XMF Install & Training

[frailer]

selected perfect bind-check!

hmm, didn't know to remove spine bleed
I will check out xmf on that

edit: I see what your saying

In Sig window>Bleed, make 'Spine' field zero.

[Farabomb]

I never understood about the ink issue. I tend to not go out of my way to remove spine bleed, they are going to grind it off anyway.

[Tracy]

Thanks Frailer!
do you have in-house bindery?

[Joe]

I never understood about the ink issue. I tend to not go out of my way to remove spine bleed, they are going to grind it off anyway.

Agreed. But there are bindery people that say it affects the glue. Personally I just think that is an excuse to cover some shoddy work out there. We presently let the ink go into the spine here but you never know when that might change.

[David]

they actually want us to bleed the work into the grind..  and then complain when we don't do it.

[Diddler]

As far a I get told from bindery is that some glues are better with ink and some not so. 

Another one is If there is a fly sheet/transparency page glued in, you can also apply negative bleed to remove the ink. I know its rare but just happened to me last week.

[frailer]

As far a I get told from bindery is that some glues are better with ink and some not so. 

Another one is If there is a fly sheet/transparency page glued in, you can also apply negative bleed to remove the ink. I know its rare but just happened to me last week.

Little tricks you forget if you don't use much. Like getting a stable/averaged dot reading in Rendered View... marquee an area with Dropper Tool, %age shown for that box.

[Tracy]

Had a job today-repeat with a paper/layout change
I wanted to copy the job and not write over the other layout.
When I copied, the file was missing but the layout was there
so I replaced the pages.
Am I doing it right?

[impodave]

If the job specs for the new job are already being used by another job in the queue, that would work - just rename the new job and continue.  But I think the new job will end up in the list directly above the job you copied in the queue.  Probably not a big deal.  If it's one you use a lot, be sure to save as a Stripping Sheet Template for retrieval later.  Don't know if this answered your question or not.   :tongue:

[Tracy]

fuji guy told me today, that i could archive the job and then when I restore, restore with a new name
I had a whole list of questions for them today :cool:

[Diddler]

Archive and restore to a new job number is the way I do repeat jobs,  but as impodave says you could save the templates and do it that you also. I would use 2nd option if using imposition mode and need to change settings as you mentioned

[Tracy]

What is imposition mode?

[Diddler]

What is imposition mode?

Tracy, Press this button to do a job in impo mode. Much easier for bookwork I find. I did this 192pp in about 30 sections using this method.
I've written the real basics to start with, let me know if you need more help.
And if your using different sheet sizes you need to drag Sheet groups to a different plate in your workflow. But you probably already know that one.

[Tracy]

Thanks Did!
I found you can control click on the overlay button and you can get almost all dimensions needed

[Chilbear]

just found out they are folding to 8pg sigs now and then binding. 16pg sigs for this paper was ridiculous
the paper is 80lb cover for the whole book (80pgs and they have an image 1/32 close to the edge

My inner production fairy is ringing - are they still THINKING they can fold 80# cover from an 8pp signature? Never in my 25+ years has that been done without creasing on the inside pages - impossible. Same goes for 100# paper. Never. For cover weight, I have had to do 4pp and multiple pass thru perfect binder if necessary. I am smelling a FUBAR here.