From mkb1 at good-impressions.com Sat Sep 1 00:23:28 2007 From: mkb1 at good-impressions.com (Marian Bredin) Date: Fri Aug 31 23:24:49 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Off - Corporate spelling Bee In-Reply-To: <98f5b19a0708310902x4d633292j110969ad1fe3afc3@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <20070901032448.7F662B10488@rb.enter.net> >> Shouldn't that be "Proud Sponsre"? Or maybe "Proud Sponsor"? Marian Bredin Good Impressions Inc 325 W Washington Ave. Washington, NJ 07882 908-689-3071 Fax: 908-689-7369 http://www.good-impressions.com From braddpotter at juno.com Sat Sep 1 02:55:21 2007 From: braddpotter at juno.com (Brad D Potter) Date: Sat Sep 1 02:54:57 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] To pay or not to pay Message-ID: <20070831.235522.1432.3.braddpotter@juno.com> In the over all scheme of things the money is pocket change. The message of disciple without punishment (The pdf of the NAQP white paper is all over the net, I am sure it could be found easily) is that the employee IS valued and that you are not willing to accept substandard behavior. It is NOT about the stupid paycheck, it IS about sub standard performance. jmtymmv brad Printing Services www.myprintsource.net 3480 SE Bethel Road Port Orchard, Washington 98366 360.876.5350 voice 360.876.5615 fax > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I don't believe that getting paid for the day off is going to > drive home > the message that this is unacceptable behavior. It's more like a > reward. Any > time she wants time off with pay.....make a mistake If I got a day off with pay for every mistake I've made in typesetting I'd be retired. Printing Services www.myprintsource.net 3480 SE Bethel Road Port Orchard, Washington 98366 360.876.5350 voice 360.876.5615 fax From cpurvine1 at cox.net Sat Sep 1 12:21:33 2007 From: cpurvine1 at cox.net (Cora Purvine) Date: Sat Sep 1 12:21:33 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] To pay or not to pay In-Reply-To: <20070831.235522.1432.3.braddpotter@juno.com> References: <20070831.235522.1432.3.braddpotter@juno.com> Message-ID: <009d01c7ecb4$296016a0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> Brad, that would work with an employee that really wants the job, but some I have worked with would just laugh and say "whoopee, I got a day off and got paid ".It is a game with them to see how much they can get away with. My thought is that it depends on the employee, but the book that Paris wrote would take care of both situations wouldn't it Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz From mkb1 at good-impressions.com Sat Sep 1 13:39:22 2007 From: mkb1 at good-impressions.com (Marian Bredin) Date: Sat Sep 1 12:40:46 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] BNI questions In-Reply-To: <46D6A88D.30510.4FF45FA5@slb.inkspot.net> Message-ID: <20070901164045.CB27EB1ED79@rb.enter.net> Steve, I have belonged to BNI for 2 years and have found it more than pays for itself. I have BNI set up as a sales rep in PrintSmith so I can track sales. It's $12,575 this year through July. I have gotten 4 significant accounts (more than $3,000 per year) and several smaller ones. It is a commitment--weekly meeting at 7 a.m. and bring referrals. Our group (and I think most of them) is primarily small business, but the focus is not so much to sell to the group, as to sell to their sphere of influence. For example, I didn't expect much in the way of business from a Mary Kay rep, but she knows someone who works for a company that does big mailings. I think I have a good shot at landing that account. I would suggest going as a guest to see what you think. I really enjoy our group. I'd be glad to talk to you about it. Call me at 908-689-3071. Marian Marian Bredin Good Impressions Inc 325 W Washington Ave. Washington, NJ 07882 908-689-3071 Fax: 908-689-7369 http://www.good-impressions.com From dominick at fmtc.com Sat Sep 1 13:04:40 2007 From: dominick at fmtc.com (Dominick's Printing) Date: Sat Sep 1 13:05:13 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Shocking Prices Message-ID: <46D99BA8.1050904@fmtc.com> Wow! How far behind in lowering prices am I??? Quoted a 150 page (all fronts) 8.5 x 11 booklet, spiral bound, every page color photos, with clear covers, at $45 each. Used 29 cents per copy plus binding. Customer wanted 100 books. Job went to another "copier" company for a total of $20 per book. Allowing $2 for binding, that is 12 cents per color copy! I guess I don't want to work for that cheep. Your thoughts? Joe Dominick Dominick's Quality Printing 542 W. Idaho Avenue Ontario Oregon 97914 541.881.1121 Fax 541.881.1599 www.dominicksprinting.com dominick@fmtc.com Ontario's ONLY Authorized Adobe Service Provider Microsoft Publisher Files Welcome Here! From bbahn at creativeimaginginc.com Sat Sep 1 13:09:41 2007 From: bbahn at creativeimaginginc.com (Bernard Bahn) Date: Sat Sep 1 13:10:35 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Employment agency In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070831131746.0291eee8@192.168.1.1> Message-ID: It sounds like you hired the guy. I don't know what to say. You never signed anything, so I don't know what legal basis they have to collect money. Of course, that wouldn't prevent them from hounding you. These guys sound like crooks. Bernie Bahn | President | Creative Imaging Inc 1568 Fencorp Drive, STE. 200 | St. Louis MO 63026 Office 636-717-0690 ext 102 | Fax 636-717-0695 | bbahn@creativeimaginginc.com http://www.creativeimaginginc.com Xerox iGen3 on demand color printing and copying -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Brad Weston Sent: Friday, August 31, 2007 2:36 PM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] Employment agency ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** We have been trying to replace our "Operation/CSR Manager" who is retiring. We have never been successful with our local paper. We are to far a drive from the bigger cities (Sacramento & San Francisco) so we don't advertise in those papers. We have found some applicants on "Craig's List" so we put the job description there. I guess the employment agencies cruise these list all day long trying to put employees and employers together. In our situation an agency saw our ad looking for a "Operation/CSR Manager" and found an job seeker with 20 years experience in printing on "Career Builders" web site. He contacted the applicant to send him her resume, he put his name and company name at the top sent it to us and now wants 20% fee, about $9000 for the first years salary. This is my first experience with actually hiring some through an agency. What should I do about the $9000? Am I obligated? Do I negotiate? Thanks Brad Weston Auburn Printers 13020 Earhart Ave Auburn CA 95602 "Endurance Capitol of the World" 530-885-9674 Phone 530-885-6517 Fax <http://www.auburnprint.com/> _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.1/982 - Release Date: 8/31/2007 5:21 PM From mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com Sun Sep 2 19:07:02 2007 From: mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com (Michael Vogel) Date: Sun Sep 2 19:07:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Shocking Prices In-Reply-To: <46D99BA8.1050904@fmtc.com> References: <46D99BA8.1050904@fmtc.com> Message-ID: <98f5b19a0709021607t521f70d6sffdbcce353eb119f@mail.gmail.com> On 9/1/07, Dominick's Printing wrote: > > Wow! How far behind in lowering prices am I??? > > Quoted a 150 page (all fronts) 8.5 x 11 booklet, spiral bound, every > page color photos, with clear covers, at $45 each. Used 29 cents per > copy plus binding. > > Customer wanted 100 books. > > Job went to another "copier" company for a total of $20 per book. > Allowing $2 for binding, that is 12 cents per color copy! > > I guess I don't want to work for that cheep. Your thoughts? Joe, I think you have to look at it differently to determine the supposed undesirability of doing this job at a price like that. 100 books of 150 pages is 15,000 color pages. At the typical .06 (or less) click cost today, and assuming run 2-up, and assuming using a 60# opaque (which we use for highly competitive work unless something else is specifically requested), your cost be be .03/page(click) + .009/page(paper) x 15,000 = $585. 15,000 @ 0.12 = $1,800 for a 67.5% margin. 7,500 11x17 clicks / an average of 22/minute = 5.68 hours of run time. $1800-$585 = $1215 / 5.68 = $214/hour of margin. Unless your color printer work load is typically at capacity, why not? Greg W wrote; > At those prices, > they are clearly not making any kind of profit from it. Oh? Is there something wrong with my math? Greg wrote: > Stand firm. If you can't make any money on it, then you are a > "dead printer working" (taken from Crouser). Of course you shouldn't do work if you're only trading dollars, but that's hardly the case in your example. Stand firm on principles, but be pragmatic where profits are concerned. The margins may be less than typically desired, but the operative thought here is that we must be alert to price/value differentiation and of our ability to profitably sell at price points well below what we've grown accustomed to. Joe wrote: > I guess I don't want to work for that cheep. While I would not have quoted a price as low as the one that won this job, given the choice of doing the job at this price or not at all, and assuming I had the production capacity or sufficient time to find it, I'd be perfectly okay with working this "cheap." -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon From printian at gmail.com Mon Sep 3 06:38:25 2007 From: printian at gmail.com (Ian Franks) Date: Mon Sep 3 06:38:45 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Batch printing Message-ID: Hi I have just discovered the joys of batch printing in Acrobat. We had to print and staple 240 assessments for a customer what a pleasure. Are there more tricks like this? I did notice that you have set up the printer first as the default with the correct size. -- Regards Ian Franks Print Image 3 Corlett Drive, Illovo, JHB Ph 011 447 3133 Fax 011 447 0642 sales@printimage.co.za www.printimage.co.za From ep101 at technaprint.com Mon Sep 3 11:08:27 2007 From: ep101 at technaprint.com (Eric Pearson) Date: Mon Sep 3 11:08:53 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] To pay or not to pay In-Reply-To: Message-ID: > I figured it was better to be magnanimous and not have the added resentment > for not being paid a stumbling block in the possibility of changing the > behavior. Excellent decision! Eric Pearson President/C.E.O. ------------ TechnaPrint, Inc. 909 Garfield Street Eugene, OR 97402-2706 (541) 344-4062 (541) 344-1765 Fax ep101@technaprint.com www.technaprint.com From mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com Mon Sep 3 13:45:00 2007 From: mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com (Michael Vogel) Date: Mon Sep 3 13:45:22 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Shocking Prices In-Reply-To: References: <46D99BA8.1050904@fmtc.com> <98f5b19a0709021607t521f70d6sffdbcce353eb119f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <98f5b19a0709031045u9dc4996s438285249941c819@mail.gmail.com> On 8/31/07, Greg Weinfurter wrote: > > Sorry Mike, not all of us get .06 cents per click service. In my > rural area, and my volume, I unfortunately pay a much higher service > click. I do not have many options for service. I suppose if I was > in a larger area doing 50-100 thousand clicks per month, I could get > better service rates and justify buying a real work horse with .06 > cent rates as opposed to my Canon imagerunner 3200. If that's the case in your market, Greg, then I would guess you're not likely to run into 12-cent competition. (12 cents is an extremely low price anywhere, btw, particularly for the type of job described in this thread). > 12 cent color copies? With more and more hybrid copiers (black/ > color) getting in the average workplace, (offices, realtors, schools, > etc...) plus the machines getting cheaper and cheaper, the future for > color copies being profitable looks grim. Not necessarily. The market for color is continually expanding. You need to plan for the long-term: build volume (taking smaller margins if necessary) to put yourself in the position of being able to justify equipment that will lower your cost of production, so you can sell at competitive prices while still making a fair profit. The low-cost producer has the competitive advantage (without having to give up the highest selling prices available in the market). Conversely, you need to have the capability to be able to seek work that is not easily produced on hybrid office printers: VDP, mailing services, document management, niche solutions, etc. The free market will automatically move in the direction of commoditization, and it doesn't help to complain about those who can sell at a lower price and still make a profit. The challenge is to keep commoditization at bay by adapting and seeking new revenue streams. In my example, I was only trying to point out how plausible it is to be able to sell at a very low price and still make a profit. YMMV, but it needs to move in that direction to remain viable. -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon From tstrickland at studiodesignsprinting.com Tue Sep 4 09:39:31 2007 From: tstrickland at studiodesignsprinting.com (tstrickland@studiodesignsprinting.com) Date: Tue Sep 4 09:39:49 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] music on hold References: <46D99BA8.1050904@fmtc.com><98f5b19a0709021607t521f70d6sffdbcce353eb119f@mail.gmail.com> <98f5b19a0709031045u9dc4996s438285249941c819@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <005401c7eef9$06ccf030$0400a8c0@TravisComp> We currently subscribe to Mike Stevens marketing package that includes a CD with music on hold. We've been mailing the same package for some time and are looking to switch to another package soon. We like the CD but they do not offer the music on hold CD by itself (I've asked several times). Do any of you use another supplier where I might could find other good on-hold advertisements? Thanks, Travis Travis Strickland Studio Designs Printing Milledgeville, GA 31061 From cahill at bizprint.com Tue Sep 4 10:02:34 2007 From: cahill at bizprint.com (Cahill@bizprint.com) Date: Tue Sep 4 10:01:54 2007 Subject: Spam:********, [PrintOwners] music on hold In-Reply-To: <005401c7eef9$06ccf030$0400a8c0@TravisComp> Message-ID: We use the on hold experience. You can call us and we will put you on hold if you want a sample. onhold@pacbell.net -- Cahill Jones BizPrint Boise, Idaho > From: > Reply-To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > > Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2007 09:39:31 -0400 > To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > > Subject: Spam:********, [PrintOwners] music on hold > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > We currently subscribe to Mike Stevens marketing package that includes a CD > with music on hold. We've been mailing the same package for some time and are > looking to switch to another package soon. We like the CD but they do not > offer the music on hold CD by itself (I've asked several times). Do any of you > use another supplier where I might could find other good on-hold > advertisements? > > Thanks, > Travis > > Travis Strickland > Studio Designs Printing > Milledgeville, GA 31061 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From pressexpress at bfm.org Tue Sep 4 10:32:29 2007 From: pressexpress at bfm.org (Greg Weinfurter) Date: Tue Sep 4 10:34:07 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] music on hold In-Reply-To: <005401c7eef9$06ccf030$0400a8c0@TravisComp> References: <46D99BA8.1050904@fmtc.com><98f5b19a0709021607t521f70d6sffdbcce353eb119f@mail.gmail.com> <98f5b19a0709031045u9dc4996s438285249941c819@mail.gmail.com> <005401c7eef9$06ccf030$0400a8c0@TravisComp> Message-ID: <6AB856E8-61E5-4CA4-A371-76A784B81E42@bfm.org> National Telephone Message Corp. 800-789-4619 Write your own script. Choose male/female voice, choice of background music, etc. Holiday specials as well. Couple hundred bucks. Greg On Sep 4, 2007, at 8:39 AM, wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > We currently subscribe to Mike Stevens marketing package that > includes a CD with music on hold. We've been mailing the same > package for some time and are looking to switch to another package > soon. We like the CD but they do not offer the music on hold CD by > itself (I've asked several times). Do any of you use another > supplier where I might could find other good on-hold advertisements? > > Thanks, > Travis > > Travis Strickland > Studio Designs Printing > Milledgeville, GA 31061 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners Greg Weinfurter Press Express 1869 N. Stevens St. Rhinelander, WI 54501 Phone 715-362-2828 Fax 715-369-2828 info@pressexpress.org From kirk at centralmichigangraphics.com Tue Sep 4 11:51:10 2007 From: kirk at centralmichigangraphics.com (Kirk Squiers) Date: Tue Sep 4 11:51:24 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] music on hold Message-ID: <5251CFF745ED1F4786517DE164D258B111D363@fpserver.FP.local> www.holdplus.com Kirk K. Squiers Central Michigan Graphics 1200 E. Oakland Lansing, Michigan 48906 www.centralmichigangraphics.com 517-230-8600 kirk@centralmichigangraphics.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of tstrickland@studiodesignsprinting.com Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 9:40 AM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: [PrintOwners] music on hold ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** We currently subscribe to Mike Stevens marketing package that includes a CD with music on hold. We've been mailing the same package for some time and are looking to switch to another package soon. We like the CD but they do not offer the music on hold CD by itself (I've asked several times). Do any of you use another supplier where I might could find other good on-hold advertisements? Thanks, Travis Travis Strickland Studio Designs Printing Milledgeville, GA 31061 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From paula at curryprint.com Tue Sep 4 12:10:00 2007 From: paula at curryprint.com (Paula Smith) Date: Tue Sep 4 12:13:48 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] music on hold In-Reply-To: <005401c7eef9$06ccf030$0400a8c0@TravisComp> References: <46D99BA8.1050904@fmtc.com><98f5b19a0709021607t521f70d6sffdbcce353eb119f@mail.gmail.com><98f5b19a0709031045u9dc4996s438285249941c819@mail.gmail.com> <005401c7eef9$06ccf030$0400a8c0@TravisComp> Message-ID: <00de01c7ef0e$0ca26b60$9701a8c0@curry.local> We've been happy with : Kaptivaad 1-800-959-9541 Ask for Johnny Katof Paula Smith Curry Printing & Copy Center 314 North Charles Street Baltimore, Maryland 21201 410.685.2679 410.685.1018 fax www.curryprint.com paula@curryprint.com "IMPOSSIBLE DEADLINES MET" > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners- > bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of tstrickland@studiodesignsprinting.com > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 9:40 AM > To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > Subject: [PrintOwners] music on hold > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > We currently subscribe to Mike Stevens marketing package that includes a > CD with music on hold. We've been mailing the same package for some time > and are looking to switch to another package soon. We like the CD but they > do not offer the music on hold CD by itself (I've asked several times). Do > any of you use another supplier where I might could find other good on- > hold advertisements? > > Thanks, > Travis > > Travis Strickland > Studio Designs Printing > Milledgeville, GA 31061 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From slb at inkspot.net Tue Sep 4 14:52:40 2007 From: slb at inkspot.net (Steve Blatman) Date: Tue Sep 4 14:53:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Off - Corporate spelling Bee In-Reply-To: <00ba01c7ebe2$01df0dc0$059d2940$@com> Message-ID: <46DD7138.17686.6A743B81@slb.inkspot.net> It's no big deal, John--just quote Mark Twain at 'em. I don't see any use in having a uniform and arbitrary way of spelling words. We might as well make all clothes alike and cook all dishes alike. Sameness is tiresome; variety is pleasing. I have a correspondent whose letters are always a refreshment to me, there is such a breezy unfettered originality about his orthography. He always spells Kow with a large K. Now that is just as good as to spell it with a small one. It is better. It gives the imagination a broader field, a wider scope. It suggests to the mind a grand, vague, impressive new kind of a cow. ...simplified spelling is all right, but, like chastity, you can carry it too far. I have had an aversion to good spelling for sixty years and more, merely for the reason that when I was a boy there was not a thing I could do creditably except spell according to the book. It was a poor and mean distinction and I early learned to disenjoy it. I suppose that this is because the ability to spell correctly is a talent, not an acquirement. There is some dignity about an acquirement, because it is a product of your own labor. It is wages earned, whereas to be able to do a thing merely by the grace of God and not by your own effort transfers the distinction to our heavenly home--where possibly it is a matter of pride and satisfaction but it leaves you naked and bankrupt. I never had any large respect for good spelling. That is my feeling yet. Before the spelling-book came with its arbitrary forms, men unconsciously revealed shades of their characters and also added enlightening shades of expression to what they wrote by their spelling, and so it is possible that the spelling-book has been a doubtful benevolence to us. ...ours is a mongrel language which started with a child's vocabulary of three hundred words, and now consists of two hundred and twenty- five thousand; the whole lot, with the exception of the original and legitimate three hundred, borrowed, stolen, smouched from every unwatched language under the sun, the spelling of each individual word of the lot locating the source of the theft and preserving the memory of the revered crime. --Steve > > Mitchell Printing is proud to be a sponsor of the 2nd annual Trinity > Catholic School Corporate spelling Bee. > > I had to send this as I know John Stewart would be proud of me, no I do not > compete, the kids at the school do > > I am pretty sure if I did compete I can take any of the first graders, not > sure any of the higher grades... Forget the 5th graders. > > John M. Henry > Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company > 125-129 East First Street > Oswego, New York 13126 > (315) 343-3531 > (315) 343-3577 Fax > www.mpcny.com > John@mpcny.com > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.484 / Virus Database: 269.13.0/980 - Release Date: 8/30/2007 > 6:05 PM > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > __________ NOD32 2493 (20070831) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > Steve Blatman Ink Spot Printing & Copy Center, Inc. 14 Church Road, Frazer, PA 19355 USA Tel: 610-647-0776 Fax: 610-647-4560 From bob at quickerprinter.com Tue Sep 4 14:57:29 2007 From: bob at quickerprinter.com (R Lavarnway) Date: Tue Sep 4 14:58:19 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] music on hold References: <46D99BA8.1050904@fmtc.com><98f5b19a0709021607t521f70d6sffdbcce353eb119f@mail.gmail.com><98f5b19a0709031045u9dc4996s438285249941c819@mail.gmail.com> <005401c7eef9$06ccf030$0400a8c0@TravisComp> Message-ID: <004301c7ef25$72ee5980$6701a8c0@pc3> If you really like the CD, it's probably worth the price of the entire package by itself. If you're paying for multiple zips, start subscribing to just one. Bob LaVarnway QP Printing and Mailing Elmira, NY 14901 607-734-8955 ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only" Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 8:39 AM Subject: [PrintOwners] music on hold ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** We currently subscribe to Mike Stevens marketing package that includes a CD with music on hold. We've been mailing the same package for some time and are looking to switch to another package soon. We like the CD but they do not offer the music on hold CD by itself (I've asked several times). Do any of you use another supplier where I might could find other good on-hold advertisements? Thanks, Travis Travis Strickland Studio Designs Printing Milledgeville, GA 31061 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From bill at mauiprintworks.com Tue Sep 4 15:42:24 2007 From: bill at mauiprintworks.com (Maui Print Works) Date: Tue Sep 4 15:42:51 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Shocking Prices In-Reply-To: <46D99BA8.1050904@fmtc.com> References: <46D99BA8.1050904@fmtc.com> Message-ID: <065b52962ee4bf73254e28663fb31708@mauiprintworks.com> I just did a similar job to that. When I re-adjust pages and quantity to your specs. I come to $40 per book. I would say the other shop bid way too low, possibly wrong specs. Any way to find out if the customer got what they wanted? Bill Marsh Maui Print Works 70 Central Ave., Wailuku, HI 96793 (808)242-6634 Fax (808)242-8967 bill@mauiprintworks.com www. mauiprintworks.com > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Wow! How far behind in lowering prices am I??? > > Quoted a 150 page (all fronts) 8.5 x 11 booklet, spiral bound, every > page color photos, with clear covers, at $45 each. Used 29 cents per > copy plus binding. > > Customer wanted 100 books. > Job went to another "copier" company for a total of $20 per book. > Allowing $2 for binding, that is 12 cents per color copy! > > I guess I don't want to work for that cheep. Your thoughts? > > Joe Dominick > > Dominick's Quality Printing > 542 W. Idaho Avenue > Ontario Oregon 97914 > 541.881.1121 > Fax 541.881.1599 > www.dominicksprinting.com > dominick@fmtc.com From ep101 at technaprint.com Tue Sep 4 16:05:55 2007 From: ep101 at technaprint.com (Eric Pearson) Date: Tue Sep 4 16:06:12 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] music on hold In-Reply-To: <005401c7eef9$06ccf030$0400a8c0@TravisComp> Message-ID: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > We currently subscribe to Mike Stevens marketing package that includes a CD > with music on hold. We've been mailing the same package for some time and are > looking to switch to another package soon. We like the CD but they do not > offer the music on hold CD by itself (I've asked several times). Do any of you > use another supplier where I might could find other good on-hold > advertisements? > Thanks for Holding Michael Newman 800-758-0035 or 541-344-4636 Michael is located here in Eugene. They do a great job. Very nice staff. Eric Pearson President/C.E.O. ------------ TechnaPrint, Inc. 909 Garfield Street Eugene, OR 97402-2706 (541) 344-4062 (541) 344-1765 Fax ep101@technaprint.com www.technaprint.com From sciesemier at pagepath.com Tue Sep 4 16:52:20 2007 From: sciesemier at pagepath.com (Steve Ciesemier) Date: Tue Sep 4 16:52:04 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] PagePath, a US President, Oprah help a charity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Friday evening we were informed that a charity PagePath has helped over the years would be featured on the Oprah show today. If you are tired of the same old scandals and violence in the news and want to hear a very moving story of how one kid (my niece) can do a LOT of good for others, this is a good one. You can visit her website (or even make a donation) here: http://www.KidsCaring4Kids.org The Oprah show info is here http://tinyurl.com/22zajr Local listings here: http://tinyurl.com/m783d The charity, KidsCaring4Kids.org, was started by a grade school girl to help orphans impacted by AIDS. She herself has been critically ill, and undergone two transplants in her short life. Now a freshman in high school, despite ongoing health complications she continues raising money to help other kids. On Friday, she got a big shock. A President of the United States arrived at her school with the secret service. No one knew what all the black limos where about. It was quite a mystery with lots of speculation. An impromptu school assembly was held, and the President was introduced to much surprise and excitement. While speaking about the importance of public service, he called this girl up on stage and then told her he had a friend who wanted to meet her: Oprah. He then whisked her away to the Oprah show with him! More surprises awaited her on the show. With 30 million viewers, they had concerns about what would happen to the website we created for her. The timing was obviously bad for us, a holiday weekend with many people gone. Regardless, we got the right people together and did one of those "instant" makeover's you see on TV. PagePath employees like Joe Kern donated a huge amount of their weekend customizing and updating the website. We had three days to do it before the show aired (today). Keep in mind that a typical website hosted by someone like "GoDaddy" and the like can withstand something like 150 simultaneous visitors (hits) at a time. Person 151 gets "page not found"! Ugh. So besides redoing the website, we wanted to make sure we could do a LOT better at handling traffic than most websites. When faced by a possible Tsunami of people hitting a web site, extra load balancing hardware and very beefy servers are required. Needless to say, her website has it. Her site will handle up to 9,000 simultaneous visitors/second. It can burn "e-rubber"! -Steve P.S. I know everyone has opinions about past Presidents, but whether Republican or Democrat, when they help raise money for charity they are doing good. *********************************************************** Steve Ciesemier PagePath Technologies, Inc. 13 East Main Street Plano, IL 60545-1521 Phone & Fax: 630-689-4112 mailto:SCiesemier@pagepath.com http://www.pagepath.com MyOrderDesk - named Product of the Year by PrintImage International & Best of Breed by Xerox MyOrderDesk - Snag-Free print ready files, no matter the size. Eliminate frustration, spend more time winning & keeping customers, improve your profits. *********************************************************** From dominick at fmtc.com Tue Sep 4 17:01:29 2007 From: dominick at fmtc.com (Dominick's Printing) Date: Tue Sep 4 17:01:50 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Shocking Prices In-Reply-To: <98f5b19a0709021607t521f70d6sffdbcce353eb119f@mail.gmail.com> References: <46D99BA8.1050904@fmtc.com> <98f5b19a0709021607t521f70d6sffdbcce353eb119f@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <46DDC7A9.4040707@fmtc.com> Very good post Michael, I appreciate the full break out. I will take a look at the job this way, and see how my "shop" prices would have worked. As for the finished produce - Very Nice! Printer used 60# offsett, good quality cover, and spiral bound. The customer burned DVD's at home, and added to the booklet, all for a total price of $20 each. Thanks again, some thinking to do. Joe Dominick Dominick's Quality Printing 542 W. Idaho Avenue Ontario Oregon 97914 541.881.1121 Fax 541.881.1599 www.dominicksprinting.com dominick@fmtc.com Ontario's ONLY Authorized Adobe Service Provider Microsoft Publisher Files Welcome Here! Michael Vogel wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > On 9/1/07, Dominick's Printing wrote: > >> Wow! How far behind in lowering prices am I??? >> >> Quoted a 150 page (all fronts) 8.5 x 11 booklet, spiral bound, every >> page color photos, with clear covers, at $45 each. Used 29 cents per >> copy plus binding. >> >> Customer wanted 100 books. >> >> Job went to another "copier" company for a total of $20 per book. >> Allowing $2 for binding, that is 12 cents per color copy! >> >> I guess I don't want to work for that cheep. Your thoughts? >> > > Joe, > I think you have to look at it differently to determine the supposed > undesirability of doing this job at a price like that. > 100 books of 150 pages is 15,000 color pages. > At the typical .06 (or less) click cost today, and assuming run 2-up, > and assuming using a 60# opaque (which we use for highly competitive > work unless something else is specifically requested), your cost be be > .03/page(click) + .009/page(paper) x 15,000 = $585. 15,000 @ 0.12 = > $1,800 for a 67.5% margin. > 7,500 11x17 clicks / an average of 22/minute = 5.68 hours of run time. > $1800-$585 = $1215 / 5.68 = $214/hour of margin. > > Unless your color printer work load is typically at capacity, why not? > > > From brianoday at eprint.us Tue Sep 4 17:02:16 2007 From: brianoday at eprint.us (Brian O'Day) Date: Tue Sep 4 17:02:45 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] PagePath, a US President, Oprah help a charity In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <008c01c7ef36$e051acf0$6c01a8c0@Brian> SO let me guess which president "W" Brian O'Day ePrint Portland, Oregon brianoday@eprint.us 503-684-2679 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Steve Ciesemier Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 1:52 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: [PrintOwners] PagePath, a US President, Oprah help a charity ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** On Friday evening we were informed that a charity PagePath has helped over the years would be featured on the Oprah show today. If you are tired of the same old scandals and violence in the news and want to hear a very moving story of how one kid (my niece) can do a LOT of good for others, this is a good one. You can visit her website (or even make a donation) here: http://www.KidsCaring4Kids.org The Oprah show info is here http://tinyurl.com/22zajr Local listings here: http://tinyurl.com/m783d The charity, KidsCaring4Kids.org, was started by a grade school girl to help orphans impacted by AIDS. She herself has been critically ill, and undergone two transplants in her short life. Now a freshman in high school, despite ongoing health complications she continues raising money to help other kids. On Friday, she got a big shock. A President of the United States arrived at her school with the secret service. No one knew what all the black limos where about. It was quite a mystery with lots of speculation. An impromptu school assembly was held, and the President was introduced to much surprise and excitement. While speaking about the importance of public service, he called this girl up on stage and then told her he had a friend who wanted to meet her: Oprah. He then whisked her away to the Oprah show with him! More surprises awaited her on the show. With 30 million viewers, they had concerns about what would happen to the website we created for her. The timing was obviously bad for us, a holiday weekend with many people gone. Regardless, we got the right people together and did one of those "instant" makeover's you see on TV. PagePath employees like Joe Kern donated a huge amount of their weekend customizing and updating the website. We had three days to do it before the show aired (today). Keep in mind that a typical website hosted by someone like "GoDaddy" and the like can withstand something like 150 simultaneous visitors (hits) at a time. Person 151 gets "page not found"! Ugh. So besides redoing the website, we wanted to make sure we could do a LOT better at handling traffic than most websites. When faced by a possible Tsunami of people hitting a web site, extra load balancing hardware and very beefy servers are required. Needless to say, her website has it. Her site will handle up to 9,000 simultaneous visitors/second. It can burn "e-rubber"! -Steve P.S. I know everyone has opinions about past Presidents, but whether Republican or Democrat, when they help raise money for charity they are doing good. *********************************************************** Steve Ciesemier PagePath Technologies, Inc. 13 East Main Street Plano, IL 60545-1521 Phone & Fax: 630-689-4112 mailto:SCiesemier@pagepath.com http://www.pagepath.com MyOrderDesk - named Product of the Year by PrintImage International & Best of Breed by Xerox MyOrderDesk - Snag-Free print ready files, no matter the size. Eliminate frustration, spend more time winning & keeping customers, improve your profits. *********************************************************** _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From acepm2 at gmail.com Tue Sep 4 17:22:04 2007 From: acepm2 at gmail.com (Thom Gulyas) Date: Tue Sep 4 17:22:21 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] PagePath, a US President, Oprah help a charity In-Reply-To: <008c01c7ef36$e051acf0$6c01a8c0@Brian> References: <008c01c7ef36$e051acf0$6c01a8c0@Brian> Message-ID: Actually Brian, it is one of "yours" that was there! HA! Great job Steve!!!! Glad to see you guys could pull this off so quickly. Give us an idea of the number of hits within the past week or month, as compared to during and after the show today. I would just like to see how many folks visited. If it is not asking too much, give us an idea on how the fundraising went as well. Keep up that great work!!! Thom Gulyas ACE Printing & Mailing Berlin, Maryland 21811 On 9/4/07, Brian O'Day wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > SO let me guess which president "W" > > Brian O'Day > ePrint > Portland, Oregon > brianoday@eprint.us > 503-684-2679 > > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Steve Ciesemier > Sent: Tuesday, September 04, 2007 1:52 PM > To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > Subject: [PrintOwners] PagePath, a US President, Oprah help a charity > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > On Friday evening we were informed that a charity PagePath has helped > over the years would be featured on the Oprah show today. > > If you are tired of the same old scandals and violence in the news and > want to hear a very moving story of how one kid (my niece) can do a LOT > of good for others, this is a good one. > > You can visit her website (or even make a donation) here: > http://www.KidsCaring4Kids.org > > The Oprah show info is here http://tinyurl.com/22zajr > > Local listings here: http://tinyurl.com/m783d > > The charity, KidsCaring4Kids.org, was started by a grade school girl to > help orphans impacted by AIDS. She herself has been critically ill, and > undergone two transplants in her short life. Now a freshman in high > school, despite ongoing health complications she continues raising money > to help other kids. > > On Friday, she got a big shock. A President of the United States arrived > at her school with the secret service. No one knew what all the black > limos where about. It was quite a mystery with lots of speculation. An > impromptu school assembly was held, and the President was introduced to > much surprise and excitement. While speaking about the importance of > public service, he called this girl up on stage and then told her he had > a friend who wanted to meet her: Oprah. He then whisked her away to the > Oprah show with him! More surprises awaited her on the show. > > With 30 million viewers, they had concerns about what would happen to > the website we created for her. > > The timing was obviously bad for us, a holiday weekend with many people > gone. Regardless, we got the right people together and did one of those > "instant" makeover's you see on TV. PagePath employees like Joe Kern > donated a huge amount of their weekend customizing and updating the > website. We had three days to do it before the show aired (today). > > Keep in mind that a typical website hosted by someone like "GoDaddy" and > the like can withstand something like 150 simultaneous visitors (hits) > at a time. Person 151 gets "page not found"! Ugh. > > So besides redoing the website, we wanted to make sure we could do a LOT > better at handling traffic than most websites. When faced by a possible > Tsunami of people hitting a web site, extra load balancing hardware and > very beefy servers are required. Needless to say, her website has it. > Her site will handle up to 9,000 simultaneous visitors/second. It can > burn "e-rubber"! > > -Steve > > P.S. I know everyone has opinions about past Presidents, but whether > Republican or Democrat, when they help raise money for charity they are > doing good. > > *********************************************************** > Steve Ciesemier > PagePath Technologies, Inc. > 13 East Main Street > Plano, IL 60545-1521 > > Phone & Fax: 630-689-4112 > mailto:SCiesemier@pagepath.com > http://www.pagepath.com > > MyOrderDesk - named Product of the Year by PrintImage International & > Best of Breed by Xerox > MyOrderDesk - Snag-Free print ready files, no matter the size. Eliminate > frustration, spend more time winning & keeping customers, improve your > profits. > *********************************************************** > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > -- Thom Gulyas ACE Printing & Mailing Berlin, Maryland 21811 www.acepm.com From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Tue Sep 4 17:25:03 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Tue Sep 4 17:24:13 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Shocking Prices In-Reply-To: <46DDC7A9.4040707@fmtc.com> References: <46D99BA8.1050904@fmtc.com> <98f5b19a0709021607t521f70d6sffdbcce353eb119f@mail.gmail.com> <46DDC7A9.4040707@fmtc.com> Message-ID: I've tortured myself with this kind of stuff too. A larger shop with more capacity can take on that kind of job without feeling a lull in production elsewhere. I can't afford to divert my attention for that small a margin. I don't go under $0.29 unless its a personal favor, in which case I'll usually do it for free. Our prices are very competitive, but they have to be fair to us and our customers. If you focus on customers who are willing to spend money for a better product and better service, you'll find yourself working less AND making more money. Regards, Borzou -------------- next part -------------- www.falconprintandcopy.com t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 On Sep 4, 2007, at 5:01 PM, Dominick's Printing wrote: ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Very good post Michael, I appreciate the full break out. I will take a look at the job this way, and see how my "shop" prices would have worked. As for the finished produce - Very Nice! Printer used 60# offsett, good quality cover, and spiral bound. The customer burned DVD's at home, and added to the booklet, all for a total price of $20 each. Thanks again, some thinking to do. Joe Dominick Dominick's Quality Printing 542 W. Idaho Avenue Ontario Oregon 97914 541.881.1121 Fax 541.881.1599 www.dominicksprinting.com dominick@fmtc.com Ontario's ONLY Authorized Adobe Service Provider Microsoft Publisher Files Welcome Here! Michael Vogel wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > On 9/1/07, Dominick's Printing wrote: > >> Wow! How far behind in lowering prices am I??? >> >> Quoted a 150 page (all fronts) 8.5 x 11 booklet, spiral bound, every >> page color photos, with clear covers, at $45 each. Used 29 cents per >> copy plus binding. >> >> Customer wanted 100 books. >> >> Job went to another "copier" company for a total of $20 per book. >> Allowing $2 for binding, that is 12 cents per color copy! >> >> I guess I don't want to work for that cheep. Your thoughts? >> > > Joe, > I think you have to look at it differently to determine the supposed > undesirability of doing this job at a price like that. > 100 books of 150 pages is 15,000 color pages. > At the typical .06 (or less) click cost today, and assuming run 2-up, > and assuming using a 60# opaque (which we use for highly competitive > work unless something else is specifically requested), your cost be be > .03/page(click) + .009/page(paper) x 15,000 = $585. 