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FreeFlight, FREE Preflight :: RE: Download FreeFlight

Hi, All, I'm pleased to find this forum. I've been searching for a replacement for Flightcheck, which I still use under Classic. I recently downloaded the updated version and to say I was disappointed in the program's speed and accuracy is putting it mildly. The strange blue screen freeze (on OS X!) the demo generated on quitting didn't help matters. I look forward to having this Read more...





CTP :: RE: Heidelberg or Agfa Workflow (Which is Best)

I'll try and offer a little help on the Agfa side as I have some experience with ApogeeX. Although I have never seen any Heidelberg workflows, so I couldn't make a comparison. ApogeeX is in my opinion almost as good as sliced bread. When I did the initial training on it I was blown away. The automation was astounding. ApogeeX works with Preps for imposition and can do Read more...





Desktop Publishing Sales & Admin :: RE: Quark 7

Actually Projects started in Quark 6.0 and were carried over into Quark 7. They were a pain to deal with in Quark 6, so now Quark has the option for Single Layout Mode within Quark 7. As far as postscripting from Quark 7. I am printing to postscript and I have also tried exporting to a separated postscript (to test time) and they both take about the same amount of time. I am currently looking Read more...





Computer To Plate :: Electra Excel HRL Thermal CTP Plate

I am looking for the data sheet of "Electra Excel HRL Thermal" Plate. Currently I am using: 240 micron plate; Goldstar Premium; 850S GUM, Trendsetter 400II Quantum V. Need to Know: 01. Life of DEV Chem. "Goldstar Premium" 02. Duel Time in Chemical Bath for this Plate. 03. Min. Laser Power in Watt. for this Plate. Read more...





Desktop Publishing Sales & Admin :: RE: Quark 7

.qxt and .qpt are not standard file name extensions. What IS appropriate is Quark v5 and below are documents so are .qxd (quark xpress documents) starting with Quark 7 the document became a project, so a file could actually have several layouts inside. At that point, the appropriate file xtension became .qxp (quark xpress project) If you use these ionterchangeable it will cause Read more...





CTP Forum :: RE: American Printer Article is Out!

Well, it came in today, American Printer July issue, and you guys are on page 38,39, & 40, a 2 page article about the forums and stuff. Very cool. I'm going to see what i can do to get extra copies this afternoon. Here's links to the online versions of the stories. http://americanprinter.com/mag/printing_user_user/

http://americanprinter.com/mag/printing_meet_joe_postscript/

http://americanprinter.com/mag/printing_workflow_words_wisdom/





PDF-X-Robotª software :: RE: CS3 - Imposition Software

Most impositions are done with a pdf or a postscript of pages after InDesign. pages are treated as components, locked in as corrected PDF. At point of corrected, approved, final pages, imposition takes place. Are you speaking of small offset impositions of like step and repeat of business cards and 4 page signatures etc? You may look at using an Acrobat plug-in like quite imposing if Read more...





Mac OS X software forum :: RE: Best font manager?

>> I hope this is the right place to ask this. Can you folks give comments on what is the best font-management program for OS X? We're looking at suitcase, but I don't care for it too much from previous experience.

>> laforce, Here is a link to this topic from a few weeks ago. As of right now, I prefer suitcases if you manage your font properly on your computer itself. Read more...





WebMaster Forum :: Google Secures Webmaster Penalty

Google has released a new way for them to notify webmasters of possible penalties with their web sites. In the past, Google sent emails, but this was abused by German hackers a couple times , so Google had to change how they handled that. Now, if you are in violation of Google's web search TOS, you will receive a notification via Google Webmaster Tools , just one more reason to Read more...