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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...

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...

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...

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...

Seeking RIP for AGFA Avantra 44S

Is there any way to help ensure backwards compatibility for maintaining Line&Stroke when saving out of Current/Latest Illustrator to older PDF versions? I am no longer in daily prepress like earlier in my career. I work for a Trade-Only Finishing-house, that does Finishing&Display work only for...

My memory ain't what it used to be. I think I remember hearing that there is now only one big-brand-name Imagesetter Film Manufacturer that is distributed in the US? Can anyone confirm or deny that memory? As usual, the film may be re-labeled and private-branded through some other distributors...

Avantra44S Motor&Roller near Cutter Continuing To Run Causing Film-Stretch Problem SOLVED! Never Mind: A calibration between the feed rollers at the cassettes, and the feed roller at the cutter fixed everything.

I understand that Ed Quinlan is a retired AGFA tech who works occasionally/part-time on Avantra imagesetters. Heard he was in Florida. I have exhausted Zabasearch and other search methods. Checking to see if anyone knows Ed, and may can give any clue on how to contact him. What city he has...

I am having to feed an old AGFA Taipan Rip some Separated Postscript Files. I have a new Mac running newest OS, and am using Acrobat PRO X (10.1.16) to Export the Postscript. The files all have Postscript Errors because I do not have a good driver as part of the default installation. Please...

1) What are the risks/pitfalls in buying "used" Adobe software? 2) How can I minimize or eliminate the risks? 3) Do most persons now on Creative Cloud sell their CS6? 4) Where do I go to find legitimate sellers? What advice can you give me before I purchase CS6 from someone? Any of these 3...

Do old 50" inkjets have any residual value to anyone? Or should we haul it to the dump? We have a Roland Hi-Fi Jet FJ-50 6-color that was made probably around 1998: that is only a guess, as no one here actually knows, and there is no date on the machine. I can't find anything on this topic in...

Please help. I appreciate ANY suggestion to improve our situation. We have experienced about 6 part failures in the past 3 years, and 8 in the past 5 years, on two different Avantra 44 OLP (online film processors): Some Buttons just stop working. This is a very expensive membrane switch, and...

We have purchased a press. No longer seeking any Sakurai. We bought a Ketchview from China, through Jim Walker in California.

What are the very best accuracy and repeatability specs you have ever seen for an inkjet machine that can make film positives? Real-world tests? I need film positives that are +-.002" to true size, and repeatable, over approx 30"x41.5" area. In past years, the ability of even the best inkjet...

It has been a while since I looked into film output on affordable CTP units. When I last investigated, film options were limited to expensive thermal ablation laser units. Is that still the only option? So, there really are two questions here: 1)What film is available to produce from any CTP...

After much forum searching, and Google searching, I am turning to the power of networking here on our forums. Even just sharing the name of someone-who-may-know-someone could be a huge assistance. We have need for a supplier of imagesetter film output. Not interested in inkjet, or anything...

Taipan 3.1: Feed 1-Bit Tif? Other workaround to "Error: limitcheck; OffendingCommand: I have a single 31.5x42.5" PDF file from our customer that will not Rip on our AGFA Apogee Taipan 3.1 Rip, that feeds our Avantra44S. This file is composed of tens of countless-thousands of vectors and...