15,000 @ 0.12 = > $1,800 for a 67.5% margin. > 7,500 11x17 clicks / an average of 22/minute = 5.68 hours of run time. > $1800-$585 = $1215 / 5.68 = $214/hour of margin. > > Unless your color printer work load is typically at capacity, why not? > > > _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From bradw at auburnprint.com Sat Sep 1 02:45:03 2007 From: bradw at auburnprint.com (Brad Weston) Date: Tue Sep 4 17:27:50 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] QM 46 Revisited Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20070831232537.04c8b788@192.168.1.1> We are going to Graph Expo next week and one of my task is to negotiate with Heidelberg an Quickmaster 46-2 color press. We have a 5-color Komori for most of our 4 color work. We have no digital. My production manager and my estimator have some concerns, they come from the "T-51" and direct feed "AB Dick 360" generation. Please help with the questions below. Will it print pleasing 4 color? Do you print 1 color at a time with process work? How is the registration on a 11 x 17? With 1/2 point trap do we get ink contamination with common blanket? Does the direct feed give you any problems? Thanks Brad Weston Auburn Printers 13020 Earhart Ave Auburn CA 95602 "Endurance Capitol of the World" 530-885-9674 Phone 530-885-6517 Fax <http://www.auburnprint.com/> From sciesemier at pagepath.com Tue Sep 4 17:40:13 2007 From: sciesemier at pagepath.com (Steve Ciesemier) Date: Tue Sep 4 17:40:04 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] PagePath, a US President, Oprah help a charity In-Reply-To: References: <008c01c7ef36$e051acf0$6c01a8c0@Brian> Message-ID: > If it is not asking too much, give us an idea on how the fundraising went Well, she got a $500,000 donation from an anonymous donor while on the show. That's pretty amazing. She's now half way to her new goal of $1 million! She's been to sick to enjoy the spotlight, though you would never know it by looking at her. She hides it well. -Steve *********************************************************** Steve Ciesemier PagePath Technologies, Inc. 13 East Main Street Plano, IL 60545-1521 Phone & Fax: 630-689-4112 mailto:SCiesemier@pagepath.com http://www.pagepath.com MyOrderDesk - named Product of the Year by PrintImage International & Best of Breed by Xerox *********************************************************** From greg at ajprinting.com Tue Sep 4 17:40:31 2007 From: greg at ajprinting.com (Greg Johnston) Date: Tue Sep 4 17:41:41 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] QM 46 Revisited In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070831232537.04c8b788@192.168.1.1> References: <6.0.0.22.2.20070831232537.04c8b788@192.168.1.1> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20070904143306.03558390@ajprinting.com> See answers below after your questions. We love our 2006 46-2. It's an amazing piece of equipment. A real workhorse. At 11:45 PM 8/31/2007, Brad Weston wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >We are going to Graph Expo next week and one of my task is to >negotiate with Heidelberg an Quickmaster 46-2 color press. We have a >5-color Komori for most of our 4 color work. We have no digital. >My production manager and my estimator have some concerns, they come >from the "T-51" and direct feed "AB Dick 360" generation. >Please help with the questions below. > >Will it print pleasing 4 color? Yes we do it all the time with >amazing results >Do you print 1 color at a time with process work? No 2 >How is the registration on a 11 x 17? Excellent >With 1/2 point trap do we get ink contamination with common blanket? >Trapping doesn't play a part when you're talking about >contamination. The length of the run and if you have haevy solids >will play a big part. If you have long runs 5K and up you'll get ink >migration probably. >Does the direct feed give you any problems? not for us. Registration >is good and we also print process on converted envelopes with great sucess. Hope this helps >Thanks >Brad Weston >Auburn Printers >13020 Earhart Ave >Auburn CA 95602 >"Endurance Capitol of the World" > >530-885-9674 Phone >530-885-6517 Fax ><http://www.auburnprint.com/> >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners Greg Johnston AJ Printing & Graphics 1350 Central Ave #1 Santa Rosa CA 95401 707.525.8600 Fax 707.525.8923 www.ajprinting.com e-mail: greg@ajprinting.com Ask me about how I can help you build your business with our direct mailing services for your marketing needs Authorized Adobe Service Provider Quark Authorized Output Provider From mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com Tue Sep 4 17:55:16 2007 From: mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com (Michael Vogel) Date: Tue Sep 4 17:55:33 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Shocking Prices In-Reply-To: References: <46D99BA8.1050904@fmtc.com> <98f5b19a0709021607t521f70d6sffdbcce353eb119f@mail.gmail.com> <46DDC7A9.4040707@fmtc.com> Message-ID: <98f5b19a0709041455s4b57d62cxed574956529cf8b1@mail.gmail.com> On 9/4/07, Borzou Azabdaftari wrote: > > I've tortured myself with this kind of stuff too. A larger shop with > more capacity can take on that kind of job without feeling a lull in > production elsewhere. I can't afford to divert my attention for that > small a margin. I don't go under $0.29 unless its a personal favor, > in which case I'll usually do it for free. Our prices are very > competitive, but they have to be fair to us and our customers. If > you focus on customers who are willing to spend money for a better > product and better service, you'll find yourself working less AND > making more money. You don't sign your posts, Borzou, so we cannot know where you are and in what kind of market. But, while 29 cents is often a good price, in many markets, it would not be a competitive price for high volumes of clicks. And if you'll take note of my numbers, you can still make plenty of money at prices below your current minimum. Obviously, if you can sell all your capacity at higher prices, there is no need to lower them. But if you've often got a bunch of excess machine time... By all means, focus on customers who will pay for added value; just be open to giving up some margin to be able to sell a greater percentage of your capacity. You *can* burn this particular candle at both ends. And please add your signature (company name and location) to your posts, so we all know who we're talking to and where you are. -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon From ssheers at sheergraphics.com Tue Sep 4 18:34:09 2007 From: ssheers at sheergraphics.com (Simon Sheers) Date: Tue Sep 4 18:29:11 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] QM 46 Revisited In-Reply-To: <20070904214141.1A305B35A83@rb.enter.net> References: <20070904214141.1A305B35A83@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: > We are going to Graph Expo next week and one of my task is to > negotiate with Heidelberg an Quickmaster 46-2 color press. We have a > 5-color Komori for most of our 4 color work. We have no digital. > My production manager and my estimator have some concerns, they come > from the "T-51" and direct feed "AB Dick 360" generation. > Please help with the questions below. > > Will it print pleasing 4 color? A: Yes, but if you have a 5 color Komori why try on a machine not designed for 4 color process? > Do you print 1 color at a time with process work? A: Often, no. Sometimes, yes. Depends on the run length or the tonal flavor of the picture. We print a lot of flesh and fabric tones. > How is the registration on a 11 x 17? A: Some minor tail whip, depending on the stock and operator skill. With trapping of spot colors, it's not an issue, but 4 color process dots should be accurately placed. > With 1/2 point trap do we get ink contamination with common blanket? A: Yes. Reduced by changing the ink tack. But sometimes we run the paper through twice or stop and clean the blanket periodically. > Does the direct feed give you any problems? A: Not me! For I've never run a press. The operator has problems with very smooth coated text weight papers, typically from the orient, that do not want to separate despite many cubic feet per minute of blasted air, Bounce sheets, humidity, powdered edges and coarse language. It's like trying to pry apart two sheets of float glass, they're just stuck together with a vacuum between the sheets and ambient air pressure. The QM46 does not have the feed board of your Komori that separates and stream feeds any paper. Please reply to Simon Sheers at: Sheer Graphics Inc. 47 Chestnut Avenue, Westmont, IL 60559-1127 Tel: (630) 654-4422 Printing the message . . . and a whole lot more From bill at mauiprintworks.com Tue Sep 4 21:12:00 2007 From: bill at mauiprintworks.com (Maui Print Works) Date: Tue Sep 4 21:12:27 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] QM 46 Revisited In-Reply-To: <6.0.0.22.2.20070831232537.04c8b788@192.168.1.1> References: <6.0.0.22.2.20070831232537.04c8b788@192.168.1.1> Message-ID: <902c5ab81b8e00c9409b28021eb9bef0@mauiprintworks.com> The QM 46-2 is fantastic at 2 color work. Any ABDick pressman will fall in love with it. A 4-color pressman will rather do it on a 4-color machine. We tried 4 color on ours and gave up. Ink contamination within 1000 run. Pretty extensive clean up to get the pure Yellow. 17" had more tail wag than was acceptable to us. Greg Johnson must have some tips that would would be helpful to make that work. Bill Marsh Maui Print Works 70 Central Ave., Wailuku, HI 96793 (808)242-6634 Fax (808)242-8967 bill@mauiprintworks.com www. mauiprintworks.com > We are going to Graph Expo next week and one of my task is to > negotiate with Heidelberg an Quickmaster 46-2 color press. We have a > 5-color Komori for most of our 4 color work. We have no digital. > My production manager and my estimator have some concerns, they come > from the "T-51" and direct feed "AB Dick 360" generation. > Please help with the questions below. > > Will it print pleasing 4 color? > Do you print 1 color at a time with process work? > How is the registration on a 11 x 17? > With 1/2 point trap do we get ink contamination with common blanket? > Does the direct feed give you any problems? > > > Thanks > Brad Weston > Auburn Printers > 13020 Earhart Ave > Auburn CA 95602 > "Endurance Capitol of the World" > > 530-885-9674 Phone > 530-885-6517 Fax > <http://www.auburnprint.com/> > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From scott at usacolor.com Wed Sep 5 10:57:09 2007 From: scott at usacolor.com (Scott Balsiger) Date: Wed Sep 5 10:57:32 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Riso sc7700 help In-Reply-To: <98f5b19a0709031045u9dc4996s438285249941c819@mail.gmail.com> References: <46D99BA8.1050904@fmtc.com> <98f5b19a0709021607t521f70d6sffdbcce353eb119f@mail.gmail.com> <98f5b19a0709031045u9dc4996s438285249941c819@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <46DEC3C5.3020103@usacolor.com> Riso sc7700 continues to "beep" when we plug it in....any ideas on how to set up this rip? TIA! Scott Balsiger President USA Color Printing Inc. www.usacolor.com 791 Manhomen Dr. Bemidji, MN. 56601 218-759-9126 800-759-9126 218-556-5505(Cell) 218-759-2883(fax) > > From pressexpress at bfm.org Wed Sep 5 11:34:49 2007 From: pressexpress at bfm.org (Greg Weinfurter) Date: Wed Sep 5 11:38:23 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? Message-ID: Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? By what percent? Greg Weinfurter Press Express 1869 N. Stevens St. Rhinelander, WI 54501 Phone 715-362-2828 Fax 715-369-2828 info@pressexpress.org From peter at keystonepress.com Wed Sep 5 12:42:12 2007 From: peter at keystonepress.com (Peter Church) Date: Wed Sep 5 12:48:26 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <008401c7efdb$b719b4e0$7d01a8c0@key.local> Sales are down 11%, net income is down 25%. Peter Church Keystone Press, LLC 9 Old Falls Road Manchester, NH 03103 phone: 603-622-5222 fax: 603-622-9432 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Greg Weinfurter Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:35 AM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? By what percent? Greg Weinfurter Press Express 1869 N. Stevens St. Rhinelander, WI 54501 Phone 715-362-2828 Fax 715-369-2828 info@pressexpress.org _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From rstor at copycats.com Wed Sep 5 12:51:38 2007 From: rstor at copycats.com (Robert Stor) Date: Wed Sep 5 12:53:37 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46DEDE9A.1090008@copycats.com> +15% Bob Stor Copycats New York, NY 212-557-2111 x20 www.copycats.com Greg Weinfurter wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > > By what percent? > > > Greg Weinfurter > Press Express > 1869 N. Stevens St. > Rhinelander, WI 54501 > Phone 715-362-2828 > Fax 715-369-2828 > info@pressexpress.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > From imageproprint at qwest.net Wed Sep 5 12:57:31 2007 From: imageproprint at qwest.net (ImagePro) Date: Wed Sep 5 12:56:08 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <000001c7efdd$d9aad190$6b00000a@domain1.local> +20% Mark Rowley ImagePro Printing & Copying, Inc. 95 West Harding Ave. Cedar City, UT 84720 435-586-1105 435-586-0499 fax mark@imageproprint.com > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners- > bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Greg Weinfurter > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 9:35 AM > To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > > By what percent? > > > Greg Weinfurter > Press Express > 1869 N. Stevens St. > Rhinelander, WI 54501 > Phone 715-362-2828 > Fax 715-369-2828 > info@pressexpress.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From greg at ajprinting.com Wed Sep 5 13:07:45 2007 From: greg at ajprinting.com (Greg Johnston) Date: Wed Sep 5 13:08:04 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20070905093518.034a8e78@ajprinting.com> Sales are up by 10% over last year. It's kind of relative based on previous years sales. If your sales are $3 million and are up 10 that's nice. If sales are $400K then up 10% isn't as big of a deal but it helps. At 08:34 AM 9/5/2007, you wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > >By what percent? > > >Greg Weinfurter >Press Express >1869 N. Stevens St. >Rhinelander, WI 54501 >Phone 715-362-2828 >Fax 715-369-2828 >info@pressexpress.org > > > > >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners Greg Johnston AJ Printing & Graphics 1350 Central Ave #1 Santa Rosa CA 95401 707.525.8600 Fax 707.525.8923 www.ajprinting.com e-mail: greg@ajprinting.com Ask me about how I can help you build your business with our direct mailing services for your marketing needs Authorized Adobe Service Provider Quark Authorized Output Provider From mail at myprinter.biz Wed Sep 5 13:10:50 2007 From: mail at myprinter.biz (mail@myprinter.biz) Date: Wed Sep 5 13:11:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: +22% Dan Sir Speedy Printing Center 5845 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, FL 33021 t 954.962.1309 f 954.962.1366 dan@myprinter.biz www.myprinter.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Greg Weinfurter Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:35 AM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? By what percent? Greg Weinfurter Press Express 1869 N. Stevens St. Rhinelander, WI 54501 Phone 715-362-2828 Fax 715-369-2828 info@pressexpress.org _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From cpyxpres at bellsouth.net Wed Sep 5 13:32:37 2007 From: cpyxpres at bellsouth.net (Ben Travis) Date: Wed Sep 5 13:32:58 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Up 3.5% compared with Jan thru August of 06. Ben Travis Copy Express 4004-A South Blvd. Charlotte, NC 20209 cpyxpres@bellsouth.net 704-527-1750 On Sep 5, 2007, at 11:34 AM, Greg Weinfurter wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > > By what percent? > > > Greg Weinfurter > Press Express > 1869 N. Stevens St. > Rhinelander, WI 54501 > Phone 715-362-2828 > Fax 715-369-2828 > info@pressexpress.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Wed Sep 5 13:44:50 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Wed Sep 5 13:44:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20070905093518.034a8e78@ajprinting.com> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20070905093518.034a8e78@ajprinting.com> Message-ID: <3BD1BD54-374C-49C6-9D79-4122B2469354@falconprintandcopy.com> We're up 18%, but fall much closer to the "not as big a deal" section. Regards, Borzou -------------- next part -------------- www.falconprintandcopy.com t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 On Sep 5, 2007, at 1:07 PM, Greg Johnston wrote: ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Sales are up by 10% over last year. It's kind of relative based on previous years sales. If your sales are $3 million and are up 10 that's nice. If sales are $400K then up 10% isn't as big of a deal but it helps. At 08:34 AM 9/5/2007, you wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > > By what percent? > > > Greg Weinfurter > Press Express > 1869 N. Stevens St. > Rhinelander, WI 54501 > Phone 715-362-2828 > Fax 715-369-2828 > info@pressexpress.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners Greg Johnston AJ Printing & Graphics 1350 Central Ave #1 Santa Rosa CA 95401 707.525.8600 Fax 707.525.8923 www.ajprinting.com e-mail: greg@ajprinting.com Ask me about how I can help you build your business with our direct mailing services for your marketing needs Authorized Adobe Service Provider Quark Authorized Output Provider _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From info at aeroprinting.com Wed Sep 5 13:44:53 2007 From: info at aeroprinting.com (Carl Core) Date: Wed Sep 5 13:45:52 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? References: Message-ID: <020d01c7efe4$775f3a60$6401a8c0@aero> +18% Carl Core, Jr. Aero Printing, Inc. 710 Elida Ave Delphos, OH 45833 Ph. 419-695-2931 Fax 419-695-9930 info@aeroprinting.com www.aeroprinting.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Weinfurter" To: "Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only" Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:34 AM Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > > By what percent? > > > Greg Weinfurter > Press Express > 1869 N. Stevens St. > Rhinelander, WI 54501 > Phone 715-362-2828 > Fax 715-369-2828 > info@pressexpress.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From jeff at hprinting.biz Wed Sep 5 13:53:13 2007 From: jeff at hprinting.biz (Jeff Haines) Date: Wed Sep 5 13:53:31 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <20070905175308.5756.8762@hm-pop1.solinus.com> At 11:34 AM 9/5/2007, you wrote: >Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > >By what percent? Up 11% which is a nice break after being up 67% last year. We've lost 2 major accounts this year (totaled 15%), but have added a number of nice accounts since we are still up. Jeff Haines Printing Co. 10575 W. Main Rd. North East, PA 16428 (814) 725-1955 ? Fax (814) 725-2244 email: jeff@hprinting.biz ? www.hprinting.biz From cyndy at pioneerprintinginc.com Wed Sep 5 13:55:42 2007 From: cyndy at pioneerprintinginc.com (Cyndy Wendt) Date: Wed Sep 5 13:56:02 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 9/5/07 10:34 AM, "Greg Weinfurter" wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > > By what percent? We are almost dead even with last year. Hopefully the last quarter will improve. -- Cyndy Wendt President Pioneer Printing, Inc. 3133 S. 7th., Suite D Lincoln, Nebraska 68502 cyndy@pioneerprintinginc.com 402.483.7575 From bradw at auburnprint.com Wed Sep 5 13:59:23 2007 From: bradw at auburnprint.com (Brad Weston) Date: Wed Sep 5 13:59:54 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20070905105819.0263ac58@192.168.1.1> Up 15% on $2MM in Sales Thanks Brad Weston Auburn Printers 13020 Earhart Ave Auburn CA 95602 "Endurance Capitol of the World" 530-885-9674 Phone 530-885-6517 Fax <http://www.auburnprint.com/> At 08:34 AM 9/5/2007, you wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > >By what percent? > > >Greg Weinfurter >Press Express >1869 N. Stevens St. >Rhinelander, WI 54501 >Phone 715-362-2828 >Fax 715-369-2828 >info@pressexpress.org > > > > >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From stalprint at charter.net Wed Sep 5 14:00:50 2007 From: stalprint at charter.net (Mark Stallings) Date: Wed Sep 5 14:01:08 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46DEEED2.30908@charter.net> Down 11% Yearly in the $ 400,000 range Too many customers doing in on their own **^&%$%^ computers now Greg Weinfurter wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > > By what percent? > > > Greg Weinfurter > Press Express > 1869 N. Stevens St. > Rhinelander, WI 54501 > Phone 715-362-2828 > Fax 715-369-2828 > info@pressexpress.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > -- Mark Stallings Stallings Printing 828-758-1126 stalprint@charter.net Lenoir, NC 28645 From sos at olympus.net Wed Sep 5 14:02:57 2007 From: sos at olympus.net (Dan Huntingford) Date: Wed Sep 5 14:03:24 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? References: Message-ID: <035701c7efe6$fd8f6c20$0300a8c0@DANIEL> We're up 4.5% so far this year. It's been a weird year, we just had an all time record month with 40% profit, which brings us up to just about even for the year so far (but there are a couple odd things in there). Sales seem to be getting even more wildly variable than ever. Dan Huntingford SOS Printing 2319 Washington Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 sos@olympus.net (360) 385-4194 Fax (360) 385-5860 From keli at parchmentpress.net Wed Sep 5 14:06:12 2007 From: keli at parchmentpress.net (Keli of Coxsackie) Date: Wed Sep 5 14:06:17 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Help needed Message-ID: <46DEF014.4030005@parchmentpress.net> Hello all.. We have a Sulby Auto-Minabinda Mk11 - Does anyone have any ideas where we can get training cds/manuals? We want to fully understand the machine and know how to care for it! thanks, Michael Markuson (aka Keli) Parchment Press 52 S River St Coxsackie, NY 12051 From hal at pickimp.com Wed Sep 5 14:22:29 2007 From: hal at pickimp.com (Hal Wendt) Date: Wed Sep 5 14:21:57 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Help needed References: <46DEF014.4030005@parchmentpress.net> Message-ID: <002901c7efe9$bbf0fe20$0301a8c0@sbcglobal.net> How about you buy it from the Manufacturer? Hal Wendt IMP Printing & Graphics Design Southgate, Michigan USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Keli of Coxsackie" To: Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:06 PM Subject: [PrintOwners] Help needed > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Hello all.. > > We have a Sulby Auto-Minabinda Mk11 - Does anyone have any ideas where > we can get training cds/manuals? > We want to fully understand the machine and know how to care for it! > > thanks, > Michael Markuson (aka Keli) > Parchment Press > 52 S River St > Coxsackie, NY 12051 > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From clc at crownmax.com Wed Sep 5 14:23:52 2007 From: clc at crownmax.com (clc) Date: Wed Sep 5 14:24:22 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? References: <008401c7efdb$b719b4e0$7d01a8c0@key.local> Message-ID: <002c01c7efe9$e9bb1980$7201a8c0@Crown.local> Sales are down 2%, Net income up 15% Net has been our concentration for the past 18 months and eliminating problem customers. Seems to be working. Charlie Counts CROWNMAX, Inc. 2301 Roxalana Road P O Box 234 Dunbar, WV 25064-0234 1-800-252-4011 -- Fax 304-744-8652 clc@crownmax.com www.crownmax.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Church" To: "'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only'" Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 12:42 PM Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Sales are down 11%, net income is down 25%. > > > > > Peter Church > Keystone Press, LLC > 9 Old Falls Road > Manchester, NH 03103 > phone: 603-622-5222 > fax: 603-622-9432 > > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Greg Weinfurter > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:35 AM > To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > > By what percent? > > > Greg Weinfurter > Press Express > 1869 N. Stevens St. > Rhinelander, WI 54501 > Phone 715-362-2828 > Fax 715-369-2828 > info@pressexpress.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From pressexpress at bfm.org Wed Sep 5 14:28:52 2007 From: pressexpress at bfm.org (Greg Weinfurter) Date: Wed Sep 5 14:30:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: <46DEEED2.30908@charter.net> References: <46DEEED2.30908@charter.net> Message-ID: Mark, I too am a small shop your size. I too am down. Greg On Sep 5, 2007, at 1:00 PM, Mark Stallings wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Down 11% > Yearly in the $ 400,000 range > Too many customers doing in on their own **^&%$%^ computers now > > > Greg Weinfurter wrote: > >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? >> >> By what percent? >> >> >> Greg Weinfurter >> Press Express >> 1869 N. Stevens St. >> Rhinelander, WI 54501 >> Phone 715-362-2828 >> Fax 715-369-2828 >> info@pressexpress.org >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> >> > > -- > Mark Stallings > Stallings Printing > 828-758-1126 > stalprint@charter.net > Lenoir, NC 28645 > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners Greg Weinfurter Press Express 1869 N. Stevens St. Rhinelander, WI 54501 Phone 715-362-2828 Fax 715-369-2828 info@pressexpress.org From eric at digi-print.com Wed Sep 5 14:30:50 2007 From: eric at digi-print.com (Eric Weber) Date: Wed Sep 5 14:31:05 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Anyone need a room at the Intercontinental? In-Reply-To: <020d01c7efe4$775f3a60$6401a8c0@aero> References: <020d01c7efe4$775f3a60$6401a8c0@aero> Message-ID: I have a room for Thursday through Sunday night (Monday check-out) if anyone needs one ... Gimme a call ... -- *********************************************************************** Eric Weber Sales / General Manager / Vice President PrintDigital Inc. 4688 Darrow Rd., Stow, OH 44224 330-686-5945 Fax 330-686-5329 www.digi-print.com eric@digi-print.com ***CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail or any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and delete this copy from your system. Thank you for your co-operation. *********************************************************************** From melissa at mykwikkopy.com Wed Sep 5 14:38:58 2007 From: melissa at mykwikkopy.com (Melissa Uber) Date: Wed Sep 5 14:39:18 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] custom boxes In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <000001c7efec$062755f0$3e00000a@Melissa> We've been using S. Walter Pkg for our stationery boxes with our franchise logo on them. We are looking for alternate sources of custom box vendors. Does anyone have a source? Thanks! Melissa Kwik Kopy Printing 20 West Third St Jamestown, NY 14701 From monty.usa at gmail.com Wed Sep 5 14:57:38 2007 From: monty.usa at gmail.com (Monty) Date: Wed Sep 5 14:57:51 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. Message-ID: <54ffb7170709051157v3cd7f910r9fc87249cbcc6792@mail.gmail.com> Hi Printowners: We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that was sold to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and damaging us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and "printing-on-demand" patents. Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to October 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would be extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't even remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Monty Kohli 843-324-1296 From cahill at bizprint.com Wed Sep 5 14:58:43 2007 From: cahill at bizprint.com (Cahill@bizprint.com) Date: Wed Sep 5 14:58:05 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Up 13% ytd. -- Cahill Jones BizPrint Boise, Idaho > From: Greg Weinfurter > Reply-To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > > Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 10:34:49 -0500 > To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > > Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > > By what percent? > > > Greg Weinfurter > Press Express > 1869 N. Stevens St. > Rhinelander, WI 54501 > Phone 715-362-2828 > Fax 715-369-2828 > info@pressexpress.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From po-lists at sugarloafprint.com Wed Sep 5 15:04:14 2007 From: po-lists at sugarloafprint.com (Ron Sardo) Date: Wed Sep 5 15:04:47 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] CF Label Stock? Message-ID: <46DEFDAE.2020206@sugarloafprint.com> We printed this type of stock back in '94. I'm having a problem finding it now. Does anybody know of a source to purchase the stock or a trade printer that handles this stock? TIA! -- Ron Sardo Sugarloaf Print Shop mailto:po-lists@sugarloafprint.com www.sugarloafprint.com 570-788-5099 ? Fax: 570-788-6077 From nt at andrewsblueprint.com Wed Sep 5 15:10:15 2007 From: nt at andrewsblueprint.com (Nancy Thomsen) Date: Wed Sep 5 15:09:48 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20070905120312.02bdd990@mail.andrewsblueprint.com> At 08:34 AM 9/5/2007, Greg wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? By what percent? > > >Greg Weinfurter >Press Express Our fiscal year ends June 30. Our profits were up 10.5% on sales that were flat (up 2%). Nancy Nancy Thomsen Andrews Blueprint, Inc. 269 Griffin St. Salinas, CA 93901 831-424-0331 Fax 831-424-7485 Fax www.andrewsblueprint.com From kellycrom at gmail.com Wed Sep 5 15:21:44 2007 From: kellycrom at gmail.com (Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics) Date: Wed Sep 5 15:20:26 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: <54ffb7170709051157v3cd7f910r9fc87249cbcc6792@mail.gmail.com> References: <54ffb7170709051157v3cd7f910r9fc87249cbcc6792@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <01d601c7eff1$ff65d8d0$6d01a8c0@KELLY> Don't have an answer on when(if even officially) we advertised Printing on Demand, but here is some info I found about T/R Systems(the inventor of the MicroPress cluster system). About T/R Systems T/R Systems, inventor of the MicroPress Cluster Printing System, is a leader in growth-optimized, short-run, digital document printing technology. Founded in 1991, the company is known for its design and delivery of on-demand, digital printing systems that are capable of high-end, production level, quality and throughput with desktop computing simplicity. Kelly Crom Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. 2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 Plymouth, MN 55441 New Phone: (763)231-6970 kellycrom@gmail.com www.applied-graphics.com > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Monty > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 1:58 PM > To: printowners@printweb.org > Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: > Please help. > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Hi Printowners: > > We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on > "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". > > A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to > participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name > Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. > > I had co-founded an online publishing company called > BookSurge that was sold > to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is > defaming and damaging > us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and > "printing-on-demand" > patents. > > Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand > prior to October > 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember > it would be > extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I > can't even > remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Monty Kohli > 843-324-1296 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From keli at parchmentpress.net Wed Sep 5 15:24:03 2007 From: keli at parchmentpress.net (Keli of Coxsackie) Date: Wed Sep 5 15:24:12 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Help needed In-Reply-To: <002901c7efe9$bbf0fe20$0301a8c0@sbcglobal.net> References: <46DEF014.4030005@parchmentpress.net> <002901c7efe9$bbf0fe20$0301a8c0@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <46DF0253.7060105@parchmentpress.net> That would be great! I have tried googling but can not find them! any help - would be nice! thanks, Michael Markuson (aka Keli) Parchment Press 52 S River St Coxsackie, NY 12051 Hal Wendt wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > How about you buy it from the Manufacturer? > > Hal Wendt > IMP Printing & Graphics Design > Southgate, Michigan USA > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Keli of Coxsackie" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:06 PM > Subject: [PrintOwners] Help needed > > > >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> Hello all.. >> >> We have a Sulby Auto-Minabinda Mk11 - Does anyone have any ideas where >> we can get training cds/manuals? >> We want to fully understand the machine and know how to care for it! >> >> thanks, >> Michael Markuson (aka Keli) >> Parchment Press >> 52 S River St >> Coxsackie, NY 12051 >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > From mail at myprinter.biz Wed Sep 5 15:26:29 2007 From: mail at myprinter.biz (mail@myprinter.biz) Date: Wed Sep 5 15:26:36 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: <54ffb7170709051157v3cd7f910r9fc87249cbcc6792@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Monty - Who, specifically, are the folks that are giving you trouble, what, generally anyway, are the reasons they're claiming you violated their business process patent, and when did they patent whatever they patented? I've already done a little research and suspect that whatever "patents" they have would be very narrowly interpreted by the courts. While amazon.com and one of its vendors initially lost a patent infringement suit on something either similar or identical, the decision was over-turned due to a strict (i.e., narrow) interpretation of the patent. http://patentlaw.typepad.com/patent/2006/04/amazon_avoids_i.html Dan Sir Speedy Printing Center 5845 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, FL 33021 t 954.962.1309 f 954.962.1366 dan@myprinter.biz www.myprinter.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Monty Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:58 PM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Hi Printowners: We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that was sold to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and damaging us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and "printing-on-demand" patents. Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to October 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would be extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't even remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Monty Kohli 843-324-1296 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From slb at inkspot.net Wed Sep 5 15:31:26 2007 From: slb at inkspot.net (Steve Blatman) Date: Wed Sep 5 15:31:52 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: <54ffb7170709051157v3cd7f910r9fc87249cbcc6792@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <46DECBCE.26919.6FBE1586@slb.inkspot.net> The first cluster-printing setup I remember was the T/R Micropress. As far as earliest use of Print-On-Demand, you might ask the editors of Quick Printing Magazine for information on when they first wrote about it (or just information on an article or two before 1996). You might also check this book: http://tinyurl.com/2nagut. It's entitled "Book on Demand Publishing," and carries a 1995 copyright date. It'll probably help your "prior use" argument. Steve > > Hi Printowners: > > We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on > "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". > > A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to > participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name > Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. > > I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that was sold > to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and damaging > us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and "printing-on-demand" > patents. > > Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to October > 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would be > extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't even > remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Monty Kohli > 843-324-1296 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > __________ NOD32 2507 (20070905) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > Steve Blatman Ink Spot Printing & Copy Center, Inc. 14 Church Road, Frazer, PA 19355 USA Tel: 610-647-0776 Fax: 610-647-4560 From noel.alford at gmail.com Wed Sep 5 15:32:24 2007 From: noel.alford at gmail.com (Noel Alford) Date: Wed Sep 5 15:32:45 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: <54ffb7170709051157v3cd7f910r9fc87249cbcc6792@mail.gmail.com> References: <54ffb7170709051157v3cd7f910r9fc87249cbcc6792@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <82db7cdd0709051232p2deb0f8dl319d8f922a2017c5@mail.gmail.com> http://www.archive.org/ has archived web pages from years gone by. If you can find some references there, you can preserve them with webpage grabbing software. You may be able to use google to search by limiting it to the domain but I don't see an easy way to do it. http://web.archive.org/collections/web/advanced.html will allow you to pull up old domains. On 9/5/07, Monty wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Hi Printowners: > > We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on > "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". > > A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to > participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name > Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. > > I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that was > sold > to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and > damaging > us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and > "printing-on-demand" > patents. > > Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to October > 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would be > extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't even > remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Monty Kohli > 843-324-1296 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > -- Noel Alford The Document Imaging Group 401 East Capitol Street Suite 400 Jackson, MS 39201 601.948.1101 From rstor at copycats.com Wed Sep 5 15:42:06 2007 From: rstor at copycats.com (Robert Stor) Date: Wed Sep 5 15:44:04 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: <54ffb7170709051157v3cd7f910r9fc87249cbcc6792@mail.gmail.com> References: <54ffb7170709051157v3cd7f910r9fc87249cbcc6792@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <46DF068E.7040201@copycats.com> As far as I can remember, Xerox was talking about Print On Demand in the early '90s, shoertly after they introduced the Docutech. Whether it was the concept or the exact terminology is not something that I remember. I would ask a trade journal if they have searcheable archives that go that far back. I would also ask AIIM. FWIW, I have a book called "Moore's Imaging Dictionary" published in 1993. They list "On Demand Printing" but do not list "Print on Demand" Bob Stor Copycats New York, NY 212-557-2111 x20 www.copycats.com Monty wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Hi Printowners: > > We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on > "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". > > A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to > participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name > Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. > > I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that was sold > to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and damaging > us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and "printing-on-demand" > patents. > > Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to October > 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would be > extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't even > remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Monty Kohli > 843-324-1296 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > From John at mpcny.com Wed Sep 5 15:44:26 2007 From: John at mpcny.com (John Henry) Date: Wed Sep 5 15:44:41 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need photo frames Message-ID: <004201c7eff5$2b296e70$817c4b50$@com> I have an order for 20 old and restored photos printed large format for a local store redo. Have any of you doing large format found a picture frame resource to buy them you like? I am thinking of the box style that I will mount the prints on. The prints will be in the 18-24 wide size. John M. Henry Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company 125-129 East First Street Oswego, New York 13126 (315) 343-3531 (315) 343-3577 Fax www.mpcny.com John@mpcny.com We are an Adobe Authorized Service Provider Microsoft Publisher Service Provider We offer the Oswego area's only full service mailing for First, Second and Standard Class mailings. We handle everything from concept... to printing...to mailing! Ask us how YOU can SAVE money!!! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.5/990 - Release Date: 9/4/2007 10:36 PM From mail at myprinter.biz Wed Sep 5 15:59:25 2007 From: mail at myprinter.biz (mail@myprinter.biz) Date: Wed Sep 5 15:59:37 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: <46DF068E.7040201@copycats.com> Message-ID: Bob & Monty - Actually, the "Xerox did it first" argument was brought up - and rejected as inapplicable - in the suit (On Demand Machine v. Ingram and Amazon.com) that amazon initially lost. The courts held in amazon's favor in 2006, making the sensible ruling that the patent had to be narrowly interpreted. Had they not done so, ANY process that resulted in production of ANY number of whatever's being printed in ANY time frame in ANY manner could have been found to violate the patent. Dan Sir Speedy Printing Center 5845 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, FL 33021 t 954.962.1309 f 954.962.1366 dan@myprinter.biz www.myprinter.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Robert Stor Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 3:42 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** As far as I can remember, Xerox was talking about Print On Demand in the early '90s, shoertly after they introduced the Docutech. Whether it was the concept or the exact terminology is not something that I remember. I would ask a trade journal if they have searcheable archives that go that far back. I would also ask AIIM. FWIW, I have a book called "Moore's Imaging Dictionary" published in 1993. They list "On Demand Printing" but do not list "Print on Demand" Bob Stor Copycats New York, NY 212-557-2111 x20 www.copycats.com Monty wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Hi Printowners: > > We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on > "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". > > A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to > participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name > Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. > > I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that was sold > to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and damaging > us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and "printing-on-demand" > patents. > > Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to October > 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would be > extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't even > remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Monty Kohli > 843-324-1296 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From monty.usa at gmail.com Wed Sep 5 16:05:41 2007 From: monty.usa at gmail.com (Monty) Date: Wed Sep 5 16:05:54 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: References: <54ffb7170709051157v3cd7f910r9fc87249cbcc6792@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <54ffb7170709051305q2b66b9bfhc4c5c03169b67a17@mail.gmail.com> You guys are great. There are 2 parties to the suit. One is Amazon (hard to believe since they were party to the OMDC suit that was overturned) the other is the creator of the instabook Victor Celorio. http://www.instabook.net/ I am going to follow all your suggestions. Thanks again! Monty On 9/5/07, mail@myprinter.biz wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Monty - > > Who, specifically, are the folks that are giving you trouble, what, > generally anyway, are the reasons they're claiming you violated their > business process patent, and when did they patent whatever they patented? > > I've already done a little research and suspect that whatever "patents" > they > have would be very narrowly interpreted by the courts. > > While amazon.com and one of its vendors initially lost a patent > infringement > suit on something either similar or identical, the decision was > over-turned > due to a strict (i.e., narrow) interpretation of the patent. > > http://patentlaw.typepad.com/patent/2006/04/amazon_avoids_i.html > > > Dan > Sir Speedy Printing Center > 5845 Hollywood Boulevard > Hollywood, FL 33021 > t 954.962.1309 > f 954.962.1366 > dan@myprinter.biz > www.myprinter.biz > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Monty > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:58 PM > To: printowners@printweb.org > Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Hi Printowners: > > We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on > "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". > > A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to > participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name > Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. > > I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that was > sold > to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and > damaging > us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and > "printing-on-demand" > patents. > > Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to October > 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would be > extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't even > remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Monty Kohli > 843-324-1296 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From bbahn at creativeimaginginc.com Wed Sep 5 16:15:24 2007 From: bbahn at creativeimaginginc.com (Bernard Bahn) Date: Wed Sep 5 16:16:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: <008401c7efdb$b719b4e0$7d01a8c0@key.local> Message-ID: We were up about 18% last year, and YTD, we're up 30%. We hope to be over $1.7 this year. Bernie Bahn | President | Creative Imaging Inc 1568 Fencorp Drive, STE. 200 | St. Louis MO 63026 Office 636-717-0690 ext 102 | Fax 636-717-0695 | bbahn@creativeimaginginc.com http://www.creativeimaginginc.com Xerox iGen3 on demand color printing and copying -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Peter Church Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 10:42 AM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Sales are down 11%, net income is down 25%. Peter Church Keystone Press, LLC 9 Old Falls Road Manchester, NH 03103 phone: 603-622-5222 fax: 603-622-9432 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Greg Weinfurter Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:35 AM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? By what percent? Greg Weinfurter Press Express 1869 N. Stevens St. Rhinelander, WI 54501 Phone 715-362-2828 Fax 715-369-2828 info@pressexpress.org _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.5/990 - Release Date: 9/4/2007 10:36 PM From ahavens at sbcglobal.net Wed Sep 5 16:41:27 2007 From: ahavens at sbcglobal.net (Austin Havens) Date: Wed Sep 5 16:37:59 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? References: Message-ID: <002801c7effd$22fed980$0401a8c0@austin> Sales up 1.5% Net up 1,755% Need to figure it out, but I'm Lovin' It. Austin Havens Havens Printing & Copy Shop 200 N Main McPherson, KS 67460 620-241-5400 ahavens@sbcglobal.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Weinfurter" To: "Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only" Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 10:34 AM Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > > By what percent? > > > Greg Weinfurter > Press Express > 1869 N. Stevens St. > Rhinelander, WI 54501 > Phone 715-362-2828 > Fax 715-369-2828 > info@pressexpress.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From andy at CedarBusinessCenter.com Wed Sep 5 16:43:23 2007 From: andy at CedarBusinessCenter.com (Andy Flamm) Date: Wed Sep 5 16:43:40 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] custom boxes In-Reply-To: <000001c7efec$062755f0$3e00000a@Melissa> References: <000001c7efec$062755f0$3e00000a@Melissa> Message-ID: When we went independent we started buying from Central City Box & Paper in CA, but we buy generic printed boxes they created for NAQP years ago. They don't have our company info, but we think they look nicer than plain boxes and we don't have to buy in large quantities as we would with custom boxes. Shipping is costly, though. If interested, our rep is Cathy Sciacca at 323-582-6263. Andy On 9/5/07, Melissa Uber wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > We've been using S. Walter Pkg for our stationery boxes with our franchise > logo on them. We are looking for alternate sources of custom box vendors. > Does anyone have a source? > > Thanks! > Melissa > > Kwik Kopy Printing > 20 West Third St > Jamestown, NY 14701 > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > -- Cedar Business Center--Printing, Mailing & More Since 1983 345 Cedar Street, Suite 256 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 651-293-3904 voice 651-293-3905 fax andy@CedarBusinessCenter.com www.CedarBusinessCenter.com From richard at sirspeedy-brickell.com Wed Sep 5 17:58:41 2007 From: richard at sirspeedy-brickell.com (Richard Moffat) Date: Wed Sep 5 17:58:59 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: <54ffb7170709051157v3cd7f910r9fc87249cbcc6792@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Monty, T/R Systems had a cluster printing system called Micropress, and if I remember right in 1997 I had a RIP called Colorflare for my color copier made by UFO Systems and they also had a cluster system by that time.HTH. Richard Moffat Sir Speedy 244 S.W. 6th Street Miami, Florida 33130 (305) 285-1401 Tel (305) 285-1402 Fax richard@sirspeedy-brickell.com www.sirspeedy-brickell.