I recently had a cat puke on my keyboard. Nothing like a little stomach acid to kill the keyboard. Had to cough up the funds for a new one. I'm keeping this one turned upside down when I'm not using it.

Quote from: Joe  on May 09, 2008, 05:09:42 PMLets be fair to Adobe. They are only up to version 3 of the Creative Suite. I'm sure you'll be able to do all that fancy stuff when it gets up to Creative Suite 22. Just be patient.

Yeah, and by that time it will probably cost $22,000.

No processor, but I think it's got a punch. I've worked with several imagesetters, I know how fussy they are about straight edges. Oh, and got long SCSI cable. Right now, I'm waiting for tech guy to call back. Got some drivers from them, but need something else.

Yeah, and in the Adobe forums, they used to say there were unlimited deactivations/activations. I see just lately they've changed their tune.

Thanks for all the help, guys. I'll tell my boss. He moved the Katana from another shop he owns, don't know how old it is, but the RIP is on a Mac G3 running OS 8.6, so it's old. We may not be able to get a driver that will work with it.

Thanks, DCS. I'll sure look that up.

Thanks, Earendil. Know where we can get one? Or do we have to buy the whole RIP setup again specifically for this imagesetter?

We've got a Harlequin RIP 510 that we want to use with a Katana 5055 imagesetter. Our old imagesetter was another brand and died. Seems like all we have is the output plug-in for the old model, but the RIP manual says it will run the Katana we have. Do we need another plug-in?

Quote from: ninjaPB_43 on April 03, 2008, 01:16:13 PMyes.  outlined fonts do have their drawbacks..    see thread for more info..

Quote from: Laurens on December 08, 2007, 10:06:52 AMGreat trick!

I linked to it on my site but think this thread isn't complete without mentioning the disadvantages of outlining fonts: you lose hinting support and small type 'fattens up' a bit.

Thanks a bunch, ninjaPB_43, I'm gonna check it out!

Assuming that no changes will be made after you get a PDF (yeah, I know, but just bear with me), do you prefer fonts embedded or outlined? Do you notice any difference between the two methods with small type?

Naw, explaining to customers is easy. Actually cramming it into their heads so it will stay there and not squish out the other side in five minutes is the hard part. Getting them to actually understand it while it's in there? Start singing "The Impossible Dream."

and apparently are NOT being taught in design school.

Before you even START your project –

Call your PRINTER! Find out what kind of file they need. Don't have an optimal setup? All you've got is Publisher? Fine, just let us know, we can work with you. We can help you avoid pitfalls, tell you what kind of graphics files you need, the importance of embedding fonts, etc.

In return, you'll get three benefits.

1. Your project will be printed with fewer delays and problems, and fewer unexpected results (that's not the color green I picked!).

2. You'll get knowledge you can use through the rest of your career, starting with your next project.

3. Next time you're in a bar with your old design school classmates, you can sound SMART! "Hey, Bubba, you didn't really send them RGB images, did ya?"

Now, that wasn't so hard, was it?

But if you insist on shoving a crappy file at us at the last minute, pleading, "I don't know how to do all that stuff, you're supposed to be the experts," be prepared...

to be skewered in the B4Print bar, where you can't even come to see what we've said about you, Ha, Ha!

Oh, too cool! Wasn't that a movie? Oh, wait ... more like an episode of "This is Your Life."

Hey, DCS, congrats! Are you going to change your name to Ninja Crap Shoveler? Or maybe Digital Crap Ginsu Slicer. :grin: