA Avantra. I have forgotten. Would you please describe for me to remember? I have two AGFA Avantra 44. With thanks,
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    Cant print stripes?

    I'm going with that it has something to do with "hinting". An old prepress term to describe the "decision" of a device as to whether or not to add a row of addressable-pixels when the image ends right in the middle of a row of addressable-pixels. In this case, with the printer's relatively low...
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    Seeking RIP for AGFA Avantra 44S

    Seeking RIP for AGFA Avantra 44S

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