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Monty Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:58 PM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Hi Printowners: We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that was sold to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and damaging us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and "printing-on-demand" patents. Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to October 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would be extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't even remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Monty Kohli 843-324-1296 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2493 (20070831) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From richard at sirspeedy-brickell.com Wed Sep 5 18:11:09 2007 From: richard at sirspeedy-brickell.com (Richard Moffat) Date: Wed Sep 5 18:11:36 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: We are up 21% Richard Moffat Sir Speedy 244 S.W. 6th Street Miami, Florida 33130 (305) 285-1401 Tel (305) 285-1402 Fax richard@sirspeedy-brickell.com www.sirspeedy-brickell.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Greg Weinfurter Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:35 AM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? By what percent? Greg Weinfurter Press Express 1869 N. Stevens St. Rhinelander, WI 54501 Phone 715-362-2828 Fax 715-369-2828 info@pressexpress.org _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2493 (20070831) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From rej at gte.net Wed Sep 5 19:23:41 2007 From: rej at gte.net (Ronald Jones) Date: Wed Sep 5 18:24:24 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. - for Monty Kohli In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: This message is for Monty Kohli. I missed this thread but I recommend you contact me privately via e- mail about what you need. _____________________ Dr. Ronald E. Jones RonJon Publishing, Inc. 3728 Arapaho Rd. Addison, TX 75001 On Sep 5, 2007, at 3:58 PM, Richard Moffat wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Monty, > > T/R Systems had a cluster printing system called Micropress, and if I > remember right in 1997 I had a RIP called Colorflare for my color > copier > made by UFO Systems and they also had a cluster system by that > time.HTH. > > Richard Moffat > > Sir Speedy > 244 S.W. 6th Street > Miami, Florida 33130 > (305) 285-1401 Tel > (305) 285-1402 Fax > richard@sirspeedy-brickell.com > www.sirspeedy-brickell.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Monty > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:58 PM > To: printowners@printweb.org > Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please > help. > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Hi Printowners: > > We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on > "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". > > A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to > participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name > Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. > > I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that > was sold > to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and > damaging > us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and "printing-on- > demand" > patents. > > Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to > October > 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it > would be > extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't > even > remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Monty Kohli > 843-324-1296 > _______________________________________________ From DanF at MMSNY.com Wed Sep 5 18:37:22 2007 From: DanF at MMSNY.com (Dan Flatt) Date: Wed Sep 5 18:34:46 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? Message-ID: Our sales are up around 7% but if we look closer we find that our largest customers are growing around 24% and our smallest customers are down around 60%. With 500 customers who bought from us this year, the bottom 40% are very soft. These customers are either buying less or going elsewhere for pricing reasons. Our breakeven on a sale is around $35 so we raised our minimum invoice to $30 in 2006 and our regular price adjustments may be chasing price shopper away. We may increase minimums again and refocus our personel on the customers who truly value our product bundle. Our prime customers are manufacturing, financial and non-profits. areas of growth include Signs, CD duplication, full color offset, mailing. Our rev is expected to be around 2.6m in 2007. We expect owners compensation and net income combined will increase 45% over 2006. It would be nice to here the rev and the niche that each of you service. Dan Flatt Multi Media Services Corning, NY www.mmsny.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org on behalf of Austin Havens Sent: Wed 9/5/2007 4:41 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Cc: Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Sales up 1.5% Net up 1,755% Need to figure it out, but I'm Lovin' It. Austin Havens Havens Printing & Copy Shop 200 N Main McPherson, KS 67460 620-241-5400 ahavens@sbcglobal.net ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Weinfurter" To: "Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only" Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 10:34 AM Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > > By what percent? > > > Greg Weinfurter > Press Express > 1869 N. Stevens St. > Rhinelander, WI 54501 > Phone 715-362-2828 > Fax 715-369-2828 > info@pressexpress.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From brianoday at eprint.us Wed Sep 5 19:14:10 2007 From: brianoday at eprint.us (Brian O'Day) Date: Wed Sep 5 19:14:35 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: <54ffb7170709051157v3cd7f910r9fc87249cbcc6792@mail.gmail.com> References: <54ffb7170709051157v3cd7f910r9fc87249cbcc6792@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <006e01c7f012$77e4a820$6c01a8c0@Brian> Tr SYSTEMS SOLD THE CLUSTER BOXES we purchased them in aprox 1995.! Print on demand was the whole concept of Quick Printing. I would also try contacting John Stewart and Larry hunt they could possibly dig up info from the way back machine. Brian O'Day ePrint Portland, Oregon brianoday@eprint.us 503-684-2679 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Monty Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:58 AM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Hi Printowners: We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that was sold to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and damaging us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and "printing-on-demand" patents. Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to October 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would be extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't even remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks Monty Kohli 843-324-1296 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From monty.usa at gmail.com Wed Sep 5 19:44:26 2007 From: monty.usa at gmail.com (Monty) Date: Wed Sep 5 19:44:36 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: <006e01c7f012$77e4a820$6c01a8c0@Brian> References: <54ffb7170709051157v3cd7f910r9fc87249cbcc6792@mail.gmail.com> <006e01c7f012$77e4a820$6c01a8c0@Brian> Message-ID: <54ffb7170709051644hff470c7qb129b4a94899ce20@mail.gmail.com> Hi Brian: That is a great suggestion. I used to always talk to Larry Hunt before I purchased any equipment. I did use the wayback machine and was able to find some good info. Does anyone have Larry Hunt's and Jack Stewart's contact info.? Thanks Monty On 9/5/07, Brian O'Day wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Tr SYSTEMS SOLD THE CLUSTER BOXES we purchased them in aprox 1995.! Print > on > demand was the whole concept of Quick Printing. I would also try > contacting > John Stewart and Larry hunt they could possibly dig up info from the way > back machine. > > Brian O'Day > ePrint > Portland, Oregon > brianoday@eprint.us > 503-684-2679 > > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Monty > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:58 AM > To: printowners@printweb.org > Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Hi Printowners: > > We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on > "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". > > A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to > participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name > Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. > > I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that was > sold > to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and > damaging > us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and > "printing-on-demand" > patents. > > Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to October > 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would be > extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't even > remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Monty Kohli > 843-324-1296 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From huntleyw at bellsouth.net Wed Sep 5 21:51:10 2007 From: huntleyw at bellsouth.net (Bill Huntley) Date: Wed Sep 5 20:49:16 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. References: <54ffb7170709051157v3cd7f910r9fc87249cbcc6792@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <001101c7f028$67d467c0$cfe60641@bills4drj3ddzy> Hi Monty- I remember you from years ago - You had HP printers like we have- 8000 or 8100's. Ours are still doing well. Are you still in Charleston? When you say Patent, are you refering to the actual saying "Printing on Demand"? One might be able to copyright that sort of thing, but I don't think you can patent it. I take it you can't prove that you used the phrase before Oct. '96. How are they defaming you? And wouldn't Amazon provide legal support for you? Bill Huntley Universal Copies Columbia, SC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monty" To: Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 1:57 PM Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Hi Printowners: > > We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on > "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". > > A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to > participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name > Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. > > I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that was sold > to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and damaging > us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and "printing-on-demand" > patents. > > Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to October > 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would be > extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't even > remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Monty Kohli > 843-324-1296 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From huntleyw at bellsouth.net Wed Sep 5 22:09:42 2007 From: huntleyw at bellsouth.net (Bill Huntley) Date: Wed Sep 5 21:07:52 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. References: <54ffb7170709051157v3cd7f910r9fc87249cbcc6792@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <005301c7f02a$fe33f8a0$cfe60641@bills4drj3ddzy> So the process of putting a disc into a computer, opening the file, saving the file on the computer for future use and sending the file to a printer can be patented ? I have a bro in law that is a patent attorney and I have always understood that a patent must present a unique and obvious improvement to be considered. This reproduction process is the natural extension of the growth of technology from multiple sources, not one company's great idea. So unless the customer actually demands, in no uncertain terms and in a loud voice or threating missive that you make copies from his file, where's the harm? Bill Huntley Universal Copies Columbia, SC ----- Original Message ----- From: "Monty" To: Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 1:57 PM Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Hi Printowners: > > We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on > "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". > > A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to > participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name > Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. > > I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that was sold > to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and damaging > us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and "printing-on-demand" > patents. > > Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to October > 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would be > extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't even > remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks > Monty Kohli > 843-324-1296 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From sgfinke at fuse.net Wed Sep 5 21:36:23 2007 From: sgfinke at fuse.net (Scott Finke) Date: Wed Sep 5 21:25:44 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: <54ffb7170709051305q2b66b9bfhc4c5c03169b67a17@mail.gmail.com> References: <54ffb7170709051157v3cd7f910r9fc87249cbcc6792@mail.gmail.com> <54ffb7170709051305q2b66b9bfhc4c5c03169b67a17@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Monty: What is the patent for, exactly? Instabook.net seems to be a strange-looking combination of different equipment that automates making a perfect-bound book. Is it the software? A proprietary machine? Or what? Anyway, it looks like a unit -- where does cluster printing come in? And why is Amazon.com suing you if they bought your company? Or are you still doing the same sort of work but with a different company? I can't help you with your questions but as a writer, I have certainly heard the words "print on demand" for years, and while I associated them with people who would cost you a lot of money to self- publish, I never associated them with any proprietary process or anything. I associated it with a kind of publisher (or to my mind fake publisher -- writers are a suspicious lot), not with a printer. Gail Finke Brentwood Printing & Envelope, Inc. 8630 Winton Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45231 513-522-2679 On Sep 5, 2007, at 4:05 PM, Monty wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > You guys are great. > > There are 2 parties to the suit. One is Amazon (hard to believe > since they > were party to the OMDC suit that was overturned) the other is the > creator of > the instabook Victor Celorio. > > http://www.instabook.net/ > > I am going to follow all your suggestions. > > Thanks again! > > Monty > > On 9/5/07, mail@myprinter.biz wrote: >> >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> Monty - >> >> Who, specifically, are the folks that are giving you trouble, what, >> generally anyway, are the reasons they're claiming you violated their >> business process patent, and when did they patent whatever they >> patented? >> >> I've already done a little research and suspect that whatever >> "patents" >> they >> have would be very narrowly interpreted by the courts. >> >> While amazon.com and one of its vendors initially lost a patent >> infringement >> suit on something either similar or identical, the decision was >> over-turned >> due to a strict (i.e., narrow) interpretation of the patent. >> >> http://patentlaw.typepad.com/patent/2006/04/amazon_avoids_i.html >> >> >> Dan >> Sir Speedy Printing Center >> 5845 Hollywood Boulevard >> Hollywood, FL 33021 >> t 954.962.1309 >> f 954.962.1366 >> dan@myprinter.biz >> www.myprinter.biz >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org >> [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Monty >> Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 2:58 PM >> To: printowners@printweb.org >> Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please >> help. >> >> >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> Hi Printowners: >> >> We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on >> "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". >> >> A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to >> participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name >> Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. >> >> I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge >> that was >> sold >> to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and >> damaging >> us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and >> "printing-on-demand" >> patents. >> >> Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to >> October >> 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it >> would be >> extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't >> even >> remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. >> >> Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks >> Monty Kohli >> 843-324-1296 >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> >> > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From monty.usa at gmail.com Wed Sep 5 23:02:02 2007 From: monty.usa at gmail.com (Monty) Date: Wed Sep 5 23:02:22 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: <005301c7f02a$fe33f8a0$cfe60641@bills4drj3ddzy> References: <54ffb7170709051157v3cd7f910r9fc87249cbcc6792@mail.gmail.com> <005301c7f02a$fe33f8a0$cfe60641@bills4drj3ddzy> Message-ID: <54ffb7170709052002x2d0b709fuc44bf8b03724794a@mail.gmail.com> Our wonderful patent office issued the following business process patents. *US PATENTS 6012890, 6213703 *Our tax dollars at work again ------------------- On 9/5/07, Bill Huntley wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > So the process of putting a disc into a computer, opening the file, saving > the file on the computer for future use and sending the file to a printer > can be patented ? I have a bro in law that is a patent attorney and I have > always understood that a patent must present a unique and obvious > improvement to be considered. This reproduction process is the natural > extension of the growth of technology from multiple sources, not one > company's great idea. So unless the customer actually demands, in no > uncertain terms and in a loud voice or threating missive that you make > copies from his file, where's the harm? > Bill Huntley > Universal Copies > Columbia, SC > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Monty" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 1:57 PM > Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. > > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > Hi Printowners: > > > > We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on > > "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". > > > > A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to > > participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name > > Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. > > > > I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that was > sold > > to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and > damaging > > us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and > "printing-on-demand" > > patents. > > > > Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to > October > > 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would be > > extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't even > > remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. > > > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > Monty Kohli > > 843-324-1296 > > _______________________________________________ > > PrintOwners Discussion List > > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From bherion at bucksdigital.com Thu Sep 6 07:05:29 2007 From: bherion at bucksdigital.com (Bob Herion) Date: Thu Sep 6 07:13:32 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE:"Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20070906070314.0327c748@bucksdigital.com> Please respond with the patent number at issue. Bob Herion - Ask me about variable data printing on our iGen3's Bucks Digital Printing v.215.579.4200 f.215-579-9510 90 Walker Lane Newtown, PA 18940 www.bucksdigital.com From monty.usa at gmail.com Thu Sep 6 08:41:44 2007 From: monty.usa at gmail.com (Monty) Date: Thu Sep 6 08:41:59 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE:"Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: <7.0.1.0.2.20070906070314.0327c748@bucksdigital.com> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20070906070314.0327c748@bucksdigital.com> Message-ID: <54ffb7170709060541x312da63bu3b6f807e00e2731b@mail.gmail.com> *US PATENTS 6012890, 6213703* On 9/6/07, Bob Herion wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Please respond with the patent number at issue. > > Bob Herion - Ask me about variable data printing on our iGen3's > Bucks Digital Printing v.215.579.4200 f.215-579-9510 > 90 Walker Lane Newtown, PA 18940 > www.bucksdigital.com > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From russ at mobile-print.com Thu Sep 6 09:42:44 2007 From: russ at mobile-print.com (Russ Peters) Date: Thu Sep 6 08:44:24 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46E003D4.4010105@mobile-print.com> Sales are up 11.7% YTD vs. last year. Russ Peters MOBILE PRINT, INC. 201 W. Central Road Mount Prospect, IL 60056 Phone: 847-398-6155 Fax: 847-398-0788 From mail at myprinter.biz Thu Sep 6 09:03:14 2007 From: mail at myprinter.biz (mail@myprinter.biz) Date: Thu Sep 6 09:03:31 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: <54ffb7170709052002x2d0b709fuc44bf8b03724794a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Monty - Still not sure what you or your former company is doing that the patent holder claims violates their patents. I browsed both of instabook's patents, and both refer to fairly specifically delineated automated electronic and mechanical processes and equipment to be used by "electronic bookstores" to produce books very quickly. Interestingly, I think it's possible that some of what Instabooks is doing IS in violation of the patent(s) that were actually upheld in On Demand Machine v. Ingram and Amazon.com, because much of the language about how orders might be generated (e.g., web catalog) and very promptly fulfilled is extremely similar, as is much of the language about the no-inventory benefits. Surely amazon's lawyers know this, but just in case they don't, you might consider having your lawyer (or amazon's) inform Instabook's lawyer that if the infringement suit is further pursued, you'll do whatever you can to make sure it ends up being against Instabook by On Demand Machine, and that since amazon, with far deeper pockets than Instabook, actually lost that suit (later overturned solely on the narrow grounds that amazon was NOT offering extremely quick production, as is Instabook), Instabook is very likely to be the loser. Instabook's defense in such a patent infringement suit could only be that the manufacturing process they use is different from the one envisioned in On Demand's patent, but the court didn't find that defense valid in the prior suit, and, had they done so, it would be the exact grounds on which you'd win the current suit, because the manufacturing processes delineated in Instabook's patents are so specific that somebody else doing it differently is a cinch (in fact, everybody's been doing it differently for as long as prefect-bound books have been produced in any quantity at any speed). The above is sort of a "best you back off and shut up" threat, but it's one I'd be listening to if I were representing Instabook. Buena suerte. Dan Sir Speedy Printing Center 5845 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, FL 33021 t 954.962.1309 f 954.962.1366 dan@myprinter.biz www.myprinter.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Monty Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:02 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Our wonderful patent office issued the following business process patents. *US PATENTS 6012890, 6213703 *Our tax dollars at work again ------------------- On 9/5/07, Bill Huntley wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > So the process of putting a disc into a computer, opening the file, saving > the file on the computer for future use and sending the file to a printer > can be patented ? I have a bro in law that is a patent attorney and I have > always understood that a patent must present a unique and obvious > improvement to be considered. This reproduction process is the natural > extension of the growth of technology from multiple sources, not one > company's great idea. So unless the customer actually demands, in no > uncertain terms and in a loud voice or threating missive that you make > copies from his file, where's the harm? > Bill Huntley > Universal Copies > Columbia, SC > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Monty" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 1:57 PM > Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. > > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > Hi Printowners: > > > > We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on > > "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". > > > > A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to > > participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name > > Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. > > > > I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that was > sold > > to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and > damaging > > us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and > "printing-on-demand" > > patents. > > > > Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to > October > > 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would be > > extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't even > > remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. > > > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > Monty Kohli > > 843-324-1296 > > _______________________________________________ > > PrintOwners Discussion List > > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From rej at gte.net Thu Sep 6 10:16:35 2007 From: rej at gte.net (Ronald Jones) Date: Thu Sep 6 09:17:24 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE:"Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help - Quickie Patent search In-Reply-To: <54ffb7170709060541x312da63bu3b6f807e00e2731b@mail.gmail.com> References: <7.0.1.0.2.20070906070314.0327c748@bucksdigital.com> <54ffb7170709060541x312da63bu3b6f807e00e2731b@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <7A931926-339E-4BA6-BFCC-A00977B01F0F@gte.net> Just a hint for finding this stuff... Copy the patent numbers and paste it into the Google search box - that's it. You can do this with tracking numbers (UPS, etc.), VIN#, area codes, zip codes, and others. Piece O' Cake! Ron _____________________ Dr. Ronald E. Jones RonJon Publishing, Inc. 3728 Arapaho Rd. Addison, TX 75001 800-262-3060 On Sep 6, 2007, at 6:41 AM, Monty wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > *US PATENTS 6012890, 6213703* > > On 9/6/07, Bob Herion wrote: >> >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> Please respond with the patent number at issue. >> >> Bob Herion - Ask me about variable data printing on our iGen3's >> Bucks Digital Printing v.215.579.4200 f.215-579-9510 >> 90 Walker Lane Newtown, PA 18940 >> www.bucksdigital.com From braddpotter at juno.com Thu Sep 6 10:13:11 2007 From: braddpotter at juno.com (Brad D Potter) Date: Thu Sep 6 10:13:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Does anyone keep minutes or notes from production meetings?? Message-ID: <20070906.071311.692.0.braddpotter@juno.com> I am calling a production meeting for monday morning. 8 AM attendance required. >>>>>>>> My "agenda" is kudos FIRST, (what we did right last week) Then rapid fire down the list (computerized list) of work in shop. Then "exceptions" jobs that are taking longer for whatever reason. Then "problem" jobs, jobs where we failed or violated the customer. Does anyone do anything ELSE or do you keep notes?????????? Printing Services www.myprintsource.net 3480 SE Bethel Road Port Orchard, Washington 98366 360.876.5350 voice 360.876.5615 fax From jedwards at printzilla.net Thu Sep 6 10:31:05 2007 From: jedwards at printzilla.net (Jack Edwards) Date: Thu Sep 6 10:34:33 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Does anyone keep minutes or notes from production meetings?? In-Reply-To: <20070906.071311.692.0.braddpotter@juno.com> References: <20070906.071311.692.0.braddpotter@juno.com> Message-ID: <06203485-3122-4252-93BD-374BB5CD8FDD@printzilla.net> On Sep 6, 2007, at 9:13 AM, Brad D Potter wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I am calling a production meeting for monday morning. 8 AM > attendance > required. > >>>>>>>>> > > My "agenda" is kudos FIRST, (what we did right last week) > > Then rapid fire down the list (computerized list) of work in shop. > > Then "exceptions" jobs that are taking longer for whatever reason. > > Then "problem" jobs, jobs where we failed or violated the customer. > > > > > Does anyone do anything ELSE or do you keep notes?????????? Back in the heyday of the mobile home industry in Florida the plant manager would call a sales meeting. He'd climb up on the conference table and pace back and forth praising the salesmen with the best numbers. Then he'd turn to the lowest man on the totem pole and fire him in front of everyone else. It kept the remaining ones hopping. Jack Edwards Printing Plus Oak Ridge North, Texas From bob at rjmprinting.com Thu Sep 6 10:41:23 2007 From: bob at rjmprinting.com (Bob Molacek) Date: Thu Sep 6 10:41:38 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Does anyone keep minutes or notes from productionmeetings?? In-Reply-To: <20070906.071311.692.0.braddpotter@juno.com> Message-ID: We have a production meeting every morning for 15-20 minutes. This provides more immediate feedback and address issues more correctly then a weekly production meeting. We have each department talk about what they have on their list for the day. I keep my notes on the daily production schedule for about two weeks so I can refer back to them. Fwiw, that is the way we do it. Bob Molacek Sir Speedy Printing 7793 Ranchers Road Fridley, MN 55432 763-571-4608 bob@rjmprinting.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Brad D Potter Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 9:13 AM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] Does anyone keep minutes or notes from productionmeetings?? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I am calling a production meeting for monday morning. 8 AM attendance required. >>>>>>>> My "agenda" is kudos FIRST, (what we did right last week) Then rapid fire down the list (computerized list) of work in shop. Then "exceptions" jobs that are taking longer for whatever reason. Then "problem" jobs, jobs where we failed or violated the customer. Does anyone do anything ELSE or do you keep notes?????????? Printing Services www.myprintsource.net 3480 SE Bethel Road Port Orchard, Washington 98366 360.876.5350 voice 360.876.5615 fax _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Thu Sep 6 10:58:53 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Thu Sep 6 10:58:05 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Does anyone keep minutes or notes from production meetings?? In-Reply-To: <06203485-3122-4252-93BD-374BB5CD8FDD@printzilla.net> References: <20070906.071311.692.0.braddpotter@juno.com> <06203485-3122-4252-93BD-374BB5CD8FDD@printzilla.net> Message-ID: What did you get for second to last... a set of steak knives? (Glengary Glenross, watch it if you haven't). Regards, Borzou -------------- next part -------------- www.falconprintandcopy.com t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 On Sep 6, 2007, at 10:31 AM, Jack Edwards wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > On Sep 6, 2007, at 9:13 AM, Brad D Potter wrote: > >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> I am calling a production meeting for monday morning. 8 AM >> attendance >> required. >> >>>>>>>>>> >> >> My "agenda" is kudos FIRST, (what we did right last week) >> >> Then rapid fire down the list (computerized list) of work in shop. >> >> Then "exceptions" jobs that are taking longer for whatever reason. >> >> Then "problem" jobs, jobs where we failed or violated the customer. >> >> >> >> >> Does anyone do anything ELSE or do you keep notes?????????? > > > > Back in the heyday of the mobile home industry in Florida the plant > manager would call a sales meeting. He'd climb up on the conference > table and pace back and forth praising the salesmen with the best > numbers. Then he'd turn to the lowest man on the totem pole and > fire him in front of everyone else. It kept the remaining ones > hopping. > > Jack Edwards > Printing Plus > Oak Ridge North, Texas > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From slb at inkspot.net Thu Sep 6 11:00:15 2007 From: slb at inkspot.net (Steve Blatman) Date: Thu Sep 6 11:00:53 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: <005301c7f02a$fe33f8a0$cfe60641@bills4drj3ddzy> Message-ID: <46DFDDBF.20780.73EC2E9C@slb.inkspot.net> Actually, in order to be eligible for a patent, it has to be NOT obvious to a practitioner in the field. Unfortunately, though, we have a long history of judges (who are educated as attorneys, and have no technical expertise) imagining themselves experts, and upholding patents on nonexistent technical grounds. One of the more egregious examples was the US Supreme Court decision upholding Lee DeForest's pirating of Edwin Armstrong's patent of the regenerative circuit. The judge who wrote the majority opinion refuted his own argument therein, but Armstrong lost anyway. Oh, well. Gotta clear off the work on my desk and go sell more stuff. Steve > > So the process of putting a disc into a computer, opening the file, saving > the file on the computer for future use and sending the file to a printer > can be patented ? I have a bro in law that is a patent attorney and I have > always understood that a patent must present a unique and obvious > improvement to be considered. This reproduction process is the natural > extension of the growth of technology from multiple sources, not one > company's great idea. So unless the customer actually demands, in no > uncertain terms and in a loud voice or threating missive that you make > copies from his file, where's the harm? > Bill Huntley > Universal Copies > Columbia, SC > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Monty" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 1:57 PM > Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. > > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > Hi Printowners: > > > > We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on > > "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". > > > > A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to > > participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name > > Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. > > > > I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that was > sold > > to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and > damaging > > us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and > "printing-on-demand" > > patents. > > > > Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to October > > 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would be > > extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't even > > remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. > > > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > Monty Kohli > > 843-324-1296 > > _______________________________________________ > > PrintOwners Discussion List > > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > __________ NOD32 2509 (20070906) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > Steve Blatman Ink Spot Printing & Copy Center, Inc. 14 Church Road, Frazer, PA 19355 USA Tel: 610-647-0776 Fax: 610-647-4560 From slb at inkspot.net Thu Sep 6 11:04:59 2007 From: slb at inkspot.net (Steve Blatman) Date: Thu Sep 6 11:05:42 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: <005301c7f02a$fe33f8a0$cfe60641@bills4drj3ddzy> Message-ID: <46DFDEDB.8623.73F086F3@slb.inkspot.net> Actually, in order to be eligible for a patent, it has to be NOT obvious to a practitioner in the field. Unfortunately, though, we have a long history of judges (who are educated as attorneys, and have no technical expertise) imagining themselves experts, and upholding patents on nonexistent technical grounds. One of the more egregious examples was the US Supreme Court decision upholding Lee DeForest's pirating of Edwin Armstrong's patent of the regenerative circuit. The judge who wrote the majority opinion refuted his own argument therein, but Armstrong lost anyway. Oh, well. Gotta clear off the work on my desk and go sell more stuff. Steve > > So the process of putting a disc into a computer, opening the file, saving > the file on the computer for future use and sending the file to a printer > can be patented ? I have a bro in law that is a patent attorney and I have > always understood that a patent must present a unique and obvious > improvement to be considered. This reproduction process is the natural > extension of the growth of technology from multiple sources, not one > company's great idea. So unless the customer actually demands, in no > uncertain terms and in a loud voice or threating missive that you make > copies from his file, where's the harm? > Bill Huntley > Universal Copies > Columbia, SC > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Monty" > To: > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 1:57 PM > Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. > > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > Hi Printowners: > > > > We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on > > "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". > > > > A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to > > participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name > > Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. > > > > I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that was > sold > > to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and > damaging > > us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and > "printing-on-demand" > > patents. > > > > Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to October > > 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would be > > extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't even > > remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. > > > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > Monty Kohli > > 843-324-1296 > > _______________________________________________ > > PrintOwners Discussion List > > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > __________ NOD32 2509 (20070906) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > Steve Blatman Ink Spot Printing & Copy Center, Inc. 14 Church Road, Frazer, PA 19355 USA Tel: 610-647-0776 Fax: 610-647-4560 From slb at inkspot.net Thu Sep 6 11:04:59 2007 From: slb at inkspot.net (Steve Blatman) Date: Thu Sep 6 11:05:46 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: <54ffb7170709051644hff470c7qb129b4a94899ce20@mail.gmail.com> References: <006e01c7f012$77e4a820$6c01a8c0@Brian> Message-ID: <46DFDEDB.3631.73F08667@slb.inkspot.net> John Stewart is on this list. His web site is www.quickconsultant.com, and has a link to Larry Hunt's web site. HTH, Steve > > Hi Brian: > > That is a great suggestion. I used to always talk to Larry Hunt before I > purchased any equipment. > > I did use the wayback machine and was able to find some good info. > > Does anyone have Larry Hunt's and Jack Stewart's contact info.? > > Thanks > Monty > > On 9/5/07, Brian O'Day wrote: > > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > Tr SYSTEMS SOLD THE CLUSTER BOXES we purchased them in aprox 1995.! Print > > on > > demand was the whole concept of Quick Printing. I would also try > > contacting > > John Stewart and Larry hunt they could possibly dig up info from the way > > back machine. > > > > Brian O'Day > > ePrint > > Portland, Oregon > > brianoday@eprint.us > > 503-684-2679 > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Monty > > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:58 AM > > To: printowners@printweb.org > > Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. > > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > Hi Printowners: > > > > We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on > > "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". > > > > A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to > > participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name > > Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. > > > > I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that was > > sold > > to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and > > damaging > > us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and > > "printing-on-demand" > > patents. > > > > Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to October > > 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would be > > extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't even > > remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. > > > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > Thanks > > Monty Kohli > > 843-324-1296 > > _______________________________________________ > > PrintOwners Discussion List > > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PrintOwners Discussion List > > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > __________ NOD32 2509 (20070906) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > Steve Blatman Ink Spot Printing & Copy Center, Inc. 14 Church Road, Frazer, PA 19355 USA Tel: 610-647-0776 Fax: 610-647-4560 From DanF at MMSNY.com Thu Sep 6 11:40:47 2007 From: DanF at MMSNY.com (Dan Flatt) Date: Thu Sep 6 11:38:03 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? Message-ID: Our sales are up around 7% but if we look closer we find that our largest customers are growing around 24% and our smallest customers are down around 60%. With 500 customers who bought from us this year, the bottom 40% are very soft. These customers are either buying less or going elsewhere for pricing reasons. Our breakeven on a sale is around $35 so we raised our minimum invoice to $30 in 2006 and our regular price adjustments may be chasing price shopper away. We may increase minimums again and refocus our personel on the customers who truly value our product bundle. Our prime customers are manufacturing, financial and non-profits. areas of growth include Signs, CD duplication, full color offset, mailing. Our rev is expected to be around 2.6m in 2007. We expect owners compensation and net income combined will increase 45% over 2006. It would be nice to here the rev and the niche that each of you service. Daniel Flatt, M.B.A Syracuse University vice president and co-owner Multi Media Services / Sunset Printers Cell 607-331-7217 PLEASE TRY TO CONTACT ME ON MY CELL BEFORE CALLING THE OFFICE Fax 1-877-684-3043 Office 1-607-936-3186 www.mmsny.com "You don't make decisions because they are easy. You don't make decisions because they are cheap. You don't make decisions because they are popular. You make decisions because they are right." Theodore Hessburgh president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame 1953-1987 Other employees cell phone numbers: Rick Bartholomew (President and co-owner) 607-769-8111 Patty Carlson (On-demand leader) 607-331-5314 Suzie Bartholomew (IR account manager) 607-331-7068 Ralph Begeal (Special account rep) 607-331-5572 Emily Coletta (Prepress / design) 607-331-7708 David Jackson (Finance manager /CSR) 607-331-5422 Rose Flatt (Prepress / design) 607-331-1555 Dick Shelford (Sunset operations) 607-331-5775 Judy Pruyne (Prepress / design) 607-331-5963 Dave Satterly (IR Athens in-plant) 607-331-6025 Margaret Puffer (Mailing services / On demand) 607-936-3186 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Dan Flatt Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 6:37 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only; Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** From robin at protypeonline.com Thu Sep 6 12:00:41 2007 From: robin at protypeonline.com (Robin Niewold) Date: Thu Sep 6 12:00:13 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Backing Up -- AGAIN! Message-ID: <194C0B0E-E507-4EA9-B0A2-9A53235460EA@protypeonline.com> We are still trying to decide on a simple, effective method of backing up our client files. Currently we are using some sort of tape back up using Retrospect software -- and we have a Quantum Raid 4 network server (all of this is greek to me! -- just repeating what I have been told). The tape is very unreliable and now doesn't even want to work at all and I have directed my dtp staff to find something better. I was all excited about the prospect of having the ability to have another company log into our system and do a remote backup for us. Seemed simple and also solved our problem about off-site copies. But, some have said that storing files of this size and quantity is cost prohibitive and how do you purge old files to keep your storage needs from ballooning enormously each year? Who knows anything about Network Attached Storage Devices? robin p.s. I was told we are currently storing 350GB of client files. Robin Niewold Pro-Type Printing 130 N. Market Street Paxton, IL 60957 217.379.4715 robin@protypeonline.com From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Thu Sep 6 12:02:54 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Thu Sep 6 12:02:07 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] CD cases In-Reply-To: References: <20070906.071311.692.0.braddpotter@juno.com> <06203485-3122-4252-93BD-374BB5CD8FDD@printzilla.net> Message-ID: <1AC54E68-A7A1-4304-B2FE-479173E4A9BA@falconprintandcopy.com> I need a self-enclosed CD case. A piece printed on cover, and folded into a small pocket to slide the CD into. Like the one all the free AOL cds used to come in. Can anyone recommend a vendor for this? Regards, Borzou -------------- next part -------------- www.falconprintandcopy.com t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 From Azkwikkopy at aol.com Thu Sep 6 12:08:54 2007 From: Azkwikkopy at aol.com (Azkwikkopy@aol.com) Date: Thu Sep 6 12:09:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need Quicksilver - Next Generation plate material Message-ID: I have been buying this material for my 430 camera from Presstek. They have a $500.00 minimum before they share the freight charges. Where can I buy this material in smaller quantities and no freight? Nick Allion Copy Right Printing 2406 S. 24th Street Phoenix, Arizona 85034 v - 602-275-7255 f - 602-275-9711 c - 602-882-9681 e - copyrightaz@aol.com Pledge Your Copy will be Right, look great and be on time, the first time. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour From gamble at choiceonemail.com Thu Sep 6 12:23:49 2007 From: gamble at choiceonemail.com (Rick Bird) Date: Thu Sep 6 12:24:10 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need Quicksilver - Next Generation plate material In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <087701c7f0a2$4e895620$0201a8c0@RICK> Try xpedx in your area we use the local papershop (xpedex) in the area. Rick Bird Gamble Printing & Mailing Inc. Buffalo NY 14127 (716) 662-1515 (716) 662-5917 - fax gamblw@choiceonemail.com - email -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Azkwikkopy@aol.com Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 12:09 PM To: PRINTOWNERS@PRINTWEB.ORG Subject: [PrintOwners] Need Quicksilver - Next Generation plate material ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I have been buying this material for my 430 camera from Presstek. They have a $500.00 minimum before they share the freight charges. Where can I buy this material in smaller quantities and no freight? Nick Allion Copy Right Printing 2406 S. 24th Street Phoenix, Arizona 85034 v - 602-275-7255 f - 602-275-9711 c - 602-882-9681 e - copyrightaz@aol.com Pledge Your Copy will be Right, look great and be on time, the first time. ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From printer at ptialaska.net Thu Sep 6 12:27:01 2007 From: printer at ptialaska.net (Charles A. Lincoln) Date: Thu Sep 6 12:27:16 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Backing Up -- AGAIN! In-Reply-To: <194C0B0E-E507-4EA9-B0A2-9A53235460EA@protypeonline.com> References: <194C0B0E-E507-4EA9-B0A2-9A53235460EA@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: <3C47769F-C186-4337-B66D-B352D6985AD2@ptialaska.net> Order this: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=101760 then get a case for it and keep it off site. Backup every Friday and take it home. Even better is to get 2 of these units, keep one there all week backing up daily, then swap it out. They work great... _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Charles Lincoln ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY 612 30th Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907) 451-1111 fax (907) 451-4511 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ From thom at acepm.com Thu Sep 6 12:28:33 2007 From: thom at acepm.com (Thom Gulyas) Date: Thu Sep 6 12:30:32 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Backing Up -- AGAIN! In-Reply-To: <194C0B0E-E507-4EA9-B0A2-9A53235460EA@protypeonline.com> References: <194C0B0E-E507-4EA9-B0A2-9A53235460EA@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: <013901c7f0a2$f7d5f170$e781d450$@com> Robin, Have you thought about setting in place an honest rack mounted Snap! Server? Scott C. is helping me set mine up via telephone and it is working out wonderful!! I'm extremely happy and can offload all the mess that has been bogging down the computers. I would seriously think about going this way and making things easy on yourself. As far as having offsite, you can get a little portable HD and use that. Or perhaps burn all the older items onto DVD and clean up the files that way? You have several options..... Thom Gulyas ACE Printing & Mailing 10026 Old Ocean City Boulevard Unit # 3 Berlin, Maryland? 21811 410-641-3636 / FAX 410-641-1167 Web Page: www.ACEPM.com We are an Adobe Authorized Service Provider and a Microsoft Publisher Service Provider. We offer mailing services for First, Second and Standard class mailings. We handle everything from concept...to printing...to mailing! Ask us how we can SAVE YOU MONEY!!! -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Robin Niewold Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 12:01 PM To: printowners printowners Subject: [PrintOwners] Backing Up -- AGAIN! ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** We are still trying to decide on a simple, effective method of backing up our client files. Currently we are using some sort of tape back up using Retrospect software -- and we have a Quantum Raid 4 network server (all of this is greek to me! -- just repeating what I have been told). The tape is very unreliable and now doesn't even want to work at all and I have directed my dtp staff to find something better. I was all excited about the prospect of having the ability to have another company log into our system and do a remote backup for us. Seemed simple and also solved our problem about off-site copies. But, some have said that storing files of this size and quantity is cost prohibitive and how do you purge old files to keep your storage needs from ballooning enormously each year? Who knows anything about Network Attached Storage Devices? robin p.s. I was told we are currently storing 350GB of client files. Robin Niewold Pro-Type Printing 130 N. Market Street Paxton, IL 60957 217.379.4715 robin@protypeonline.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From eric at prioritypress.com Thu Sep 6 12:47:00 2007 From: eric at prioritypress.com (Eric Mance) Date: Thu Sep 6 12:47:35 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Backing Up -- AGAIN! Message-ID: <94f2012b.1c7f0a5.4437091.459a@prioritypress.com> Stop screwing around with cheap alternative solutions and check out www.sonicwall.com Look at there CDP device. It can now do Box to Box replication so you can have a box at your office and one at home. With a VPN tunnel between you will have a real time back solution. The backup happens whenever a file is changed and will keep up to 15 revisions of the file. It keeps disk capacity to a minimum by only recording the changes to the original file. This solution is not cheap but works great. Hands Free. Instant Backup. If you want more info then give me a call. Eric Mance Priority Press 132 Shaker Rd East Longmeadow, MA 01028 413-525-6111 413-525-2681 fax www.prioritypress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Robin Niewold Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 12:01 PM To: printowners printowners Subject: [PrintOwners] Backing Up -- AGAIN! ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** We are still trying to decide on a simple, effective method of backing up our client files. Currently we are using some sort of tape back up using Retrospect software -- and we have a Quantum Raid 4 network server (all of this is greek to me! -- just repeating what I have been told). The tape is very unreliable and now doesn't even want to work at all and I have directed my dtp staff to find something better. I was all excited about the prospect of having the ability to have another company log into our system and do a remote backup for us. Seemed simple and also solved our problem about off-site copies. But, some have said that storing files of this size and quantity is cost prohibitive and how do you purge old files to keep your storage needs from ballooning enormously each year? Who knows anything about Network Attached Storage Devices? robin p.s. I was told we are currently storing 350GB of client files. Robin Niewold Pro-Type Printing 130 N. Market Street Paxton, IL 60957 217.379.4715 robin@protypeonline.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From mark at pipsturgeonbay.com Thu Sep 6 12:50:06 2007 From: mark at pipsturgeonbay.com (Mark Lake) Date: Thu Sep 6 12:51:27 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Backing Up -- AGAIN! In-Reply-To: <194C0B0E-E507-4EA9-B0A2-9A53235460EA@protypeonline.com> References: <194C0B0E-E507-4EA9-B0A2-9A53235460EA@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: Robin, I'm just setting up something for backup based on a recommendation from our franchise headquarters. It isn't technically a backup but more like a synchronization of data. You have one unit onsite (like a server) and another offsite (at home) and the data syncs every night via internet. You can set it up to sync everything or just the files that change. Cost is much less than tape backup device, tapes & software. It also mirrors each drive so if one fails, you have a mirrored drive on each unit. Go to http://www.shop-infrant.com/readynas.htm and choose what you need. The 4 drive units are much faster than the 2 unit (RAID 5 vs 1). I don't know much more than that but there are others on this list who can probably give you more technical data based on the info their. I'm going off of a recommendation from Walter at Franchise Services Inc. Some, but not all, devices are available (http://www.infrant.com/wheretobuy/unitedstates.php) for less money. Go with 1G of RAM for the in-store unit, 256 is sufficient for the at-home one. I'm going with 2 4x400 units and the price is about $3,000 total. You need to be networked and a fast switch will make things run quicker. You can also put fonts, etc on that unit so they get saved. PS-this stuff is greek to me so don't tell me why this won't work or why something else is better. I'm going based on 2 people who I trust regarding this stuff. Mark Lake PIP Printing 368 Jefferson Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 920.743.7370 920.743.4633 Fax www.pipsturgeonbay.com Mark@pipsturgeonbay.com To send a file to us, please use the link below http://www.pip.com/Center/SendFile.asp?AddressID=845 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Robin Niewold Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 11:01 AM To: printowners printowners Subject: [PrintOwners] Backing Up -- AGAIN! ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** We are still trying to decide on a simple, effective method of backing up our client files. Currently we are using some sort of tape back up using Retrospect software -- and we have a Quantum Raid 4 network server (all of this is greek to me! -- just repeating what I have been told). The tape is very unreliable and now doesn't even want to work at all and I have directed my dtp staff to find something better. I was all excited about the prospect of having the ability to have another company log into our system and do a remote backup for us. Seemed simple and also solved our problem about off-site copies. But, some have said that storing files of this size and quantity is cost prohibitive and how do you purge old files to keep your storage needs from ballooning enormously each year? Who knows anything about Network Attached Storage Devices? robin p.s. I was told we are currently storing 350GB of client files. Robin Niewold Pro-Type Printing 130 N. Market Street Paxton, IL 60957 217.379.4715 robin@protypeonline.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners E-mail message checked by PC Tools Spyware Doctor (5.0.0.187) Database version: 5.08110 http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/ E-mail message checked by PC Tools Spyware Doctor (5.0.0.187) Database version: 5.08110 http://www.pctools.com/spyware-doctor/ From jacemeister at gmail.com Thu Sep 6 12:53:01 2007 From: jacemeister at gmail.com (Jace Prejean) Date: Thu Sep 6 12:53:22 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Trade Printer Message-ID: Does anyone here specialize in printing membership directories, or could you refer me to someone who does? This is a Chamber of Commerce directory including full-color custom tabs, spiral binding, etc. I could do it here but would rather not. It will be spiral bound and qty is 2000 to 3000. TIA -- Jace Prejean Bayou Printing & Graphics, Inc 922 Sunset Ave Houma, LA 70360 Phone 985-868-8273 www.BayouPrinting.com From DanF at MMSNY.com Thu Sep 6 13:04:57 2007 From: DanF at MMSNY.com (Dan Flatt) Date: Thu Sep 6 13:02:09 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? Message-ID: Sorry about the previous sends.. I have sent this as plain text. Our sales are up around 7% but if we look closer we find that our largest customers are growing around 24% and our smallest customers are down around 60%. With 500 customers who bought from us this year, the bottom 40% are very soft. These customers are either buying less or going elsewhere for pricing reasons. Our breakeven on a sale is around $35 so we raised our minimum invoice to $30 in 2006 and our regular price adjustments may be chasing price shopper away. We may increase minimums again and refocus our personel on the customers who truly value our product bundle. Our prime customers are manufacturing, financial and non-profits. areas of growth include Signs, CD duplication, full color offset, mailing. Our rev is expected to be around 2.6m in 2007. We expect owners compensation and net income combined will increase 45% over 2006. It would be nice to here the rev and the niche that each of you service. Daniel Flatt, M.B.A Syracuse University vice president and co-owner Multi Media Services / Sunset Printers Cell 607-331-7217 PLEASE TRY TO CONTACT ME ON MY CELL BEFORE CALLING THE OFFICE Fax 1-877-684-3043 Office 1-607-936-3186 www.mmsny.com "You don't make decisions because they are easy. You don't make decisions because they are cheap. You don't make decisions because they are popular. You make decisions because they are right." Theodore Hessburgh president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame 1953-1987 Other employees cell phone numbers: Rick Bartholomew (President and co-owner) 607-769-8111 Patty Carlson (On-demand leader) 607-331-5314 Suzie Bartholomew (IR account manager) 607-331-7068 Ralph Begeal (Special account rep) 607-331-5572 Emily Coletta (Prepress / design) 607-331-7708 David Jackson (Finance manager /CSR) 607-331-5422 Rose Flatt (Prepress / design) 607-331-1555 Dick Shelford (Sunset operations) 607-331-5775 Judy Pruyne (Prepress / design) 607-331-5963 Dave Satterly (IR Athens in-plant) 607-331-6025 Margaret Puffer (Mailing services / On demand) 607-936-3186 From eatnsleepgolf at msn.com Thu Sep 6 13:10:54 2007 From: eatnsleepgolf at msn.com (larry) Date: Thu Sep 6 13:11:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] how's biz Message-ID: Sales to date are up 26%. Profits are up 3 figures, but...... We added a new line to our company: domain name sales. It's highly profitable, and fits with our web site business. Domain names cost us $9 and sell for $2,000. Sorry.....I use a proprietary system to do this activity and can't share the details. www.OurDotsForSale.com We have a very narrow printing niche: the top 20% of all industries in town. We will print for anyone, but we spend our advertising dollars only on this group of businesses. As a result, we have a tiny overhead and only a few hundred regular customers who place high dollar invoice orders. Last month our sales per person was $324K annualized. 2006 was $275,000 per employee. We've done this since 1985 upon the suggestion of another printer. It takes time to develop, but that's why I believe in branding so strongly. Digital color is our highest growth/profit center, other than domains. Sales in that area are increasing by 3.78% per month during the past 12 months ending July, 2007. Our lowest selling price for a color copy is 20 cents to 600 missionaries worldwide. They funnel their work to us via their church in Florida. We are blessed that they typed in a specific keyword domain name and located us out here in the Desert! They only represent 6% of our color volume. The other 94% is sold at an average of 37 cents per click using 3 color machines. Each machine is different and while one of them cannot print on anything but super smooth stock, another can paint a sheet of Classic Columns cover stock with an 8 X 10 image. I expect a lot of fancy footwork next year. The customers we have don't have an interest in doing their work in house. Over time, that may or may not change, regardless of color printer placements. So, we have web design and domains for them. Maybe one day, I'll wear a 'flasher' jacket full of wrist watches, who knows. FWIW, we've gone from 6 figures a month sales in March, 1991 down to $20K sales in December of the same year. Ouch. Larry Desert Pacific Printing Tucson From monty.usa at gmail.com Thu Sep 6 14:11:25 2007 From: monty.usa at gmail.com (Monty) Date: Thu Sep 6 14:11:55 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: References: <54ffb7170709052002x2d0b709fuc44bf8b03724794a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <54ffb7170709061111n2bf93cf9g373bcd02d0d0a400@mail.gmail.com> Dan: That were some great points. I have forwarded them to my attorney. Thanks Monty On 9/6/07, mail@myprinter.biz wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Monty - > > Still not sure what you or your former company is doing that the patent > holder claims violates their patents. > > I browsed both of instabook's patents, and both refer to fairly > specifically > delineated automated electronic and mechanical processes and equipment to > be > used by "electronic bookstores" to produce books very quickly. > > Interestingly, I think it's possible that some of what Instabooks is doing > IS in violation of the patent(s) that were actually upheld in On Demand > Machine v. Ingram and Amazon.com, because much of the language about how > orders might be generated (e.g., web catalog) and very promptly fulfilled > is > extremely similar, as is much of the language about the no-inventory > benefits. > > Surely amazon's lawyers know this, but just in case they don't, you might > consider having your lawyer (or amazon's) inform Instabook's lawyer that > if > the infringement suit is further pursued, you'll do whatever you can to > make > sure it ends up being against Instabook by On Demand Machine, and that > since > amazon, with far deeper pockets than Instabook, actually lost that suit > (later overturned solely on the narrow grounds that amazon was NOT > offering > extremely quick production, as is Instabook), Instabook is very likely to > be > the loser. > > Instabook's defense in such a patent infringement suit could only be that > the manufacturing process they use is different from the one envisioned in > On Demand's patent, but the court didn't find that defense valid in the > prior suit, and, had they done so, it would be the exact grounds on which > you'd win the current suit, because the manufacturing processes delineated > in Instabook's patents are so specific that somebody else doing it > differently is a cinch (in fact, everybody's been doing it differently for > as long as prefect-bound books have been produced in any quantity at any > speed). > > The above is sort of a "best you back off and shut up" threat, but it's > one > I'd be listening to if I were representing Instabook. > > Buena suerte. > > Dan > Sir Speedy Printing Center > 5845 Hollywood Boulevard > Hollywood, FL 33021 > t 954.962.1309 > f 954.962.1366 > dan@myprinter.biz > www.myprinter.biz > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Monty > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:02 PM > To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please > help. > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Our wonderful patent office issued the following business process patents. > *US PATENTS 6012890, 6213703 > *Our tax dollars at work again > ------------------- > > On 9/5/07, Bill Huntley wrote: > > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > So the process of putting a disc into a computer, opening the file, > saving > > the file on the computer for future use and sending the file to a > printer > > can be patented ? I have a bro in law that is a patent attorney and I > have > > always understood that a patent must present a unique and obvious > > improvement to be considered. This reproduction process is the natural > > extension of the growth of technology from multiple sources, not one > > company's great idea. So unless the customer actually demands, in no > > uncertain terms and in a loud voice or threating missive that you make > > copies from his file, where's the harm? > > Bill Huntley > > Universal Copies > > Columbia, SC > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Monty" > > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 1:57 PM > > Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. > > > > > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > > > Hi Printowners: > > > > > > We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on > > > "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". > > > > > > A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to > > > participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name > > > Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. > > > > > > I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that > was > > sold > > > to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and > > damaging > > > us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and > > "printing-on-demand" > > > patents. > > > > > > Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to > > October > > > 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would > be > > > extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't > even > > > remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. > > > > > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Monty Kohli > > > 843-324-1296 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PrintOwners Discussion List > > > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > > > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PrintOwners Discussion List > > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From mail at myprinter.biz Thu Sep 6 14:39:14 2007 From: mail at myprinter.biz (mail@myprinter.biz) Date: Thu Sep 6 14:39:24 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. In-Reply-To: <54ffb7170709061111n2bf93cf9g373bcd02d0d0a400@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Monty - After posting, I realized that because Instabook's already been granted their patents, the patent office had to have either erred in granting those patents, because of On Demand's valid prior patent, OR the patent office found that what Instabook is doing is sufficiently different from On Demand's patented process that both are valid as protectable property. If the patent office erred in granting Instabook's patents (i.e., if those patents actually infringe on On Demand's patents), then Instabook's patents are invalid, since On Demand's patents supercede Instabook's. If, in the only other possible alternative, the patent office found that the two process differ sufficiently that both are patentable, then only their mutually unique aspects are patentable, and whatever common aspects they share CANNOT be patentable. I think that a reasonably good attorney could make that latter point the problem that Instabook wouldn't be able to solve in their suit against amazon and you. Dan Sir Speedy Printing Center 5845 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, FL 33021 t 954.962.1309 f 954.962.1366 dan@myprinter.biz www.myprinter.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Monty Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 2:11 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Dan: That were some great points. I have forwarded them to my attorney. Thanks Monty On 9/6/07, mail@myprinter.biz wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Monty - > > Still not sure what you or your former company is doing that the patent > holder claims violates their patents. > > I browsed both of instabook's patents, and both refer to fairly > specifically > delineated automated electronic and mechanical processes and equipment to > be > used by "electronic bookstores" to produce books very quickly. > > Interestingly, I think it's possible that some of what Instabooks is doing > IS in violation of the patent(s) that were actually upheld in On Demand > Machine v. Ingram and Amazon.com, because much of the language about how > orders might be generated (e.g., web catalog) and very promptly fulfilled > is > extremely similar, as is much of the language about the no-inventory > benefits. > > Surely amazon's lawyers know this, but just in case they don't, you might > consider having your lawyer (or amazon's) inform Instabook's lawyer that > if > the infringement suit is further pursued, you'll do whatever you can to > make > sure it ends up being against Instabook by On Demand Machine, and that > since > amazon, with far deeper pockets than Instabook, actually lost that suit > (later overturned solely on the narrow grounds that amazon was NOT > offering > extremely quick production, as is Instabook), Instabook is very likely to > be > the loser. > > Instabook's defense in such a patent infringement suit could only be that > the manufacturing process they use is different from the one envisioned in > On Demand's patent, but the court didn't find that defense valid in the > prior suit, and, had they done so, it would be the exact grounds on which > you'd win the current suit, because the manufacturing processes delineated > in Instabook's patents are so specific that somebody else doing it > differently is a cinch (in fact, everybody's been doing it differently for > as long as prefect-bound books have been produced in any quantity at any > speed). > > The above is sort of a "best you back off and shut up" threat, but it's > one > I'd be listening to if I were representing Instabook. > > Buena suerte. > > Dan > Sir Speedy Printing Center > 5845 Hollywood Boulevard > Hollywood, FL 33021 > t 954.962.1309 > f 954.962.1366 > dan@myprinter.biz > www.myprinter.biz > > > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Monty > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 11:02 PM > To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please > help. > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Our wonderful patent office issued the following business process patents. > *US PATENTS 6012890, 6213703 > *Our tax dollars at work again > ------------------- > > On 9/5/07, Bill Huntley wrote: > > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > So the process of putting a disc into a computer, opening the file, > saving > > the file on the computer for future use and sending the file to a > printer > > can be patented ? I have a bro in law that is a patent attorney and I > have > > always understood that a patent must present a unique and obvious > > improvement to be considered. This reproduction process is the natural > > extension of the growth of technology from multiple sources, not one > > company's great idea. So unless the customer actually demands, in no > > uncertain terms and in a loud voice or threating missive that you make > > copies from his file, where's the harm? > > Bill Huntley > > Universal Copies > > Columbia, SC > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Monty" > > To: > > Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2007 1:57 PM > > Subject: [PrintOwners] "Printing-On-Demand" Patent Lawsuit: Please help. > > > > > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > > > Hi Printowners: > > > > > > We are being sued by the holder of a business process patent on > > > "Books-on-Demand" or "Printing on Demand". > > > > > > A little background so you don't think I am a crackpot. I used to > > > participate on printowners under my quickprinting company name > > > Digitz.netAnd I learnt a heck of a lot from you veterans. > > > > > > I had co-founded an online publishing company called BookSurge that > was > > sold > > > to Amazon.com. Now, the holder of the faulty patent is defaming and > > damaging > > > us saying that we have stolen his "Book-on-demand" and > > "printing-on-demand" > > > patents. > > > > > > Did any of you use printing on demand or books-on-demand prior to > > October > > > 1996. I know it is a long time ago, but if you can remember it would > be > > > extremely helpful. Also, when did cluster printing emerge. I can't > even > > > remember the name of the company that sold the controller box. > > > > > > Any and all help would be greatly appreciated. > > > > > > Thanks > > > Monty Kohli > > > 843-324-1296 > > > _______________________________________________ > > > PrintOwners Discussion List > > > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > > > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PrintOwners Discussion List > > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From rstor at copycats.com Thu Sep 6 14:52:11 2007 From: rstor at copycats.com (Robert Stor) Date: Thu Sep 6 14:54:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46E04C5B.5020002@copycats.com> Greg, As you realize by now, the problem with a survey like this, which is not anonymous, is that you will hear primarily from people who are doing well. The results will be skewed. Regards, Bob Stor Copycats New York, NY 212-557-2111 x20 www.copycats.com Greg Weinfurter wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > > By what percent? > > > Greg Weinfurter > Press Express > 1869 N. Stevens St. > Rhinelander, WI 54501 > Phone 715-362-2828 > Fax 715-369-2828 > info@pressexpress.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > From andy at CedarBusinessCenter.com Thu Sep 6 14:56:16 2007 From: andy at CedarBusinessCenter.com (Andy Flamm) Date: Thu Sep 6 14:56:29 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Backing Up -- AGAIN! In-Reply-To: <194C0B0E-E507-4EA9-B0A2-9A53235460EA@protypeonline.com> References: <194C0B0E-E507-4EA9-B0A2-9A53235460EA@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: We use Mozy.com ($4.95/mo for unlimited storage, Mac and PC). It automatically backs up whatever we want and does it in the background at a time of our choosing or when the system has been idle for a set period of time. Restores are easy, too. The only concern I would have is what if the company goes out of business, but Mozy seems to be a leader in this area, and the chance that they will fold just before we have a crash seems small to me. We will probably still archive to DVDs once in a while, but nothing beats online backup for sheer convenience and off-site security. Andy On 9/6/07, Robin Niewold wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > We are still trying to decide on a simple, effective method of > backing up our client files. Currently we are using some sort of tape > back up using Retrospect software -- and we have a Quantum Raid 4 > network server (all of this is greek to me! -- just repeating what I > have been told). The tape is very unreliable and now doesn't even > want to work at all and I have directed my dtp staff to find > something better. > I was all excited about the prospect of having the ability to have > another company log into our system and do a remote backup for us. > Seemed simple and also solved our problem about off-site copies. But, > some have said that storing files of this size and quantity is cost > prohibitive and how do you purge old files to keep your storage needs > from ballooning enormously each year? > Who knows anything about Network Attached Storage Devices? > robin > > p.s. I was told we are currently storing 350GB of client files. > > > Robin Niewold > Pro-Type Printing > 130 N. Market Street > Paxton, IL 60957 > 217.379.4715 > robin@protypeonline.com > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > -- Cedar Business Center--Printing, Mailing & More Since 1983 345 Cedar Street, Suite 256 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 651-293-3904 voice 651-293-3905 fax andy@CedarBusinessCenter.com www.CedarBusinessCenter.com From afok at minutemanpress.com Thu Sep 6 20:22:26 2007 From: afok at minutemanpress.com (Anna Fok) Date: Thu Sep 6 20:23:32 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Vendor for durable round labels Message-ID: <46E099C2.2040706@minutemanpress.com> Hello All, I am looking for a vendor for round 7/8" labels. I will need 2 lots of 5000 each. I lot is black, 1 lot is color. They don't need to be weather or water proofed, but should withhold some rough handling, i.e. they should be either laminated or have some protective coating. LabelArt has something called Outdoor/durable labels. That is a quality I am looking for. But their production time + shipping to West coast will not work for me. Customer needs labels here by 9/12. Any advise? Anybody on this list who can do this quickly in house? I will post this to the other PO list, please forgive me for a double posting. Thank you, Anna Fok Minuteman Press - Santa Clara, CA afok@minutemanpress.com From robin at protypeonline.com Fri Sep 7 10:26:44 2007 From: robin at protypeonline.com (Robin Niewold) Date: Fri Sep 7 10:26:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Backing Up -- AGAIN! Message-ID: Thom, I am considering all options but have no idea what an "honest rack snap server" is -- I think ours is a snap server -- raid 4 -- mirror hard drive???? And a couple years ago Scott guided me on this purchase as well as phone support for setup. So, I'm guessing "rack" concept is bigger, better????? is it in addition to what we have? And, the removable hard drives don't seem doable with 350GB???? HELP! robin Robin Niewold Pro-Type Printing 130 N. Market Street Paxton, IL 60957 217.379.4715 robin@protypeonline.com From pressexpress at bfm.org Fri Sep 7 10:33:30 2007 From: pressexpress at bfm.org (Greg Weinfurter) Date: Fri Sep 7 10:35:00 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: <46E04C5B.5020002@copycats.com> References: <46E04C5B.5020002@copycats.com> Message-ID: <34CDA3FA-6302-4129-886D-678B947255D3@bfm.org> I agree. It is like listening to the people that play slots at a casino. You only seem to hear about the nights they pop the machine for a few hundred dollars that they took home, not the amount of money they invested over time. I tip my hat to those that were honest. With many small shops struggling, and franchise shops declining, I see a pattern. Thanks for the feedback. Greg On Sep 6, 2007, at 1:52 PM, Robert Stor wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Greg, > > As you realize by now, the problem with a survey like this, which > is not anonymous, is that you will hear primarily from people who > are doing well. The results will be skewed. > > Regards, > Bob Stor > Copycats > New York, NY > 212-557-2111 x20 > www.copycats.com > > Greg Weinfurter wrote: >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? >> >> By what percent? >> >> >> Greg Weinfurter >> Press Express >> 1869 N. Stevens St. >> Rhinelander, WI 54501 >> Phone 715-362-2828 >> Fax 715-369-2828 >> info@pressexpress.org >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners Greg Weinfurter Press Express 1869 N. Stevens St. Rhinelander, WI 54501 Phone 715-362-2828 Fax 715-369-2828 info@pressexpress.org From pressexpress at bfm.org Fri Sep 7 11:03:55 2007 From: pressexpress at bfm.org (Greg Weinfurter) Date: Fri Sep 7 11:05:45 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Vendor for durable round labels In-Reply-To: <46E099C2.2040706@minutemanpress.com> References: <46E099C2.2040706@minutemanpress.com> Message-ID: Discount labels??? Greg On Sep 6, 2007, at 7:22 PM, Anna Fok wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Hello All, > > I am looking for a vendor for round 7/8" labels. I will need 2 lots > of 5000 each. I lot is black, 1 lot is color. They don't need to > be weather or water proofed, but should withhold some rough > handling, i.e. they should be either laminated or have some > protective coating. > LabelArt has something called Outdoor/durable labels. That is a > quality I am looking for. But their production time + shipping to > West coast will not work for me. Customer needs labels here by 9/12. > > Any advise? Anybody on this list who can do this quickly in house? > > I will post this to the other PO list, please forgive me for a > double posting. > > Thank you, > > Anna Fok > Minuteman Press - Santa Clara, CA > afok@minutemanpress.com > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners Greg Weinfurter Press Express 1869 N. Stevens St. Rhinelander, WI 54501 Phone 715-362-2828 Fax 715-369-2828 info@pressexpress.org From QKCONSULT at aol.com Fri Sep 7 11:28:14 2007 From: QKCONSULT at aol.com (QKCONSULT@aol.com) Date: Fri Sep 7 11:28:49 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? Message-ID: In a message dated 9/6/2007 2:56:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rstor@copycats.com writes: Greg, As you realize by now, the problem with a survey like this, which is not anonymous, is that you will hear primarily from people who are doing well. The results will be skewed. Bob, I appreciate the efforts of Greg and others when they conduct surveys such as this, but I agree with you that the results will naturally be distorted due to the lack of anonymity provided or available. Interestingly enough, I have always been amazed at the candid and revealing data we receive every two years when we conduct the Industry Operating Ratio Study. We guarantee 100% anonymity to participants and no one at the sponsoring organization or anyone else for that matter sees the data. Once the business cards are entered into our system for mailing purposes, the cards and the original survey forms received are destroyed. We enter a code number on each survey form that allows us, after the data is scanned, captured and entered into our database, to go back and check an original survey form if a number seems screwy or as a huge outlier. Most times, it is a question of improper decimal points or something like that. We frequently use a somewhat complex formula (which of course I can't explain ) to automatically calculate the margin of error for almost any question as well as for the entire survey results, and that margin is typically in the 2.5 -3.5% percent range which is pretty good considering we are dealing with about 240 participants. Even though the participation level is smaller than we would like or what we used to get in the "good old days" you can still obtain some very accurate statistics even from a relatively small sampling, once you calculate the standard deviation. Aside from the statistical analysis, a common sense look at the data we present pretty much confirms in my mind that we are getting some very honest answers. When you look at the top and bottom quartile levels in terms of net owner's compensation you find some pretty fascinating data. While the top 25% of participants report an OC of 23% on average sales of $973,827, the bottom 25% report an average OC of only 4.25% on average sales of $1,158,000. That means that 25% of our participants averaged 4.25% in owner's comp.... meaning also that profitability in that bottom quartile actually ranged from real negative numbers up to about 6.5%! That means that there are owners out there with sales in the $1 million range who are taking out less than $50,000. In some cases, it is way lower than that. You could easily understand the participation of those doing very well participating in these studies, but you have to wonder about those at the bottom. Some may not know they are doing as poorly as they are, but I have to assume many others do know and participate because they are looking for answers and I do think these types of studies do offer some helpful tips. By the way, as a general rule of thumb, according to the formulas Larry and I developed for valuing printing businesses, if owner's compensation is less than 10% it is incapable of producing "excess earnings" and thus it may have little if any value to a prospective buyer, other than the current real market value of the equipment. Anyway, just some random thoughts on surveying. John Stewart Q. P. Consulting, Inc. Featuring - _"Print Shop For Sale"_ (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) by Larry Hunt & John Stewart 2110 S. Dairy Road West Melbourne, FL 32904 321-727-2442 Fax 321-727-2166 Cell: 321-794-6259 _www.quickconsultant.com_ (http://www.quickconsultant.com/) "Winners analyze, losers rationalize." ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour From robin at protypeonline.com Fri Sep 7 12:29:36 2007 From: robin at protypeonline.com (Robin Niewold) Date: Fri Sep 7 12:29:01 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Backing Up -- AGAIN! Message-ID: <9A6E537A-1F36-48AE-83B1-80BC9ACBCCC1@protypeonline.com> Andy, I checked out this remote backup system from mozy.com and with our current storage needs, I would pay up to $250/month or $3000 year! This seems a bit pricey for an annual fee. robin Robin Niewold Pro-Type Printing 130 N. Market Street Paxton, IL 60957 217.379.4715 robin@protypeonline.com From rstor at copycats.com Fri Sep 7 12:32:50 2007 From: rstor at copycats.com (Robert Stor) Date: Fri Sep 7 12:34:52 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46E17D32.9090806@copycats.com> John, I just got your book, so I'll be looking at the "excess earnings" concept soon. Interestingly, we have been approached by potential buyers, but they were always talking about multiples of owner's comp. I am surprised that you have not created an on-line form for the surveys. I would expect that the convenience would increase participation and that you would save input time and decrease errors. As an incentive, you could offer an on-line comparison of the participant's numbers vs the whole database with just a click. It would require some software development work, but this might be defrayed be the cost savings and by the ability to conduct (and sell) more frequent surveys. Regards, Bob Stor Copycats New York, NY 212-557-2111 x20 www.copycats.com QKCONSULT@aol.com wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > In a message dated 9/6/2007 2:56:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > rstor@copycats.com writes: > > Greg, > > As you realize by now, the problem with a survey like this, which is not > anonymous, is that you will hear primarily from people who are doing > well. The results will be skewed. > > > > Bob, > > I appreciate the efforts of Greg and others when they conduct surveys such > as this, but I agree with you that the results will naturally be distorted due > to the lack of anonymity provided or available. > > Interestingly enough, I have always been amazed at the candid and revealing > data we receive every two years when we conduct the Industry Operating Ratio > Study. We guarantee 100% anonymity to participants and no one at the > sponsoring organization or anyone else for that matter sees the data. Once the > business cards are entered into our system for mailing purposes, the cards and the > original survey forms received are destroyed. We enter a code number on each > survey form that allows us, after the data is scanned, captured and entered > into our database, to go back and check an original survey form if a number > seems screwy or as a huge outlier. Most times, it is a question of improper > decimal points or something like that. > > We frequently use a somewhat complex formula (which of course I can't > explain ) to automatically calculate the margin of error for almost any question > as well as for the entire survey results, and that margin is typically in > the 2.5 -3.5% percent range which is pretty good considering we are dealing > with about 240 participants. Even though the participation level is smaller than > we would like or what we used to get in the "good old days" you can still > obtain some very accurate statistics even from a relatively small sampling, once > you calculate the standard deviation. > > Aside from the statistical analysis, a common sense look at the data we > present pretty much confirms in my mind that we are getting some very honest > answers. When you look at the top and bottom quartile levels in terms of net > owner's compensation you find some pretty fascinating data. > > While the top 25% of participants report an OC of 23% on average sales of > $973,827, the bottom 25% report an average OC of only 4.25% on average sales of > $1,158,000. That means that 25% of our participants averaged 4.25% in owner's > comp.... meaning also that profitability in that bottom quartile actually > ranged from real negative numbers up to about 6.5%! That means that there are > owners out there with sales in the $1 million range who are taking out less > than $50,000. In some cases, it is way lower than that. > > You could easily understand the participation of those doing very well > participating in these studies, but you have to wonder about those at the bottom. > Some may not know they are doing as poorly as they are, but I have to assume > many others do know and participate because they are looking for answers and > I do think these types of studies do offer some helpful tips. > > By the way, as a general rule of thumb, according to the formulas Larry and > I developed for valuing printing businesses, if owner's compensation is less > than 10% it is incapable of producing "excess earnings" and thus it may have > little if any value to a prospective buyer, other than the current real > market value of the equipment. > > Anyway, just some random thoughts on surveying. > > John Stewart > Q. P. Consulting, Inc. > Featuring - _"Print Shop For Sale"_ (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) > > by Larry Hunt & John Stewart > > 2110 S. Dairy Road > West Melbourne, FL 32904 > 321-727-2442 Fax 321-727-2166 > Cell: 321-794-6259 > _www.quickconsultant.com_ (http://www.quickconsultant.com/) > "Winners analyze, losers rationalize." > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Fri Sep 7 12:52:27 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Fri Sep 7 12:51:38 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Backing Up -- AGAIN! In-Reply-To: <9A6E537A-1F36-48AE-83B1-80BC9ACBCCC1@protypeonline.com> References: <9A6E537A-1F36-48AE-83B1-80BC9ACBCCC1@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: I'll throw my two cents in here, for whatever its worth, but especially for 350 GB, I'd say just buy an external hard drive, and ever week or two bring it in, back everything up on it, and take it home so its safe. You can get 1 TB one with redundant drives, so if your shop blows up, and one drive on the external fails, it will still have everything backed up on another drive. I don't think it will cost you more than a G, and its a one-time cost. Well, until you get more than 1 TB of data. Regards, Borzou -------------- next part -------------- www.falconprintandcopy.com t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 On Sep 7, 2007, at 12:29 PM, Robin Niewold wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Andy, > I checked out this remote backup system from mozy.com and with our > current storage needs, I would pay up to $250/month or $3000 year! > This seems a bit pricey for an annual fee. > robin > > Robin Niewold > Pro-Type Printing > 130 N. Market Street > Paxton, IL 60957 > 217.379.4715 > robin@protypeonline.com > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From QKCONSULT at aol.com Fri Sep 7 13:30:54 2007 From: QKCONSULT at aol.com (QKCONSULT@aol.com) Date: Fri Sep 7 13:31:23 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? Message-ID: In a message dated 9/7/2007 12:37:02 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, rstor@copycats.com writes: we have been approached by potential buyers, but they were always talking about multiples of owner's comp. Bob, the above approach is not uncommon, and if the multiple used is a bit lower the valuation could end up resulting in the same valuation as the "excess earnings" approach used in our book. The method that we use for determining a multiplier is far more scientific and can be calculated/estimated within a .1 - .3 variation in multipliers, whether performed by the buyer or the seller. We developed a special questionnaire with 14 variously weighted questions that an owner/buyer applies to the firm in question. The resulting average to the questions produces the multiplier. The "excess earnings" approach noted in the book is somewhat different than owner's comp. approach in that it assumes a buyer/investor is and should be entitled to at least a living wage plus fringes (which we spell out) and that the business needs to generate profits above and beyond that level in order to have any real value. Otherwise, the owner has just bought himself a job. I am surprised that you have not created an on-line form for the surveys. I would expect that the convenience would increase participation and that you would save input time and decrease errors. We have tried the online approach once in the past but with such a relatively large number of questions and the inability with most survey programs to display more than 2-3 questions at a time we have encountered many problems.... the biggest problem with detailed questionnaires on line, especially those requiring numerical answers is that many folks get frustrated not knowing how many questions are left, etc. and then just getting bored and dropping out before they are finished. That is a major problem. With the right kind of programming I am sure some of these challenges could be resolved, but I sure can't afford programmers to do this. As an incentive, you could offer an on-line comparison of the participant's numbers vs the whole database with just a click. I do like this idea and I have thought how we could create incentives for folks by offering a more direct comparison with other companies identical in size to their own. I also like the idea of offering some type of abbreviated analysis where owners would only have to fill-in key numbers and their results would pop up on screen next to the national averages, as well as top and bottom quartiles. My greatest frustrations over the years is the decline in overall participation. In all the years of doing studies, I do not recall one instance where someone returned a survey and said they didn't like it, or see value in it. If I was able to sit down on a one on one basis with an owner I believe I could convince at least 80% of them that there is real value in these studies, but of course time just doesn't allow me to do that. Plus, I would be the wrong person to do that since for many years I had a vested interest in selling the studies. That is no longer the case. I have no vested interest or connection with the sale of these studies. All studies are sold directly through NAPL/NAQP, which may or may not be the best way to go. I suspect that because of the large number of publications sold through NAPL that our own studies may get even less attention and publicity than in the past. Thanks for the input. John Stewart Q. P. Consulting, Inc. Featuring - _"Print Shop For Sale"_ (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) by Larry Hunt & John Stewart 2110 S. Dairy Road West Melbourne, FL 32904 321-727-2442 Fax 321-727-2166 Cell: 321-794-6259 _www.quickconsultant.com_ (http://www.quickconsultant.com/) "Winners analyze, losers rationalize." ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour From pressexpress at bfm.org Fri Sep 7 13:35:15 2007 From: pressexpress at bfm.org (Greg Weinfurter) Date: Fri Sep 7 13:36:39 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: John, thank you for that honest feedback. Surveys are best left to the pro's. Greg On Sep 7, 2007, at 10:28 AM, QKCONSULT@aol.com wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > In a message dated 9/6/2007 2:56:19 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > rstor@copycats.com writes: > > Greg, > > As you realize by now, the problem with a survey like this, which > is not > anonymous, is that you will hear primarily from people who are doing > well. The results will be skewed. > > > > Bob, > > I appreciate the efforts of Greg and others when they conduct > surveys such > as this, but I agree with you that the results will naturally be > distorted due > to the lack of anonymity provided or available. > > Interestingly enough, I have always been amazed at the candid and > revealing > data we receive every two years when we conduct the Industry > Operating Ratio > Study. We guarantee 100% anonymity to participants and no one at the > sponsoring organization or anyone else for that matter sees the > data. Once the > business cards are entered into our system for mailing purposes, > the cards and the > original survey forms received are destroyed. We enter a code > number on each > survey form that allows us, after the data is scanned, captured > and entered > into our database, to go back and check an original survey form if > a number > seems screwy or as a huge outlier. Most times, it is a question of > improper > decimal points or something like that. > > We frequently use a somewhat complex formula (which of course I can't > explain ) to automatically calculate the margin of error for > almost any question > as well as for the entire survey results, and that margin is > typically in > the 2.5 -3.5% percent range which is pretty good considering we are > dealing > with about 240 participants. Even though the participation level is > smaller than > we would like or what we used to get in the "good old days" you can > still > obtain some very accurate statistics even from a relatively small > sampling, once > you calculate the standard deviation. > > Aside from the statistical analysis, a common sense look at the > data we > present pretty much confirms in my mind that we are getting some > very honest > answers. When you look at the top and bottom quartile levels in > terms of net > owner's compensation you find some pretty fascinating data. > > While the top 25% of participants report an OC of 23% on average > sales of > $973,827, the bottom 25% report an average OC of only 4.25% on > average sales of > $1,158,000. That means that 25% of our participants averaged 4.25% > in owner's > comp.... meaning also that profitability in that bottom quartile > actually > ranged from real negative numbers up to about 6.5%! That means > that there are > owners out there with sales in the $1 million range who are taking > out less > than $50,000. In some cases, it is way lower than that. > > You could easily understand the participation of those doing very well > participating in these studies, but you have to wonder about those > at the bottom. > Some may not know they are doing as poorly as they are, but I have > to assume > many others do know and participate because they are looking for > answers and > I do think these types of studies do offer some helpful tips. > > By the way, as a general rule of thumb, according to the formulas > Larry and > I developed for valuing printing businesses, if owner's > compensation is less > than 10% it is incapable of producing "excess earnings" and thus it > may have > little if any value to a prospective buyer, other than the current > real > market value of the equipment. > > Anyway, just some random thoughts on surveying. > > John Stewart > Q. P. Consulting, Inc. > Featuring - _"Print Shop For Sale"_ (http:// > www.printshopsforsale.net/) > > by Larry Hunt & John Stewart > > 2110 S. Dairy Road > West Melbourne, FL 32904 > 321-727-2442 Fax 321-727-2166 > Cell: 321-794-6259 > _www.quickconsultant.com_ (http://www.quickconsultant.com/) > "Winners analyze, losers rationalize." > > > > ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all- > new AOL at > http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners Greg Weinfurter Press Express 1869 N. Stevens St. Rhinelander, WI 54501 Phone 715-362-2828 Fax 715-369-2828 info@pressexpress.org From QKCONSULT at aol.com Fri Sep 7 13:57:22 2007 From: QKCONSULT at aol.com (QKCONSULT@aol.com) Date: Fri Sep 7 13:57:42 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? Message-ID: In a message dated 9/7/2007 1:38:23 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, pressexpress@bfm.org writes: John, thank you for that honest feedback. Surveys are best left to the pro's. I don't consider myself a pro either, just an experienced amateur! Hell, you should have seen the correspondence I had with this professor I hired from Connecticut to analyze some of our survey data... he said our stuff was so simple to calculate that he didn't want to charge me! I insisted on paying him. I have this letter pinned to my bulletin board with his formulas.... Then, when I am finished with the excel spreadsheets, I just add his formula in another row to calculate the margin or error... One of the interesting things I do with some of our studies is I set up a row to calculate the difference between the average and the median for every single question. When there is a difference of more than say 5% between the two (aver. vs. median), I set up conditional formatting to make that cell appear in RED and then I go through the tedious task on scanning that column, top to bottom to find the "weird" outliers, etc. I will not change or delete a number unless I know it to be incorrectly entered or a decimal point has been left out. The recent Wage and Benefits Study was amazing in the consistency of the data and I had very few numbers that had to be checked , changed or corrected. I also use a unique but little known feature of Excel called Advanced Filtering which is not to be confused with Filtering. I'll bet 98% of Excel users have never used it, and it is poorly explained in most books. However, it allows you to take a massive block of data (say 46,000+ cells) and set up a criteria row where you can apply whatever selection and sorting criteria you want. Then Excel finds all the companies that match that criteria and then puts the data somewhere else... in my case, it is below the raw data. And it is that sorted data where I draw my statistics from. More than you wanted to know, I am sure! John Stewart Q. P. Consulting, Inc. Featuring - _"Print Shop For Sale"_ (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) by Larry Hunt & John Stewart 2110 S. Dairy Road West Melbourne, FL 32904 321-727-2442 Fax 321-727-2166 Cell: 321-794-6259 _www.quickconsultant.com_ (http://www.quickconsultant.com/) "Winners analyze, losers rationalize." ************************************** Get a sneak peek of the all-new AOL at http://discover.aol.com/memed/aolcom30tour From ssheers at sheergraphics.com Fri Sep 7 15:05:57 2007 From: ssheers at sheergraphics.com (Simon Sheers) Date: Fri Sep 7 15:00:56 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: <20070907175744.6F38EB49876@rb.enter.net> References: <20070907175744.6F38EB49876@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <8a6ba4ed65221d93c52ea458263582f0@sheergraphics.com> The printed survey form is much, much easier to handle than constant scrolling, clicking, forward arrows, backward arrows, job and estimate windows, books of account, summaries et cetera. Give me a printed form I can pick up, place aside temporarily, make pencil entries for later permanence, and look at whilst using a 23" screen to navigate to the data needed. We take a lot of online orders, but only through picking up the ph...ph...ph... phone do we learn what online forms mislead or give users problems. Online is not the total answer - that's why so many books are sold online and why so much paper is consumed printing out online information in the 'paperless office'. > I am surprised that you have not created an on-line form for the > surveys...... > We have tried the online approach once in the past..... and the > inability with most survey programs to > display more than 2-3 questions at a time......John Stewart Please reply to Simon Sheers at: Sheer Graphics Inc. 47 Chestnut Avenue, Westmont, IL 60559-1127 Tel: (630) 654-4422 Printing the message . . . and a whole lot more From John at mpcny.com Fri Sep 7 15:26:11 2007 From: John at mpcny.com (John Henry) Date: Fri Sep 7 15:26:35 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need old Beige G3 Message-ID: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> I need to old beige G3 with Scsi built in. It drives my old image setter and died. Anyone got a box collecting dust? John M. Henry Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company 125-129 East First Street Oswego, New York 13126 (315) 343-3531 (315) 343-3577 Fax www.mpcny.com John@mpcny.com We are an Adobe Authorized Service Provider Microsoft Publisher Service Provider We offer the Oswego area's only full service mailing for First, Second and Standard Class mailings. We handle everything from concept... to printing...to mailing! Ask us how YOU can SAVE money!!! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.8/993 - Release Date: 9/6/2007 3:18 PM From doug at vipprinting.com Fri Sep 7 15:34:50 2007 From: doug at vipprinting.com (Douglas W. Rinnert) Date: Fri Sep 7 15:37:59 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need old Beige G3 In-Reply-To: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> References: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> Message-ID: John, Try looking on e-bay. Doug Doug Rinnert V.I.P. Printing & Design 9862 Crescent Park Drive West Chester, Ohio 45069 513.777.7468 office 513.777.7459 fax -- Doug Rinnert V.I.P. Printing & Design 9862 Crescent Park Drive West Chester, Ohio 45069 513.777.7468 office 513.777.7459 fax 513.623.6907 cell From mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com Fri Sep 7 15:42:12 2007 From: mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com (Michael Vogel) Date: Fri Sep 7 15:42:26 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need old Beige G3 In-Reply-To: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> References: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> Message-ID: <98f5b19a0709071242x51121039u25c408243540467a@mail.gmail.com> On 9/7/07, John Henry wrote: > > I need to old beige G3 with Scsi built in. It drives my old image setter and > died. Anyone got a box collecting dust? Could you use 2 old beige Classics? One has a very nice wooden case with hinged front doors. That would make it a banner year for emptying my old-computers-collecting-dust-box; I got someone to take an old IIci recently! -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon From tufelkinder at gmail.com Fri Sep 7 15:43:23 2007 From: tufelkinder at gmail.com (Walt) Date: Fri Sep 7 15:43:43 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need old Beige G3 In-Reply-To: References: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> Message-ID: <84f70d5e0709071243wf50a94as5937a8d7c9810b61@mail.gmail.com> John, You can typically just add a PCI SCSI card to most newer macs (just make sure it's a card that will fit in your specific mac!); do you need the whole system to be older, or just to support SCSI? Walt Mercersburg Printing Mercersburg, PA http://mercersburg.net tufelkinder@gmail.com 800-955-3902 -~ Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so. -- Bertrand Russell From printer at ptialaska.net Fri Sep 7 16:12:33 2007 From: printer at ptialaska.net (Charles A. Lincoln) Date: Fri Sep 7 16:12:49 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need old Beige G3 In-Reply-To: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> References: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> Message-ID: On Sep 7, 2007, at 11:26 AM, John Henry wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I need to old beige G3 with Scsi built in. It drives my old image > setter and > died. Anyone got a box collecting dust? REPLY: You can get scsi cards for new macs... _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Charles Lincoln ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY 612 30th Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907) 451-1111 fax (907) 451-4511 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ From bill at mauiprintworks.com Fri Sep 7 16:22:19 2007 From: bill at mauiprintworks.com (Maui Print Works) Date: Fri Sep 7 16:22:36 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need old Beige G3 In-Reply-To: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> References: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> Message-ID: <3b28bed780ad580ebbd11324d7cb16ce@mauiprintworks.com> I think we have one at home in the corner of the garage, I'll check this weekend. Bill Marsh Maui Print Works 70 Central Ave., Wailuku, HI 96793 (808)242-6634 Fax (808)242-8967 bill@mauiprintworks.com www. mauiprintworks.com On Sep 7, 2007, at 9:26 AM, John Henry wrote: > I need to old beige G3 with Scsi built in. It drives my old image > setter and > died. Anyone got a box collecting dust? > > John M. Henry > Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company > 125-129 East First Street > Oswego, New York 13126 > (315) 343-3531 > (315) 343-3577 Fax > www.mpcny.com > John@mpcny.com From hal at pickimp.com Fri Sep 7 16:24:26 2007 From: hal at pickimp.com (Hal Wendt) Date: Fri Sep 7 16:24:01 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need old Beige G3 References: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> Message-ID: <002c01c7f18d$18141300$0301a8c0@sbcglobal.net> I never did get it, why won't a gray machine work? In the PC world it's the processor, not the cabinet color. duh Hal Wendt IMP Printing & Graphics Design Southgate, Michigan USA From russ at mobile-print.com Fri Sep 7 17:34:34 2007 From: russ at mobile-print.com (Russ Peters) Date: Fri Sep 7 16:35:50 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] CD cases In-Reply-To: <1AC54E68-A7A1-4304-B2FE-479173E4A9BA@falconprintandcopy.com> References: <20070906.071311.692.0.braddpotter@juno.com> <06203485-3122-4252-93BD-374BB5CD8FDD@printzilla.net> <1AC54E68-A7A1-4304-B2FE-479173E4A9BA@falconprintandcopy.com> Message-ID: <46E1C3EA.4010003@mobile-print.com> I believe that Marketing IV can make them. *398 W Wrightwood Ave* *Elmhurst*, *IL* *, 60126-1002* *Phone:* 630-832-1820 *FAX:* 630-832-4778 Russ Peters MOBILE PRINT, INC. 201 W. Central Road Mount Prospect, IL 60056 Phone: 847-398-6155 Fax: 847-398-0788 Borzou Azabdaftari wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > I need a self-enclosed CD case. A piece printed on cover, and folded > into a small pocket to slide the CD into. Like the one all the free > AOL cds used to come in. Can anyone recommend a vendor for this? > > Regards, > > Borzou > > > > www.falconprintandcopy.com > t.703.442.0124 > f.703.442.0134 > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From kellycrom at gmail.com Fri Sep 7 16:39:50 2007 From: kellycrom at gmail.com (Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics) Date: Fri Sep 7 16:38:35 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need old Beige G3 In-Reply-To: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> References: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> Message-ID: <03c801c7f18f$3ef242b0$6d01a8c0@KELLY> John, I might still have one in the warehouse. I'm in Chicago now, but I'll check when I get back next Wed.(if you don't find one sooner) Kelly Crom Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. We've Moved!!! 2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 Plymouth, MN 55441 New Phone: (763)231-6970 kellycrom@gmail.com www.applied-graphics.com > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of John Henry > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 2:26 PM > To: printowners@printweb.org > Subject: [PrintOwners] Need old Beige G3 > Importance: High > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I need to old beige G3 with Scsi built in. It drives my old > image setter and > died. Anyone got a box collecting dust? > > John M. Henry > Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company > 125-129 East First Street > Oswego, New York 13126 > (315) 343-3531 > (315) 343-3577 Fax > www.mpcny.com > John@mpcny.com > We are an Adobe Authorized Service Provider > Microsoft Publisher Service Provider > We offer the Oswego area's only full service mailing for > First, Second and > Standard > Class mailings. We handle everything from concept... to printing...to > mailing! Ask us how YOU can SAVE money!!! > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.8/993 - Release > Date: 9/6/2007 > 3:18 PM > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From cpyxpres at bellsouth.net Fri Sep 7 16:57:48 2007 From: cpyxpres at bellsouth.net (Ben Travis) Date: Fri Sep 7 16:58:02 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need old Beige G3 In-Reply-To: <002c01c7f18d$18141300$0301a8c0@sbcglobal.net> References: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> <002c01c7f18d$18141300$0301a8c0@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: Hal, You are in the wrong world. The PC world is kind of B&W, not just the PC's, but the world they live in. In the Mac world, there is lots of color. So we have to coordinate the cabinet colors with the environment. A gray machine just won't cut it! Just pulling your chain! I use both. At the office the Macs outnumber the PCs 6 to 3. At home, my Mac is outnumbered 3 to 1..... Ben Travis Copy Express 4004-A South Blvd. Charlotte, NC 20209 cpyxpres@bellsouth.net 704-527-1750 On Sep 7, 2007, at 4:24 PM, Hal Wendt wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I never did get it, why won't a gray machine work? > In the PC world it's the processor, not the cabinet color. > > duh > > Hal Wendt > IMP Printing & Graphics Design > Southgate, Michigan USA > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From tufelkinder at gmail.com Fri Sep 7 17:07:41 2007 From: tufelkinder at gmail.com (Walt) Date: Fri Sep 7 17:08:00 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need old Beige G3 In-Reply-To: References: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> <002c01c7f18d$18141300$0301a8c0@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <84f70d5e0709071407w70b9bfc4r2532b4ddd6e50925@mail.gmail.com> On 9/7/07, Ben Travis wrote: > The PC world is kind of B&W, not just the PC's, but the world they > live in. I think your PCs just lead boring lives. :-) They can be much more interesting... http://www.apevia.com/product.php?pid=64 Walt Mercersburg Printing Mercersburg, PA http://mercersburg.net 800-955-3902 tufelkinder@gmail.com -~ Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so. -- Bertrand Russell From andy at CedarBusinessCenter.com Fri Sep 7 17:12:57 2007 From: andy at CedarBusinessCenter.com (Andy Flamm) Date: Fri Sep 7 17:13:12 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Backing Up -- AGAIN! In-Reply-To: <9A6E537A-1F36-48AE-83B1-80BC9ACBCCC1@protypeonline.com> References: <9A6E537A-1F36-48AE-83B1-80BC9ACBCCC1@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: Huh. Maybe I'm using the "personal" version and you (appropriately) inquired about the "professional" version, or whatever they call it. Well, good luck, whatever you do. Andy On 9/7/07, Robin Niewold wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Andy, > I checked out this remote backup system from mozy.com and with our > current storage needs, I would pay up to $250/month or $3000 year! > This seems a bit pricey for an annual fee. > robin > > Robin Niewold > Pro-Type Printing > 130 N. Market Street > Paxton, IL 60957 > 217.379.4715 > robin@protypeonline.com > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > -- Cedar Business Center--Printing, Mailing & More Since 1983 345 Cedar Street, Suite 256 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 651-293-3904 voice 651-293-3905 fax andy@CedarBusinessCenter.com www.CedarBusinessCenter.com From andy at CedarBusinessCenter.com Fri Sep 7 17:15:57 2007 From: andy at CedarBusinessCenter.com (Andy Flamm) Date: Fri Sep 7 17:16:13 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need old Beige G3 In-Reply-To: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> References: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> Message-ID: Yes, I have one I'd love to get rid of. Also a Scanmaker E6 with SCSI cable. Let me know if you are interested and what else you need to know. Thanks. Andy Flamm -- Cedar Business Center--Printing, Mailing & More Since 1983 345 Cedar Street, Suite 256 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 651-293-3904 voice 651-293-3905 fax andy@CedarBusinessCenter.com www.CedarBusinessCenter.com On 9/7/07, John Henry wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I need to old beige G3 with Scsi built in. It drives my old image setter > and > died. Anyone got a box collecting dust? > > John M. Henry > Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company > 125-129 East First Street > Oswego, New York 13126 > (315) 343-3531 > (315) 343-3577 Fax > www.mpcny.com > John@mpcny.com > We are an Adobe Authorized Service Provider > Microsoft Publisher Service Provider > We offer the Oswego area's only full service mailing for First, Second and > Standard > Class mailings. We handle everything from concept... to printing...to > mailing! Ask us how YOU can SAVE money!!! > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.8/993 - Release Date: 9/6/2007 > 3:18 PM > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From cpyxpres at bellsouth.net Fri Sep 7 17:29:20 2007 From: cpyxpres at bellsouth.net (Ben Travis) Date: Fri Sep 7 17:29:42 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need old Beige G3 In-Reply-To: <84f70d5e0709071407w70b9bfc4r2532b4ddd6e50925@mail.gmail.com> References: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> <002c01c7f18d$18141300$0301a8c0@sbcglobal.net> <84f70d5e0709071407w70b9bfc4r2532b4ddd6e50925@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <71B5387C-3EF5-4F46-9880-E9961CD27D59@bellsouth.net> That is a Cool PC! I stand corrected... Ben Travis Copy Express 4004-A South Blvd. Charlotte, NC 20209 cpyxpres@bellsouth.net 704-527-1750 On Sep 7, 2007, at 5:07 PM, Walt wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > On 9/7/07, Ben Travis wrote: >> The PC world is kind of B&W, not just the PC's, but the world they >> live in. > > I think your PCs just lead boring lives. :-) They can > be much more interesting... > > http://www.apevia.com/product.php?pid=64 > > > Walt > > Mercersburg Printing > Mercersburg, PA > http://mercersburg.net > 800-955-3902 > tufelkinder@gmail.com > > -~ > > Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so. > -- Bertrand Russell > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From robin at protypeonline.com Fri Sep 7 18:17:48 2007 From: robin at protypeonline.com (Robin Niewold) Date: Fri Sep 7 18:17:18 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Backing Up -- AGAIN! Message-ID: Borzou and others, it appears from our research and talking with others who know much more about this than I know, that we do not have a "real" network server? Don't ask because I can't answer. However, Borzou, one company told us the same thing you did and gave us the same size and pricing info. on the external hard drives. I think my dtp employee is leaning this direction. Thank you and others for your help. Robin Robin Niewold Pro-Type Printing 130 N. Market Street Paxton, IL 60957 217.379.4715 robin@protypeonline.com From richard at sirspeedy-brickell.com Fri Sep 7 18:22:09 2007 From: richard at sirspeedy-brickell.com (Richard Moffat) Date: Fri Sep 7 18:22:11 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Inquiry on special color In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Can somebody give me some help on this one? I have a customer who wants to do a job with us but the printer who did the same job perviously indicated that the color is a special color they invented with the designer (who is "married" to this printer). The job is a 5/5 (CMYK + 1 spot), they indicate the spot color to be a pearlescent. The designer describes it as "pearl composite mixed into a custom blue color", and does not want to give me or the customer more information. The closest we can match is PMS 7542 but it does have a metalic or shiny content. I have looked in all the PMS books we have for different papers and metalics and we cannot match it. Is there a PMS book that contains some type of pearl base like the metalics contain silver or gold ink? The designer is telling the customer that we should match it based on the printed piece we have. I know that if we use silver we will not get the same effect, I there any other base we can use so that we can add it to the PMS 7542? Thanks in advance for any suggestions. Richard Moffat Sir Speedy 244 S.W. 6th Street Miami, Florida 33130 (305) 285-1401 Tel (305) 285-1402 Fax richard@sirspeedy-brickell.com www.sirspeedy-brickell.com From dstorrar at hrcommunications.ca Fri Sep 7 18:38:46 2007 From: dstorrar at hrcommunications.ca (Dan Storrar) Date: Fri Sep 7 18:39:48 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Inquiry on special color References: Message-ID: <001d01c7f19f$e25e6680$6401a8c0@DAN> Not sure about your ink supplier but i know that when we run into this we give the printed sample to our paper rep and he gets and ink drawdown done This provides us with the formula which the ink company will either supply to us or mix the ink for us. Make sure that the ink company has stock samples that the job will be produced on. Good luck ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Moffat" To: "Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only" Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 6:22 PM Subject: [PrintOwners] Inquiry on special color > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Can somebody give me some help on this one? I have a customer who wants > to > do a job with us but the printer who did the same job perviously indicated > that the color is a special color they invented with the designer (who is > "married" to this printer). The job is a 5/5 (CMYK + 1 spot), they > indicate > the spot color to be a pearlescent. The designer describes it as "pearl > composite mixed into a custom blue color", and does not want to give me or > the customer more information. > > The closest we can match is PMS 7542 but it does have a metalic or shiny > content. I have looked in all the PMS books we have for different papers > and metalics and we cannot match it. Is there a PMS book that contains > some > type of pearl base like the metalics contain silver or gold ink? The > designer is telling the customer that we should match it based on the > printed piece we have. I know that if we use silver we will not get the > same > effect, I there any other base we can use so that we can add it to the PMS > 7542? > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > Richard Moffat > > Sir Speedy > 244 S.W. 6th Street > Miami, Florida 33130 > (305) 285-1401 Tel > (305) 285-1402 Fax > richard@sirspeedy-brickell.com > www.sirspeedy-brickell.com > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From sos at olympus.net Fri Sep 7 18:53:56 2007 From: sos at olympus.net (Dan Huntingford) Date: Fri Sep 7 18:54:18 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Inquiry on special color References: Message-ID: <093b01c7f1a1$f8769c60$0300a8c0@DANIEL> I know that if we use silver we will not get the same > effect, I there any other base we can use so that we can add it to the PMS > 7542? ====================== PMS 8201 C is a nice metallic blue fairly close to 7542. I think Pantone has more metallic colors, but my swatch book only shows silver, 6 shades of gold and 7 metallic colors. The formula for 8201 is 1 1/4 pts 072 Blue 5 pts Pro Blue and 11 1/8 pts 877 Silver Hope that helps. Dan Huntingford SOS Printing 2319 Washington Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 sos@olympus.net (360) 385-4194 Fax (360) 385-5860 From robin at protypeonline.com Fri Sep 7 20:02:01 2007 From: robin at protypeonline.com (Robin Niewold) Date: Fri Sep 7 20:01:36 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Wish I Were In Chicago Message-ID: <63616BC5-CF32-4EA5-8C29-A57DD2F2EC97@protypeonline.com> Darn, here I am on Friday of the NAQP Conference in Chicago -- watching Wheel of Fortune and waiting for Jim to bring home pizza.....meanwhile my printing associates and friends are on the 2nd or 3rd floor of the InterContinental Hotel on N. Mich. Avenue having the time of their lives -- having drinks and appetizers and schmoozing with each other and maybe some of the vendors at the Supplier event -- and then out to dinner to discuss the issues they didn't get resolved during the day or over appetizers. DARN! I'm missing a great time! I almost changed my mind last week and un-did my cancelled hotel and conference registration. fortunately, I did not - my back is giving me fits -- heading to Chicago on Tuesday to get a 2nd opinion. First opinion last Wed. said that surgery would help -- spinal fusion -- 3 vertebrae, 2 levels, L5 S1 and L4. Why aren't you in Chicago? Robin Robin Niewold Pro-Type Printing 130 N. Market Street Paxton, IL 60957 217.379.4715 robin@protypeonline.com From stalprint at charter.net Fri Sep 7 20:24:10 2007 From: stalprint at charter.net (stalprint@charter.net) Date: Fri Sep 7 20:24:25 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Wish I Were In Chicago In-Reply-To: <63616BC5-CF32-4EA5-8C29-A57DD2F2EC97@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: <20070907202410.H4AM8.34615.root@fepweb02> I wish you were here also Without your "spunk" just about boring ---- Robin Niewold wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Darn, here I am on Friday of the NAQP Conference in Chicago -- > watching Wheel of Fortune and waiting for Jim to bring home > pizza.....meanwhile my printing associates and friends are on the 2nd > or 3rd floor of the InterContinental Hotel on N. Mich. Avenue having > the time of their lives -- having drinks and appetizers and > schmoozing with each other and maybe some of the vendors at the > Supplier event -- and then out to dinner to discuss the issues they > didn't get resolved during the day or over appetizers. > DARN! I'm missing a great time! I almost changed my mind last week > and un-did my cancelled hotel and conference registration. > fortunately, I did not - my back is giving me fits -- heading to > Chicago on Tuesday to get a 2nd opinion. First opinion last Wed. said > that surgery would help -- spinal fusion -- 3 vertebrae, 2 levels, L5 > S1 and L4. > Why aren't you in Chicago? > Robin > > Robin Niewold > Pro-Type Printing > 130 N. Market Street > Paxton, IL 60957 > 217.379.4715 > robin@protypeonline.com > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From list at interiorgraphics.com Fri Sep 7 21:07:10 2007 From: list at interiorgraphics.com (Michelle at Interior Graphics) Date: Fri Sep 7 21:07:22 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Wish I Were In Chicago In-Reply-To: <63616BC5-CF32-4EA5-8C29-A57DD2F2EC97@protypeonline.com> References: <63616BC5-CF32-4EA5-8C29-A57DD2F2EC97@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: Hey Lady! It's hunting season here, so my husband is out of town which leaves nobody to watch my daughter. I'm hoping next year will be a little later in the season - I really wish I was there too! I had a great time last year, learned a bunch, met some terrific people and made some great memories. Sorry to hear about your back - I hope you get it fixed soon. Michelle Maynor "Your Personal Printer" Interior Graphics & Printing 770 8th Avenue Fairbanks, AK 99701 907.456.4982 phone 907.452.6992 fax On Sep 7, 2007, at 4:02 PM, Robin Niewold wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Darn, here I am on Friday of the NAQP Conference in Chicago -- > watching Wheel of Fortune and waiting for Jim to bring home > pizza.....meanwhile my printing associates and friends are on the > 2nd or 3rd floor of the InterContinental Hotel on N. Mich. Avenue > having the time of their lives -- having drinks and appetizers and > schmoozing with each other and maybe some of the vendors at the > Supplier event -- and then out to dinner to discuss the issues they > didn't get resolved during the day or over appetizers. > DARN! I'm missing a great time! I almost changed my mind last week > and un-did my cancelled hotel and conference registration. > fortunately, I did not - my back is giving me fits -- heading to > Chicago on Tuesday to get a 2nd opinion. First opinion last Wed. > said that surgery would help -- spinal fusion -- 3 vertebrae, 2 > levels, L5 S1 and L4. > Why aren't you in Chicago? > Robin > > Robin Niewold > Pro-Type Printing > 130 N. Market Street > Paxton, IL 60957 > 217.379.4715 > robin@protypeonline.com > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From wayne at printingonline.com Fri Sep 7 21:19:58 2007 From: wayne at printingonline.com (Wayne Yada) Date: Fri Sep 7 21:19:59 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Wish I Were In Chicago Message-ID: <200709080119.l881JKJa024020@njbrsmtp2.vzwmail.net> Greetings from the roof of the rock bottom. Wish you were here. Best wishes with your back issues. Wayne, Craig, Becky, Tammie, et al Wayne Yada wayne@printingonline.com -----Original Message----- From: "Robin Niewold" To: "printowners printowners" Sent: 9/7/2007 5:02 PM Subject: [PrintOwners] Wish I Were In Chicago ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Darn, here I am on Friday of the NAQP Conference in Chicago -- watching Wheel of Fortune and waiting for Jim to bring home pizza.....meanwhile my printing associates and friends are on the 2nd or 3rd floor of the InterContinental Hotel on N. Mich. Avenue having the time of their lives -- having drinks and appetizers and schmoozing with each other and maybe some of the vendors at the Supplier event -- and then out to dinner to discuss the issues they didn't get resolved during the day or over appetizers. DARN! I'm missing a great time! I almost changed my mind last week and un-did my cancelled hotel and conference registration. fortunately, I did not - my back is giving me fits -- heading to Chicago on Tuesday to get a 2nd opinion. First opinion last Wed. said that surgery would help -- spinal fusion -- 3 vertebrae, 2 levels, L5 S1 and L4. Why aren't you in Chicago? Robin Robin Niewold Pro-Type Printing 130 N. Market Street Paxton, IL 60957 217.379.4715 robin@protypeonline.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From oren66 at sbcglobal.net Fri Sep 7 22:33:28 2007 From: oren66 at sbcglobal.net (Arie Teomi) Date: Fri Sep 7 22:33:39 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Wish I Were In Chicago In-Reply-To: <63616BC5-CF32-4EA5-8C29-A57DD2F2EC97@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: <118436.88667.qm@web83406.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Yes Robin, We all wish you were here to add fun to the fun. We miss you dearly and we also miss the nice dinner that you were so kind to coordinate. We know it is a very hard work to put together but you did it without complaints.I know that everybody is joining me in thanking you for doing it for us. Health is of course #1 issue to take care of and this is what you have to do now. As far as the conference, there is always next year. We all miss you and wish you quick recovery. Please keep all of us informed. Arie Arie Teomi MINUTEMAN PRESS 23500 Mercantile Suite F Cleveland, OH 44122 P:216-464-1960 F:216-464-1660 www.minutemancleveland.com Your Full Service PRINTING, COPYING and MAILING partner From mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com Fri Sep 7 23:31:49 2007 From: mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com (Michael Vogel) Date: Fri Sep 7 23:32:02 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Inquiry on special color In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <98f5b19a0709072031x5f80654exc1189837861b9714@mail.gmail.com> There *is* a Pantone swatch book of metallic colors: http://www.pantone.com/pages/products/product.aspx?pid=219&ca=1 another version here: http://www.amazon.com/Pantone-GG1207-Metallic-formula-Guide/dp/B000FEJPO8 I know we have an older one at the store. Great colors as I remember, but I don't remember ever using them, and I don't know anything about the base colors required. Not sure what help I can be on the phone, but feel free to call me Monday if you think there might be something to be gleaned from the book we've got. -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon On 9/7/07, Richard Moffat wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Can somebody give me some help on this one? I have a customer who wants to > do a job with us but the printer who did the same job perviously indicated > that the color is a special color they invented with the designer (who is > "married" to this printer). The job is a 5/5 (CMYK + 1 spot), they indicate > the spot color to be a pearlescent. The designer describes it as "pearl > composite mixed into a custom blue color", and does not want to give me or > the customer more information. > > The closest we can match is PMS 7542 but it does have a metalic or shiny > content. I have looked in all the PMS books we have for different papers > and metalics and we cannot match it. Is there a PMS book that contains some > type of pearl base like the metalics contain silver or gold ink? The > designer is telling the customer that we should match it based on the > printed piece we have. I know that if we use silver we will not get the same > effect, I there any other base we can use so that we can add it to the PMS > 7542? > > Thanks in advance for any suggestions. > > Richard Moffat > > Sir Speedy > 244 S.W. 6th Street > Miami, Florida 33130 > (305) 285-1401 Tel > (305) 285-1402 Fax > richard@sirspeedy-brickell.com > www.sirspeedy-brickell.com > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From craig at newhavenprint.com Fri Sep 7 23:55:34 2007 From: craig at newhavenprint.com (Craig Dellinger) Date: Sat Sep 8 00:10:24 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need old Beige G3 In-Reply-To: <03c801c7f18f$3ef242b0$6d01a8c0@KELLY> References: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> <03c801c7f18f$3ef242b0$6d01a8c0@KELLY> Message-ID: <142C4ACB-88C9-44EB-8083-3FBE3BED270F@newhavenprint.com> Decbhmmmmdrfenb nbn nbbbfnxlmeaaCD Craig Dellinger New Haven Print & Copy 7531 US 930 East Fort Wayne, IN 46803 www.newhavenprint.com On Sep 7, 2007, at 3:39 PM, "Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics" wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > John, > > I might still have one in the warehouse. I'm in Chicago now, but > I'll check > when I get back next Wed.(if you don't find one sooner) > > Kelly Crom > Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. > > We've Moved!!! > 2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 > Plymouth, MN 55441 > New Phone: (763)231-6970 > kellycrom@gmail.com > www.applied-graphics.com > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org >> [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of John Henry >> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 2:26 PM >> To: printowners@printweb.org >> Subject: [PrintOwners] Need old Beige G3 >> Importance: High >> >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> I need to old beige G3 with Scsi built in. It drives my old >> image setter and >> died. Anyone got a box collecting dust? >> >> John M. Henry >> Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company >> 125-129 East First Street >> Oswego, New York 13126 >> (315) 343-3531 >> (315) 343-3577 Fax >> www.mpcny.com >> John@mpcny.com >> We are an Adobe Authorized Service Provider >> Microsoft Publisher Service Provider >> We offer the Oswego area's only full service mailing for >> First, Second and >> Standard >> Class mailings. We handle everything from concept... to printing...to >> mailing! Ask us how YOU can SAVE money!!! >> >> >> >> >> No virus found in this outgoing message. >> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >> Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.8/993 - Release >> Date: 9/6/2007 >> 3:18 PM >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From craig at newhavenprint.com Sat Sep 8 01:45:24 2007 From: craig at newhavenprint.com (Craig Dellinger) Date: Sat Sep 8 01:45:40 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need old Beige G3 In-Reply-To: <142C4ACB-88C9-44EB-8083-3FBE3BED270F@newhavenprint.com> References: <001401c7f184$f31d9dd0$d958d970$@com> <03c801c7f18f$3ef242b0$6d01a8c0@KELLY> <142C4ACB-88C9-44EB-8083-3FBE3BED270F@newhavenprint.com> Message-ID: <3208757B-5222-4E2C-8B33-95E0369A1248@newhavenprint.com> Sorry folks, this is what happens when you're demonstrating an iPhone on a rooftop in Chicago. ;-) On Sep 7, 2007, at 11:55 PM, Craig Dellinger wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Decbhmmmmdrfenb nbn nbbbfnxlmeaaCD > > Craig Dellinger > New Haven Print & Copy > 7531 US 930 East > Fort Wayne, IN 46803 > www.newhavenprint.com > > > > > On Sep 7, 2007, at 3:39 PM, "Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics" > wrote: > >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> John, >> >> I might still have one in the warehouse. I'm in Chicago now, but >> I'll check >> when I get back next Wed.(if you don't find one sooner) >> >> Kelly Crom >> Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. >> >> We've Moved!!! >> 2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 >> Plymouth, MN 55441 >> New Phone: (763)231-6970 >> kellycrom@gmail.com >> www.applied-graphics.com >> >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org >>> [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of John Henry >>> Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 2:26 PM >>> To: printowners@printweb.org >>> Subject: [PrintOwners] Need old Beige G3 >>> Importance: High >>> >>> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >>> >>> I need to old beige G3 with Scsi built in. It drives my old >>> image setter and >>> died. Anyone got a box collecting dust? >>> >>> John M. Henry >>> Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company >>> 125-129 East First Street >>> Oswego, New York 13126 >>> (315) 343-3531 >>> (315) 343-3577 Fax >>> www.mpcny.com >>> John@mpcny.com >>> We are an Adobe Authorized Service Provider >>> Microsoft Publisher Service Provider >>> We offer the Oswego area's only full service mailing for >>> First, Second and >>> Standard >>> Class mailings. We handle everything from concept... to >>> printing...to >>> mailing! Ask us how YOU can SAVE money!!! >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> No virus found in this outgoing message. >>> Checked by AVG Free Edition. >>> Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.8/993 - Release >>> Date: 9/6/2007 >>> 3:18 PM >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PrintOwners Discussion List >>> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >>> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> >> > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > Craig Dellinger New Haven Print & Copy 7531 US 930 East Fort Wayne, IN 46803 www.newhavenprint.com 260.493.3844 From kellycrom at gmail.com Sat Sep 8 03:05:21 2007 From: kellycrom at gmail.com (Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics) Date: Sat Sep 8 03:03:58 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Wish I Were In Chicago In-Reply-To: References: <63616BC5-CF32-4EA5-8C29-A57DD2F2EC97@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: <03f301c7f1e6$9ff6c430$6d01a8c0@KELLY> Michelle, Sounds like next year it will be about the 3rd week of October(and probably cold-not a problem for Alaskans!) Doesn't look like we'll be doing the beer and a shot back to the train this year. Kelly Crom Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. We've Moved!!! 