Anyone using it?

We've been on it for 6 months testing and with the latest official release we are running it 100% now.

Thoughts?

We have an ancient Misomex table we are using to cut blankets and I have sunk to much money into it. Looking for something to replace it. Naturally they aren't going to let me have a Kongsberg so I'm looking for something relatively inexpensive to just use for cutting blankets.

Any suggestions?

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Quote from: G_Town on May 07, 2018, 02:58:43 PMMark this comes with a scanning system that scans the sheet and compares to a file from prepress.

Awesome checkpoint - however - wouldn't it be better if the RIP would do this prior to plating and making it out to press?

This is more for press defects like smashed blankets, hickeys etc....plates going to press are perfect 

Quote from: Marktonk on May 04, 2018, 08:06:23 PMI would have to say you have great taste!!! I am a bit biased but that is one hell of a press.

Best,

Mark

Mark this comes with a scanning system that scans the sheet and compares to a file from prepress.

They sent me a 12 page document talking reference and inspection level files. I think I get what they are wanting me to send them but I'm not entirely sure.

Check out this bad boy. 12 colors. Two cold foil units. 3 coaters. perfector. Goes live in another month.

Quote from: Tracy on April 02, 2018, 01:38:31 PMHey! you missed a spot :laugh:

I see what you did there 

Quote from: mc hristel on March 28, 2018, 04:58:39 PMWe do a lot of work that has mailing panels and we do the inkjet work in-house. When the piece gets an AQ coating we will always knock out the ink jet area by cutting the blanket (the press guys love that). I don't doubt that there are coatings available that can be ink jetted on but we apparently aren't using any of those.

The majority of work we do that gets coated will be some form of AQ, but still, we also to spot varnishes from time to time. Usually some combination of spot dull and gloss, or a dispersion with a dull varnish and gloss AQ.

Spot AQ, Spot UV, Spot Matte, spot velvet touch, spot Montane, spot texture coat, spot motion coat, spotspotspotspotspotspot!!!!

We had a job come in as flattened photoshop files. Some 30 items.

Told sales this was BS and that he needed to straighten them out and he said he would make sure next time they would send them in correctly.

Next year they requested text changes on same files.

 

If it's not screened DCS we convert to PSTI in Nexus then convert PSTI to PDF.

If it's screened we run through AE and make one bit's then a PDF wrapper is created.

Quote from: Joe on January 11, 2018, 12:10:22 PMMalwarebytes and the Windows built in Windows Defender.

The free version of Malwarebytes can fix your PC after an infection. The paid version prevents that from happening in the first place.

Thanks Joe.

Got my kid a gaming PC and want to protect it from viruses malware etc...any recommendations on what software to get?

Quote from: LoganBlade on February 26, 2010, 07:29:27 AMFrom when I work with a guy to get G7ish. THe process can be done by you it just needs a specialist to say you are so you can advertise it I think. "G7 Certified"

The inks need to run to a Color more than the density. If the inks don't meet the required color then it wont work right.

Then it is like any other plate curve building.
You set you goals and make the plates print to them.

I am sure it is a little more complicated but the goal is to run plates to a desired look. They give you the charts and your goal curves just shoot for them It may not be certified but it is a nice looking print when you are even close. Using the same idea I had a 4 color press and Designer we adamant about using Spot PMS 3005 on all work. I made the curves work so the CYMK looked close if not better using PMS 3005 instead of Cyan.

You also need pressman that follow RULES when printing. Consistant color density if your lucky. Some think they have they "EYE" the problem is I think at one time I did but as we get older those whites always look a little yellower. Good luck it is fun if you have the time understanding the press and its relationship with the plates you make. Each Press is different and each press runs different with different pressman.

only  a few issues to multiply your problems.

Sheets need to be submitted by an G7 expert and certified by RIT. Then you get you handy dandy little plaque.

Quote from: Joe on August 03, 2017, 07:08:34 AMYeah it is weird how there is noting out there about the Intellitrax M6000. If you do a Google search for M6000 the first thing up is a high end graphics adapter.

Yea trust me went to about 16 pages of results 95% were the GPU the rest were the occasional weird piece of equipment. I'm going to tell him to just get the damn thing if he wants it, it's free it just will be on the books.

Quote from: Joe on August 02, 2017, 01:28:32 PMhttp://www.xrite.com/service-support/product-support/scanning-instruments/intellitrax

http://www.xrite.com/categories/scanning-instruments/intellitrax

Thanks Joe but the boss is obsessing  about the whole M6000 mention, I'm all good on the intellitrax, nearest I can figure it's just the computer it scans into? Or Andyfest is correct.

Quote from: andyfest on August 02, 2017, 01:13:46 PMIt's for quick colour calibration on-press using proprietary colour bars right? Wasn't that system used to link colour standards across several plants in the old days?

I have no idea, either way it's antiquated software right? Where would I find a mention about it.