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Creo, Which company does produce CTP laser?

That's a good question that I am not sure of the answer. I doubt that any of the companies that are selling CTP (computer to plate) equipment are actually manufacturing their own lasers. I think there must be a central manufacturer or two that is actually making lasers for them all. There are also many different lasers and laser types that are used for CTP (computer to plate) laser imaging. Does anyone know who actually makes the lasers for these guys?
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PDF-Robot, Will work with Agfa Apogee X CTP Workflow?

I work in a pre-press studio which runs a pdf workflow. We use an Agfa CTP system (Apogee Series 3) where we postscript straight from Quark into a Apogee Normaliser which flightchecks the postscript files, adds any actions (we have programmed some master actions ie.-knockout white etc,) and creates the pdf's for us to impose etc. This system works ok but it struggles with DCS2.0 files, we are not able to send composite files down which in turn would create a composite pdf, so we have to create separated pdf's which visually only show the last plate (no good for proofing to the customer) and also it creates images on any blank colour spaces.

I have also updated to OSX Panther and running Quark 6.5 and any spot colour vignette in quark converts to CMYK through our current system. Could we create hi-res pdf's to use in our current Agfa workflow using PDF-X-Robot, and would PDF-X-Robot solve the problems I have mentioned above? Do you know of anyone who runs a similar system to us who is using PDF-X-Robot to create their pdf's?
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Fuji Dart/DS Screen PlateRite 4300 vs Kodak Magnus 400

Fuji Dart/DS Screen PlateRite 4300 vs Kodak Magnus 400
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Hello checkerz, Welcome to the Prepress forums. The comprable platesetter device from Kodak/Creo is the Kodak magnus 400. It is an external drum thermal device and is simply not a comprable device ...
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DS Screen PlateRite 4300S Computer to Plate System

DS Screen PlateRite 4300S Computer to Plate System

Screen PlateRite 4300E is entry level, the high-speed PlateRite 4300S is the faster version. These platesetters deliver quality and reliability for making thermal plate sizes 2-up to 6-up. The PlateRite 4300E and PlateRite 4300S have same proven external drum thermal CTP design. On the PlateRite 4300E you have 16-channel thermal laser heads. You can do 2,400, 2,438, or 2,540 dpi. On the PlateRite 4300S you have a 32-channel thermal laser head and can do a wider variation of resolutions, from 1,200 dpi to 4,000 dpi. Throughput is good, at 2,400 dpi, the PlateRite 4300E can output up to 11 plates per hour, while the PlateRite 4300S can output 21 plates per hour. There are highest quality thermal CTP plates you can get.
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PDF Workflow Automation Comes to Publisher

Appingo Publishing Professionals does PDF-X-Robot for PDF Workflow

A well respected book and magazine publishing service, Appingo, based in the Boston area has automated their page production with PDF. Appingo works on college textbooks, including complex math and chemistry texts, K-12 primers and ancillary materials, custom magazines and professional journals.

Appingo started using an automated PDF workflow tool by Software-Robotics.Com. The tool is called PDF-X-Robot which comes with both an Adobe InDesign Plug-In and a Quark Xtension. PDF-X-Robot is now in use by printers and publishers worldwide. It is considered to be the fastest, most accurate method for converting Quark Xpress and or Adobe InDesign documents into plate ready PDF files. PDF-X-Robot can run dozens of documents and hundreds of pages automatically, unattended.

Steve Jewett, president of Appingo writes:

"PDF-Robot is an awesome tool! This is the way I believe these jobs should be done. Thanks for your hard work and excellent support."

Steve Jewett, president

http://www.appingo.com/
If you are interested in PDF-X-Robot for your printing and publishing workflow, you can get it from: http://software-robotics.com/

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best rip workflow for ctp, Brisque, Nexus, Agfa Apogee X ?

best rip workflow for ctp, Brisque, Nexus, Agfa Apogee X ?

hi, we are going to ctp in a few months and we are thinking to abandon our brisque system for a new open system. with brisque we have several problems and we are not very satisfied in general. what we want know ... is everything that helps us with the new digital workflow to minimize errors. we are beetween nexus, prepageit , agfa apogee x and. . .

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Prepress, Used platesetter CTP, is Gerber/Barco C42?

Need Help Used platesetter CTP, is Gerber/Barco C42 good?

>> Hello,
>> I am looking at buying a used CTP device to
>> get into the CTP environment. I have been offered
>> a the Barco/Gerber Crescent 42T and I am not sure
>> if this would be a good buy. We are looking at this
>> investment as a stepping stone. I am looking
>> at getting feedback for users of Gerber/Barco
>> and other machines on the subject.

>> shroff

Hello Shroff,

You came to a good place for some very valuable feedback. I could write volumes about the poor performance of both Gerber as an organization and the C42 as maybe the most unreliable device ever sold.

I would not haul away a gerber C42 if it was given for free. We had two of them at my former employer and it ruined two years of my life. We actually had to send press crews home at times because we could not get the machines repaired and running to make a good plate. We had HUNDREDS of pages of service reports for the same things time after time.. Once we had a laser go out, we received three consecutive lasers as replacement that were DOA, that is, the new laser shows up, you put it in, and it does not even work. That meas three out of four of the most critical part on that device were bad RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX. Can't trust the machine, the parts, or the service and support.

If you cannot afford a new device, which I would recommend. Then look at the flatbed or external drum, manual loading devices. Stay away from any. . . .
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Adobe RIP, New PDF print engine for Prepress

RE: Adobe RIP, New PDF print engine for Prepress

I haven't checked with Esko-Graphics about our SCOPE workflow and what/when is planned there. We are having no problems at all really ripping and trapping PDF. As far as our own PDF creation in-house we have stopped flattening when possible and we are mainly feeding layered PDF, maybe 70% or so. Many of the CPSI RIPs are having problems with the trap engines more than the actual ripping. I'm afraid that those systems like DS Screen trueFlow and rampage will still have problems whether they get PDF Print Engine or not. It's their proprietary aging trap engines that are failing to keep up. In my tests with all kinds of nasty files, all adobe CPSI Rips had mo problems with ripping true to the files, trapping, that was another story. The trapping is what is more likely to be problematic these days as the trapping relates to transparency and slicing/flattening etc.
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AGFA Advantage CtP, Computer to Plate for Newspapers - A

AGFA Advantage CtP, Computer to Plate for Newspapers
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Most of the Newspaper devices have cassettes for different sized plates. And the DL (Direct Load) for example, can have up to 4 plate sizes, But the DL needs for you to change the plates manually. Up ...
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Kodak Proposal for Computer to Plate CTP & Maintenance - A

Kodak Proposal for Computer to Plate CTP & Maintenance
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While I worked for Agfa in the Commercial side of life, I worked on the ApogeeX Workflow and can say that it's pretty cool. Agfa is going to Adobe print engines in June with it's 4.0 version of Apo ...
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