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Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Xerox Phaser 7700

2008-01-17T08:45:00.002-05:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Xerox Phaser 7700
I have a Xerox Phaser 7750GX and it's still under warranty by Xerox, for a few hundred bucks you can get extended warranty like that. It's well worth it, we have them come out once a year or so and do a PM and fix this or that. These printers run so good but I still think the warranty is worth it, ours runs all day and night and is under really heavy use. I would guess you have a bad imaging unit, which is also a consumable that has to be replaced from time to time. _ JoePostscript -- support administrator Expertise: quark xtensions developer, adobe plug... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=8017

Digital Printing Forum :: Building Quark pages using xml

2008-01-17T08:45:00.001-05:00

Digital Printing Forum :: Building Quark pages using xml
Hi Looking at building QuarkXpress 7.3 (intel mac) pages using exported xml files from our database. I am struggling to find 'how to tutorials' anywhere, have built pages in past using other apps and xpress tags, but complete novice with xml. Have extension and imported a file but from that point ...?! At this stage I don't need to know how to wright in xml but just to style and import the supplied text onto the Quark layout. Is anyone doing this or can point me in the right direction, been all over quark site and the net? Many thanks - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=8023

Preflight Software :: RE: QXP 7.31 will not print pdf

2008-01-15T06:59:00.001-05:00

Preflight Software :: RE: QXP 7.31 will not print pdf
Hello, This is how I make a living. It's called PDF-X-Robot and it supports Quark Xpress and Adobe InDesign. That's all you need and there's no worry about PDF problems after that. Aside from being faster than any other way to create PDF files, it's proven in printing and publishing houses all over the world as the most reliable and consistant PDF creation there is. I installed 7 workstations in Jacksonville Friday and the lady was so happy to have PDF creation so fast, easy, and dialed in to be simple. There's less settings, steps, and problems than any other way ... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7982

Preflight Software :: RE: QXP 7.31 will not print pdf

2008-01-14T14:06:00.001-05:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: flattening drop shadows onto gradients in illustrator.">Graphic Design Forum :: RE: flattening drop shadows onto gradients in illustr...

2008-01-13T07:02:00.003-05:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: flattening drop shadows onto gradients in illustrator.">Graphic Design Forum :: RE: flattening drop shadows onto gradients in illustr...
hi and apologies for the very very late reply!! as soon as you export anything like an eps or tiff etc it flattens and rasterizes transparent areas - like drop shadows. so - when its rasterized it gets the background as you said you can try clipping areas as best possible, and in the raster effects ensure the correct setting are applied relevant to your needs, but i'll hark back to ai files where possible i think this all depends on where your logo's go really - if they head to indy then all will be fine if they head towards quark i'd maybe have a rethink, as it doesnt play with transparency well. if ... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7970

Preflight Software :: RE: QXP 7.31 will not print pdf

2008-01-13T07:02:00.001-05:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: flattening drop shadows onto gradients in illustrator.">Graphic Design Forum :: RE: flattening drop shadows onto gradients in illustr...

2008-01-12T06:59:00.001-05:00

Prepress Software :: RE: Career Advice

2008-01-10T07:24:00.000-05:00

Prepress Software :: RE: Career Advice
I am working in commercial Printing press from 1 & half year, now I want to shift in Printing Software designing. I have done C, C++ . Is it sufficient for me to shift in software designing. - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=8004

Prepress Software :: RE: Career Advice

2008-01-10T07:22:00.000-05:00

Prepress Software :: RE: Quark Crashes, Doesn't Quit

2008-01-03T14:11:00.000-05:00

Prepress Software :: RE: Quark Crashes, Doesn't Quit
Try reinstalling Quark and rebuilding your prebindings using Disk Utility. You can also use a handy little app called Xupport [url] www.xupport.ch [/url]. Download a free trial and select Maintenance from the tabs menu and click on repair permissions. Hope this helps. Prepress Guru _ Prepress guru - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7855

Prepress Software :: RE: Photoshop .tif Rotating in Indesign CS3

2008-01-02T06:59:00.003-05:00

Prepress Software :: RE: Photoshop .tif Rotating in Indesign CS3
Hi Joe, First Congrats on your Cowboys making the playoffs. As far as the file goes it was a Photoshop 7 tif. When placing the image in Quark it's correct. When opeing the file in Photoshop 7 on OS9 it's correct when opening the same file in Photoshop CS2 or CS3 the image is rotated counterclockwise. When placing in a new Indesign CS2 doc it is correct but when you select it with the open arrow tool it says it's rotated -90. When placed in a new CS3 Doc it is rotated 90 degrees. When opening original file (indesign 3.0) in CS3 it's appears correct until the images are updated then it's rota... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7846

Prepress Software :: RE: Quark Crashes, Doesn't Quit

2008-01-02T06:59:00.001-05:00

Prepress Software :: RE: Photoshop .tif Rotating in Indesign CS3

2008-01-01T06:59:00.001-05:00

Mac OS X Forum :: Image Database Anyone?

2007-12-30T06:59:00.001-05:00

Mac OS X Forum :: Image Database Anyone?
Hello, Has anyone ever created an image database that can be accessed from quark or indesign? Or, maybe created an opi workflow. The reason I'm asking is that we are starting to build up so many images in our system that when a user tries to import an image from a folder, it takes too long too see all of them. We are currently running os x using quark. Our server is an older xserve running 10.2.8. Any ideas would be appreciated! Cheers _ If it ain't broke... your lucky! - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7824

Prepress Software :: Photoshop .tif Rotating in Indesign CS3

2007-12-29T08:07:00.002-05:00

Prepress Software :: Photoshop .tif Rotating in Indesign CS3
Has anyone else had a problem with using older Photoshop tiffs in Indesign CS3. Here's what happened I opened a supplied Indesign doc updated the images and exported a pdf. The result was a background image rotated 90 Counter Clockwise. After looking into the problem and talking to the customer I found out that the origianl image was a Photoshop 7 tif. When opening in Photoshop 7 it is correct when opening in Photoshop CS3 it's rotated. If image placed in Quark it's correct if placed in a new Indesign doc it is rotated. I've tried to play with the setting in I... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7813

Mac OS X Forum :: Image Database Anyone?

2007-12-29T08:07:00.001-05:00

Prepress Software :: Photoshop .tif Rotating in Indesign CS3

2007-12-28T06:59:00.001-05:00

Robot-Fix-BleedsÃ´, FREE Quark Xtension :: RE: Self Explanatory name, Quark Xtension called Robot-Fix-Bleed">Robot-Fix-BleedsÃ´, FREE Quark Xtension :: RE: Self Explanatory name, Quark Xt...

2007-12-27T06:59:00.001-05:00

Robot-Fix-BleedsÃ´, FREE Quark Xtension :: RE: Self Explanatory name, Quark Xtension called Robot-Fix-Bleed">Robot-Fix-BleedsÃ´, FREE Quark Xtension :: RE: Self Explanatory name, Quark Xt...
How do I get it to try even in a beta form. Thanks and to all a happy holidayjavascript:emoticon('') _ 35 years In the trade, and just a little insane! - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7800

Robot-Fix-BleedsÃ´, FREE Quark Xtension :: RE: Self Explanatory name, Quark Xtension called Robot-Fix-Bleed">Robot-Fix-BleedsÃ´, FREE Quark Xtension :: RE: Self Explanatory name, Quark Xt...

2007-12-26T06:59:00.000-05:00

Robot-Fix-BleedsÃ´, FREE Quark Xtension :: RE: Self Explanatory name, Quark Xtension called Robot-Fix-Bleed">Robot-Fix-BleedsÃ´, FREE Quark Xtension :: RE: Self Explanatory name, Quark Xt...

2007-12-25T10:16:00.001-05:00

Prepress Software :: RE: looking for help with automation solution in Photoshop

2007-12-24T06:59:00.002-05:00

Prepress Software :: RE: looking for help with automation solution in Photoshop
I am also interested in how to re-use a useful Actions folder (set up on Photoshop CS2 actions palette). The problem is that all photos have the same name. How do I change the source folder for where the "action" jpeg goes....? Dale - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7784

Robot-Fix-BleedsÃ´, FREE Quark Xtension :: RE: Self Explanatory name, Quark Xtension called Robot-Fix-Bleed">Robot-Fix-BleedsÃ´, FREE Quark Xtension :: RE: Self Explanatory name, Quark Xt...

2007-12-24T06:59:00.001-05:00

Prepress Software :: RE: looking for help with automation solution in Photoshop

2007-12-23T08:32:00.001-05:00

Prepress Software :: RE: looking for help with automation solution in Photoshop

2007-12-22T06:12:00.001-05:00

Mac OS X Forum :: Intro and a question - Quark crashes when user quits

2007-12-21T09:07:00.000-05:00

Mac OS X Forum :: Intro and a question - Quark crashes when user quits
Hi, My names Phil and I'm new to these forums. I had hoped to post something useful rather than a question for my first post. But as it happens an issue has arisen with one of our users and IÃm hoping that someone here may have come across something similar. I'm '3rd line support' for around 120 Mac users, in a large publishing/production operation. All Macs are built from standard images, for either PowerMac or Intel. One Mac has been re imaged (3 times now) in an effort to solve a constant problem with Quark 6.5 (under OS X 4.11). The user... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7774

Mac OS X Forum :: Intro and a question - Quark crashes when user quits

2007-12-20T06:59:00.001-05:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Upgrade to Quark 7.3 changes spacing of text!

2007-12-05T14:33:00.001-05:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Upgrade to Quark 7.3 changes spacing of text!
I barely have time for this forum, so I have not ventured out to others. My feeling is that I make work what people give me. Heres a good one - Photoshop TIF file - for a whole brochure, I am only starting out a over 75, 000 for starters. And, the best, it was all raster - no type layers, the whole thing flattened. 10 point type, yep. To each his own - at least they gave me bleed this time [/u] - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7589

Desktop Publishing :: RE: CS3 Indesign proper pdf settings

2007-12-05T14:33:00.000-05:00

Desktop Publishing :: RE: CS3 Indesign proper pdf settings
naaawwww not a bash - more a sideways sneer......and maybe a little hint for quark. ya know - when i was designing magazines and stuff - and it was all quark 3.32 then - that kind of feature would have been amazing. it was open ad, copy-past into layout. i had upwards, in each edition, (14 publications a year) of 200 advertisers and really the amount of time i could have saved with that kind of feature. since i did everything on my own <design of ads, layout of mag, copy chase, approval chase etc etc> ohh it would have saved me hours if not days. i can see a problem adapting it for images - i guess youd have... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7577

Desktop Publishing :: RE: CS3 Indesign proper pdf settings

2007-12-04T10:00:00.001-05:00

Desktop Publishing :: RE: CS3 Indesign proper pdf settings
when you export you get lots of options - look into tweaking those - it's a colour management issue so take a peek there pdfx1a may be ok for you if you are placing the files into quark <why ohh why> be mindful of flattened transparencies. if they are going into indesign cs3 - you do not need to pdf them - you can "place" indesign files (your adverts) in the same way as placing grapics (images) within your indesign file further to that you can select SEVERAL "indesign" files (or graphics etc) at one time and place them throughout your publication - without having to do it one at a time (beat that quark... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7557

Mac OS X Forum :: Locked Quark 6.5 file

2007-12-04T10:00:00.000-05:00

Mac OS X Forum :: Locked Quark 6.5 file
Equipment: MAC 744MHz, 1.5GB Ram, OS X 10.4.11 (Just updated last week) A drive started to fail. Installed know good 80BG drive. Cloned to drive. However, many internal link still to old drive. Example: Distiller 7, some font maps to old drive. Quark 6.5 and 7 had to be re-activated, saw new hardware. InDesign CS2 reinstalled. Got all working well. Today (Dec. 3) I was working in Quark 6.5 over 1GB mixed IP and Ethernet network from Apple OS X Server when I received the dreaded beach ball of death! I think the old drive bit the dust because when I restarted it did not mount, however, ... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7553

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Help Me! Argument w/Boss = Quark vs. InDesign Change">Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Help Me! Argument w/Boss = Quark vs. InDesign Ch...

2007-12-03T06:59:00.002-05:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Help Me! Argument w/Boss = Quark vs. InDesign Change">Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Help Me! Argument w/Boss = Quark vs. InDesign Ch...
I used to run the Printergy System for some time and it's completely PDF Workflow. I never said I created A PDF & then postsripted it, to then Distill it. You missed it. I said I have Exported a file directly to PDF and THEN, I created another PDF of the same file by first creating a Postscript file and then distilling it and the Distilled Postscripts are ALWAYS better. - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7521

Prepress Software :: Questions about printing seps from QuarkXpress 7

2007-12-03T06:59:00.001-05:00

Prepress Software :: Questions about printing seps from QuarkXpress 7

2007-12-02T07:50:00.003-05:00

Prepress Software :: Questions about printing seps from QuarkXpress 7
Hi everybody I work in a small Print Shop doing mostly 2 colour jobs. We use the kimosetter 340 to create our plates, and we just upgraded to QuarkXpress 7. My problem is checking my colours for separation. In QX 6.5 the spot colours used in the layout showed up in the output tab in the print dialog menu so I knew right away if something was amiss. Now in v.7 I see all cmyk and spot colours in the colour menu in the dialog menu. Does anybody have any ideas on how I can create an output colour setup so I will just see the colours used? or how I can check which... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7517

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Help Me! Argument w/Boss = Quark vs. InDesign Change">Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Help Me! Argument w/Boss = Quark vs. InDesign Ch...

2007-12-02T07:50:00.001-05:00

Prepress Software :: Questions about printing seps from QuarkXpress 7

2007-12-01T06:59:00.002-05:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Help Me! Argument w/Boss = Quark vs. InDesign Change">Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Help Me! Argument w/Boss = Quark vs. InDesign Ch...

2007-12-01T06:59:00.001-05:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Help Me! Argument w/Boss = Quark vs. InDesign Change">Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Help Me! Argument w/Boss = Quark vs. InDesign Ch...

2007-11-30T11:15:00.002-05:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Help Me! Argument w/Boss = Quark vs. InDesign Change">Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Help Me! Argument w/Boss = Quark vs. InDesign Ch...
ok - how did you create a composite pdf from quack containing dcs2 files? without third party software... question - why would you create a pdf, then postscript - then distill another pdf? there's no production reason - that i know of - to do that at all - and no logical reason. you effectively create a 2nd generation file by the re-fry. if you have downsampling options then after that re-downsampling then of course there will be differences. ok so nothing you've seen has proven anything to you - but have you actually seen a rip/workflow with the pdf print engine in action? personally i havent but am... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7506

Prepress Software :: Questions about printing seps from QuarkXpress 7

2007-11-30T11:15:00.001-05:00

Prepress Software :: RE: how do you convert quark doc to pdf????

2007-11-29T06:59:00.003-05:00

Prepress Software :: RE: how do you convert quark doc to pdf????
the answers again is no it uses jaws to create these pdf's, and to do that it generates postscript first = dead transparency. so - from quark there is no way at all to keep live transparency - yet it touts itself as supporting transparency. anyone got the number for the advertising standards authority? now i'm not saying that it will screw up every job - the point being that if you use transparency in your quark files, be very careful when going to pdf as it can <not always> screw your files. _ expertise: nothing - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7488

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Help Me! Argument w/Boss = Quark vs. InDesign Change">Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Help Me! Argument w/Boss = Quark vs. InDesign Ch...

