Personally I would look at the more powerful options out there with M3 Pro chips. Even an M1 or M2 Pro or Max will be an amazing upgrade. I have 14" MacBook Pro M1 Max with 32 gigs of RAM and it is a speed demon, Apple's new chips really make the Intel Macs look antiquated and feel very very slow. I was thinking about going with a 24" iMac for work, but not sure I want the smaller screen, 27" is like the perfect size. I am guessing Apple with have something in the 32" category next year for some new iMac Pro. 

We have a Xante Enpress we use for full colour envelopes. It is out of warranty and trying to get service to reply in a timely matter is a little frustrating. Google has only bought up a Ricoh printer with the same error code, I did try to do what they said with no luck.

Has anyone encountered and been able to fix/bypass error code SC555-1?

I have a job I need to do a merge on. It is super simple, it is a 2 page file. Front page has an access code, back page is static. I need to export this as single file PDF's so the name's of each PDF can be variable merged as well. The PDF made has the first page with the variable and makes a second individual page of the static back. Is there anyway to have it make a 2 page PDF merged? Latest version of Indesign being used. 

I received a file with 2 pantone colours that I have never seen before and not sure how they are to be used.

Pantone 105-16 C
Pantone 154-8 C

I have never seen a pantone with a dash and another number before. If I just take the first 3 digits they do not match the colour, or even colour family, that the file is. Googling it comes with a hex number thing. What is this pantone used for? I am guessing there is no direct conversion to a print pantone colour?

Quote from: Trish on December 09, 2021, 02:05:41 PMWhats everyone using to do their Variable? For letters and minor or small jobs I just use InDesign...when it comes to a lot of postcards, I use Fusion pro, that way I can automatically break it into reasonable stacks to help with the cutting so it stays in order.
I ask, because I just looked at Fusion Pro and it is now $1,500.00 annually.

My computer is from 2015 and is currently only running OS10.14.6. I am being forced to upgrade due to Adobe feeling the need to constantly update their programs.
Always hate to open a new can of worms...then my XMF won't work...we have enough to deal with working with people with no clue. So is there a better program out there?

I just use InDesigns data merge and then use Imposition Studio Pro to impose the merged files. Works simple and easy as you can set the imposition however you want for cut and stack then just bring in your imposed PDF and it does the rest. 

Quote from: Joe on January 11, 2022, 10:18:01 AM
Yeah I forgot about the widget bar with the calculator in it. My boss was pretty upset about that. In reality using the calculator from you dock is only one mouse click so it really is not any less convenient using it from there than where the widget location was.

It is completely different when using hot corners. With a hot corner I move to the corner I have set and I can basically start typing my calculation, with the dock I have to click the calculator, load the program, type my numbers. When I want to use again I have to bring to the forefront. The widget sidebar is always a gesture away and ready when you need it. It is simple but super efficient

I did the big jump from Mojave to Big Sur when the latest Adobe update came out that not longer worked with Mojave. i was pretty cautious about the upgrade but it all went surprisingly smooth. You will want to check all the apps you need are 64 bit apps, if not you will need to update them or find work arounds. One thing you can do is run an older version of Mac OS as a VM to run any older software that you need to have and can't update.

I noticed some nice general snappiness in Big Sur, though I hate that the wide widget bar is gone where you could have a calculator. I used that regularly as it was simple and easy with hot corners. This really was a step back and seems to be Apples approach lately of pulling features and adding more useless pretty ones

Quote from: scottrsimons on January 04, 2022, 08:21:54 AM
If you really need the VM on the iMac. Leave it up and running and remote into it from the new Mac and then access the VMs from there. That is how we have gotten around those sorts of issues in the past and currently for certain situations. Especially if the old iMac is still running strong.

We are running an ancient version of Apogee here, very bare bones use and IT is looking to remove eventually. When that happens the need for a Windows VM at work will be gone. Of course by that time I think they will have moved all of us to Windows computers as they want to phase out the Mac to simplify things for IT. Not something I am thrilled with as I prefer the Mac OS and am much more productive with it. I am fluent in both Windows and Mac.

For home use where I wanted to have a VM to run Fiery XF 6 client which is not 64 bit I was going to run XF client in a VM but have opted to just direct connect that Mac Mini that runs the server and screen share and use that as if it were a VM.

I did end up ordering a 14" MacBook Pro with M1 Max 10 core/24 core GPU with 32 gigs of ram and 1TB SSD. This will one day replace my i5 iMac at work as it no longer supports anything beyond Big Sur. Not in a rush to update though and not liking the loss of Windows VM, but that is the way things are going. A few months before I get the new machine, definitely curious to see how the Adobe apps run now that they are updated to natively run M1. My 5K iMac still runs amazing for what I do, love this machine.

I moved our Epson 9900 to my house, all we did was put it in the back of a pickup truck and drove carefully. It went up to my second floor with an L shaped stair case, so some fun angles to get it around. No issues with the printer, did not remove any inks, have never had to do anything beyond the normal head cleaning.

Quote from: Joe on December 20, 2021, 01:16:51 PM
InDesign won't benefit from the extra cores on the CPU. Photoshop would if you do a lot of heavy work in Photoshop and maybe Illustrator would as well too. Not sure what the price difference is but it it isn't a lot it may help to have more cores in the future.

That is what I was thinking but these are new and not familiar with them at all. They are not even putting clock speed on them! When it comes to buy think I will just leave at the base level, they should all be an improvement over what I am using now despite it still being a great computer. Not a heavy user in Photoshop or Illustrator though I do use them regularly, it is light stuff.

I am contemplating upgrading from my 13" MacBook Pro to a 14" MacBook Pro with Apples M1 Pro chip. in pricing it out it is confusing when it comes to the CPU.

The options I am looking at are:

Apple M1 Pro with 8-core CPU, 14-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine
Apple M1 Pro with 10-core CPU, 14-core GPU, 16-core Neural Engine

So the difference between the 2 is the number of cores. I don't know if it is worth a little more money for the 10 core and how Indesign will use the M1 Pro processor. Most of my work is done in Indesign so anything to speed that up is very welcome. Just not sure if a 2 core difference will make any noticeable improvements.

Would be getting 32 gigs of RAM and a 512gb SSD - opting for external for large storage.

Anyone have any experience with these new chips? Would eventually look at replacing my 5K iMac with this machine as I am at the end of the line in terms of OS updates (Big Sur), though not ready to jump fully into M1 for work as I do need some VM of Windows 10 still at the moment.

All the features I just don't need. I simply need pantones that somewhat accurately appear on screen for proofs and be able to make plates. Hoping Pantone Connect Basic which is free will let me continue to do this. Gotta love these brand new features that take things away!

Thanks all, I did find it in the end and was able to log on from a new client. Now just need to figure out why it won't work from a Win 10 VM!

I use Fiery XF 6 for my Epson 9900 at home. It has been years since I needed to add a new client to connect, and now that I do I cannot remember the password. The EFI support webpage is just not helpful at all. Does anyone by chance know what the default password might be or anyway I could find the password? I tried searching keychain on my Mac but it does not store this password.