Prepress Equipment List

  

Electronic Prepress:
 Macintosh and PC

Applications:
Quark 6.5, 7.1
Illustrator CS3
Pagemaker 7
InDesign CS3
Photoshop CS3
Creative Suite 3
Freehand MX (Mac only)
Freehand 8 (PC only)
CorelDraw X3 (PC only)

RIP Station:
Creo Brisque 4 Impose
with 4 processors
Continuous tone RIP at 300 dpi
Linework RIP at 2400 dpi
Full imposition capabilities and trapping.

Proofing:

Creo Iris 43 Wide
digital inkjet proofer
Produces backed-up, full imposition proofs or single page proofs as needed. These are lo-res proofs for content, copy and position.

EPSON Stylus Pro 9600
digital inkjet proofer
Produces random colorproofs using DuPont Chromapro color management software. Media is 42" wide and variable length.

Traditional Proofing
conventional frame
Produces Dylux proofs (blueline) of existing or supplied film jobs.
Plating:

Screen PlateRite 8000
computer-to-plate
Uses Kodak Polychrome SWORD EXCEL plates to produce plates for both presses. Features a fail-safe laser-diode array. Output resolution is 2400 dpi. Faster plate throughput.

Traditional Plating
conventional frame
For conventional plating of supplied or standing negatives.

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