Last I heard my boss paid almost $750,000 (installation, training and consumables included) for the 5334 DI I run. In the USA I see o use for the 52 DI the size is just weird. I run anything from 500 - 20,000 run jobs on anything from 60# uncoated to 100# gloss coated cover and 12pt C2S. I've been running it for a year now and the company we share the building with has an iGen and they constantly send jobs over for me to run when quality 4/color is needed in large quantities. 7,000 sheets/hour 2450 dpi @ 300lpi or stochastic screening. We just surpassed 10,000,000 images and had our first set of new rollers installed, along with a complete set of form rollers (4 on each unit). The chiller had to recharged (certified HVAC technician who handles Freon) last week for the first time in 3 years. All in all I'm impressed with the work that comes off. If for any reason a spot color is required any unit can be washed up and made ready in under 15 minutes.

Any specific questions about the 34DI, let me know.

Sparky

In the early days, of the "before time" I would scribe somewhat lewd words and saying on a single dot when I would do spotting on the final films we sent out to printers. (remember folks 35 years ago 133 -150 lpi was high quality then) kinda like the guy who carved George Washington's portrait on a grain of rice :shocked:

Today I couldn't even find the damn dot let alone "stipple" it :embarrassed:

LRob, have you seen these?
http://sports.webshots.com/photo/2499437500038798072SAKkyc

I have a video of the girls in a USO show but can't upload it and don't have a way to link it, sorry.

embedded, If I don't have the font, I'll severely beat the client around head and neck with a baseball bat until I get the fonts sent to me.

Even if it means spending hours over the phone trying to "talk" the Secretary/Graphic Designer through "finding, copying, and attaching to an e-mail", and keeping them on the phone until I successfully get them on my end and have them in my system.

==========Tip of the Week:==========
April 4, 2008

Fitting Text Frames to Content

QuoteThe command Fit Frame to Content (Object > Fitting...) automatically expands or contracts a text frame to fit the text within. But you can also use some nifty double-clicks to accomplish even more. Double-click the control handle on the bottom of the frame to force that side to expand or contract to hold the text. Double-click the control handle on the right side of the frame to force that side to expand or contract to hold the text. And finally, double-click the control handle on the bottom right corner of the frame to force both the bottom and right sides to expand or contract to hold the text.

-- Sandee Cohen, Senior Editor, InDesign Magazine, Author, InDesign CS3 Visual QuickStart Guide

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Quote from: Pointyhat on April 02, 2008, 07:31:18 PM

Quote from: gnubler on April 01, 2008, 06:53:02 PMAnyone foolish enough to go to art school is doomed anyway. Suckers.

I think that's the silliest thing I've ever heard, you're just saying that because you went to Art School.

Did not! I'm a community college dropout, and proud of it!

Me too gnub... Los Angeles City College though, Architecture, 18 units my first semester (summer 1969) I was smokin pot with the "Judas Priest MC" on the quad while my math analysis professor didn't even miss me :rolleyes:

Quote from: Laurens on February 14, 2008, 02:56:54 PMI am working on a page about total ink coverage.

I know that using the 'Registration' color as well as incorrect separation settings are causes for exceeding TIC but are there any other errors that frequently appear in design?

Next to that I am curious about easy and/or cheap ways of checking TIC in prepress. Some workflows or trapping solutions allow you to specify a threshold value. The system will visually indicate which areas exceed this value. Are there any other solutions?

Broad topic Laurens, remember you need to consider the mentality of designers (or lack there of) in that most of them don't even know what ink coverage is let alone "Total Ink Coverage" (or percentage, correctly put) in my years I have been taught that there are many different percentages for various papers and conditions, but what I find is that the average mean coverage is around 280% to 300% (where Registration = 100Y+100M+100C+100K), again allowing for paper (coated or uncoated), (Heavy or Light), dot gain on different presses, blanket pressure, ink tack, etc., etc. There are so many different variables that I can't see how anyone could say or recommend a definite "standard" for this issue.

I feel the best way to determine "Total Ink Coverage" is to TEST! :shocked:  and test again to see what conditions works bets for the individual.