2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 Plymouth, MN 55441 New Phone: (763)231-6970 kellycrom@gmail.com www.applied-graphics.com > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of > Michelle at Interior Graphics > Sent: Friday, September 07, 2007 8:07 PM > To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Wish I Were In Chicago > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Hey Lady! > > It's hunting season here, so my husband is out of town which leaves > nobody to watch my daughter. I'm hoping next year will be a little > later in the season - I really wish I was there too! I had a great > time last year, learned a bunch, met some terrific people and made > some great memories. Sorry to hear about your back - I hope you get > it fixed soon. > > > Michelle Maynor > "Your Personal Printer" > Interior Graphics & Printing > 770 8th Avenue > Fairbanks, AK 99701 > 907.456.4982 phone > 907.452.6992 fax > > > > On Sep 7, 2007, at 4:02 PM, Robin Niewold wrote: > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > Darn, here I am on Friday of the NAQP Conference in Chicago -- > > watching Wheel of Fortune and waiting for Jim to bring home > > pizza.....meanwhile my printing associates and friends are on the > > 2nd or 3rd floor of the InterContinental Hotel on N. Mich. Avenue > > having the time of their lives -- having drinks and appetizers and > > schmoozing with each other and maybe some of the vendors at the > > Supplier event -- and then out to dinner to discuss the > issues they > > didn't get resolved during the day or over appetizers. > > DARN! I'm missing a great time! I almost changed my mind last week > > and un-did my cancelled hotel and conference registration. > > fortunately, I did not - my back is giving me fits -- heading to > > Chicago on Tuesday to get a 2nd opinion. First opinion last Wed. > > said that surgery would help -- spinal fusion -- 3 vertebrae, 2 > > levels, L5 S1 and L4. > > Why aren't you in Chicago? > > Robin > > > > Robin Niewold > > Pro-Type Printing > > 130 N. Market Street > > Paxton, IL 60957 > > 217.379.4715 > > robin@protypeonline.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PrintOwners Discussion List > > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From QKCONSULT at aol.com Sat Sep 8 10:54:38 2007 From: QKCONSULT at aol.com (QKCONSULT@aol.com) Date: Sat Sep 8 10:54:51 2007 Subject: OFF Re: [PrintOwners] Wish I Were In Chicago Message-ID: In a message dated 9/7/2007 8:02:42 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, robin@protypeonline.com writes: I did not - my back is giving me fits -- heading to Chicago on Tuesday to get a 2nd opinion. First opinion last Wed. said that surgery would help -- spinal fusion -- 3 vertebrae, 2 levels, L5 S1 and L4. Robin, First, you really need to call Jace and discuss his experiences involving back surgery. He has suffered mightily and might be able to shed some more light on what he has gone through and what he might advise doing and avoiding. Your problems remind me of something that happened when I was about 13 years old. I was diagnosed with a rare back disease. The treatment called for me be placed in a solid plaster body cast for approximately 10 months. I was incased in plaster from just below my armpits to just above my hip bones... remember, we are talking about 1967-58 period... plaster is all they had. Well, that summer we were up at Lake Geneva and my two cousins and myself had discovered an old canoe sail up in the attic. So we made plans to sneak out of the house early one morning and we took it down to the docks and mounted the sail on a rowboat that belonged to the family. Not only did we not really know much about sailing, we certainly did not know anything about the importance of having a keel in order to sail and stay upright. Without life jackets of any type, the three of us launched from the dock and headed straight out into the lake with the wind blowing directly from our stern. Every time we tried a slight turn (we were using a oar to steer) the rowboat would lean precariously to either the left or right. All we could do was run with the wind. Well my aunt, uncle and mother quickly discovered we were missing and rushed down to the docks. By the time they arrived we were halfway out in the lake, still heading in one direction - away from the docks. My mother started screaming and crying and was yelling hysterically on the docks. As she told the story later, my mom said all she could visualize was me falling overboard and sinking immediately beneath the surface, trailing wisps of white, dissolved plaster of Paris as I sank out of sight. It never occurred to me or my cousins that we might actually run into trouble or that if I fell overboard I would sink like a rock and probably not float to the surface for days until the plaster cast finally dissolved! Well all the parents jumped into a beautiful, Mahogany decked Chris Craft powerboat they owned and headed out to our location at 35 mph or faster! My God, were they mad at us. We just shrugged our shoulders when asked what we had been thinking when we headed out without life jackets in a rowboat rigged with a V-shaped canoe sail. I still think about that day 50 years ago. I can imagine falling overboard, sinking to the bottom and my cousins returning to the docks, pretending they knew nothing about what had happened. Knowing my cousins, they would have denied until they were on their deathbeds that I had even been with them. They would have pretended to be just as concerned as the parents about my whereabouts. John Stewart Q. P. Consulting, Inc. Featuring - _"Print Shop For Sale"_ (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) by Larry Hunt & John Stewart 2110 S. Dairy Road West Melbourne, FL 32904 321-727-2442 Fax 321-727-2166 Cell: 321-794-6259 _www.quickconsultant.com_ (http://www.quickconsultant.com/) "Winners analyze, losers rationalize." ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From printer at ptialaska.net Sat Sep 8 15:53:15 2007 From: printer at ptialaska.net (Charles A. Lincoln) Date: Sat Sep 8 15:53:39 2007 Subject: OFF Re: [PrintOwners] Wish I Were In Chicago In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: On Sep 8, 2007, at 6:54 AM, QKCONSULT@aol.com wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > I was diagnosed with a rare back disease. The treatment called for me > be placed in a solid plaster body cast for approximately 10 months. > I was > incased in plaster from just below my armpits to just above my hip > bones... > remember, we are talking about 1967-58 period... plaster is all > they had. REPLY: Wow, that explains a lot. Now we have a little more insight on what makes J.S, JS. P.S. Glad you did not fall in, though it might make a good segment for Letterman's DOES IT SINK or DOES IT FLOAT... P.P.S. It must have worked since they let you in the military... _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Charles Lincoln ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY 612 30th Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907) 451-1111 fax (907) 451-4511 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ From jdaghir at gmail.com Sat Sep 8 16:31:25 2007 From: jdaghir at gmail.com (Jeff Daghir) Date: Sat Sep 8 16:31:34 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need Quicksilver - Next Generation plate material In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <83d5b9620709081331ofa7f860i48eafba6ad4c0802@mail.gmail.com> As far as I'm aware all poly plate material is manufactured by either AGFA or Mitsubishi and then private labeled for others who resell it. I'm not sure now that it's Presstek, but back when it was AB Dick their plate material was actually Misubishi's SilverMaster material. Any graphics arts supplier in your area should be able to get you compatible material. -- Jeff Daghir MPS Printing, Inc. "The Ink & Paper People" Madison, IN www.mpsprinting.com jeff_daghir@mpsprinting.com > I have been buying this material for my 430 camera from Presstek. They have > a $500.00 minimum before they share the freight charges. Where can I buy this > material in smaller quantities and no freight? From eatnsleepgolf at msn.com Sun Sep 9 12:03:44 2007 From: eatnsleepgolf at msn.com (larry) Date: Sun Sep 9 12:04:10 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Re: PrintOwners Digest, Vol 25, Issue 23 References: <20070909160003.5120DB55972@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: Are you talking about him being plastered all the time? Or...... Larry Tucson Message: 1 Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 11:53:15 -0800 From: "Charles A. Lincoln" > Subject: Re: OFF Re: [PrintOwners] Wish I Were In Chicago To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed On Sep 8, 2007, at 6:54 AM, QKCONSULT@aol.com wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > I was diagnosed with a rare back disease. The treatment called for me > be placed in a solid plaster body cast for approximately 10 months. > I was > incased in plaster from just below my armpits to just above my hip > bones... > remember, we are talking about 1967-58 period... plaster is all > they had. REPLY: Wow, that explains a lot. Now we have a little more insight on what makes J.S, JS. P.S. Glad you did not fall in, though it might make a good segment for Letterman's DOES IT SINK or DOES IT FLOAT... P.P.S. It must have worked since they let you in the military... _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Charles Lincoln ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY 612 30th Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907) 451-1111 fax (907) 451-4511 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2007 16:31:25 -0400 From: "Jeff Daghir" > Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Need Quicksilver - Next Generation plate material To: "Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only" > Message-ID: <83d5b9620709081331ofa7f860i48eafba6ad4c0802@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 As far as I'm aware all poly plate material is manufactured by either AGFA or Mitsubishi and then private labeled for others who resell it. I'm not sure now that it's Presstek, but back when it was AB Dick their plate material was actually Misubishi's SilverMaster material. Any graphics arts supplier in your area should be able to get you compatible material. -- Jeff Daghir MPS Printing, Inc. "The Ink & Paper People" Madison, IN www.mpsprinting.com jeff_daghir@mpsprinting.com > I have been buying this material for my 430 camera from Presstek. They have > a $500.00 minimum before they share the freight charges. Where can I buy this > material in smaller quantities and no freight? ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners End of PrintOwners Digest, Vol 25, Issue 23 ******************************************* From robin at protypeonline.com Sun Sep 9 13:13:00 2007 From: robin at protypeonline.com (Robin Niewold) Date: Sun Sep 9 13:12:32 2007 Subject: OFF Re: [PrintOwners] Wish I Were In Chicago Message-ID: <4CBE091E-FC14-4161-B2CB-BFC5D0267FE2@protypeonline.com> John, Jace and I have talked before -- I am one of the lucky ones as the Dr. knows what is causing the pain. Only question left is what type of surgery and when. 3rd week in October for for next year's Chicago conference -- sounds like a great time of the year to be in Chicago!!! Cold? Who said that? :))) robin Robin Niewold Pro-Type Printing 130 N. Market Street Paxton, IL 60957 217.379.4715 robin@protypeonline.com From priorityprinting at comcast.net Mon Sep 10 07:54:36 2007 From: priorityprinting at comcast.net (priorityprinting@comcast.net) Date: Mon Sep 10 07:55:01 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Canon Wide Format Message-ID: <091020071154.17539.46E5307A000A76640000448322007636920902079B02079D9F979B079D01079D9F@comcast.net> Looked at the Canon 8000 & 9000 wide format printers at graph Expo yesterday. Does anyone have any experience with these printers? They look really nice for the price. Jeff Farber Priority Printing & Graphics 1323 E. Main Street Flushing, MI 48433 810 487-1700 From dave at goldentriangleprinting.com Mon Sep 10 08:08:29 2007 From: dave at goldentriangleprinting.com (Dave) Date: Mon Sep 10 08:09:52 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Canon Wide Format References: <091020071154.17539.46E5307A000A76640000448322007636920902079B02079D9F979B079D01079D9F@comcast.net> Message-ID: <000401c7f3a3$4cfbfcf0$0201a8c0@GTP01> WE have the 8400 and love it. Very easy to use and no spoiled prints. Golden Triangle Printing 80 Baffin Pl Unit 1 Waterloo, Ontario N2V 1Z7 Ph. 519-725-1414 Fax. 519-725-2051 sales@goldentriangleprinting.com ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 7:54 AM Subject: [PrintOwners] Canon Wide Format > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Looked at the Canon 8000 & 9000 wide format printers at graph Expo > yesterday. Does anyone have any experience with these printers? They > look really nice for the price. > > Jeff Farber > Priority Printing & Graphics > 1323 E. Main Street > Flushing, MI 48433 > 810 487-1700 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From John at mpcny.com Mon Sep 10 08:45:31 2007 From: John at mpcny.com (John Henry) Date: Mon Sep 10 08:45:11 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Chicago updates Message-ID: <002f01c7f3a8$79af85f0$6d0e91d0$@com> I have been updated by S, Dennis, Jeff D, Tammy and others. I can say they had a good time. All calls made at midnight or later so the meetings must have gone long into the night. I am surprised they still are letting printers into the bars, must be moving the dates confuses them. I did learn Jeff does shower once a month and S sure gets loud as the night goes on...Darn I miss being there. Oh and my Pop Warner coaching record is still intact-winless, this weekend we were beat 39-0 John M. Henry Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company 125-129 East First Street Oswego, New York 13126 (315) 343-3531 (315) 343-3577 Fax www.mpcny.com John@mpcny.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.12/997 - Release Date: 9/9/2007 10:17 AM From gamble at choiceonemail.com Mon Sep 10 09:50:28 2007 From: gamble at choiceonemail.com (Rick Bird) Date: Mon Sep 10 09:50:47 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] PDF Conversion In-Reply-To: <091020071154.17539.46E5307A000A76640000448322007636920902079B02079D9F979B079D01079D9F@comcast.net> References: <091020071154.17539.46E5307A000A76640000448322007636920902079B02079D9F979B079D01079D9F@comcast.net> Message-ID: <013f01c7f3b1$8c01aef0$0201a8c0@RICK> Hi fellow PrintOwners, I am running into something I have not seen I convert a job to PDF for printing and as I do so the fonts upon conversion all change to type that's broken and contains lots of hairy type. If I go directly our of the program type looks fine. I am using the Acrobat 6.0 and printing to a Xerox workcentre pro 90 in PCL6 mode. Thanks in advance Rick Bird Gamble Printing & Mailing Inc. Buffalo, NY 14127 (716) 662-1515 (716) 662-5917 - fax gamble@choiceonemail.com - email From jgross at techiowa.com Mon Sep 10 09:54:23 2007 From: jgross at techiowa.com (John Gross) Date: Mon Sep 10 09:54:45 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Chicago updates In-Reply-To: <002f01c7f3a8$79af85f0$6d0e91d0$@com> Message-ID: <000001c7f3b2$188758c0$1e00000a@tech.local> Would that be Syracuse per chance? John A. Gross Technigraphics, Inc. PO Box 1846 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 jgross@techiowa.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of John Henry Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 7:46 AM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] Chicago updates Importance: High ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I have been updated by S, Dennis, Jeff D, Tammy and others. I can say they had a good time. All calls made at midnight or later so the meetings must have gone long into the night. I am surprised they still are letting printers into the bars, must be moving the dates confuses them. I did learn Jeff does shower once a month and S sure gets loud as the night goes on...Darn I miss being there. Oh and my Pop Warner coaching record is still intact-winless, this weekend we were beat 39-0 John M. Henry Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company 125-129 East First Street Oswego, New York 13126 (315) 343-3531 (315) 343-3577 Fax www.mpcny.com John@mpcny.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.12/997 - Release Date: 9/9/2007 10:17 AM _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From QKCONSULT at aol.com Mon Sep 10 10:05:54 2007 From: QKCONSULT at aol.com (QKCONSULT@aol.com) Date: Mon Sep 10 10:06:43 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Chicago updates Message-ID: In a message dated 9/10/2007 9:56:02 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jgross@techiowa.com writes: Oh and my Pop Warner coaching record is still intact-winless, this weekend we were beat 39-0 John, is 39-0 score in Pop Warner Football, or God help us, is that a Pop Warner baseball score? My best advice is steroids, lots of them... they can be purchased in injectable form, but also imbedded in candies like Tootsie Rolls or suckers. I would suggest avoiding the injections because the track marks might be noticed by some of the parents, so use the candies instead! Losing 39-0 would be a good defense if you were ever caught! John Stewart Q. P. Consulting, Inc. Featuring - _"Print Shop For Sale"_ (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) by Larry Hunt & John Stewart 2110 S. Dairy Road West Melbourne, FL 32904 321-727-2442 Fax 321-727-2166 Cell: 321-794-6259 _www.quickconsultant.com_ (http://www.quickconsultant.com/) "Winners analyze, losers rationalize." ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From jgross at techiowa.com Mon Sep 10 10:19:35 2007 From: jgross at techiowa.com (John Gross) Date: Mon Sep 10 10:20:20 2007 Subject: OFF Re: [PrintOwners] Wish I Were In Chicago In-Reply-To: <4CBE091E-FC14-4161-B2CB-BFC5D0267FE2@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: <001501c7f3b5$9d931240$1e00000a@tech.local> >From the roof of the Billy Goat Tavern: Robin, we missed you but look forward to having you with us on the disco floor next year. John A. Gross Technigraphics, Inc. PO Box 1846 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 jgross@techiowa.com From mkb1 at good-impressions.com Mon Sep 10 11:56:28 2007 From: mkb1 at good-impressions.com (Marian Bredin) Date: Mon Sep 10 10:57:04 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Trade Printer In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20070910145703.8848BB5B974@rb.enter.net> >> Does anyone here specialize in printing membership directories, or could you refer me to someone who does? Jace, Lawton Publications in Oklahoma City does our directory. However, they do a turnkey job, selling the ads, producing the book, and giving the Chamber a rebate. I don't know if they would be interested in just the print job--or if you would want to let somebody like that in. Anyway, the phone # is 877-4LAWTON. Marian Marian Bredin Good Impressions Inc 325 W Washington Ave. Washington, NJ 07882 908-689-3071 Fax: 908-689-7369 http://www.good-impressions.com From po-lists at sugarloafprint.com Mon Sep 10 11:13:56 2007 From: po-lists at sugarloafprint.com (Ron Sardo) Date: Mon Sep 10 11:14:17 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46E55F34.5040406@sugarloafprint.com> Greg Weinfurter wrote: > Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > > By what percent? Sales up 28% -- Ron Sardo Sugarloaf Print Shop mailto:po-lists@sugarloafprint.com www.sugarloafprint.com 570-788-5099 ? Fax: 570-788-6077 From po-lists at sugarloafprint.com Mon Sep 10 11:13:56 2007 From: po-lists at sugarloafprint.com (Ron Sardo) Date: Mon Sep 10 11:14:26 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46E55F34.5040406@sugarloafprint.com> Greg Weinfurter wrote: > Survey-Are sales up YTD over last year or down? > > By what percent? Sales up 28% -- Ron Sardo Sugarloaf Print Shop mailto:po-lists@sugarloafprint.com www.sugarloafprint.com 570-788-5099 ? Fax: 570-788-6077 From jedwards at printzilla.net Mon Sep 10 11:13:44 2007 From: jedwards at printzilla.net (Jack Edwards) Date: Mon Sep 10 11:17:24 2007 Subject: OFF Re: [PrintOwners] Wish I Were In Chicago In-Reply-To: <001501c7f3b5$9d931240$1e00000a@tech.local> References: <001501c7f3b5$9d931240$1e00000a@tech.local> Message-ID: On Sep 10, 2007, at 9:19 AM, John Gross wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >> From the roof of the Billy Goat Tavern: Robin, we missed you but >> look > forward to having you with us on the disco floor next year. Disco? Every time I hear that word this comes to mind. I should have known that it would still exist somewhere in cyberspace. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_t4Dpe0oaA Jack Edwards Printing Plus Oak Ridge North, Texas From matt at printcoinc.com Mon Sep 10 12:13:09 2007 From: matt at printcoinc.com (Matt Mewhorter, Printco) Date: Mon Sep 10 12:14:07 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Sticky Notes Message-ID: <002901c7f3c5$7b4477a0$0900a8c0@MATT> One of our good customers is looking for some custom sticky notes. Does anyone have a good trade supplier for these? I have worked with Ennis in the past, but there is a 500 pad minimum for custom and very limited options for the "standard" runs. They are looking for: 3" x 3" 2 PMS colors (logo only) White stock 13 versions - 10 pads of 100 each Thank you in advance! Matt Mewhorter | Printco, Inc. phone 425.255.7700 | fax 253.288.3747 | cell 206.953.6156 address 32 G St NW, Ste A Auburn, WA 98001 | e-mail matt@printcoinc.com The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer. From scottv at regalpress.net Mon Sep 10 12:29:27 2007 From: scottv at regalpress.net (Scott) Date: Mon Sep 10 12:30:50 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Sticky Notes References: <002901c7f3c5$7b4477a0$0900a8c0@MATT> Message-ID: <017101c7f3c7$c2a12290$8a00a8c0@ellsworthacer> Carlson Craft has a small order program, I think. Their number is 1-866-628-6868. Sincerely, Scott Vicnaire President Regal Printing & Graphics 140 South Main Street Brewer, Maine 04412 207-989-4100 265 Water Street Ellsworth, Maine 04605 207-667-5227 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Mewhorter, Printco" To: Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 12:13 PM Subject: [PrintOwners] Sticky Notes > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > One of our good customers is looking for some custom sticky notes. Does > anyone have a good trade supplier for these? I have worked with Ennis in > the past, but there is a 500 pad minimum for custom and very limited > options > for the "standard" runs. > > > > They are looking for: > > > > 3" x 3" > > 2 PMS colors (logo only) > > White stock > > > > 13 versions - 10 pads of 100 each > > > > Thank you in advance! > > > > Matt Mewhorter | Printco, Inc. > > phone 425.255.7700 | fax 253.288.3747 | cell 206.953.6156 > > address 32 G St NW, Ste A Auburn, WA 98001 | e-mail matt@printcoinc.com > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or > taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or > entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received > this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any > computer. > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From pica18 at hotmail.com Mon Sep 10 12:33:40 2007 From: pica18 at hotmail.com (s polk) Date: Mon Sep 10 12:34:13 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] PDF Conversion In-Reply-To: <013f01c7f3b1$8c01aef0$0201a8c0@RICK> Message-ID: Rick, If you have the option to choose, try printing to a PS driver rather than the PCL6. Steve >From: "Rick Bird" >Reply-To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > >To: "'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only'" > >Subject: [PrintOwners] PDF Conversion >Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 09:50:28 -0400 > >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >Hi fellow PrintOwners, > > I am running into something I have not seen I convert a job to PDF >for printing and as I do so the fonts upon conversion all change to type >that's broken and contains lots of hairy type. If I go directly our of the >program type looks fine. > > I am using the Acrobat 6.0 and printing to a Xerox workcentre pro 90 >in PCL6 mode. > >Thanks in advance > >Rick Bird >Gamble Printing & Mailing Inc. >Buffalo, NY 14127 >(716) 662-1515 >(716) 662-5917 - fax >gamble@choiceonemail.com - email > >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE small business Web site and more from Microsoft® Office Live! http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/aub0930003811mrt/direct/01/ From mike at arborprinting.com Mon Sep 10 12:32:51 2007 From: mike at arborprinting.com (Mike@arborprinting.com) Date: Mon Sep 10 12:35:58 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Sticky Notes References: <002901c7f3c5$7b4477a0$0900a8c0@MATT> Message-ID: <005901c7f3c8$3b935ab0$6501a8c0@MikeShutaPC> Carlson Craft or Bic. Thanks, Michael Shuta Arbor Printing & Graphics, Inc 630-969-2277 www.arborprinting.com mike@arborprinting.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Mewhorter, Printco" To: Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 11:13 AM Subject: [PrintOwners] Sticky Notes > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > One of our good customers is looking for some custom sticky notes. Does > anyone have a good trade supplier for these? I have worked with Ennis in > the past, but there is a 500 pad minimum for custom and very limited > options > for the "standard" runs. > > > > They are looking for: > > > > 3" x 3" > > 2 PMS colors (logo only) > > White stock > > > > 13 versions - 10 pads of 100 each > > > > Thank you in advance! > > > > Matt Mewhorter | Printco, Inc. > > phone 425.255.7700 | fax 253.288.3747 | cell 206.953.6156 > > address 32 G St NW, Ste A Auburn, WA 98001 | e-mail matt@printcoinc.com > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or > taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or > entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received > this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any > computer. > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From dominick at fmtc.com Mon Sep 10 12:40:04 2007 From: dominick at fmtc.com (Dominick's Printing) Date: Mon Sep 10 12:40:37 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] 5180 Quotes Message-ID: <46E57364.6040900@fmtc.com> Asking to find out if anybody has gotten quotes on the Canon 5180 with the H1 Fiery Rip? Just got quoted $17,5 on a "showroom" model, and 6.5 color and 1 cent black clicks. 11 x 17 one click of course. Anybody know much about it? Thanks Joe Dominick Dominick's Quality Printing 542 W. Idaho Avenue Ontario Oregon 97914 541.881.1121 Fax 541.881.1599 www.dominicksprinting.com dominick@fmtc.com Ontario's ONLY Authorized Adobe Service Provider Microsoft Publisher Files Welcome Here! From cpyxpres at bellsouth.net Mon Sep 10 13:15:51 2007 From: cpyxpres at bellsouth.net (Ben Travis) Date: Mon Sep 10 13:16:13 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Sticky Notes In-Reply-To: <002901c7f3c5$7b4477a0$0900a8c0@MATT> References: <002901c7f3c5$7b4477a0$0900a8c0@MATT> Message-ID: Matt, Carlson Craft does these, but the size is 4" x 3"... You could trim them yourself to 3"x3" if needed.... Ben Travis Copy Express 4004-A South Blvd. Charlotte, NC 20209 cpyxpres@bellsouth.net 704-527-1750 On Sep 10, 2007, at 12:13 PM, Matt Mewhorter, Printco wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > One of our good customers is looking for some custom sticky notes. > Does > anyone have a good trade supplier for these? I have worked with > Ennis in > the past, but there is a 500 pad minimum for custom and very > limited options > for the "standard" runs. > > > > They are looking for: > > > > 3" x 3" > > 2 PMS colors (logo only) > > White stock > > > > 13 versions - 10 pads of 100 each > > > > Thank you in advance! > > > > Matt Mewhorter | Printco, Inc. > > phone 425.255.7700 | fax 253.288.3747 | cell 206.953.6156 > > address 32 G St NW, Ste A Auburn, WA 98001 | e-mail > matt@printcoinc.com > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or > entity to > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use > of, or > taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or > entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you > received > this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material > from any > computer. > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From mkb1 at good-impressions.com Mon Sep 10 16:36:17 2007 From: mkb1 at good-impressions.com (Marian Bredin) Date: Mon Sep 10 15:36:57 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Sticky Notes In-Reply-To: <002901c7f3c5$7b4477a0$0900a8c0@MATT> Message-ID: <20070910193655.4639AB5D1CF@rb.enter.net> Try 3M Promotional Products, 800-328-2407. They have a very extensive catalog with lots of sizes, 1-color, 2-color, full color. We have only used them once, got good service and a nice looking product. Marian Marian Bredin Good Impressions Inc 325 W Washington Ave. Washington, NJ 07882 908-689-3071 Fax: 908-689-7369 http://www.good-impressions.com From bbahn at creativeimaginginc.com Mon Sep 10 16:31:10 2007 From: bbahn at creativeimaginginc.com (Bernard Bahn) Date: Mon Sep 10 16:31:45 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference Message-ID: You've all heard it before; you're missing a huge chance to grow your business if you don't attend the Annual Conference. Well, it's true. I hadn't been since 2004, and got a little lazy, and didn't attend till this year. I'm out about $1500 for the three days. It was worth MUCH MORE. I'll get all that back and much more in the months to come. Our industry is at an historical turning point that poses great opportunities for those who change and adapt. For those who don't adapt, the risks are much higher. These conferences give you ideas on how to adapt and change and learn from others. We have some great minds in this industry, and many of them are willing to share information. Steve Johnson and his crew did a wonderful job assembling the topics and talent this year. Do yourself a favor. Treat yourself next year and go. Oh, and it's not like 3 days in Chicago on Michigan Ave. is exactly torture. Bernie Bahn | President | Creative Imaging Inc 1568 Fencorp Drive, STE. 200 | St. Louis MO 63026 Office 636-717-0690 ext 102 | Fax 636-717-0695 | bbahn@creativeimaginginc.com http://www.creativeimaginginc.com Xerox iGen3 on demand color printing and copying From owner at latsons.com Mon Sep 10 16:35:01 2007 From: owner at latsons.com (Dick Latson) Date: Mon Sep 10 16:35:25 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] 5180 Quotes also Fiery issue In-Reply-To: <46E57364.6040900@fmtc.com> References: <46E57364.6040900@fmtc.com> Message-ID: <200709102035.l8AKZ7hq022738@pro35.abac.com> Beware of Fiery, as far as we can tell they do not have drivers for latest versions of Adobe. We still are having to work around this and is very frustrating. We keep hearing it is Adobes' fault and Adobe says it is Fiery, and my Canon tech blames both! -Dick At 11:40 AM 9/10/2007, you wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >Asking to find out if anybody has gotten quotes on the Canon 5180 >with the H1 Fiery Rip? > >Just got quoted $17,5 on a "showroom" model, and 6.5 color and 1 >cent black clicks. 11 x 17 one click of course. > >Anybody know much about it? > >Thanks > >Joe Dominick > Dick Latson Latson's Printing & Office Supply, Inc. 1105 Main Street / P.O. Box 701 Commerce, Texas 75428 (903) 886-2710 or Fax 886-7889 email: owner@latsons.com www.latsons.com From matt at printcoinc.com Mon Sep 10 16:47:35 2007 From: matt at printcoinc.com (Matt Mewhorter, Printco) Date: Mon Sep 10 16:48:16 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Sticky Notes In-Reply-To: <017101c7f3c7$c2a12290$8a00a8c0@ellsworthacer> References: <002901c7f3c5$7b4477a0$0900a8c0@MATT> <017101c7f3c7$c2a12290$8a00a8c0@ellsworthacer> Message-ID: <010501c7f3eb$d1c4aca0$0900a8c0@MATT> Great, thank you all! Matt Mewhorter | Printco, Inc. | 425.255.7700 -----Original Message----- From: Scott [mailto:scottv@regalpress.net] Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 9:29 AM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Sticky Notes Carlson Craft has a small order program, I think. Their number is 1-866-628-6868. Sincerely, Scott Vicnaire President Regal Printing & Graphics 140 South Main Street Brewer, Maine 04412 207-989-4100 265 Water Street Ellsworth, Maine 04605 207-667-5227 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matt Mewhorter, Printco" To: Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 12:13 PM Subject: [PrintOwners] Sticky Notes > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > One of our good customers is looking for some custom sticky notes. Does > anyone have a good trade supplier for these? I have worked with Ennis in > the past, but there is a 500 pad minimum for custom and very limited > options > for the "standard" runs. > > > > They are looking for: > > > > 3" x 3" > > 2 PMS colors (logo only) > > White stock > > > > 13 versions - 10 pads of 100 each > > > > Thank you in advance! > > > > Matt Mewhorter | Printco, Inc. > > phone 425.255.7700 | fax 253.288.3747 | cell 206.953.6156 > > address 32 G St NW, Ste A Auburn, WA 98001 | e-mail matt@printcoinc.com > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to > which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged > material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or > taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or > entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received > this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any > computer. > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Mon Sep 10 16:53:34 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Mon Sep 10 16:52:29 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] 5180 Quotes also Fiery issue In-Reply-To: <200709102035.l8AKZ7hq022738@pro35.abac.com> References: <46E57364.6040900@fmtc.com> <200709102035.l8AKZ7hq022738@pro35.abac.com> Message-ID: <103ED6E5-886A-49CC-A7C8-50072F0E7990@falconprintandcopy.com> Hey Dick, What kind of problems are you having with your Fiery/CS3? I've noticed some bugs too (printing landscape instead of portrait), that are inconsistent but terribly annoying. Our BW Canon is the only machine we have with a Fiery now. Our Xerox has a CREO and we haven't had one problem with it. Are you seeing the same kind of problems or something else? Regards, Borzou -------------- next part -------------- www.falconprintandcopy.com t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 On Sep 10, 2007, at 4:35 PM, Dick Latson wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Beware of Fiery, as far as we can tell they do not have drivers for > latest versions of Adobe. > We still are having to work around this and is very frustrating. We > keep hearing it is Adobes' fault and Adobe says it is Fiery, and my > Canon tech blames both! > > -Dick > > > At 11:40 AM 9/10/2007, you wrote: > >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> Asking to find out if anybody has gotten quotes on the Canon 5180 >> with the H1 Fiery Rip? >> >> Just got quoted $17,5 on a "showroom" model, and 6.5 color and 1 >> cent black clicks. 11 x 17 one click of course. >> >> Anybody know much about it? >> >> Thanks >> >> Joe Dominick >> > > Dick Latson > Latson's Printing & Office Supply, Inc. > 1105 Main Street / P.O. Box 701 > Commerce, Texas 75428 > (903) 886-2710 or Fax 886-7889 > email: owner@latsons.com > www.latsons.com > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From wayne at printingonline.com Mon Sep 10 18:34:31 2007 From: wayne at printingonline.com (Wayne Yada) Date: Mon Sep 10 18:34:04 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20070910223348.ED3E0F6CA6C@barracuda2.stayonline.net> I would add a big "AMEN" to that. It was a great conference with great topics, speakers, and most valuable as always was the interaction with other printers. The timing to coincide with Graph Expo is a great bonus, as you're only limited by your feet as to how much you can see in 2-3 days! There were also great deals to be made on the show floor as well. And the double-bonus is the Michigan Avenue scene . . . it's so cool. Everything from Bloomingdales to a very large Apple store . . . and about a million EXCELLENT restaurants! As Bernie said, be sure to put it on your '08 calendar NOW. Next year the show will be October 23-26 . . . so bring your sweaters! Wayne Yada wayne@printingonline.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Bernard Bahn Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 1:31 PM To: multiple recipients of Print Owners Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** You've all heard it before; you're missing a huge chance to grow your business if you don't attend the Annual Conference. Well, it's true. I hadn't been since 2004, and got a little lazy, and didn't attend till this year. I'm out about $1500 for the three days. It was worth MUCH MORE. I'll get all that back and much more in the months to come. Our industry is at an historical turning point that poses great opportunities for those who change and adapt. For those who don't adapt, the risks are much higher. These conferences give you ideas on how to adapt and change and learn from others. We have some great minds in this industry, and many of them are willing to share information. Steve Johnson and his crew did a wonderful job assembling the topics and talent this year. Do yourself a favor. Treat yourself next year and go. Oh, and it's not like 3 days in Chicago on Michigan Ave. is exactly torture. Bernie Bahn | President | Creative Imaging Inc 1568 Fencorp Drive, STE. 200 | St. Louis MO 63026 Office 636-717-0690 ext 102 | Fax 636-717-0695 | bbahn@creativeimaginginc.com http://www.creativeimaginginc.com Xerox iGen3 on demand color printing and copying _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From Harry at VarsityGraphics.com.au Mon Sep 10 19:28:42 2007 From: Harry at VarsityGraphics.com.au (Harry Brelsford) Date: Mon Sep 10 19:29:26 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Canon Wide Format In-Reply-To: <091020071154.17539.46E5307A000A76640000448322007636920902079B02079D9F979B 079D01079D9F@comcast.net> References: <091020071154.17539.46E5307A000A76640000448322007636920902079B02079D9F979B 079D01079D9F@comcast.net> Message-ID: We have one of the old W8200's and it is still going strong. Good quality and assume newer machines even better. Harry >Looked at the Canon 8000 & 9000 wide format printers at graph Expo >yesterday. Does anyone have any experience with these printers? >They look really nice for the price. > >Jeff Farber >Priority Printing & Graphics >1323 E. Main Street >Flushing, MI 48433 >810 487-1700 -- Harry Brelsford Varsity Graphics Shop 2 - 195 Varsity Parade Varsity Lakes QLD 4227 Australia Ph: 61 7 5575 9417 Fax: 61 7 5575 8091 Harry@VarsityGraphics.com.au From k_graham at hotmail.com Tue Sep 11 00:19:52 2007 From: k_graham at hotmail.com (k_graham@hotmail.com) Date: Tue Sep 11 00:20:24 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] 5180 Quotes also Fiery issue References: <46E57364.6040900@fmtc.com><200709102035.l8AKZ7hq022738@pro35.abac.com> <103ED6E5-886A-49CC-A7C8-50072F0E7990@falconprintandcopy.com> Message-ID: > > What kind of problems are you having with your Fiery/CS3? I've > noticed some bugs too (printing landscape instead of portrait), that > are inconsistent but terribly annoying. >> We had that type of problem with the Doc 12 with XP RIP - however by installing the driver with the Adobe PS installer 1.06 for Windows available off the Adobe website we got a driver install without the glitz of the Fiery install but everything worked. The drawback is that you can't save templates of multiple settings - workaround was to install printer more than once. ie as a black and white printer and as a color printer for instance. Ken Graham CommunityPrinters.com 250-782-7108 Dawson Creek BC Canada V1G 2G5 250-782-7108 From eatnsleepgolf at msn.com Tue Sep 11 01:37:26 2007 From: eatnsleepgolf at msn.com (larry) Date: Tue Sep 11 01:37:52 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] fiery Message-ID: We use CS3 with 3 different Fiery's. No problems. LT Tucson Beware of Fiery, as far as we can tell they do not have drivers for latest versions of Adobe. We still are having to work around this and is very frustrating. We keep hearing it is Adobes' fault and Adobe says it is Fiery, and my Canon tech blames both! -Dick From eatnsleepgolf at msn.com Tue Sep 11 01:40:29 2007 From: eatnsleepgolf at msn.com (larry) Date: Tue Sep 11 01:41:01 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Leather 3 ring binders Message-ID: Anyone using a good vendor for real leather 3 ring binders? Or a very good imitation leather? Client budget is $100 each and needs 200 to start. Thanks, Larry Tucson www.desertpacificprintng.com From Harry at VarsityGraphics.com.au Tue Sep 11 04:02:18 2007 From: Harry at VarsityGraphics.com.au (Harry Brelsford) Date: Tue Sep 11 04:02:53 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] 5180 Quotes also Fiery issue In-Reply-To: <200709102035.l8AKZ7hq022738@pro35.abac.com> References: <46E57364.6040900@fmtc.com> <200709102035.l8AKZ7hq022738@pro35.abac.com> Message-ID: Our 5180's have the Feiry H1 rip. No problems until we installed CS3. We also installed new drivers from Canon for both Mac's and PC's. The only problem we have from CS3 is when sending say 1 x 100 prints from the Intel Mac's it downloads 100 times. If we save as PDF and print through Acrobat 7 no problems but problems direct from application and Acrobat 8. No problem from PC's or non Intel Mac. Only with CS3, all other programs print fine. A Google search revealed a while back that others have the same problem but only with Intel Mac's. Harry >Beware of Fiery, as far as we can tell they do not have drivers for >latest versions of Adobe. >We still are having to work around this and is very frustrating. We >keep hearing it is Adobes' fault and Adobe says it is Fiery, and my >Canon tech blames both! > >-Dick > > >At 11:40 AM 9/10/2007, you wrote: > >>***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >>Asking to find out if anybody has gotten quotes on the Canon 5180 >>with the H1 Fiery Rip? >> >>Just got quoted $17,5 on a "showroom" model, and 6.5 color and 1 >>cent black clicks. 11 x 17 one click of course. >> >>Anybody know much about it? >> >>Thanks >> >>Joe Dominick >> > >Dick Latson >Latson's Printing & Office Supply, Inc. >1105 Main Street / P.O. Box 701 >Commerce, Texas 75428 >(903) 886-2710 or Fax 886-7889 >email: owner@latsons.com >www.latsons.com >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From robin at protypeonline.com Tue Sep 11 08:40:30 2007 From: robin at protypeonline.com (Robin Niewold) Date: Tue Sep 11 08:50:51 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference Message-ID: <074EDF7D-A951-4E33-A675-6C817937B9EA@protypeonline.com> Wayne! :)))) only you softies from CA would think you need a sweater at the end of Oct. in Chicago! We finally have some fall weather and the morning temps are 54 and it feels wonderful -- cool and crisp and my best friend, Daisy, (black lab) were just outside putting some mail in the mailbox -- But -- the date is on my calendar! robin Robin Niewold Pro-Type Printing 130 N. Market Street Paxton, IL 60957 217.379.4715 robin@protypeonline.com From owner at latsons.com Tue Sep 11 09:02:14 2007 From: owner at latsons.com (Dick Latson) Date: Tue Sep 11 09:02:51 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Leather 3 ring binders In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200709111302.l8BD2LRQ038958@pro35.abac.com> Larry, You might try ABCO here in Dallas: Custom Binder Source: ABCO 1-800-969-2226 - Mike -Dick At 12:40 AM 9/11/2007, you wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >Anyone using a good vendor for real leather 3 ring binders? Or a >very good imitation leather? Client budget is $100 each and needs >200 to start. Thanks, > >Larry Dick Latson Latson's Printing & Office Supply, Inc. 1105 Main Street / P.O. Box 701 Commerce, Texas 75428 (903) 886-2710 or Fax 886-7889 email: owner@latsons.com www.latsons.com From owner at latsons.com Tue Sep 11 09:45:30 2007 From: owner at latsons.com (Dick Latson) Date: Tue Sep 11 09:46:07 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] 5180 Quotes also Fiery issue In-Reply-To: <103ED6E5-886A-49CC-A7C8-50072F0E7990@falconprintandcopy.co m> References: <46E57364.6040900@fmtc.com> <200709102035.l8AKZ7hq022738@pro35.abac.com> <103ED6E5-886A-49CC-A7C8-50072F0E7990@falconprintandcopy.com> Message-ID: <200709111345.l8BDjbkv002876@pro35.abac.com> Borzou, We are on version CS3 10.4.10; intel core duo processor. One issue is that we cannot keep the jobs we send from duplexing. Page set up settings do not want to work properly, the preview does not match what happens when it prints. It wants to rip each copy instead of one and then print repeatedly. Same issues basically others have responded to this thread with. We have an IMac with older versions of adobe and OS10 and we have to use it to send any files to the Fiery Rip on our Canon 3220. We have been trying to be patient hoping drivers would some day show up on a web site somewhere. Our Canon rep keeps checking for us, as of yet he has not had any luck locating new drivers. He seems to think it is Adobe that needs to make this happen. Larry, I would be interested in how your system is configured. Can you list the drivers you use? Are you using version 10.4, we wonder if an earlier version of CS3 would be a solution. -Dick At 03:53 PM 9/10/2007, you wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > >Hey Dick, > >What kind of problems are you having with your Fiery/CS3? I've >noticed some bugs too (printing landscape instead of portrait), that >are inconsistent but terribly annoying. Our BW Canon is the only >machine we have with a Fiery now. Our Xerox has a CREO and we >haven't had one problem with it. > >Are you seeing the same kind of problems or something else? > >Regards, > >Borzou > Dick Latson Latson's Printing & Office Supply, Inc. 1105 Main Street / P.O. Box 701 Commerce, Texas 75428 (903) 886-2710 or Fax 886-7889 email: owner@latsons.com www.latsons.com From yaakov at sparkdirectny.com Tue Sep 11 10:02:08 2007 From: yaakov at sparkdirectny.com (Yaakov Reshef) Date: Tue Sep 11 10:02:31 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Leather 3 ring binders Message-ID: Larry, I have a vendor that I use for many years for stationary items, including real leather binders.which I ordered a couple of years ago. I called him and asked, and he wanted to know what size, what shade etc... If you would like, I can give you his phone # in NY. Please e mail to me directly. Yaakov Reshef SPARK Direct * Kwik Kopy Printing Marketing * Printing * Solutions 7 East 37th Street-NYC-10016 Tel: 212-328-2001 Fax: 212-328-2007(new number) yaakov@Sparkdirectny.com www.sparkdirectny.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of larry Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 1:40 AM To: Printowners Subject: [PrintOwners] Leather 3 ring binders ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Anyone using a good vendor for real leather 3 ring binders? Or a very good imitation leather? Client budget is $100 each and needs 200 to start. Thanks, Larry Tucson www.desertpacificprintng.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From eatnsleepgolf at msn.com Tue Sep 11 10:48:55 2007 From: eatnsleepgolf at msn.com (larry) Date: Tue Sep 11 10:49:11 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Fiery/Adobe/ Message-ID: I take that back. 3 workstations have CS3. All connected to 3 different Fiery's. But.......... .....one workstation will not acknowledge 12X18 with one of the Fiery's. The rest do. We've reinstalled, checked the settings, properties, blah, blah. No luck. At command workstation, we can change the setting to 12X18. That's our temp workaround for that one workstation. Canon will be in this week to replace the Fiery due to another weird issue: when we print, the output tray never stops outputting, but if we copy it stops when full. We never copy. As always, I can't take no for an answer, and I let Ikon know that our greatest limitation is our weakest vendor support. And Xerox, and etc. I'll be sure to let them know that others are having similar problems and see what they say. And instead of finger pointing, each RIP is made to each individual mfg. specs, so if Canon specified something that was incompatible in their RIP, Adobe should have alerted them since they make CS3......jeeze, one seems to lose their brain when they work for a large company. BTW, we just updated all our workstations, which were 3 years old. What a difference in speed and screen redraws. We had some spare flat panels gathering dust, now each station has 2 attached, and that is also very helpful. These PC's cost the same as 3 years ago, but are so much faster. Added a bigger, faster SAN (small area network) drive and there is NO wait to access customer files from the workstations. Our inbound jobs are at least 10 per day via the net, so one monitor has email on one screen at all times. I highly recommend it. Finally, in Word 07, we did a variable job of 2400 pages last week. Didn't want to set it up properly in the new Fiery, so we just let it go. It balooned up to over 2 megabytes on the rip, sending each page individually. But, once 15% of the job was at the RIP, it began to run.....at rated speed of 65 CPM. I like it. The color photos looked great on Cl Linen, without those pesky lines poking through the toner. This was on the 650 we are testing. Larry Desert Pacific Tucson From richard at sirspeedy-brickell.com Tue Sep 11 11:05:38 2007 From: richard at sirspeedy-brickell.com (Richard Moffat) Date: Tue Sep 11 11:05:52 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Leather 3 ring binders In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Larry, We use Strong Leather Co.. They have great leather, quality and service. (800) 332-6025 Tel (978) 281-6321 Fax www.strongleather.com Richard Moffat Sir Speedy 244 S.W. 6th Street Miami, Florida 33130 (305) 285-1401 Tel (305) 285-1402 Fax richard@sirspeedy-brickell.com www.sirspeedy-brickell.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of larry Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 1:40 AM To: Printowners Subject: [PrintOwners] Leather 3 ring binders ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Anyone using a good vendor for real leather 3 ring binders? Or a very good imitation leather? Client budget is $100 each and needs 200 to start. Thanks, Larry Tucson www.desertpacificprintng.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2493 (20070831) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From jhaas at haas-printing.com Tue Sep 11 11:11:41 2007 From: jhaas at haas-printing.com (Jeffry Haas) Date: Tue Sep 11 11:14:09 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] printing that can come into contact with food Message-ID: <050d01c7f486$0ed91050$6401a8c0@PC137923033428> I have a request to print Pizza "labels". These are the sheets that go inside frozen pizzas, and will be in direct contact with the food. The ink will be on the outside. I don't know much about this, and was hoping somebody could shed some light on it. 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(717) 761-0277 Great Pricing with Fast Turnarounds! **************************************************************************** ** Jeff Haas HAAS Printing Co., Inc. 1000 Hummel Avenue Lemoyne, PA 17043 (717) 761-0277 phone (717) 761-7109 fax www.haas-printing.com From wayne at printingonline.com Tue Sep 11 11:22:31 2007 From: wayne at printingonline.com (Wayne Yada) Date: Tue Sep 11 11:22:05 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference In-Reply-To: <074EDF7D-A951-4E33-A675-6C817937B9EA@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: <20070911152148.4E3F3F3FFF4@barracuda2.stayonline.net> Say what you want, but during the rain last night, we walked from the Intercontinental Hotel to Lawry's Prime Rib for dinner, and this "softy California boy" was quite comfortable (thank you), being one of the few out-of-towners on the street wearing a warm & dry jacket that also included a hoodie! (By the way, there is no better prime rib anywhere)! Wayne Yada wayne@printingonline.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Robin Niewold Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 5:41 AM To: printowners printowners Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Wayne! :)))) only you softies from CA would think you need a sweater at the end of Oct. in Chicago! We finally have some fall weather and the morning temps are 54 and it feels wonderful -- cool and crisp and my best friend, Daisy, (black lab) were just outside putting some mail in the mailbox -- But -- the date is on my calendar! robin Robin Niewold Pro-Type Printing 130 N. Market Street Paxton, IL 60957 217.379.4715 robin@protypeonline.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From jedwards at printzilla.net Tue Sep 11 11:23:35 2007 From: jedwards at printzilla.net (Jack Edwards) Date: Tue Sep 11 11:27:12 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] printing that can come into contact with food In-Reply-To: <050d01c7f486$0ed91050$6401a8c0@PC137923033428> References: <050d01c7f486$0ed91050$6401a8c0@PC137923033428> Message-ID: On Sep 11, 2007, at 10:11 AM, Jeffry Haas wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I have a request to print Pizza "labels". These are the sheets that go > inside frozen pizzas, and will be in direct contact with the food. > The ink > will be on the outside. I don't know much about this, and was hoping > somebody could shed some light on it. We used to do something like this for whiskey cakes. The ink, a PMS mix, had to be FDA approved and came from a company in or around Philadelphia. Jack Edwards Printing Plus Oak Ridge North, Texas From John at mpcny.com Tue Sep 11 12:07:42 2007 From: John at mpcny.com (John Henry) Date: Tue Sep 11 12:08:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Re: printing that can come into contact with food In-Reply-To: <20070911152715.A6F23B635BA@rb.enter.net> References: <20070911152715.A6F23B635BA@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <004001c7f48d$e24cab70$a6e60250$@com> Just use a soy-based ink John M. Henry Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company 125-129 East First Street Oswego, New York 13126 (315) 343-3531 (315) 343-3577 Fax www.mpcny.com John@mpcny.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.14/999 - Release Date: 9/10/2007 5:43 PM From stalprint at charter.net Tue Sep 11 12:12:20 2007 From: stalprint at charter.net (Mark Stallings) Date: Tue Sep 11 12:12:25 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference In-Reply-To: <20070910223348.ED3E0F6CA6C@barracuda2.stayonline.net> References: <20070910223348.ED3E0F6CA6C@barracuda2.stayonline.net> Message-ID: <46E6BE64.4040603@charter.net> Wayne also come back with a good prize at one of the vendor booths also!! (No, it was NOT at 4over.com with the Vegas show girls) Wayne Yada wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >I would add a big "AMEN" to that. It was a great conference with great >topics, speakers, and most valuable as always was the interaction with other >printers. > >The timing to coincide with Graph Expo is a great bonus, as you're only >limited by your feet as to how much you can see in 2-3 days! There were also >great deals to be made on the show floor as well. > >And the double-bonus is the Michigan Avenue scene . . . it's so cool. >Everything from Bloomingdales to a very large Apple store . . . and about a >million EXCELLENT restaurants! > >As Bernie said, be sure to put it on your '08 calendar NOW. Next year the >show will be October 23-26 . . . so bring your sweaters! > >Wayne Yada >wayne@printingonline.com > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org >[mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Bernard Bahn >Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 1:31 PM >To: multiple recipients of Print Owners >Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference > >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >You've all heard it before; you're missing a huge chance to grow your >business if you don't attend the Annual Conference. Well, it's true. I >hadn't been since 2004, and got a little lazy, and didn't attend till this >year. I'm out about $1500 for the three days. It was worth MUCH MORE. I'll >get all that back and much more in the months to come. Our industry is at an >historical turning point that poses great opportunities for those who change >and adapt. For those who don't adapt, the risks are much higher. These >conferences give you ideas on how to adapt and change and learn from others. >We have some great minds in this industry, and many of them are willing to >share information. Steve Johnson and his crew did a wonderful job assembling >the topics and talent this year. > >Do yourself a favor. Treat yourself next year and go. Oh, and it's not like >3 days in Chicago on Michigan Ave. is exactly torture. > >Bernie Bahn | President | Creative Imaging Inc >1568 Fencorp Drive, STE. 200 | St. Louis MO 63026 > >Office 636-717-0690 ext 102 | Fax 636-717-0695 | >bbahn@creativeimaginginc.com > >http://www.creativeimaginginc.com >Xerox iGen3 on demand color printing and copying >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > -- Mark Stallings Stallings Printing 828-758-1126 stalprint@charter.net Lenoir, NC 28645 From joe at colorcraftprinting.com Tue Sep 11 12:31:15 2007 From: joe at colorcraftprinting.com (Joe Nutile) Date: Tue Sep 11 12:31:38 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] printing that can come into contact with food In-Reply-To: <050d01c7f486$0ed91050$6401a8c0@PC137923033428> References: <050d01c7f486$0ed91050$6401a8c0@PC137923033428> Message-ID: <4D8895DA-87E6-461C-9ABB-63B8654E7211@colorcraftprinting.com> try colorcon www.colorcon.com Joe On Sep 11, 2007, at 8:11 AM, Jeffry Haas wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I have a request to print Pizza "labels". These are the sheets that go > inside frozen pizzas, and will be in direct contact with the food. > The ink > will be on the outside. I don't know much about this, and was hoping > somebody could shed some light on it. > > TIA > > > > > > ********************************************************************** > ****** > *** > > Promote your business with Advertising Specialties from HAAS! > > Pens, Pencils, Mugs, Hats, Shirts and more . . . (717) 761-0277 > > Great Pricing with Fast Turnarounds! > > ********************************************************************** > ****** > ** > > > > Jeff Haas > > HAAS Printing Co., Inc. > > 1000 Hummel Avenue > > Lemoyne, PA 17043 > > (717) 761-0277 phone > > (717) 761-7109 fax > > www.haas-printing.com > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > Joe Nutile ColorCraft Printing 805-461-3742 http:www.colorcraftprinting.com Commercial and Digital Printing From char at themasterspress.com Tue Sep 11 13:15:45 2007 From: char at themasterspress.com (Charlene Sims) Date: Tue Sep 11 13:14:16 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference In-Reply-To: <20070910223348.ED3E0F6CA6C@barracuda2.stayonline.net> References: <20070910223348.ED3E0F6CA6C@barracuda2.stayonline.net> Message-ID: <021801c7f497$6c6de950$0b01a8c0@CharXP> I just got back in this morning and echo everyone's comment. I think we had a great conference and there was a lot of energy. The time with the suppliers on Friday nite was very enjoyable and I learned a number of things from them. A good discount from DHL even over what I have now, is one of them. My mind is too fried to think of anything else right now. We had over 300 people registered and it was fun seeing people. Although there are a lot of you seems like I didn't get to see or talk to. I missed the "top of the roof" party. I think I am getting old. :-) Robin we missed you all during the conference. Thought about you a lot. Just wasn't the same. Put it on your calendar NOW for next year. Jeff helped put a lot of this together. Jeff, thank you, you did a great job. Thanks for all of your hard work. Raise those prices - $2.00 NOW to save money for next year. ch Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Wayne Yada Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 5:35 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I would add a big "AMEN" to that. It was a great conference with great topics, speakers, and most valuable as always was the interaction with other printers. The timing to coincide with Graph Expo is a great bonus, as you're only limited by your feet as to how much you can see in 2-3 days! There were also great deals to be made on the show floor as well. And the double-bonus is the Michigan Avenue scene . . . it's so cool. Everything from Bloomingdales to a very large Apple store . . . and about a million EXCELLENT restaurants! As Bernie said, be sure to put it on your '08 calendar NOW. Next year the show will be October 23-26 . . . so bring your sweaters! Wayne Yada wayne@printingonline.com From stalprint at charter.net Tue Sep 11 13:18:54 2007 From: stalprint at charter.net (Mark Stallings) Date: Tue Sep 11 13:18:54 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference In-Reply-To: <46E6BE64.4040603@charter.net> References: <20070910223348.ED3E0F6CA6C@barracuda2.stayonline.net> <46E6BE64.4040603@charter.net> Message-ID: <46E6CDFE.8000701@charter.net> Before I get him in too much trouble... He ended up with a little over $ 30.00 in some type of treasure hunt game at one of the booths Way to go Wayne!! Hope to see everyone next year Mark Stallings wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Wayne also come back with a good prize at one of the vendor booths also!! > (No, it was NOT at 4over.com with the Vegas show girls) > > > Wayne Yada wrote: > >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> I would add a big "AMEN" to that. It was a great conference with great >> topics, speakers, and most valuable as always was the interaction >> with other >> printers. >> The timing to coincide with Graph Expo is a great bonus, as you're only >> limited by your feet as to how much you can see in 2-3 days! There >> were also >> great deals to be made on the show floor as well. >> >> And the double-bonus is the Michigan Avenue scene . . . it's so cool. >> Everything from Bloomingdales to a very large Apple store . . . and >> about a >> million EXCELLENT restaurants! >> >> As Bernie said, be sure to put it on your '08 calendar NOW. Next year >> the >> show will be October 23-26 . . . so bring your sweaters! >> >> Wayne Yada >> wayne@printingonline.com >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org >> [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Bernard Bahn >> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 1:31 PM >> To: multiple recipients of Print Owners >> Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> You've all heard it before; you're missing a huge chance to grow your >> business if you don't attend the Annual Conference. Well, it's true. I >> hadn't been since 2004, and got a little lazy, and didn't attend till >> this >> year. I'm out about $1500 for the three days. It was worth MUCH MORE. >> I'll >> get all that back and much more in the months to come. Our industry >> is at an >> historical turning point that poses great opportunities for those who >> change >> and adapt. For those who don't adapt, the risks are much higher. These >> conferences give you ideas on how to adapt and change and learn from >> others. >> We have some great minds in this industry, and many of them are >> willing to >> share information. Steve Johnson and his crew did a wonderful job >> assembling >> the topics and talent this year. >> >> Do yourself a favor. Treat yourself next year and go. Oh, and it's >> not like >> 3 days in Chicago on Michigan Ave. is exactly torture. >> >> Bernie Bahn | President | Creative Imaging Inc >> 1568 Fencorp Drive, STE. 200 | St. Louis MO 63026 >> >> Office 636-717-0690 ext 102 | Fax 636-717-0695 | >> bbahn@creativeimaginginc.com >> >> http://www.creativeimaginginc.com >> Xerox iGen3 on demand color printing and copying >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> >> >> >> > -- Mark Stallings Stallings Printing 828-758-1126 stalprint@charter.net Lenoir, NC 28645 From ed at graphicprintersinc.com Tue Sep 11 13:57:48 2007 From: ed at graphicprintersinc.com (Ed Pierce) Date: Tue Sep 11 13:57:44 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference In-Reply-To: <021801c7f497$6c6de950$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Message-ID: <00b401c7f49d$4470bb70$5a01a8c0@fileserver> Did anyone talk to any of the Konica people and if so what is the outlook for them in the print for pay market especially in the smaller markets. Any other tidbits about Konica would be helpful if you know anything. Ed Pierce Graphic Print & Communication Meridian MS 601-485-7088 ed@graphicprintersinc.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Charlene Sims Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 12:16 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I just got back in this morning and echo everyone's comment. I think we had a great conference and there was a lot of energy. The time with the suppliers on Friday nite was very enjoyable and I learned a number of things from them. A good discount from DHL even over what I have now, is one of them. My mind is too fried to think of anything else right now. We had over 300 people registered and it was fun seeing people. Although there are a lot of you seems like I didn't get to see or talk to. I missed the "top of the roof" party. I think I am getting old. :-) Robin we missed you all during the conference. Thought about you a lot. Just wasn't the same. Put it on your calendar NOW for next year. Jeff helped put a lot of this together. Jeff, thank you, you did a great job. Thanks for all of your hard work. Raise those prices - $2.00 NOW to save money for next year. ch Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Wayne Yada Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 5:35 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I would add a big "AMEN" to that. It was a great conference with great topics, speakers, and most valuable as always was the interaction with other printers. The timing to coincide with Graph Expo is a great bonus, as you're only limited by your feet as to how much you can see in 2-3 days! There were also great deals to be made on the show floor as well. And the double-bonus is the Michigan Avenue scene . . . it's so cool. Everything from Bloomingdales to a very large Apple store . . . and about a million EXCELLENT restaurants! As Bernie said, be sure to put it on your '08 calendar NOW. Next year the show will be October 23-26 . . . so bring your sweaters! Wayne Yada wayne@printingonline.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2521 (20070911) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From keli at parchmentpress.net Tue Sep 11 14:06:24 2007 From: keli at parchmentpress.net (Keli of Coxsackie) Date: Tue Sep 11 14:06:38 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Pdf color conversion Message-ID: <46E6D920.2080104@parchmentpress.net> I have a pdf that the color is all BLACK. The job use to be done offset. I now need to do the job digitally. I need to change the color from black to Pantone 469 (brown) How can I do it or can anyone quickly do it for me? thanks, Michael Markuson (aka Keli) Parchment Press 52 S River St Coxsackie, NY 12051 From arvadaprintery2 at qwest.net Tue Sep 11 14:26:49 2007 From: arvadaprintery2 at qwest.net (Keith Herron) Date: Tue Sep 11 14:27:02 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Pdf color conversion In-Reply-To: <46E6D920.2080104@parchmentpress.net> References: <46E6D920.2080104@parchmentpress.net> Message-ID: Open it in Photoshop, change it to a tiff, import into InDesign and assign the PMS color. Multiple up it and print it from InDesign. Call me for step-by-step. Keith Herron The Printery, Inc. Arvada, Colorado 303-422-5033 www.arvadaprintery.com On Sep 11, 2007, at 12:06 PM, Keli of Coxsackie wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I have a pdf that the color is all BLACK. > The job use to be done offset. > I now need to do the job digitally. > I need to change the color from black to Pantone 469 (brown) > > How can I do it or can anyone quickly do it for me? > > thanks, > Michael Markuson (aka Keli) > Parchment Press > 52 S River St > Coxsackie, NY 12051 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Tue Sep 11 14:39:20 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Tue Sep 11 14:38:13 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Pdf color conversion In-Reply-To: <46E6D920.2080104@parchmentpress.net> References: <46E6D920.2080104@parchmentpress.net> Message-ID: Take it in Photoshop, make it a duotone, and make the one color 469. (Its actually a monotone, but the setting is still duotone. Regards, Borzou -------------- next part -------------- www.falconprintandcopy.com t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 On Sep 11, 2007, at 2:06 PM, Keli of Coxsackie wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I have a pdf that the color is all BLACK. > The job use to be done offset. > I now need to do the job digitally. > I need to change the color from black to Pantone 469 (brown) > > How can I do it or can anyone quickly do it for me? > > thanks, > Michael Markuson (aka Keli) > Parchment Press > 52 S River St > Coxsackie, NY 12051 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From greg at ajprinting.com Tue Sep 11 14:58:54 2007 From: greg at ajprinting.com (Greg Johnston) Date: Tue Sep 11 14:59:19 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Chicago this year and Next In-Reply-To: References: <63616BC5-CF32-4EA5-8C29-A57DD2F2EC97@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20070911115752.03539de0@ajprinting.com> Next year Graph Expo is from Oct 26-29 so yes it's a little later in the year. I just got back and it was awesome. This was my first Chicago show and what an experience. Now back to work. At 06:07 PM 9/7/2007, you wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >Hey Lady! > >It's hunting season here, so my husband is out of town which leaves >nobody to watch my daughter. I'm hoping next year will be a little >later in the season - I really wish I was there too! I had a great >time last year, learned a bunch, met some terrific people and made >some great memories. Sorry to hear about your back - I hope you get >it fixed soon. > > >Michelle Maynor >"Your Personal Printer" >Interior Graphics & Printing >770 8th Avenue >Fairbanks, AK 99701 >907.456.4982 phone >907.452.6992 fax > > > >On Sep 7, 2007, at 4:02 PM, Robin Niewold wrote: > >>***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >>Darn, here I am on Friday of the NAQP Conference in Chicago -- >>watching Wheel of Fortune and waiting for Jim to bring home >>pizza.....meanwhile my printing associates and friends are on the >>2nd or 3rd floor of the InterContinental Hotel on N. Mich. Avenue >>having the time of their lives -- having drinks and appetizers and >>schmoozing with each other and maybe some of the vendors at the >>Supplier event -- and then out to dinner to discuss the issues they >>didn't get resolved during the day or over appetizers. >>DARN! I'm missing a great time! I almost changed my mind last week >>and un-did my cancelled hotel and conference registration. >>fortunately, I did not - my back is giving me fits -- heading to >>Chicago on Tuesday to get a 2nd opinion. First opinion last Wed. >>said that surgery would help -- spinal fusion -- 3 vertebrae, 2 >>levels, L5 S1 and L4. >>Why aren't you in Chicago? >>Robin >> >>Robin Niewold >>Pro-Type Printing >>130 N. Market Street >>Paxton, IL 60957 >>217.379.4715 >>robin@protypeonline.com >> >> >>_______________________________________________ >>PrintOwners Discussion List >>Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >>Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners Greg Johnston AJ Printing & Graphics 1350 Central Ave #1 Santa Rosa CA 95401 707.525.8600 Fax 707.525.8923 www.ajprinting.com e-mail: greg@ajprinting.com Ask me about how I can help you build your business with our direct mailing services for your marketing needs Authorized Adobe Service Provider Quark Authorized Output Provider From mark at newprinting.com Tue Sep 11 15:04:12 2007 From: mark at newprinting.com (Mark Weinfurter) Date: Tue Sep 11 15:04:38 2007 Subject: Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] printing that can come into contact with food In-Reply-To: <20070911180643.03B73B6448C@rb.enter.net> References: <20070911180643.03B73B6448C@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <0d612b2fd7c7003e1efba9b411bb19fd@newprinting.com> I don't think soy ink will pass. I believe you must use an FDA approved ink. Colorcon is the only supplier I know of. The ink is quite expensive, and you must buy minimums. It runs quite similar to normal inks. Thanks, Mark Weinfurter N. E. W. Printing 1718 E. Wisconsin Ave. Appleton, WI 54911 1-888-563-0400 Fax 920-735-9945 www.newprinting.com mark@newprinting.com 'A very cool web site...www.newprinting.com'------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2007 09:31:15 -0700 > From: Joe Nutile > Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] printing that can come into contact with > food > To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > > Message-ID: > <4D8895DA-87E6-461C-9ABB-63B8654E7211@colorcraftprinting.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed > > try colorcon > > www.colorcon.com > > Joe > > On Sep 11, 2007, at 8:11 AM, Jeffry Haas wrote: > >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> I have a request to print Pizza "labels". These are the sheets that go >> inside frozen pizzas, and will be in direct contact with the food. >> The ink >> will be on the outside. I don't know much about this, and was hoping >> somebody could shed some light on it. >> >> TIA >> From dennis.trump at gmail.com Tue Sep 11 15:09:22 2007 From: dennis.trump at gmail.com (Dennis Trump) Date: Tue Sep 11 15:09:40 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <41aa6a080709111209k4c3a9c0aycff08bbbbc5fe341@mail.gmail.com> Well I'm back from Chicago also and what a great time. I've got a shopping list of things to follow up on and a couple of big ticket items I'm interested in looking into further. Yes one of the items was the Konica 6500. I missed the evening at Lawry's with Wayne but didn't miss a minute of all the other fun. I have some great highlights of a dinner at Ditka's and I think I have a very grainy photo of Eric Pearson chewing on the bone of a 2 pound steak. I don''t always remember dinners with Eric clearly because he has a penchant for a four olive martini that I feel obliged to participate in out of respect. The impromptu party on the roof of Rock Bottom Brewery was fun but I was trying to hold back some that night although I was downwind of Scott and caught a whiff of tequila. Others in the party picked up the slack for me that night. Got to meet a few new faces and as I get back I'm really disappointed I didn't get to talk more with other people. It seems like a lot of stuff to cram into in four or five days. Charlene deserves a thanks for getting her friend from Texas to close out the conference. She is an outrageous hoot and I doubt I could have laughed any harder. Make plans now to go next year! -- Dennis Trump Trump Direct *a print and direct mail communcations company* Decatur IL www.trumpdirect.com trump@trumpdirect.com 217.429.9001 From keli at parchmentpress.net Tue Sep 11 15:35:02 2007 From: keli at parchmentpress.net (Keli of Coxsackie) Date: Tue Sep 11 15:35:15 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Pdf color conversion In-Reply-To: References: <46E6D920.2080104@parchmentpress.net> Message-ID: <46E6EDE6.2050501@parchmentpress.net> IN attempting this under my ado files - I only see 478 brown - not pantone 469 Where can I get 469 brown? thanks Keli Borzou Azabdaftari wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Take it in Photoshop, make it a duotone, and make the one color 469. > (Its actually a monotone, but the setting is still duotone. > > Regards, > > Borzou > > > > www.falconprintandcopy.com > t.703.442.0124 > f.703.442.0134 > > > On Sep 11, 2007, at 2:06 PM, Keli of Coxsackie wrote: > >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> I have a pdf that the color is all BLACK. >> The job use to be done offset. >> I now need to do the job digitally. >> I need to change the color from black to Pantone 469 (brown) >> >> How can I do it or can anyone quickly do it for me? >> >> thanks, >> Michael Markuson (aka Keli) >> Parchment Press >> 52 S River St >> Coxsackie, NY 12051 >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From yaakov at sparkdirectny.com Tue Sep 11 15:35:02 2007 From: yaakov at sparkdirectny.com (Yaakov Reshef) Date: Tue Sep 11 15:35:26 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Konica Minolta in the print for pay market. Message-ID: Ed, I talked to them again (and again...) about my issues. It seems that they have the proper general attitude, but they do everything so sloooooooow... I think that they did not yet adopt the principals of servicing our market; they have many layers of "decision makers" and every decision that is not standard decision takes months and months to get to. I have no idea how long it will take them to get to where we want them to be, but I really hope it will happen. Yaakov Reshef SPARK Direct * Kwik Kopy Printing Marketing * Printing * Solutions 7 East 37th Street-NYC-10016 Tel: 212-328-2001 Fax: 212-328-2007(new number) yaakov@Sparkdirectny.com www.sparkdirectny.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Ed Pierce Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 1:58 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Did anyone talk to any of the Konica people and if so what is the outlook for them in the print for pay market especially in the smaller markets. Any other tidbits about Konica would be helpful if you know anything. Ed Pierce Graphic Print & Communication Meridian MS 601-485-7088 ed@graphicprintersinc.com From ed at graphicprintersinc.com Tue Sep 11 16:07:22 2007 From: ed at graphicprintersinc.com (Ed Pierce) Date: Tue Sep 11 16:07:15 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Konica Minolta in the print for pay market. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <00d201c7f4af$5dd47f90$5a01a8c0@fileserver> Thanks Yaakov. That is what I am seeing on my local level as well and not only is it frustrating my local dealer but is about to lose them a sale. The district sales rep for Konica doesn't seem to know anything or doesn't care enough to help his dealer. It's hard to tell which. Ed Pierce Graphic Print & Communication Meridian MS 601-485-7088 ed@graphicprintersinc.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Yaakov Reshef Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 2:35 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: [PrintOwners] Konica Minolta in the print for pay market. ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Ed, I talked to them again (and again...) about my issues. It seems that they have the proper general attitude, but they do everything so sloooooooow... I think that they did not yet adopt the principals of servicing our market; they have many layers of "decision makers" and every decision that is not standard decision takes months and months to get to. I have no idea how long it will take them to get to where we want them to be, but I really hope it will happen. Yaakov Reshef SPARK Direct * Kwik Kopy Printing Marketing * Printing * Solutions 7 East 37th Street-NYC-10016 Tel: 212-328-2001 Fax: 212-328-2007(new number) yaakov@Sparkdirectny.com www.sparkdirectny.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Ed Pierce Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 1:58 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Did anyone talk to any of the Konica people and if so what is the outlook for them in the print for pay market especially in the smaller markets. Any other tidbits about Konica would be helpful if you know anything. Ed Pierce Graphic Print & Communication Meridian MS 601-485-7088 ed@graphicprintersinc.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2521 (20070911) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From eatnsleepgolf at msn.com Tue Sep 11 16:07:29 2007 From: eatnsleepgolf at msn.com (Larry Taylor) Date: Tue Sep 11 16:07:43 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] CS3/Adobe/Print Driver problems/Canon Message-ID: I'm not sure of what version CS3 we are using. Photoshop is 10; In Design is 5.0, and Illustrator is 13.0.2. Print drivers: Fiery EX2000d is version 3 driving a Doc 2045 using Driver Version 5.2.3790.122 . Another is Fiery S450 version 3 using Driver Version 5.2.3790.122 on a CPP650; another is driving a 3200 Version 2 with driver version 5.2.3790.122 all the above use the same driver version; all working fine. My mistake about one driver missing the 12 x 18 paper. Here's a problem we have printing to an 8500....after 2 or 3 single prints, we lose connection to all printers! It is a canon embedded postscript driver. Only happens on the 8500 with CS3 but NOT with Acrobat 8 or higher. Our new PC's are C2Duo's What do you mean about your CS3 version 10.4.10? Larry Taylor Desert Pacific Printing.com Tucson, AZ 520-745-8004 We are on version CS3 10.4.10; intel core duo processor. One issue is that we cannot keep the jobs we send from duplexing. Page set up settings do not want to work properly, the preview does not match what happens when it prints. It wants to rip each copy instead of one and then print repeatedly. Same issues basically others have responded to this thread with. We have an IMac with older versions of adobe and OS10 and we have to use it to send any files to the Fiery Rip on our Canon 3220. We have been trying to be patient hoping drivers would some day show up on a web site somewhere. Our Canon rep keeps checking for us, as of yet he has not had any luck locating new drivers. He seems to think it is Adobe that needs to make this happen. Larry, I would be interested in how your system is configured. Can you list the drivers you use? Are you using version 10.4, we wonder if an earlier version of CS3 would be a solution. -Dick From printer at ptialaska.net Tue Sep 11 16:21:32 2007 From: printer at ptialaska.net (Charles A. Lincoln) Date: Tue Sep 11 16:21:48 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] CS3/Adobe/Print Driver problems/Canon In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <34C669B2-47F8-44D3-92DE-263CD698547E@ptialaska.net> On Sep 11, 2007, at 12:07 PM, Larry Taylor wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I'm not sure of what version CS3 we are using. Photoshop is 10; > In Design is 5.0, and Illustrator is 13.0.2. > > Print drivers: Fiery EX2000d is version 3 driving a Doc 2045 > using Driver Version 5.2.3790.122 . Another is Fiery S450 version > 3 using Driver Version 5.2.3790.122 on a CPP650; another is > driving a 3200 Version 2 with driver version 5.2.3790.122 > > all the above use the same driver version; all working fine. My > mistake about one driver missing the 12 x 18 paper. > > Here's a problem we have printing to an 8500....after 2 or 3 single > prints, we lose connection to all printers! It is a canon embedded > postscript driver. > > Only happens on the 8500 with CS3 but NOT with Acrobat 8 or > higher. Our new PC's are C2Duo's > > What do you mean about your CS3 version 10.4.10? REPLY: Are you running VISTA? _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Charles Lincoln ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY 612 30th Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907) 451-1111 fax (907) 451-4511 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ From kellycrom at gmail.com Tue Sep 11 16:30:53 2007 From: kellycrom at gmail.com (Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics) Date: Tue Sep 11 16:29:29 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] printing that can come into contact with food In-Reply-To: <4D8895DA-87E6-461C-9ABB-63B8654E7211@colorcraftprinting.com> References: <050d01c7f486$0ed91050$6401a8c0@PC137923033428> <4D8895DA-87E6-461C-9ABB-63B8654E7211@colorcraftprinting.com> Message-ID: <05dd01c7f4b2$a7415060$6d01a8c0@KELLY> Joe is correct. I think Colorcon is one of the only companies that make the ink. I think the last time we had to buy some was over 5 years ago, and they had a 5# minimum order, and, back then, it was over $20/lb. Kelly Crom Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. We've Moved!!! 2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 Plymouth, MN 55441 New Phone: (763)231-6970 kellycrom@gmail.com www.applied-graphics.com > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Joe Nutile > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 11:31 AM > To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] printing that can come into > contact with food > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > try colorcon > > www.colorcon.com > > Joe > > On Sep 11, 2007, at 8:11 AM, Jeffry Haas wrote: > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > I have a request to print Pizza "labels". These are the > sheets that go > > inside frozen pizzas, and will be in direct contact with the food. > > The ink > > will be on the outside. I don't know much about this, and was hoping > > somebody could shed some light on it. > > > > TIA > > > > > > > > > > > > > ************************************************************** > ******** > > ****** > > *** > > > > Promote your business with Advertising Specialties from HAAS! > > > > Pens, Pencils, Mugs, Hats, Shirts and more . . . (717) 761-0277 > > > > Great Pricing with Fast Turnarounds! > > > > > ************************************************************** > ******** > > ****** > > ** > > > > > > > > Jeff Haas > > > > HAAS Printing Co., Inc. > > > > 1000 Hummel Avenue > > > > Lemoyne, PA 17043 > > > > (717) 761-0277 phone > > > > (717) 761-7109 fax > > > > www.haas-printing.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PrintOwners Discussion List > > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > Joe Nutile > ColorCraft Printing > 805-461-3742 > http:www.colorcraftprinting.com > > Commercial and Digital Printing > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From ncgill at gillprintandgraphics.com Tue Sep 11 15:44:46 2007 From: ncgill at gillprintandgraphics.com (ncgill@gillprintandgraphics.com) Date: Tue Sep 11 16:39:49 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] four color raised print Message-ID: <000801c7f4ac$3572d9a0$6309a8c0@MINIME> Hi Guys & Gals, Hope someone out there has a vendor for quality four color raised business cards. We have several large companies we do business cards for with pms color match logo and we have to have very high quality. I have not been able to use the local trade wholesalers for this work. Delivery and Quality are a must. Thanks for your help Nancy Gill GillPrint and Graphics 2310 Park Place Dr Gretna, Louisiana 70056 (504) 392-9600 From mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com Tue Sep 11 17:03:40 2007 From: mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com (Michael Vogel) Date: Tue Sep 11 17:03:51 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] four color raised print In-Reply-To: <000801c7f4ac$3572d9a0$6309a8c0@MINIME> References: <000801c7f4ac$3572d9a0$6309a8c0@MINIME> Message-ID: <98f5b19a0709111403t696338f2j66e14d7cb2d32a4d@mail.gmail.com> On 9/11/07, ncgill@gillprintandgraphics.com wrote: > > Hope someone out there has a vendor for quality four color raised business cards. We have several large companies we do business cards for with pms color match logo and we have to have very high quality. To my thinking, "thermography" and "very high quality" business cards are mutually exclusive. Add to this the unlikelihood of *matching* a PMS color in a gang-run process color job (even assuming there is a close cmyk equivalent), and you're asking for trouble. The process color thermography that I've seen is garbage. I would explain to the customer that the quality potential of flat-printed cards is much greater than that of thermography, and point them to some high-quality heavier stocks instead. -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon From char at themasterspress.com Tue Sep 11 17:13:01 2007 From: char at themasterspress.com (Charlene Sims) Date: Tue Sep 11 17:11:16 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference In-Reply-To: <00b401c7f49d$4470bb70$5a01a8c0@fileserver> References: <021801c7f497$6c6de950$0b01a8c0@CharXP> <00b401c7f49d$4470bb70$5a01a8c0@fileserver> Message-ID: <002401c7f4b8$8909d030$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Ed, I talked to Chuck some this past weekend and also his new boss who was at the conference, Fred. I have no idea where their BC's are right now but as I unpack I will send out that info. Fred said they knew they has some slack in the print for pay market and that is one of the reasons that he was hired or moved into the position he is in. His and Chuck's jobs are to fine tune that market. But true they have a long long way to go. I think they have the desire but just not the knowledge and abilities quite yet. They have only seriously been in this market for maybe 2 years. So I know it is going to be a process for them to get up and meet our expectations. Time will help but I am sure you are like me and want it now. I was pretty frustrated and angry with them, and they finally escalated it up, got me a new rip and my C500 is back to like it was when I was loving it for the first year. If you have not called Chuck personally, call him. If you have not gotten the answer you want, ask him to escalate it or let you talk to Fred. They sponsored the conference and one of the lunches, and are wanting to learn and grow. But growing is always a process. It is to our advantage to help them get where WE want them to be. :-) They don't have to know that. I will be in and out this week but if that does not work - call me. Ch Chuck Slaughter - 214.697.3455 Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Ed Pierce Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 12:58 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Did anyone talk to any of the Konica people and if so what is the outlook for them in the print for pay market especially in the smaller markets. Any other tidbits about Konica would be helpful if you know anything. Ed Pierce Graphic Print & Communication Meridian MS 601-485-7088 ed@graphicprintersinc.com From printer at ptialaska.net Tue Sep 11 17:14:55 2007 From: printer at ptialaska.net (Charles A. Lincoln) Date: Tue Sep 11 17:15:22 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference In-Reply-To: <002401c7f4b8$8909d030$0b01a8c0@CharXP> References: <021801c7f497$6c6de950$0b01a8c0@CharXP> <00b401c7f49d$4470bb70$5a01a8c0@fileserver> <002401c7f4b8$8909d030$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Message-ID: On Sep 11, 2007, at 1:13 PM, Charlene Sims wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > I was pretty > frustrated and angry with them, and they finally escalated it up, > got me a > new rip and my C500 is back to like it was when I was loving it for > the > first year. If you have not called Chuck personally, call him. REPLY: What RIP did they get you??? _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Charles Lincoln ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY 612 30th Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907) 451-1111 fax (907) 451-4511 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ From mark at pipsturgeonbay.com Tue Sep 11 17:17:14 2007 From: mark at pipsturgeonbay.com (Mark Lake) Date: Tue Sep 11 17:18:39 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] four color raised print In-Reply-To: <98f5b19a0709111403t696338f2j66e14d7cb2d32a4d@mail.gmail.com> References: <000801c7f4ac$3572d9a0$6309a8c0@MINIME> <98f5b19a0709111403t696338f2j66e14d7cb2d32a4d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Carrying this a little further, but doesn't the "raised" ink come from a plastic additive that expands when heated? If so, that would cause colors to run/expand whatever you want to call it and cause real color problems. If I'm mistaken, please correct me so I learn something new today and can then go home smarter than I came in this morning. Mark Lake PIP Printing 368 Jefferson Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 920.743.7370 920.743.4633 Fax www.pipsturgeonbay.com Mark@pipsturgeonbay.com To send a file to us, please use the link below http://www.pip.com/Center/SendFile.asp?AddressID=845 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Michael Vogel Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 4:04 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] four color raised print ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** On 9/11/07, ncgill@gillprintandgraphics.com wrote: > > Hope someone out there has a vendor for quality four color raised business cards. We have several large companies we do business cards for with pms color match logo and we have to have very high quality. To my thinking, "thermography" and "very high quality" business cards are mutually exclusive. Add to this the unlikelihood of *matching* a PMS color in a gang-run process color job (even assuming there is a close cmyk equivalent), and you're asking for trouble. The process color thermography that I've seen is garbage. I would explain to the customer that the quality potential of flat-printed cards is much greater than that of thermography, and point them to some high-quality heavier stocks instead. -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com Tue Sep 11 17:27:26 2007 From: mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com (Michael Vogel) Date: Tue Sep 11 17:27:42 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] four color raised print In-Reply-To: References: <000801c7f4ac$3572d9a0$6309a8c0@MINIME> <98f5b19a0709111403t696338f2j66e14d7cb2d32a4d@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <98f5b19a0709111427g76426791i7d2ccf0477114bf4@mail.gmail.com> On 9/11/07, Mark Lake wrote: > > Carrying this a little further, but doesn't the "raised" ink come from a > plastic additive that expands when heated? If so, that would cause colors to > run/expand whatever you want to call it and cause real color problems. I don't think so, Mark. I don't do thermography (and order it as infrequently as possible), but I believe the powder that's heated for "raising" is clear. (I'm sure many will correct me if I'm wrong ). Process color *can* be done in thermography, I've just never seen it look like anything I'd ever call "high quality." -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon From char at themasterspress.com Tue Sep 11 17:31:46 2007 From: char at themasterspress.com (Charlene Sims) Date: Tue Sep 11 17:30:08 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference In-Reply-To: References: <021801c7f497$6c6de950$0b01a8c0@CharXP><00b401c7f49d$4470bb70$5a01a8c0@fileserver><002401c7f4b8$8909d030$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Message-ID: <002e01c7f4bb$2bb2ac60$0b01a8c0@CharXP> The same rip. Replaced the Fiery. ch Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Charles A. Lincoln Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 4:15 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** On Sep 11, 2007, at 1:13 PM, Charlene Sims wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > I was pretty > frustrated and angry with them, and they finally escalated it up, > got me a > new rip and my C500 is back to like it was when I was loving it for > the > first year. If you have not called Chuck personally, call him. REPLY: What RIP did they get you??? _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Charles Lincoln ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY 612 30th Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907) 451-1111 fax (907) 451-4511 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From printer at ptialaska.net Tue Sep 11 17:38:39 2007 From: printer at ptialaska.net (Charles A. Lincoln) Date: Tue Sep 11 17:39:11 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference In-Reply-To: <002e01c7f4bb$2bb2ac60$0b01a8c0@CharXP> References: <021801c7f497$6c6de950$0b01a8c0@CharXP><00b401c7f49d$4470bb70$5a01a8c0@fileserver><002401c7f4b8$8909d030$0b01a8c0@CharXP> <002e01c7f4bb$2bb2ac60$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Message-ID: <7E795F8B-44C8-455D-BC0D-43ECF9E6F034@ptialaska.net> On Sep 11, 2007, at 1:31 PM, Charlene Sims wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > The same rip. Replaced the Fiery. REPLY: What happened to it? Is there something we should be watching for? Was it the internal or external? Mine has a problem doing grayscale photos, they look terrible and they have not been able to fix it. _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Charles Lincoln ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY 612 30th Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907) 451-1111 fax (907) 451-4511 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ From mike at arborprinting.com Tue Sep 11 17:37:58 2007 From: mike at arborprinting.com (Mike@arborprinting.com) Date: Tue Sep 11 17:40:38 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] four color raised print References: <000801c7f4ac$3572d9a0$6309a8c0@MINIME><98f5b19a0709111403t696338f2j66e14d7cb2d32a4d@mail.gmail.com> <98f5b19a0709111427g76426791i7d2ccf0477114bf4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <021301c7f4bc$08e4cd70$6501a8c0@MikeShutaPC> PMS color matching can also be tricky with thermograpy. Colors can shift when powdered and heated. Thanks, Michael Shuta Arbor Printing & Graphics, Inc 630-969-2277 www.arborprinting.com mike@arborprinting.