Rip & Screening _ Packaging

[OSS]

Which is the best Rip for Packaging ?
Which is the Best dot (AM / FM - Stocatto / Hiline / Concentric ) for Packaging?
Which is the best workflow for Packaging?
What angle / ruling is best for Packaging?
Which security software does good anti copy / hidden images as well ?

regards
Kala

 

[gordo]

Which is the best Rip for Packaging ?
Which is the Best dot (AM / FM - Stocatto / Hiline / Concentric ) for Packaging?
Which is the best workflow for Packaging?
What angle / ruling is best for Packaging?
Which security software does good anti copy / hidden images as well ?

regards
Kala

What is the best car for driving from point A to point B?

More information about what younare doing will give you better answers.

 

[OSS]

Hi Gordo

I am running my own prepress house with all kodak softwares and imagesetter and ctps.

Apart from that iam doing a prepress/packaging consultant for few customers...

Some of my customers is having esko workflow some of them having kodak..

Some of them want to invest workflow and security features

Based on their requirement / need i raised the above question

regards
Kala

 

[gordo]

Hi Gordo

I am running my own prepress house with all kodak softwares and imagesetter and ctps.

Apart from that iam doing a prepress/packaging consultant for few customers...

Some of my customers is having esko workflow some of them having kodak..

Some of them want to invest workflow and security features

Based on their requirement / need i raised the above question

regards
Kala

You are still not actually providing any information. It doesn't matter what technology you, or anyone else uses. What matters is what target you are trying to hit.
For example...if your target is to conform to FIRST, then it doesn't matter if you use Kodak or Esko or anything else - you are required to use a round dot AM screen if you are doing flexo. If you are doing offset, then you need to decide if your target is ISO 12647-2, SWOP, your own standard or what?
You don't say what printing tech you service nor what you provide your clients....plates? files? bitmaps? or ?
You say you're a prepress/packaging consultant for few customers. What are they trying to do? What is their target?
etc, etc, etc.

 

[OSS]

Most of my customers are doing offset Packaging jobs (Corrugation) with regular Round / Euclidean dot - they want to try with some FM dots (Like Staccato from Kodak & Hiline/Concentric from Esko & Stochastic from Studio rip) which will improve the printing quality ??

They need to do some brandprotection like Hidden text (Anti copy) Hidden image ? I have no idea about this which software can does and how expensive its?

As a consultant they need my suggestion before invest on those type of RIP / Software ( For special dot & security features)

regards
Kala

 

[Stephen Marsh]

So how much is Gordo’s cut?


Stephen Marsh

 

[OSS]

Based on his reply/report

 

[gordo]

So how much is Gordo’s cut?


Stephen Marsh

I think OSS/Kala missed your point.

Kala, if you want to hire me as a consultant then send me a private message.

 

[Alith7]

Can I express the concern that someone who apparently doesn't KNOW anything about packaging is hiring themselves out as a packaging CONSULTANT?

As a packaging prepress manager...I think I part of me just died a little... LOL

Ok, sorry for the sarcasm... but in all honestly Kala, if you are hiring out services for something you actually don't know anything about, I think you are opening yourself up to a HUGE liability risk. Advising companies on the purchase of software that can sometimes cost more than your average prepress tech's salary when you don't know the industry that you are advising is not only a risky liability, but also, IMHO, really...I don't have words to describe what that is without using a LOT of four letter words.

 

[gordo]

He's been asked for advice - he didn't say that the advice had to be right LOL