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Hi everyone, For those of you who have Heidelberg presses AND generate CIP3 ink data from your prepress workflow, what software do you use to process the ink data from prepress for import into your presses? I know of 3 products: 1. Prinect Pressroom Manager from Heidelberg 2. PressPercent from...

Hi all, If software (used only by job planners) existed solely for the purpose of generating paper layouts (to show prepress folks how to impose a job), what features would you want to see? Be as detailed as possible. Thanks, pd

Hi all, Has anyone ever worked with .afp files (let alone heard of them?)? I found a site that converts afp to pdf but for the file my sales rep gave me, what I get after conversion is a low-res image of text that looks like a postcard format. Any help is greatly appreciated! Best regards, pd

Hi everyone, Has anyone had any issues with PDF files created by Canva? I've been asked by my sales team on if they should encourage to or discourage their customers from using Canva. I've had limited experience with Canva and my gut feeling is to discourage. Your thoughts? Best regards and...

Hi all, As you know, Adobe offers a font auto-activation preference in apps likes InDesign when opening a file which is great but they also need an auto-DEactivation setting when closing a file. This has been requested on the UserVoice website but doesn't have many votes at the present time...

...I was wondering what other printers are doing in preparation for this (aside from converting fonts to another format)? Are you communicating this with your customers? What (if any) procedural changes are you making? For reprints (with changes), how will you handle existing files that use Type...

Hi all, I am looking for software (free is preferable) that will create a VERTICAL page flip animation of a PDF (like a 12 month wall calendar). So far, everything I have found can only do horizontal page flipping. Any help is appreciated! TIA, pd :-)

Hi all, Has anyone installed an M1 Mac with Monterey in their prepress environment? If so, have you had any issues? I have one M1 Mac with Big Sur but I will be purchasing several new Mac's but I have no experience with Monterey. Any information would be appreciated! Thank you so much! pd :)

Hi all, I am a relatively new user to Switch. Currently, I am using it to help automate the PDF file prep and proofing processes in my digital department. I have the PDF Review module but no Configurator or Scripting modules...yet. I was wondering if you guys would be willing to share what you...

I don't know if it's even possible at this point, but I am wondering if anyone has had any success? TIA, pd

Hi all, I thought this was worth mentioning (forgive me if this has already been posted on here). https://helpx.adobe.com/fonts/kb/postscript-type-1-fonts-end-of-support.html Best regards, pd

Hi all, With many companies having employees work from home, bossman asked me if prepress...could...work from home if it should become necessary . I was wondering if anyone else on here has looked into this and/or gone down this route at all? If so, what sorts of hurdles did you encounter? How...

Hi all, I've been asked to put together a document that we would provide to new or potential customers that describes, among other things, our quality tolerances. Sort of a "our promise to you" in terms of quality and service. I would be most grateful if anyone would be willing to share theirs...

Hi everyone, Can an X-Rite Eye-One iSis do an M0 single scan only? In i1Profiler, I only have measurement mode options for "M2 Single Scan" and "Dual Scan (M0, M2, and OBC)". Because I only need M0, it takes twice as long to scan everything. Thank you, pd

Hi all, Can you share which color settings you use in your Adobe software? Which profiles for RGB and CMYK? Do you preserve embedded profiles or convert to working space? Thank you, pd

Hi everyone, It's an ages old argument. When something goes wrong on press, is it a press or prepress issue? When it comes to plate remakes for things like spots/scratches/holes in a CTP world, it's sometimes not easy to know exactly where the problem occurred. Last week, I had to remake a...

Hi all, I was wondering if anyone can provide any guidelines they use for determining if a job should be shingled? Thanks, pd

Recently, we printed a job where the customer only supplied a PDF file. We processed it, proofed it (which the customer approved), and printed it. The customer later called complaining that what we printed was not what she approved. Apparently some type was missing so we began troubleshooting...

Hi everyone, We ship boxes containing signage 3-4 times a week to about 1,000 stores for a retail customer. The boxes are usually 31 L x 20 W x 1 H and stack approximately 60 per skid. We use FedEX as our shipper and the FedEx label is placed on the flat top surface. When Fedex arrives to scan...

Hi everyone, For those who are doing two-sided (dylux) proofing, how do you do it? Glue two sheets of paper together? ImpoProof / PreProof? SpinJet? Other method? Thanks, pd