2007-11-29T06:59:00.001-05:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Help Me! Argument w/Boss = Quark vs. InDesign Change">Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Help Me! Argument w/Boss = Quark vs. InDesign Ch...
quote me: best of luck creating pdf anything from quark with a dcs file in it. a file format they pushed for. unless you "re-invest" yet more money for 3rd party software. and, unless i'm seriously mistaken <always a good possibility> doesnt pdfx/1a push colour profiles to swop? what if you dont use that standard? so a standard pdfx could conceivably have issues. so - no comments on these then? fair enough. I personally dont use the pdfx1a either. I'll tweak the downsampling to how we want it for that job. we print to a more european weight so swop is a waste of time for me too. see - not... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7486

Prepress Software :: RE: Quark 7 export pdf as single page

2007-11-22T08:00:00.001-05:00

Prepress Software :: RE: Quark 7 export pdf as single page
David, watch out for BM, he knows some stuff, but sometimes I think his humor is made for the Brits, and the Brits only (just kinding BM) Thats good your printer is working with you. This is the kind ofthing that makes his job in the long run easier, and you more willing to work with him more often. Ifyou have questions, ask away here, someone will fire back at you an answer. It may not always be what you want to hear, but the answers do come. I was a fan of Albert Belle back in the Joey days. This was before the hitting a fan with a baseball and his alcohol abuse. I hink him not drinking just made him me... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7264

Mac OS X Forum :: QUARK 6 TO QUARK 7

2007-11-20T10:29:00.001-05:00

Mac OS X Forum :: QUARK 6 TO QUARK 7
Hello all Customer supplied Quark 6 design files, when I open them in Quark 7, I am experiencing images moving from their original position. Is anyone having the same problem? Any fix? Any feedback would appreciate it. Dino - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7243

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Quark invites LOVE with free product offers

2007-11-19T10:39:00.001-05:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Quark invites LOVE with free product offers
welcome aboard sadly thats not strictly true - i do not believe that in quack 5 or 6 just by holding down the alt key you convert say a quack 7 file...... if you work in quack 6 (or 7) say, and open a quack 5 file that way then it may well work - the point being it is not a forwards compatible method - backwards only. indesign is very very similar to illustrator, so if you have experience in that then picking up indesign is a shallower curve. _ expertise: nothing - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7232

Prepress Software :: RE: Quark 7 export pdf as single page

2007-11-19T10:39:00.000-05:00

Prepress Software :: RE: Quark 7 export pdf as single page
Hello all, I'm David and pretty new to the printing world. When I used Quark before, I never had to send to a commercial printing service before. I have had a serious time getting everything in order to print correctly. I've been having a hard time as you might imagine. I'm kind of nervous about the robot and the free flight. But my printer is sure that this will help (he actually signed me up for this site). So, I'm gonna take his advice and see where this goes. David - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7237

Mac OS X Forum :: QUARK 6 TO QUARK 7

2007-11-19T10:38:00.000-05:00

Prepress Software :: any ad/flyer designers out there want to share ad ideas-swap">Prepress Software :: any ad/flyer designers out there want to share ad ideas-...

2007-11-17T09:14:00.001-05:00

Prepress Software :: any ad/flyer designers out there want to share ad ideas-swap">Prepress Software :: any ad/flyer designers out there want to share ad ideas-...
let me know.... I'd like to swap quark working files so if you need a new idea for a client you can just drop in a logo and some art and you have an instant spec...... kreativebyte - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7191

Prepress Software :: any ad/flyer designers out there want to share ad ideas-swap">Prepress Software :: any ad/flyer designers out there want to share ad ideas-...

2007-11-16T11:43:00.000-05:00

Mac OS X Forum :: RE: Copy OS 9 Finder Comments to IPTC (XMP) Metadata Fields

2007-11-15T06:59:00.002-05:00

Mac OS X Forum :: RE: Copy OS 9 Finder Comments to IPTC (XMP) Metadata Fields
Hey Joe, Thanks for the offer of help on this, just found out that I'm going to be making more work for myself, apparently the asset management system we're working with won't read the IPTC/EXIF/XMP tags embedded in the files anyways. They have to be entered by hand into their database. So much for interoperability. _ Timothy Boyden Network Administrator MailCoups, Inc. Expertise: Windows, Mac, Linux/UNIX Support, Adobe CS, Quark, Prinergy Connect/Insite, Programming (PHP, VB, CSH, HTML), Trendsetter News 50, Magnum/Didde Presses - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7114

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Quark invites LOVE with free product offers

2007-11-15T06:59:00.001-05:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Quark invites LOVE with free product offers
Granted... InDesign had it's issues at first... to be completely honest... it still does... but man... for what Adobe was trying to do with what they *had* to work with? Wow. That's vision. That's listening to your user-base. All that and a pretty butterfly box, too. I think InDesign (even in all it's flawed execution) made everyone take notice. It forced the industry to rethink things and as a result, we ended up going places digitally that we never dreamed of in a strictly PageMaker/Quark world. Designs took on a whole new dimension, copiers and digital presses got better and better to meet demand. I l... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7115

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Quark invites LOVE with free product offers

2007-11-14T09:03:00.001-05:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Quark invites LOVE with free product offers
mate thats whats SO frustrating isnt it - its so damm far behind its rediculous - so to have something open a file more advanced and try to interpret that into a quack format is heading for disaster. we do need competition for ndy/illy/cs - are we really looking at just quack as an alternative? _ expertise: nothing - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7099

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Quark invites LOVE with free product offers

2007-11-13T10:39:00.002-05:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Quark invites LOVE with free product offers
i'd rather buy q2id and pray wonder if they fancy giving that away? my guess is not....... how about, instead of letting some poor misinformed user try to convert a nice clean indesign file with all manner of WORKING transparency, they actually make quack able to handle transparency properly itself first before trying to interpret files that CAN do it. really - what pile of crap is someone going to get from an indesign file like that - and in reality that kind of file is normal these days if anyone here is suckered in by this crap - well - i'd think i'd be surprised.... _ expertise: nothing - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7080

Preflight Software :: RE: Alternative to Flightcheck Professional that collects fonts">Preflight Software :: RE: Alternative to Flightcheck Professional that collec...

2007-11-13T10:39:00.001-05:00

Preflight Software :: RE: Alternative to Flightcheck Professional that collects fonts">Preflight Software :: RE: Alternative to Flightcheck Professional that collec...
Sure, There are several alternatives and all are FREE. A much better idea than paying like $400 for FlightCheck, software that will not be regularly updated. FlightCheck has run at a fraction of the speed it did in OS 9. Every update has been slower than the applications it checks. Get FreeFlight, it's free, use normal collect for output, detailed directions below. http://prepressforum.com/preflight/job_collecting.html Quark - Collect for Output Adobe InDesign - Preflight and Package PageMaker - Save for Service Bureau Microsoft Publisher 2000... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=7076

Prepress Software :: Quark 7 export pdf as single page

2007-11-09T09:24:00.003-05:00

Prepress Software :: Quark 7 export pdf as single page
When I export pdf out of quark 7 as single pages. here is the naming "filename (Page 01)", "filename (Page 02)" Is there a way to make the naming different i would like to name them filename_p1, filename_p2. why would quark put so much fodder on the end of thier files. I can make a script to name them after thier made, but i would like it to name it that way by default. _ Pre Press Manager Transcontinental Direct Los Angeles Prinergy, Trendsetter Spectrum - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6992

Prepress Software :: Text variables for Prinergy/Preps

2007-11-09T09:24:00.001-05:00

Prepress Software :: Text variables for Prinergy/Preps
Hello everyone! I found this forum doing a search on finding a list of text variables used in Preps/Prinergy. I know of the ones that Preps uses, but I saw a list awhile ago someone had of a whole slew of variables that Prinergy can use. i was wondering if anyone had that list or could point me in the right direction to get it. Thanks for any help that can be provided. - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6994

Prepress Software :: Text variables for Prinergy/Preps

2007-11-09T09:23:00.002-05:00

Prepress Software :: Quark 7 export pdf as single page

2007-11-09T09:23:00.001-05:00

Mac OS X Forum :: RE: Quark Step & Repeat - OS X Dock Commands = Same ? !

2007-11-07T08:34:00.004-05:00

Mac OS X Forum :: RE: Quark Step & Repeat - OS X Dock Commands = Same ? !
yeah assign your own keyboard commands for anything in any menu in any application - works a dream in systems prefs go to the keyboard one - click the little "+" icon and the rest is self explanatory - select the pplication and, importantly, type the command as it appears in the menu exactly - and assign your own keystrokes - wallo done _ expertise: nothing - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6944

Digital Printing Forum :: RE: Need good and fast proof press

2007-11-07T08:34:00.003-05:00

Digital Printing Forum :: RE: Need good and fast proof press
Don't know anymore. Used Quark for a long time, but as I can see InDesign is challenging, they had done a lot of improvements and their marketing strategy is work of a genius. Anyway, I don't do much of a prepress anymore. I'm more intrested in color management and offset printing. Also working in photoshop big-time, mainly retouching photographs. I am student at Faculty of technical sciencis in Novi Sad, Serbia, department for graphic engineering and design. - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6952

Desktop Publishing :: RE: multiple versions at lettershop

2007-11-07T08:34:00.001-05:00

Desktop Publishing :: RE: multiple versions at lettershop
DM just stands for Direct Mail piece. This helps a little but I would be the person you were receiving your files from. My question is what is the best way to supply you the files. One quark file with multiple layers for all 65 versions or or just one version with a data file for the other body copy. What makes your life easier on your end? - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6942

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Can anyone help me?

2007-11-06T09:48:00.002-05:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Can anyone help me?
Hello, I'm new here and I have one question: Can a save me profile or where can I get it? It's about all my settings from Quarkxpress... Thank you in advance. Vic _ Old Photo Retouching and Restoration and Colorizing Black and White Photography - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6930

Mac OS X Forum :: RE: Copy OS 9 Finder Comments to IPTC (XMP) Metadata Fields

2007-11-06T09:48:00.001-05:00

Mac OS X Forum :: RE: Copy OS 9 Finder Comments to IPTC (XMP) Metadata Fields
Thanks Joe, I'm going to bang on it a little more today myself. I have the Adobe XMP Toolkit and I'm going to see if I can build an application myself. If I don't make any progress, I'll send what I have your way. _ Timothy Boyden Network Administrator MailCoups, Inc. Expertise: Windows, Mac, Linux/UNIX Support, Adobe CS, Quark, Prinergy Connect/Insite, Programming (PHP, VB, CSH, HTML), Trendsetter News 50, Magnum/Didde Presses - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6937

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Can anyone help me?

2007-11-06T00:19:00.001-05:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: text boxes and picture boxes in Quark 6

2007-11-03T12:56:00.006-04:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: text boxes and picture boxes in Quark 6
Create a picture box with (4) rounded corners, copy and paste in place... change the newly pasted box to regular straight corners and make it smaller by dragging the top down until it clears the curve of the first box... select them both and go to Item > Merge > Union. Hope that makes sense! lol - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6854

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: quark postscript

2007-11-03T12:56:00.005-04:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: quark postscript
It is always safer to print a postscript file from Quark and then distill it, rather than exporting from Quark. If you can't find the file after its distilled, try relaunching the Finder. Sometimes happens to me too. _ It's bad luck to be superstitious . . . - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6858

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: QUARK V INDESIGN

2007-11-03T12:56:00.003-04:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: QUARK V INDESIGN
Hey everyone! Just joined the forum today, and couldn't find an introduction thread, so I might as well start here. My first design app was Quark 4 in college, and I've been using it on a daily basis ever since. I'm now using Q7 (on a XP machine both at home and at work), love it, and can get everything done with it in a hurry. I really do need to sit down and learn InDesign, but it's just a matter of finding time to do so. That's where the industry is headed, and I can do basic tasks and editing with it, but it feels very foreign to me, and nowhere near as fast. So long story short, I can ... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6863

WebMaster's Forum :: Service

2007-11-03T12:56:00.001-04:00

WebMaster's Forum :: Service
Whoever, you use, make sure they have a phone number, not just an e mail address. Service is key. It does not matter how much space they offer if your site does not work. Just my 2 cents worth. Oops, I hit the wrong button. This was supposed to be a reply to the last post in this thread. sorry. _ Steve Edge http://cafeedge.com - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6864

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: QUARK V INDESIGN

2007-11-03T12:39:00.002-04:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: text boxes and picture boxes in Quark 6

2007-11-03T12:39:00.001-04:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: quark postscript

2007-11-03T12:39:00.000-04:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: text boxes and picture boxes in Quark 6

2007-11-03T10:46:00.002-04:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: quark postscript

2007-11-03T10:46:00.001-04:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: QUARK V INDESIGN

2007-11-03T10:46:00.000-04:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: quark postscript

2007-11-03T06:59:00.004-04:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: text boxes and picture boxes in Quark 6

2007-11-03T06:59:00.003-04:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: QUARK V INDESIGN

2007-11-03T06:59:00.001-04:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: quark postscript

2007-11-02T11:10:00.001-04:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: quark postscript
Is this happening with only one specific dont, or does it happen with numerous ones? I haveseen where with a postscript font, the screen font is fine, but the printer font is corupt. Try a different font and see ifthe same thing happens, or see if you have the same font. and change it over to that new one. - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6847

Desktop Publishing :: RE: EPS problems converting from Quark 7 to 6

2007-11-01T07:33:00.003-04:00

Desktop Publishing :: RE: EPS problems converting from Quark 7 to 6
Thanks to you all for your input - I'll give you some more insight to whats happening. We create kids pop-up books. So we have a quark document with artwork as a tiff. On top of that we have quark text, then on top of that we have a cutter guide which is created in Illustrator. This will be just a 100% magenta or 100% black vector line art, no background, no text or any other fancy business like drop shadows etc. this is then brought into a picture box in quark that overlays all the text and art so it has no run-around or background colour. Everything fine so far. If we now down-save to 6, open it in six, we have... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6771

title="Prepress Software :: RE: InDesign PDFs imported into Quark 4 crashing Quark on print">Prepress Software :: RE: InDesign PDFs imported into Quark 4 crashing Quark o...

2007-11-01T07:33:00.001-04:00

title="Prepress Software :: RE: InDesign PDFs imported into Quark 4 crashing Quark on print">Prepress Software :: RE: InDesign PDFs imported into Quark 4 crashing Quark o...
What kind of server is that? How are you connecting to it, afp:// or smb://, etc. In your network settings is appletalk active, on server (if apple), and on the workstation? I read about people having these problems alot with Quark 6.5 but I don't have them. I still believe it can easily be the settings and methods of the process too. I have methods and software devices in PDF-X-Robot that work around alot of known issues. I would still really like to look at and test the files because I can tell a few things by inspecting them and hacking around with ... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6775

title="Prepress Software :: RE: InDesign PDFs imported into Quark 4 crashing Quark on print">Prepress Software :: RE: InDesign PDFs imported into Quark 4 crashing Quark o...

2007-10-31T01:26:00.007-04:00

title="Prepress Software :: RE: InDesign PDFs imported into Quark 4 crashing Quark on print">Prepress Software :: RE: InDesign PDFs imported into Quark 4 crashing Quark o...
Since we've had problems copying to/from our server before, we thought we'd try copying a PDF that IS crashing Quark to the desktop. Imported it from there, and it doesn't crash. What on our server would be causing that? - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6756

Prepress Software :: RE: Thread on adobe photoshop forums-photoshop vector type

2007-10-31T01:26:00.006-04:00

Prepress Software :: RE: Thread on adobe photoshop forums-photoshop vector type
Using photoshop to carry type is a bad development and yes, should be avoided. It's a nice feature if you have no layout or illustration program. But good document construction should be done in a program that is designed for document construction, that would be Adobe Indesign or QuarkXpress. When you are trying to link up fonts and get a document to print, the more NESTED use of fonts and images, the worse the thing will go. Adobe Photoshop is a bitmap editing application and should not be used for textual composition unless there are special e... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6754

Prepress Software :: RE: Microsoft Excel .XLS file import issue in QuarkXPress

2007-10-31T01:26:00.005-04:00

Prepress Software :: RE: Microsoft Excel .XLS file import issue in QuarkXPress
Hi, The thing is i've been following the steps you described for a long time now, but thanks anyway. However, using QuarkXPress 3, 4 or 5, I was able to paste the excel table into a picture frame and to obtain the expected result (though only for one-color plate - grayscale documents, for example) when using distiller to make the pdf. My question was why the later versions of Quark (6, 6.5 and 7) doesn't respond to this. Again, many thanks for your response. - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6757

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: text boxes and picture boxes in Quark 6

2007-10-31T01:26:00.003-04:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: text boxes and picture boxes in Quark 6
Hello geri, These controls are in the box properties and are global to all 4 corners of the box. If you click on the square box tool till it pops out the other types of box tools, will pop out to side. One of them has a pen tool for freehanding boxes with a bezier curves tool. Use that one and make your box, two corners square, click and drag to create the two curved corners. Use some guides to help get the box shape correct. This will give you a box you are seeking. _ JoePostscript -- support administrator Expertise: qua... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6753

Mac OS X Forum :: RE: Best font manager?

2007-10-31T01:26:00.001-04:00

Mac OS X Forum :: RE: Best font manager?
Hi criley, Welcome to the forums, interesting post. The problem (for me) is mainly that these fonts will need to be de-activated, or toggled back and forth on/off. I understand your point, but this would never work in my environment where we have at last count over 23, 000 fonts and about 7, 000 families many (different) but with same names from different customers and or foundries, some customized in fontographer by some retard designer or agency (). When I quit QuarkXpress, Illustrator, or InDesign, all fonts are immediately de-activated. ... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6763

title="Prepress Software :: RE: InDesign PDFs imported into Quark 4 crashing Quark on print">Prepress Software :: RE: InDesign PDFs imported into Quark 4 crashing Quark o...

2007-10-31T01:17:00.007-04:00

Prepress Software :: RE: Thread on adobe photoshop forums-photoshop vector type

2007-10-31T01:17:00.006-04:00

Mac OS X Forum :: RE: Best font manager?

2007-10-31T01:17:00.005-04:00

Prepress Software :: RE: Microsoft Excel .XLS file import issue in QuarkXPress

2007-10-31T01:17:00.003-04:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: text boxes and picture boxes in Quark 6

2007-10-31T01:17:00.001-04:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Corel Draw in Prepress Files, Graphic Design

2007-10-31T00:42:00.001-04:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Corel Draw in Prepress Files, Graphic Design
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Oluwafemi Ajagunjeun, glad you can join us. You will find a lot of people using a lot of programs. For me, and many people I know, here are the major programs I see daily. For layout, QuarkXPress and InDesign. For creative applications, like you would use CorelDraw, we see the majority in Abobe Illustrator and Freehand. With Adobe buying Freehand and not updating anything anymore, Freehand will be gone within the next year or so. And of course Photoshop, which is the only real program when it comes to a dot driven (raster) file. There are others out there, but for those "designers" out there, these are the ma... - Read More..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6735

Prepress Software :: How do you convert quark doc to pdf????

2007-10-31T00:40:00.000-04:00

Prepress Software :: How do you convert quark doc to pdf????
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Hi, Don't know if this works on a PC, but on a Mac you can simply go to File/Export/Layut as PDF. Clicking hte 'options' button allows you to change the PDF settings. Hopefully its the same! - Read More..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6740

RE: InDesign PDFs imported into Quark 4 crashing Quark on print">Prepress Software :: RE: InDesign PDFs imported into Quark crashing on Print

2007-10-30T10:18:00.004-04:00

RE: InDesign PDFs imported into Quark 4 crashing Quark on print
Hello Nitey, Man, This is a file war isn't it, strange deal and so mysterious.. if you told me that last paragraph first I would have just laughed. Not that a file name cant cause a problem, but those are all very legal and legitimate file names. As long as there is ONLY one PEERIOD, and all else is alpha-numeric, dash, or underscore, there <should> be no problem.. I personally will never use a space in an image file or PDF but many people do. I don't go fixing them when I see them or anything, just, if I ever save a file I never use a space, internet hab... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6744

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Corel Draw in Prepress Files, Graphic Design

2007-10-30T10:18:00.003-04:00

Graphic Design Forum :: RE: Corel Draw in Prepress Files, Graphic Design
Oluwafemi Ajagunjeun, glad you can join us. You will find a lot of people using a lot of programs. For me, and many people I know, here are the major programs I see daily. For layout, QuarkXPress and InDesign. For creative applications, like you would use CorelDraw, we see the majority in Abobe Illustrator and Freehand. With Adobe buying Freehand and not updating anything anymore, Freehand will be gone within the next year or so. And of course Photoshop, which is the only real program when it comes to a dot driven (raster) file. There are others out there, but for those "designers" out there, these are the ma... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6735

Prepress Software :: RE: how do you convert quark doc to pdf????

