As far as I know, on the older models (C7000), the Creo was the only RIP able to handle transparencies, the other two RIPs from Fiery as well as their own IC-601 RIP weren't able to do so. Maybe the Fiery sometimes really works depending on luck, never had the chance to try it. The IC-601 definitely won't do it. Maybe things have changed in the meanwhile since our machine is already 4 years old.

What's the advantage of using Outlook anyway? Our company has a Gmail account and we log in via the internet browser. No problems.  :azn:

Grey and yellow also works well. Or you can use a rainbow gradient. They'll love it.

Get a PDF from their original Word doc and use Pitstop to get it press-ready. 

The gang run printers here have only around 5 or so different paper stocks for each item and yes, they have plenty of work to feed a whole bunch of big presses. Their delivery time for flyers and business cards is usually within one day, maximum two days, if you need additional  services like folding etc. But Taiwan is a small island, so for them, work might be easier to get.

I've downloaded QR Droid as well and for me it works fine.

Start reading from the first page, I was thinking: there are still some poor people out there on XP with CS2 and Acro 7/8. 

But then I saw the date. 

Going to try out Croptima when I'm back at work in the middle of February. Since we're still on CS6, it should work. Thanks for sharing!

The only way to get conventional offset printing more profitable for short run stuff like business cards and flyers is gang run printing. The quality surely won't be the best but usually 99% of the customers can accept this because it's cheap. Is anybody doing gang run printing here, by the way?

Quote from: Farabomb on December 08, 2015, 07:27:46 AMI'm not even going to worry about it. I have a feeling by the time I get the book that ad will have the profile stripped out, possibly run through PS then scanned. Then someone will take a picture of it with their cell phone, fax it across the atlantic then the fax will be scanned, placed into word, exported to excell, then powerpoint and then placed into the indesign document.

But they'll export the PDF from just that Indesign document, so you still have to tell them, which ICC profile to use.   

I guess, their question about the ICC is for the output intent. If you're going to tear out the profiles anyway, just tell them to use ISOcoated v2 300% for coated stock or PSOuncoated for uncoated stock, that's pretty common in Europe.

Right click on the group in the layers panel, then choose "Ungroup Layers".

Just wanted to write: "We're slow today in the morning, so we can chat for a while", when Commander Douchebag came in. Printing and finishing his stuff usually keeps us busy for a bunch of hours each day. This time luckily was an easy job, look at the file, add some bleed, send to the printer, cut the paper, print, cut to final size, put in the envelope, write down the prize and done.

In Taiwan three languages are spoken: Mandarin (Chinese), Taiwanese and Hakka, last one is mainly spoken by indigenous people. Taiwanese is the local language and used through all generations, but the main language is still Mandarin. I can somehow understand Mandarin, I can also write and type it (although using the computer is somewhat easier than handwriting). Taiwan uses traditional Chinese characters, which have more strokes than the simplified characters, that they use in Mainland China, for example, which makes it even harder to remember, how to write them. My Chinese might not be the best, but until now I somehow always managed to get my jobs done.

No gorge pics yet by the way, I'm at work and my harddrive is at home. Sorry for the delay.

You're right, I live in Taipei and I'm married to a Taiwanese lady. Being married to a Taiwanese citizen makes many things easier. For example, I have almost the same rights as Taiwanese citizens have, except for voting, and unlike many expats around here, I can choose my employer freely and I could change the job any time if I wanted to.

Been living here for more than 5 years now, but never made it to the central mountains so far. That is because it is pretty inconvenient to get there. You would need to go by train to Taichung first and then transfer to a bus which takes you to the mountains. The bus trip takes several hours and if you've ever been sitting in a Taiwanese bus that's driven up and down the mountains by a Taiwanese bus driver, well, let me say, you'll need several days of vacation afterwards to recover again.

But it's one of our top wanna-go destinations in the future anyway. A few months ago, I became proud owner of a car again, so this target is getting closer now. Just need to find the time to go there. If one day I'll make it there, I'll send you some pics. So far I could only show you pictures of the famous Taroko gorge on the East side of Taiwan, been there several times and I'd love to go there again, too. But looking at a photo, the feeling is different anyway. If you're standing there in reality and see the mountains towering several hundred meters high right next to you, no picture ever can capture that feeling.   

(Talking about changing jobs... This last sentence actually qualifies me to work in the tourism industry, doesn't it?)

Still need to keep working here for another 15-18 years, then our house should be paid and my wife's income should be high enough to support our living costs so I can retire    
Oh wait, in that case I can just go and find a job that might pay less, but is less harmful than this one.