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Hi, Looking for a bit of advice. I am looking to automate the following actions but am having issues: - Select everything in my document - Expand any barcodes - Reflect everything vertically - Select all in the 'Cutter' layer and re-asign Trim & Media box Is this doable in a PitStop Profile...

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Hi All, Is there a way that I can release one 'Wait for action' Checkpoint, which therefore automatically releases three others? I've considered the timer option, but unfortunately the three other checkpoints can only be released once the one has been approved. Many thanks in advance, James

Hi Bill thanks for the attachment, although I am having trouble importing it. Is it done through Acrobat Pro? Sorry if this seems like a silly question.

We have complex AE Workflows in place but none of which checks and fixes artwork. Because we open every artwork within Illustrator to, at the minimum, apply Cut paths and trim and media boxes, we check everything at that stage manually. I feel like we are missing a trick, although because...

It appears we are the only print company that does not have a preflight check process. Are we missing something? We tend to check our artwork when working on it within Illustrator. A preflight check seems like an added process that is not needed. We use Automation Engine workflows to proof and...

Thanks for all you feedback. I understand the new CMYK values will only maintain the LAB values and not respect the original CMYK values. I just feel surely this is an issue that other printers have had that they have worked around. Stephen, you nailed it on the head for me with questioning at...

The reason for wanting to assign the files with ISO Coated V2 is because we are now using GMG for our colour managing and our standard is now Fogra 39. For this particular test I am opening an ai file into illustrator that has an old profile assigned to it. I then select the option to 'Convert...

Am I doing something wrong? I am simply trying to take a customer supplied artwork, open it in Illustrator and assign an ISO Coated V2 (Fogra 39) profile to the file. Although this sounds very simple, I am having issues with my blacks. All 1 colour Black gets converted to 4 colour Black...

Hi, I'm looking to find out if any of you use a log in system on your computers. Our Reprographics studio currently has 5 macs and 5 mac operators. We will very shortly be taking on a 6th mac operator, therefore 6 people will be sharing 5 macs. Is there a way we can each have our own log in...

I have no experience in the other mentioned softwares, but personally I find Esko Automation Engine an absolute god send. With the correct mind set and Esko Workflow it will not only get you to your destination quicker, but it will do it in the background whilst you are working on your next job...

Thank you all very much for your advice. Zip worked a treat! I was concerned the image size would have been too large, but it turns out exporting this way (the correct way) gives me a file 3mb bigger than the clients exported (the wrong way) file. Cheers again guys!

Thank you all for your feedback. I have tried out all your techniques with very mixed outcomes. After my meeting with the client, it turns out their artwork is perfect! They do their artwork within InDesign with many linked images making their finished artwork huge in file size. Once they have...

Thank you for all your replies. Gordo, thank you for your link. Please could you tell me the smart blur values you used? I understand it is a bit of a trial and error thing, but I can't seem to get anywhere near your final images. I just get a dirty haze around everything with blurring in the...

I am making that assumption based on a number of tests saving certain images as different formats, also on the basis that the image is a digital illustration. I'm just curious to see how other people deal with this problem (if at all), as I can't imagine we are the only company that has to...

Hi, Just wondering if anyone else has to deal with compression marks. I have tried to attach screenshots of examples of what I mean. Hopefully you can see a before image (green plane with white background), and an after image (dark green plant with a multicolour halo). These are the same...

.....I Hope I am looking to add an action list to one of my AE Workflows. I am looking to- Select the only stroke within the Layer 'Cutter' and make that stroke 100% Black Select the only Vector shape within the Layer 'Background' and make it 100% Yellow Any help would be very much appreciated...

Thanks Andrew, I will give that one a proper go. With regards to the multiple sets of crop marks, the issue I am having is if there are a set of crop marks around the Label artwork and a different set of crop marks around another label are or a separate patch varnish art, but they are all on...

Thank you all for your responses. We are still very much in the teething process of Pitstop Preflighting, therefore any recommendations and suggestions are greatly appreciated. Stephen - The reason we outline the fonts is because it reduces the risk of editing the text by accident, also it...