Digital Press

[Joe]

It appears my company is thinking of getting a digital press. The 3 I've heard mentioned are a Ryobi, Kodak Nexpress, and a DI. No specifics. Which is better and should I:

 a: run for the hills

or

b: embrace it?

[gnubler]

Joe, I'm going through the same thing. My boss is somewhat whimsical and had been talking about bringing in another offset press for months, but suddenly we got a new color copier and this week we're doing demos for wide-format inkjet printers.

Printing is DEAD DEAD DEAD. Doomed.

[Joe]

At my age I'm not sure I'm up to all that learnin' that will be needed. Youston works with a Nexpress and my mind almost explodes every time he talks about it.

[gnubler]

Youston makes me explode also, but for different reasons. Are you really against learning new things? Personally, I think you're just ready to move on - I feel the same way and I'm 15 years behind you.

I'm thinking about becoming a locksmith, actually.

[Joe]

Prepress has gotten really boring because there is not much of a challenge most days. Open a PDF, maybe do a minor fix, close PDF. Repeat 200 times. Blah.

[gnubler]

I know what you mean. Most of what I do is opening archived files, making a change, print. Press repeat. The rest is crap Word/Pub files that consume half of my day. Looks like I'm getting back into web dev again. 

[Stiv]

Run for the hills.

[David]

It appears my company is thinking of getting a digital press. The 3 I've heard mentioned are a Ryobi, Kodak Nexpress, and a DI. No specifics. Which is better and should I:

 a: run for the hills

or

b: embrace it?

I would embrace the hills...


and I'm going through the same thing here Joe, doing a lot of research on these digital "copiers", VDP, and all the assorted apps and functions.

in my opinion, you can do good with any of the above, and you can also get screwed with any of the above. You just have to get one, find out what doesn't "work", and then figure a work-around. Kinda like the good ole days of prepress.

[Skryber]

Run for the hills.

My new bossman is sending me to Kinkos tomorrow to see how they have the machines set up. He wants to make the storefront like a Kinkos. I miss offset.......so very very much.

[beck]

Miss it?

Haven't you only been out of it a month or so?

beck

[youston]

Prepress has gotten really boring because there is not much of a challenge most days. Open a PDF, maybe do a minor fix, close PDF. Repeat 200 times. Blah.

Your life will not change much with the NexPress. In fact, it will get much more boring. Prepping for the NexPress (as opposed to offset) is almost a joke. It's the running and maintaining of the damned thing that will cause significant hair loss. Oh, and the salespeople who expect you to match color between the NexPress and an offset press. That's pretty annoying.

If you also move into VDP, however, things get a little more ... interesting.

[gnubler]

Oh, and the salespeople who expect you to match color between the NexPress and an offset press. That's pretty annoying.

I get this all the time and just have to wonder why someone would think I could suddenly match a digital sheet to an offset sheet, even after I've repeated 100 times it's not realistically possible.

[Skryber]

We've been down since October 10th.

[youston]

Oh, and the salespeople who expect you to match color between the NexPress and an offset press. That's pretty annoying.

I get this all the time and just have to wonder why someone would think I could suddenly match a digital sheet to an offset sheet, even after I've repeated 100 times it's not realistically possible.

You're off your game, using this word in reference to salespeople. Is everything okay?

[tapdn]

Prepress has gotten really boring because there is not much of a challenge most days. Open a PDF, maybe do a minor fix, close PDF. Repeat 200 times. Blah.

Exactly why I took early retirement, Joe. Well said.