I run a Presstek 5334DI press (4/color offset press) and our shop has determined that a density or dot percentage of no more that 320% works best for shadow detail and 3/4 tone definition on this press. Since our "dot gain" on coated stock is minimal I've seen some very nice results off this press.

Buzzed out Fruits in California, now there's a vision I could do without. :shocked:




and before you say anything...

I'm a fifth generation native Californian  :grin:  not my fault the place was overrun by damn ferners :rolleyes:

Joe another thing...

NO ads (to speak of)

NO membership fees, this is a free site, solely dedicated to sharing our knowledge and other free speech :rolleyes:

NO conditions as to experience and or profession, we don't care if you really are a "stripper" not a "negative film assembler"

In other words, non conditional love and abuse all in one nice tight forum :cool:

Quote from: gnubler on March 28, 2008, 10:31:37 AMI use SXC often - it's wonderful. Has no one started a thread listing free/cheap stock photos and vectors? I have many links to contribute.

Free and Cheap is wonderful, but at times I'll pay for QUALITY! instead.

Now start posting sites that offer FREE, CHEAP, and HIGH QUALITY, and I'll live on it  :grin:

Thanks gnub

Quote from: Pointyhat on March 27, 2008, 09:42:03 PMSparky, have you committed to CS3?

Pointy yes I am a freelancer using Leopard (10.5.2) at home with Adobe CS3 on a new 24" intel iMac (all of which I paid full retail out of pocket for), not bragging just won't put up with any "out of the trunk of my car software, or save a $100 bucks by getting it from CDW when the Apple store is around the corner :cool:

Anyway...

I was just a little pissed, and surprised when I saw the announcement from Adobe and was wondering what everyone else used, as oppose to "you can get it off our web site..." kinda crap.

I, as I stated, am a member of iStock Photos, and have browsed "Getty Images" but can't seem to remember any of the other big players in this area.

and to be honest I was looking for a 4/color hi res portrait of Theodore Roosevelt. When I searched iStock all I saw was the Mount Rushmore monument, and a few stamps, and even less with Getty. But when I did a Google search in images, I got several hundred pages of returns. I finally ended up with one that may or may not be that high quality but it fills the bill for now.

Thanks gang :rolleyes:

OK I ever really used it since I saw it demoed in Boston many, many years back (when CS was first being talked about and released in Beta), but I figured it would really be a great tool if I ever needed to search for and purchase a stock photo or two for publication.

Well I have a client who's need required me to search for a couple of simple stock photos, and guess what I found when I tried to use Adobe's Stock Photos CS3????

I'm really starting to think Adobe has the feeling of being omnipotent and can play with our heads any way they choose.

This sounds like a Rant but I wanted to know if anyone else uses these services and besides "iStock Photos" and "Getty images" who do you use?

Quote from: Joe  link=topic=1357.msg18689#msg18689 date=1206485660If an OSHA inspector showed up here his head would explode within 2 minutes. :police:

I think we could beat that, the owner parks his Lincoln in the handicap spot, that is in the middle of the loading dock and the stairs for the entrance.
After that once in the door (if they were to make it that far), I think every regulation in the book and then some not thought of yet are probably
broken  :police: :police: :police: :police: :police: etc., etc., :rolleyes:

Quote from: peace flaps on March 19, 2008, 09:05:30 AMexcellent work guys - it was due to the downsampling (the settings must have changed - maybe after an update?)

left the CCITT Group 4 on and its giving the nice results that i'm used to.




this site rox!

we're just a bunch of "rox m sox m robots"   :cool:

BINDERY is a four letter word where I am now. Boss comes in with 8 boxes of 9 x 11 12pt material 1 box is a cover, chapters 2-8 and a back cover. then he goes and get the guts of the book. Wait for it...

... approx 30, 8.5 x 11 B/W pages, 3 in first section 4 in next then 5, 6, 4, and whatever... collated, but not slip sheeted, in several stacks of 3,000 copies. First we need to separate each individual book, then take each one of these "books" and add the "Cover", tab for "Section II", tab for "Section III", IV, and so on then the back cover.  :shocked:

took 2 of us 1 hour to get about 25 of these done, and there's over 15,000 yet to do :shocked:

So, I was praying the tech guy from Presstek would call back REAL SOOOOOOON!!  :grin: