Recent content by Greg_Firestone

It’s 2016 and if you’re a printer or publisher who is not using an ink saving solution, you really need to ask yourself “Why?”. Saving ink is not a new concept and there have been several waves of technology and techniques over the years with each method improving upon the last. The most...

Hi billinxs, You may want to consider giving Canon a call directly. I had a Brother office printer that no matter what I did, the color output was pitiful. I gave their support a call and they recommended a few different settings which dramatically improved the color quality. These were...

Hi Alona, Short answer is no. Your monitor is RGB. CMYK refers to the printing colors Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. Take a look at this website: http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/color-management-printing.htm A monitor can be calibrated to give a better representation of the output, but...

Good luck! Might not be a bad idea to run through a calibration with it as well. Greg

The file may be outside the color gamut of the printer. Have you ever profiled the printer to understand which colors it can reproduce? If you did and you hve an ICC profile for it, you can preview it in Photoshop to see which colors are reproducible. Under View, set your proofing profile to be...

That's great! Glad you were able to speed things up. Greg

Then must be the RIP grinding away on the complex file... How long does it take to run the job compared to the raster file? >5 mins, >10 mins? You might be able to optimize the file ahead of time, however it's an additional process and could take time as well. Not sure how much of an impact it...

Hi Keith, That's correct, the flattening occurs when it's converted to PostScript via your Printer Driver. Could be the amount of time it takes to create the PS, times it takes for the RIP to process the complex file, or the amount of RAM on the printer slowing it down. The RIP (internal or...

Hi Kdw75, I have a bunch of questions to try to help figure out what's going on. You said the files were created in Photoshop. Are they all raster (no vector objects or live text)? Do the files have layers and transparency used? What's the physical size and resolution of the files? e.g. 11x17...

Contact the local rep. Send them test files and have them print it on the printer so you can see the actual quality. Greg

Hi 75DI, Is it average 270% or max 270%? This is a tricky one ... especially since none of your materials have changed and things used to work. Greg

Hi 75DI, Just wondering what the Total Ink Limit is on the artwork. It could be too much for the 70# stock. I believe the GRACoL ICC profile allows 320% max. Greg

I use serif Pageplus for a non-profit I work with. I'm not really a fan. It's easy to pick up but not nearly as powerful as InDesign. Greg

Hi Chaudoin, I'm sure people do, but it may not be very helpful. A lot will depend on the type of work you do. Preflight settings can be job specific (e.g. does the job have bleeds and crop marks?), related to press or substrate (e.g. ink coverage limit, warnings on small multi-color text), or...