2007-10-30T10:18:00.001-04:00

Prepress Software :: RE: how do you convert quark doc to pdf????
Hi, Don't know if this works on a PC, but on a Mac you can simply go to File/Export/Layut as PDF. Clicking hte 'options' button allows you to change the PDF settings. Hopefully its the same! - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6740

Desktop Publishing :: RE: EPS problems converting from Quark 7 to 6

2007-10-29T06:59:00.008-04:00

Desktop Publishing :: RE: EPS problems converting from Quark 7 to 6
Yes, that's a major point that beermonster just made. Since we are speaking of converting docs between versions and even more of a nightmare, going backwards not forwards. Anytime you convert between versions it is of highest importance that all your links be updated and current, fonts all activated correctly, that a document is at its full integrity, THEN convert. To do so without having it COMPLETELY squared away will cause all kinds of stuff to go wrong. What beermonster brings up is a great diagnosis I think. If... that image was imported.... then resized, resaved, or edited... but was never updated.... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6709

Prepress Software :: RE: Quarkexpress 4 to PDF

2007-10-29T06:59:00.007-04:00

Prepress Software :: RE: Quarkexpress 4 to PDF
Hi guys, thanks for the advice but have been busy on other projects lately. My state of play: Have downloaded off adobe.com a driver called 'generic postscript printer', the only one I could find there. When I've seen my printer guy select his in quark it just says Adobe PS, does this mean there different? I looked for the printer destination folder but could not find anything like this, I'm using Vista, any clues? I did manage to get my hands on an english distiller and have created a 'watched folder', wohoo! So I'm sorry to say I'm still failing miserably, but not defeated! - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6713

Prepress Software :: RE: InDesign PDFs imported into Quark 4 crashing Quark on print">Prepress Software :: RE: InDesign PDFs imported into Quar

2007-10-29T06:59:00.005-04:00

title="Prepress Software :: RE: InDesign PDFs imported into Quark 4 crashing Quark on print">Prepress Software :: RE: InDesign PDFs imported into Quark 4 crashing Quark o...
Hi nitey4ever, ANY process you can dream up, I can automate for you. That includes using PDF optimizer, or EPS to PDF to Proof or whatever, all applications, any process. If you can map out and vette a process and workflow that will work, I can automate that. Most of the stuff we have talked about here can be done for a few hundred bucks by paypal. So, if you decide what would work nicely for you I can automate it in a few hours and your problems are solved for good. Let me know if you want to get it done professionally. Also, PDF/X-1a is pretty irrelevan... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6711

Prepress Software :: XLS file import issue in QuarkXPress

2007-10-29T06:59:00.003-04:00

Prepress Software :: XLS file import issue in QuarkXPress
First of all, I apologize if this topic already exists. I searched the forums for it, but I couldn-t find smth, so... I have a problem when importing xls datasheets in Quark. By copying them directly from Excel and then pasting into a picture frame in Quark, everything looks good. The problem comes when using the Distiller (or simply the Quark option to export as PDF) to make the pdf file from that layout. The Excel picture (tabel) only has the borders and text, no colors, no gray rasters, nothing, no fills. Anyone got a way around this? Software used: QuarkXPress 7... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6717

Prepress Software :: RE: Falling level of expertise in Graphic Arts, first post

2007-10-29T06:59:00.001-04:00

Prepress Software :: RE: Falling level of expertise in Graphic Arts, first post
I also took graphic communications when I was in high school doing a time share program with the county's vocational school. Yes, I'll admit I thought I could be a designer just because I could put a few graphics and text together. I never experienced a problem with printing to our Ricoh Laser printer. It was once I started working at a print shop that I became aware of production. I was shocked at not knowing a thing. The current IT guy quit after like one month. I had to figure out everything the hardway - Quark and Adobe Forums. I spent hours on those forums at once. Now those hours I don't t... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6707

Preflight Software :: RE: PDF Problem shifting in Quite Impose when Printed

2007-10-28T06:59:00.008-04:00

Preflight Software :: RE: PDF Problem shifting in Quite Impose when Printed
Hello, It sounds like your page size and page setup is not correct to the printers sheet size and file page size? You are simply printing this PDF to a printer by itself does it shift to the side? If you place it into Quark or InDesign will it shift when output? This sounds odd, without an actual copy of the file I can't think of what else to try. How much is it shifting and is it side & top, side & bottom, or just sideways. can you post or send a screen shot to demonstrate what exactly it's doing? Maybe could be more help if I couls really see a... - Read More at This Link..
http://software-robotics.com/graphic-design-prepress/viewtopic.php?p=6694

Desktop Publishing :: RE: EPS problems converting from Quark 7 to 6

2007-10-28T06:59:00.007-04:00