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Vogel" To: "Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only" Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] four color raised print > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > On 9/11/07, Mark Lake wrote: >> >> Carrying this a little further, but doesn't the "raised" ink come from a >> plastic additive that expands when heated? If so, that would cause colors >> to >> run/expand whatever you want to call it and cause real color problems. > > I don't think so, Mark. I don't do thermography (and order it as > infrequently as possible), but I believe the powder that's heated for > "raising" is clear. (I'm sure many will correct me if I'm wrong ). > Process color *can* be done in thermography, I've just never seen it > look like anything I'd ever call "high quality." > > -- > Michael Vogel > Sir Speedy Printing > 9 Research Drive > Milford, CT 06460 > tel 203-877-1231 > fax 203-878-2679 > mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com > www.eSirSpeedy.com > > ==================================== > Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to > criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. > ~ Lord Bacon > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > From char at themasterspress.com Tue Sep 11 17:56:57 2007 From: char at themasterspress.com (Charlene Sims) Date: Tue Sep 11 17:55:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference In-Reply-To: <7E795F8B-44C8-455D-BC0D-43ECF9E6F034@ptialaska.net> References: <021801c7f497$6c6de950$0b01a8c0@CharXP><00b401c7f49d$4470bb70$5a01a8c0@fileserver><002401c7f4b8$8909d030$0b01a8c0@CharXP><002e01c7f4bb$2bb2ac60$0b01a8c0@CharXP> <7E795F8B-44C8-455D-BC0D-43ECF9E6F034@ptialaska.net> Message-ID: <003601c7f4be$ac6014d0$0b01a8c0@CharXP> I am not sure what all was wrong. I just did the yelling. But what I do know is I would run out a proof for the customer, go back and run the job and the color would be drastically different - 5 minutes later much less the next day, month etc. They had to narrow it down, reloaded software, worked on numerous things on the machine, went through a lot of different things. Finally felt like it was the rip, and worked on that for a long time. They finally changed out the rip, put a new one in and all the problems went away and it has worked great for 2 months now. ch Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Charles A. Lincoln Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 4:39 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** On Sep 11, 2007, at 1:31 PM, Charlene Sims wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > The same rip. Replaced the Fiery. REPLY: What happened to it? Is there something we should be watching for? Was it the internal or external? Mine has a problem doing grayscale photos, they look terrible and they have not been able to fix it. _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Charles Lincoln ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY 612 30th Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907) 451-1111 fax (907) 451-4511 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From gerrye at porathprintsource.com Tue Sep 11 17:58:51 2007 From: gerrye at porathprintsource.com (Gerry Engelhart) Date: Tue Sep 11 17:59:16 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Re:Consolidation mailings to foreign countries References: <20070911211840.19124B6576E@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <004c01c7f4be$f09d9050$6800000a@Engelhart> I have a customer who we mail over 6,000 pieces of mail overseas to several countires Anyone out there have a consolidator who ships the mail to the country and then posts them in the country of delivery. thanks gerry engelhart porath printsource, cleveland ohio From mark at pipsturgeonbay.com Tue Sep 11 18:18:17 2007 From: mark at pipsturgeonbay.com (Mark Lake) Date: Tue Sep 11 18:19:30 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] four color raised print In-Reply-To: <98f5b19a0709111427g76426791i7d2ccf0477114bf4@mail.gmail.com> References: <000801c7f4ac$3572d9a0$6309a8c0@MINIME><98f5b19a0709111403t696338f2j66e14d7cb2d32a4d@mail.gmail.com> <98f5b19a0709111427g76426791i7d2ccf0477114bf4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Oh well, I guess I didn't learn anything today. This was my last hope! Mark Lake PIP Printing 368 Jefferson Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 920.743.7370 920.743.4633 Fax www.pipsturgeonbay.com Mark@pipsturgeonbay.com To send a file to us, please use the link below http://www.pip.com/Center/SendFile.asp?AddressID=845 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Michael Vogel Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 4:27 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] four color raised print ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** On 9/11/07, Mark Lake wrote: > > Carrying this a little further, but doesn't the "raised" ink come from > a plastic additive that expands when heated? If so, that would cause > colors to run/expand whatever you want to call it and cause real color problems. I don't think so, Mark. I don't do thermography (and order it as infrequently as possible), but I believe the powder that's heated for "raising" is clear. (I'm sure many will correct me if I'm wrong ). Process color *can* be done in thermography, I've just never seen it look like anything I'd ever call "high quality." From ed at graphicprintersinc.com Tue Sep 11 18:19:40 2007 From: ed at graphicprintersinc.com (Ed Pierce) Date: Tue Sep 11 18:19:34 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference In-Reply-To: <002401c7f4b8$8909d030$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Message-ID: <00e001c7f4c1$d9308690$5a01a8c0@fileserver> Thanks Charlene, I will give Chuck a call. Ed Pierce Graphic Print & Communication Meridian MS 601-485-7088 ed@graphicprintersinc.com From ssheers at sheergraphics.com Tue Sep 11 18:52:06 2007 From: ssheers at sheergraphics.com (Simon Sheers) Date: Tue Sep 11 18:47:11 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Re: Consolidation mailings to foreign countries In-Reply-To: <20070911221938.1DFBFB65E68@rb.enter.net> References: <20070911221938.1DFBFB65E68@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <8567a3935c2a956bc21c352235565270@sheergraphics.com> Try the USPS International Surface Air Lift (ISAL) Service. We've had success. Or for those that suffer from their email lines breaking incorrectly, or those cloak and dagger types who insist on intrigue! > I have a customer who we mail over 6,000 pieces of mail overseas to > several countires > > Anyone out there have a consolidator who ships the mail to the country > and then posts them in the country of delivery. Please reply to Simon Sheers at: Sheer Graphics Inc. 47 Chestnut Avenue, Westmont, IL 60559-1127 Tel: (630) 654-4422 Printing the message . . . and a whole lot more From richard at sirspeedy-brickell.com Tue Sep 11 18:48:27 2007 From: richard at sirspeedy-brickell.com (Richard Moffat) Date: Tue Sep 11 18:48:31 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] four color raised print In-Reply-To: <000801c7f4ac$3572d9a0$6309a8c0@MINIME> Message-ID: Nancy, Carlson Craft had a program for doing 4 color business cards in Thermography and if I can remember right upto 7 spot colors. I think their program was called Creative Colors if I can remember right. Carlson Craft's Commercial Products Division 1-800-628-9809 Richard Moffat Sir Speedy 244 S.W. 6th Street Miami, Florida 33130 (305) 285-1401 Tel (305) 285-1402 Fax richard@sirspeedy-brickell.com www.sirspeedy-brickell.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of ncgill@gillprintandgraphics.com Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 3:45 PM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] four color raised print ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Hi Guys & Gals, Hope someone out there has a vendor for quality four color raised business cards. We have several large companies we do business cards for with pms color match logo and we have to have very high quality. I have not been able to use the local trade wholesalers for this work. Delivery and Quality are a must. Thanks for your help Nancy Gill GillPrint and Graphics 2310 Park Place Dr Gretna, Louisiana 70056 (504) 392-9600 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2493 (20070831) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From ssheers at sheergraphics.com Tue Sep 11 19:05:51 2007 From: ssheers at sheergraphics.com (Simon Sheers) Date: Tue Sep 11 19:00:52 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Importing into InDesign from Excel - Boldly! Message-ID: <54db1692d7f35cf1d2014156df218385@sheergraphics.com> We're importing into InDesign an Excel .csv file to make a directory. Each cell of one column of the Excel spreadsheet is required to become bold type in the InDesign file. Currently, after import, we have to click and change the font of each word that we want to be bold. Is there any way to automate this import or automate the InDesign fields? Thanks in advance to whomever shares his mine of information! P.S. Bear in mind that I do not use any page-layout software, I just want a few pointers or suggestions to give to those that do. Please reply to Simon Sheers at: Sheer Graphics Inc. 47 Chestnut Avenue, Westmont, IL 60559-1127 Tel: (630) 654-4422 Printing the message . . . and a whole lot more From kevin at abfprints.com Tue Sep 11 19:17:18 2007 From: kevin at abfprints.com (Kevin Danko) Date: Tue Sep 11 19:18:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Fiery/Adobe/ In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <003901c7f4c9$ea4c9600$0600a8c0@Danko> Larry, I just got back from Chicago and loved everything I saw about the KM6500. The model they were showing off had the Creo Rip and the rep recommended it as well. Did you consider the Creo and if so why didn't you go with it??? Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms 102 N. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 (909) 875-7163 Fax: (909) 875-7971 E-mail: kevin@abfprints.com www.abfprints.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of larry Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 7:49 AM To: Printowners Subject: [PrintOwners] Fiery/Adobe/ ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I take that back. 3 workstations have CS3. All connected to 3 different Fiery's. But.......... .....one workstation will not acknowledge 12X18 with one of the Fiery's. The rest do. We've reinstalled, checked the settings, properties, blah, blah. No luck. At command workstation, we can change the setting to 12X18. That's our temp workaround for that one workstation. Canon will be in this week to replace the Fiery due to another weird issue: when we print, the output tray never stops outputting, but if we copy it stops when full. We never copy. As always, I can't take no for an answer, and I let Ikon know that our greatest limitation is our weakest vendor support. And Xerox, and etc. I'll be sure to let them know that others are having similar problems and see what they say. And instead of finger pointing, each RIP is made to each individual mfg. specs, so if Canon specified something that was incompatible in their RIP, Adobe should have alerted them since they make CS3......jeeze, one seems to lose their brain when they work for a large company. BTW, we just updated all our workstations, which were 3 years old. What a difference in speed and screen redraws. We had some spare flat panels gathering dust, now each station has 2 attached, and that is also very helpful. These PC's cost the same as 3 years ago, but are so much faster. Added a bigger, faster SAN (small area network) drive and there is NO wait to access customer files from the workstations. Our inbound jobs are at least 10 per day via the net, so one monitor has email on one screen at all times. I highly recommend it. Finally, in Word 07, we did a variable job of 2400 pages last week. Didn't want to set it up properly in the new Fiery, so we just let it go. It balooned up to over 2 megabytes on the rip, sending each page individually. But, once 15% of the job was at the RIP, it began to run.....at rated speed of 65 CPM. I like it. The color photos looked great on Cl Linen, without those pesky lines poking through the toner. This was on the 650 we are testing. Larry Desert Pacific Tucson _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From championprinting at yahoo.com Tue Sep 11 20:27:21 2007 From: championprinting at yahoo.com (Ted Gelletly) Date: Tue Sep 11 20:27:50 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference/KMBS Message-ID: <87609.85656.qm@web38906.mail.mud.yahoo.com> I think Chuck's idea of sending a messenger to basically tell me "tough cookies" about our C500 killed any confidence I had in KMBS. I offered him a prorated buy back and an anticipated tripling of clicks on a better unit. No negotiation. Keep the crappy C500 and buy a 6500 at full price (and this satisfies me how?). The KMBS entry in our market woke up Xerox. Current Xerox pricing makes KMBS look a whole lot less relevant. At least Xerox has a satisfaction guarantee, something shoppers may want to consider. Fred can call or email me if he gives a darn about my experience. Our unit and the KMBS experience indicate that they are not ready for prime time, at least in the Baltimore/Washington market. Below my signature is the last email I sent to Chuck. We had phone conversations that were more pointed, but I considered my requests reasonable and sound. Constantly replacing those fuser rollers (when our 4C press is too busy for short runs), Ted Gelletly Champion Printing 5401 New Expansion Drive Eldersburg MD 21784 410-795-6464 ext.4 Fax 410-795-6488 ted@championprintingonline.com Subject: C500 Service Hi Chuck, Thanks once again for intervening on our part. I wish it wasn't necessary and if you like, we will take our service issues directly to Alan in the future. I don't want to irritate Alan and I feel he could be a key ally when it's time to negotiate moving us to a 6500. We are still frustrated with unresolved file issues. One that comes to mind is the "pyramid" job we run periodically for a good client. Strange as it seems, the Fiery does a better job that the Creo which is almost never the case. Martika can give you the details if you are concerned. My concern is that issued like this are turned over to the KM "experts" and we never hear from them again. We learn more about the system every day, but we do need help with these major roadblocks. When you and Mike were on the conference call with me last week, Mike seemed anxious to retrieve the Firey from us. We would like that also, but first, KM needs to show us how to handle the pyramid job and educate us about using the Creo with basic mail merge training. I'm sorry the PrintShop Mail conversation clouded the basic mail merge issue. No special software should be required to run a basic mail merge with either RIP. I was just updated on our pending service. We may get service today, but if it happens, it won't be until this afternoon. Yesterday, we had to run 1200 8.5 x 11 pieces on our 20" 4C Komori press to meet a deadline. The job had C500 written all over it. We are used to getting 4 business hour service for digital output devices. I think this is pretty standard in the print for pay industry. I understand that in rare instances, this can not be accomplished. As we discussed on the phone, I know you are doing your best to satisfy our industry. I'm glad you heard my concern about the cost of service to KM. It almost seems that it would behoove KM to swap units just to make the service side profitable. I'm looking forward to discussing this when you are prepared. Thanks again. Ted ----- Original Message ---- From: Charlene Sims To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 5:13:01 PM Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Ed, I talked to Chuck some this past weekend and also his new boss who was at the conference, Fred. I have no idea where their BC's are right now but as I unpack I will send out that info. Fred said they knew they has some slack in the print for pay market and that is one of the reasons that he was hired or moved into the position he is in. His and Chuck's jobs are to fine tune that market. But true they have a long long way to go. I think they have the desire but just not the knowledge and abilities quite yet. They have only seriously been in this market for maybe 2 years. So I know it is going to be a process for them to get up and meet our expectations. Time will help but I am sure you are like me and want it now. I was pretty frustrated and angry with them, and they finally escalated it up, got me a new rip and my C500 is back to like it was when I was loving it for the first year. If you have not called Chuck personally, call him. If you have not gotten the answer you want, ask him to escalate it or let you talk to Fred. They sponsored the conference and one of the lunches, and are wanting to learn and grow. But growing is always a process. It is to our advantage to help them get where WE want them to be. :-) They don't have to know that. I will be in and out this week but if that does not work - call me. Ch Chuck Slaughter - 214.697.3455 Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Ed Pierce Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 12:58 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Did anyone talk to any of the Konica people and if so what is the outlook for them in the print for pay market especially in the smaller markets. Any other tidbits about Konica would be helpful if you know anything. Ed Pierce Graphic Print & Communication Meridian MS 601-485-7088 ed@graphicprintersinc.com From printer at ptialaska.net Tue Sep 11 20:43:45 2007 From: printer at ptialaska.net (Charles A. Lincoln) Date: Tue Sep 11 20:44:00 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? Message-ID: In October the feds will require any medicaid prescription sheets to be printed on tamper proof paper. WHERE DO WE GET THAT??? Thanks, _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Charles Lincoln ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY 612 30th Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907) 451-1111 fax (907) 451-4511 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ From davek at epgvl.com Tue Sep 11 21:02:28 2007 From: davek at epgvl.com (Dave Knapp) Date: Tue Sep 11 21:01:47 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <001f01c7f4d8$98a67eb0$64fea8c0@DAVE> In my area - xpedx Dave Knapp Express Press of Greenville 555A South Pleasantburg Drive Greenville, SC 29607 864/235-6950 864/242-3354 fax DaveK@epgvl.com www.epgvl.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Charles A. Lincoln Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 8:44 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** In October the feds will require any medicaid prescription sheets to be printed on tamper proof paper. WHERE DO WE GET THAT??? Thanks, _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Charles Lincoln ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY 612 30th Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907) 451-1111 fax (907) 451-4511 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From championprinting at yahoo.com Tue Sep 11 22:02:52 2007 From: championprinting at yahoo.com (Ted Gelletly) Date: Tue Sep 11 22:03:11 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? Message-ID: <815909.97710.qm@web38901.mail.mud.yahoo.com> A paper products keyword search of "tamper" of the xpedx website yields "Your search did not return any items.. please try again." Do you have a brand name, xpedx item # or manufacturer # ? Thanks. Ted Gelletly Champion Printing 5401 New Expansion Drive Eldersburg MD 21784 410-795-6464 ext.4 Fax 410-795-6488 ted@championprintingonline.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Dave Knapp To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 9:02:28 PM Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** In my area - xpedx Dave Knapp Express Press of Greenville 555A South Pleasantburg Drive Greenville, SC 29607 864/235-6950 864/242-3354 fax DaveK@epgvl.com www.epgvl.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Charles A. Lincoln Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 8:44 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** In October the feds will require any medicaid prescription sheets to be printed on tamper proof paper. WHERE DO WE GET THAT??? Thanks, _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Charles Lincoln ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY 612 30th Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907) 451-1111 fax (907) 451-4511 From davek at epgvl.com Tue Sep 11 23:11:22 2007 From: davek at epgvl.com (Dave Knapp) Date: Tue Sep 11 23:10:42 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? In-Reply-To: <815909.97710.qm@web38901.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <002601c7f4ea$99a37720$64fea8c0@DAVE> Ted - I'll get back to you tomorrow when I get to the shop. Dave Knapp Express Press of Greenville 555A South Pleasantburg Drive Greenville, SC 29607 864/235-6950 864/242-3354 fax DaveK@epgvl.com www.epgvl.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Ted Gelletly Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 10:03 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** A paper products keyword search of "tamper" of the xpedx website yields "Your search did not return any items.. please try again." Do you have a brand name, xpedx item # or manufacturer # ? Thanks. Ted Gelletly Champion Printing 5401 New Expansion Drive Eldersburg MD 21784 410-795-6464 ext.4 Fax 410-795-6488 ted@championprintingonline.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Dave Knapp To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 9:02:28 PM Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** In my area - xpedx Dave Knapp Express Press of Greenville 555A South Pleasantburg Drive Greenville, SC 29607 864/235-6950 864/242-3354 fax DaveK@epgvl.com www.epgvl.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Charles A. Lincoln Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 8:44 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** In October the feds will require any medicaid prescription sheets to be printed on tamper proof paper. WHERE DO WE GET THAT??? Thanks, _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Charles Lincoln ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY 612 30th Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907) 451-1111 fax (907) 451-4511 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From priorityprinting at comcast.net Tue Sep 11 23:23:40 2007 From: priorityprinting at comcast.net (priorityprinting@comcast.net) Date: Tue Sep 11 23:24:09 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? Message-ID: <091220070323.7350.46E75BBC000B5B0600001CB622007504380902079B02079D9F979B079D01079D9F@comcast.net> Xpedx carries Kant Kopy paper. However they carry it in the paper that will print the word "void". For prescriptions you can buy the paper from Blanks USA. When copied it will read "Invalid RX". It comes in packages of 250 sheets. Jeff Farber Priority Printing & Graphics 1323 E. Main Street Flushing, MI 48433 810 487-1700 -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: Ted Gelletly > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > A paper products keyword search of "tamper" of the xpedx website yields "Your > search did not return any items.. please try again." Do you have a brand name, > xpedx item # or manufacturer # ? Thanks. > > Ted Gelletly > Champion Printing > 5401 New Expansion Drive > Eldersburg MD 21784 > 410-795-6464 ext.4 Fax 410-795-6488 > ted@championprintingonline.com > > > ----- Original Message ---- > From: Dave Knapp > To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 9:02:28 PM > Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > In my area - xpedx > > Dave Knapp > Express Press of Greenville > 555A South Pleasantburg Drive > Greenville, SC 29607 > 864/235-6950 > 864/242-3354 fax > DaveK@epgvl.com > www.epgvl.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Charles A. Lincoln > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 8:44 PM > To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > Subject: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > In October the feds will require any medicaid prescription sheets to > be printed on tamper proof paper. > WHERE DO WE GET THAT??? > > Thanks, > > _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ > > Charles Lincoln > ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY > 612 30th Avenue > Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 > (907) 451-1111 > fax (907) 451-4511 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From eatnsleepgolf at msn.com Wed Sep 12 04:48:51 2007 From: eatnsleepgolf at msn.com (larry) Date: Wed Sep 12 04:49:11 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] New Fiery/Creo and other digital Message-ID: We are used to the Fiery interface, and didn't really want to have to learn another one right now. That was the main reason. Plus, all the printed samples ikon showed me were off the Fiery. They were just fine. I never actually looked at either rip. I discussed with the sales and technical reps about both units. (BTW, I'd never buy from K/M.....I would not take one of their units for FREE or even if they paid me.....they are the '3 blind mice', JMHO based on personal experience.) Well, I suppose I'd take it and put it in storage if they paid me. As I saw it, both are virtually identical the handling of color...... One requires that you 'turn knob A/B and C', the other requires turning 'D/E and F' so to speak. The Creo cost LESS, the reps were pushing it, and I'm beginning to think it's because the Fiery may not be the best choice for this machine..... and it's still possible we may have to get the creo. We've had the machine in for demo, the first Fiery was removed, the loaner is not working 100%, but we ARE getting very good color, and fantastic PMS matching. Less and less press jobs as the weeks go by: Today was typical, we matched 4 different spot colors 'to the book' on the IKON 650. Used to print those on press. Most days are one or two spot colors on the 650. Ya gotta love it because....... ....it will loom LARGE this year and next as printers determine how to price work on all color machines doing spot color matching: we bill the job as a press run, even though it cost only $10 in materials. 2 sets of 2 color cards on C. Crest #110 (297 GSM), here's our rough breakout if done offset: $225 for the 2/0 run; $65 to mix 167 red ink. Typesetting of $25 per name. Around $340 for the job. Took 3 minutes to print, 5 to slit and box. Billed at $340 and another very happy customer. They will be back for more next week. BUT.....It took one key person an entire year to learn all the tricks of color matching from offset to toner, not to mention CMYK to toner. Neither RIP does it all. Larry DPP Tucson, AZ I just got back from Chicago and loved everything I saw about the KM6500. The model they were showing off had the Creo Rip and the rep recommended it as well. Did you consider the Creo and if so why didn't you go with it??? Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms 102 N. Riverside Ave. From chris at mmgraphicsandmail.com Wed Sep 12 07:31:17 2007 From: chris at mmgraphicsandmail.com (Chris Cochran) Date: Wed Sep 12 07:33:08 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] four color raised print References: <000801c7f4ac$3572d9a0$6309a8c0@MINIME><98f5b19a0709111403t696338f2j66e14d7cb2d32a4d@mail.gmail.com> <98f5b19a0709111427g76426791i7d2ccf0477114bf4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <001401c7f530$735fec10$2e01a8c0@ChrisCochran> Mark, I think your right on - My understanding is that the term dot gain refers to the change in dot size from what you start with as compared to what you actually print. You can set up curves in your output systems to compensate for the normal gain you might have (15 to 20% are typical ranges). Now how accurately you could program your output to allow for the dot swell caused by thermography I'm not sure, but certainly don't believe that I would try to produce high quality 4 color process with any consistency. Chris Cochran M & M Graphics, Inc Your Printing and Mailing Specialist 704-376-0938 www.mmgraphicsandmail.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Vogel" To: "Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only" Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 5:27 PM Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] four color raised print > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > On 9/11/07, Mark Lake wrote: >> >> Carrying this a little further, but doesn't the "raised" ink come from a >> plastic additive that expands when heated? If so, that would cause colors >> to >> run/expand whatever you want to call it and cause real color problems. > > I don't think so, Mark. I don't do thermography (and order it as > infrequently as possible), but I believe the powder that's heated for > "raising" is clear. (I'm sure many will correct me if I'm wrong ). > Process color *can* be done in thermography, I've just never seen it > look like anything I'd ever call "high quality." > > -- > Michael Vogel > Sir Speedy Printing > 9 Research Drive > Milford, CT 06460 > tel 203-877-1231 > fax 203-878-2679 > mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com > www.eSirSpeedy.com > > ==================================== > Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to > criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. > ~ Lord Bacon > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From stalprint at charter.net Wed Sep 12 08:02:58 2007 From: stalprint at charter.net (Mark Stallings) Date: Wed Sep 12 08:03:08 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46E7D572.40805@charter.net> This vendor had a booth at the Chicago Show http://www.paper4printers.com/ Blanks USA also carries Kant Kopy Charles A. Lincoln wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > In October the feds will require any medicaid prescription sheets to > be printed on tamper proof paper. > WHERE DO WE GET THAT??? > > Thanks, > > _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ > > Charles Lincoln > ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY > 612 30th Avenue > Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 > (907) 451-1111 > fax (907) 451-4511 > > _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > -- Mark Stallings Stallings Printing 828-758-1126 stalprint@charter.net Lenoir, NC 28645 From QKCONSULT at aol.com Wed Sep 12 08:42:57 2007 From: QKCONSULT at aol.com (QKCONSULT@aol.com) Date: Wed Sep 12 08:43:40 2007 Subject: OFF Re: [PrintOwners] New Fiery/Creo and other digital Message-ID: In a message dated 9/12/2007 4:50:13 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, eatnsleepgolf@msn.com writes: We are used to the Fiery interface, and didn't really want to have to learn another one right now. That was the main reason. Wow Larry, you either stay up really late, get up incredibly early or you suffer from insomnia just like I do.... Hell, I got up at 1:30 am just to check the email last night and you email was not on my computer.... then I checked early am and see that you sent something at 4:40 am EDT. What gives? How do you expect to play your best rounds of golf with a sleeping schedule like that? John Stewart Q. P. Consulting, Inc. Featuring - _"Print Shop For Sale"_ (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) by Larry Hunt & John Stewart 2110 S. Dairy Road West Melbourne, FL 32904 321-727-2442 Fax 321-727-2166 Cell: 321-794-6259 _www.quickconsultant.com_ (http://www.quickconsultant.com/) "Winners analyze, losers rationalize." ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From davek at epgvl.com Wed Sep 12 08:55:18 2007 From: davek at epgvl.com (Dave Knapp) Date: Wed Sep 12 08:54:30 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? In-Reply-To: <002601c7f4ea$99a37720$64fea8c0@DAVE> Message-ID: <004b01c7f53c$2cc21bf0$64fea8c0@DAVE> Ted, et al, Xpedx product code is 437461. It is called Laser 3 Dupligard Rx W/Pantgraph (sic). My branch says it is a brand new item and the code has just been assigned. Good luck. Dave Knapp Express Press of Greenville 555A South Pleasantburg Drive Greenville, SC 29607 864/235-6950 864/242-3354 fax DaveK@epgvl.com www.epgvl.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Dave Knapp Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 11:11 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Ted - I'll get back to you tomorrow when I get to the shop. Dave Knapp Express Press of Greenville 555A South Pleasantburg Drive Greenville, SC 29607 864/235-6950 864/242-3354 fax DaveK@epgvl.com www.epgvl.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Ted Gelletly Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 10:03 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** A paper products keyword search of "tamper" of the xpedx website yields "Your search did not return any items.. please try again." Do you have a brand name, xpedx item # or manufacturer # ? Thanks. Ted Gelletly Champion Printing 5401 New Expansion Drive Eldersburg MD 21784 410-795-6464 ext.4 Fax 410-795-6488 ted@championprintingonline.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Dave Knapp To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 9:02:28 PM Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** In my area - xpedx Dave Knapp Express Press of Greenville 555A South Pleasantburg Drive Greenville, SC 29607 864/235-6950 864/242-3354 fax DaveK@epgvl.com www.epgvl.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Charles A. Lincoln Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 8:44 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** In October the feds will require any medicaid prescription sheets to be printed on tamper proof paper. WHERE DO WE GET THAT??? Thanks, _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Charles Lincoln ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY 612 30th Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907) 451-1111 fax (907) 451-4511 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From mark at pipsturgeonbay.com Wed Sep 12 10:08:25 2007 From: mark at pipsturgeonbay.com (Mark Lake) Date: Wed Sep 12 10:10:03 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Barcode Font for Print Shop Mail Message-ID: I've got a mailing due tomorrow and it is my first time using Print Shop Mail to run a 2 sided self mailer through our B&W copier. Print Shop Mail people tell me I have to print the barcode in several point sizes and get the correct size approved by USPS prior to doing the job. The person who OK's this stuff around here is 40 miles away and it will take at least 2 days to get approval and I don't have that much time. In situations like this in the past we have run all of the inside, flipped the stack and run the outside (with mailing info) but lately the copier has been putting wrinkles in the paper when running the second side so we end up running B&W on the color copier which costs 3 times as much. I know, the tech needs to fix the problem but they blame the paper, the weather, anything but the machine itself. Anyone else using PSM that knows what size font works? Mark Lake PIP Printing 368 Jefferson Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 920.743.7370 920.743.4633 Fax www.pipsturgeonbay.com Mark@pipsturgeonbay.com To send a file to us, please use the link below http://www.pip.com/Center/SendFile.asp?AddressID=845 From eatnsleepgolf at msn.com Wed Sep 12 10:09:50 2007 From: eatnsleepgolf at msn.com (larry) Date: Wed Sep 12 10:10:40 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Insomnia emails Message-ID: Hmmmmm.....did I mention the extra club I carry, aka the 'Texas foot wedge' LT Tucson Wow Larry, you either stay up really late, get up incredibly early or you suffer from insomnia just like I do.... Hell, I got up at 1:30 am just to check the email last night and you email was not on my computer.... then I checked early am and see that you sent something at 4:40 am EDT. What gives? How do you expect to play your best rounds of golf with a sleeping schedule like that? John Stewart Q. P. Consulting, Inc. From owner at latsons.com Wed Sep 12 10:23:53 2007 From: owner at latsons.com (Dick Latson) Date: Wed Sep 12 10:24:31 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] CS3/Adobe/Print Driver problems/Canon In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200709121424.l8CEO4sP015461@pro35.abac.com> > >What do you mean about your CS3 version 10.4.10? >Larry Taylor That is what we see when we ask the computer what version of CS we are running. Thank you for going through the trouble of supplying us your driver info. Did these come pre-loaded are was there a lot of trial and error finding the correct ones? Again I will assert our frustration with the fact that our investment in a faster/bigger computer for the purpose of improving production has only done the opposite. What compounds this is not knowing where to turn to make it work. -Dick >We are on version CS3 10.4.10; intel core duo processor. > One issue is that we cannot keep the jobs we send from >duplexing. Page set up settings do not want to work properly, the >preview does not match what happens when it prints. It wants to rip >each copy instead of one and then print repeatedly. Same issues >basically others have responded to this thread with. We have an >IMac with older versions of adobe and OS10 and we have to use it to >send any files to the Fiery Rip on our Canon 3220. >We have been trying to be patient hoping drivers would some day show >up on a web site somewhere. Our Canon rep keeps checking for us, as >of yet he has not had any luck locating new drivers. He seems to >think it is Adobe that needs to make this happen. > > Larry, I would be interested in how your system is configured. >Can you list the drivers you use? Are you using version 10.4, we >wonder if an earlier version of CS3 would be a solution. >-Dick > > >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > Dick Latson Latson's Printing & Office Supply, Inc. 1105 Main Street / P.O. Box 701 Commerce, Texas 75428 (903) 886-2710 or Fax 886-7889 email: owner@latsons.com www.latsons.com From John at mpcny.com Wed Sep 12 10:34:51 2007 From: John at mpcny.com (John Henry) Date: Wed Sep 12 10:35:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Fiery vs Creo rips Message-ID: <015e01c7f54a$14889970$3d99cc50$@com> I start this by saying I have 3 Fiery rips now, but my disdain is well known for all things EFI (see my www.mpcny.com/printblogger ) I really like the interface of the Fiery but find some things lacking in support and upgrades. 1. Try and find an EFI employed specialist to solve your problems, have you? Not me I cannot get no answers to any problems. The MFG of the box has to try and find all updates hardware or software. EFI hoards this info like the fort Knox. Go to EFI and try and find out what patches, fixes or updates are out for your system, zip, zero nothing you can get from EFI. They just sell and wash their hands and shift blame to the local supplier. The best one is the drivers it is Adobe's fault. BS Adobe publishes the specs months before hand, EFI does not follow what Adobe says then blames it on them. 2. EFI builds the rip PC themselves using all sorts of proprietary parts. This means if you want extra ram, bigger HD or faster CPU you have to pay them, often 10x or more the cost. Your dead if the box dies and you need a new rip. This is only covered under service to a small part. They will give you what you have now if you're down. You have to pay and pay. There is NO reason only changing the rip hardware out would fix the problems people are having other than poor quality control by EFI. 3. EFI refuses to allow rip upgrades as they come out with new ones. Right now they just announced the NEW Adobe PDF rips will be shipping. I bet not one of you who has a demo have or can get that rip. No way in hell would buy the EFI that is out now. Look at the users here with issues. I would insist on the new one when it releases, get it in writing that it is FREE or what the cost will be NOW. Do not trust them. John M. Henry Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company 125-129 East First Street Oswego, New York 13126 (315) 343-3531 (315) 343-3577 Fax www.mpcny.com John@mpcny.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.15/1002 - Release Date: 9/11/2007 5:46 PM From gamble at choiceonemail.com Wed Sep 12 11:16:14 2007 From: gamble at choiceonemail.com (Rick Bird) Date: Wed Sep 12 11:16:34 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Barcode Font for Print Shop Mail In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <006601c7f54f$dc8406d0$0401a8c0@RICK> Mark, I do not use printshop mail but barcode must be 1/8" in height. In most programs I have seen there is a merge field called postnet barcode which automatically sets it to proper height and space ratio. Maybe try calling printshop mail or see if they have an internet forum for such questions. In Wordperfect and on my inkjet I use a Arial font and never had a post office memo sent to me regarding it. HTH Rick Bird Gamble Printing & Mailing Inc. Buffalo, NY 14127 (716) 662-1515 (716) 662-5917 - fax gamble@choiceonemail.com - email p.s. I just had a brain fart can you export out of your mailing program all the postnet info? -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Mark Lake Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 10:08 AM To: PrintOwners Subject: [PrintOwners] Barcode Font for Print Shop Mail ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I've got a mailing due tomorrow and it is my first time using Print Shop Mail to run a 2 sided self mailer through our B&W copier. Print Shop Mail people tell me I have to print the barcode in several point sizes and get the correct size approved by USPS prior to doing the job. The person who OK's this stuff around here is 40 miles away and it will take at least 2 days to get approval and I don't have that much time. In situations like this in the past we have run all of the inside, flipped the stack and run the outside (with mailing info) but lately the copier has been putting wrinkles in the paper when running the second side so we end up running B&W on the color copier which costs 3 times as much. I know, the tech needs to fix the problem but they blame the paper, the weather, anything but the machine itself. Anyone else using PSM that knows what size font works? Mark Lake PIP Printing 368 Jefferson Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 920.743.7370 920.743.4633 Fax www.pipsturgeonbay.com Mark@pipsturgeonbay.com To send a file to us, please use the link below http://www.pip.com/Center/SendFile.asp?AddressID=845 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From kevin at abfprints.com Wed Sep 12 11:25:49 2007 From: kevin at abfprints.com (Kevin Danko) Date: Wed Sep 12 11:26:24 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] New Fiery/Creo and other digital In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00ee01c7f551$3385a0a0$0600a8c0@Danko> Great info, thanks Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms 102 N. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 (909) 875-7163 Fax: (909) 875-7971 E-mail: kevin@abfprints.com www.abfprints.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of larry Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 1:49 AM To: Printowners Subject: [PrintOwners] New Fiery/Creo and other digital ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** We are used to the Fiery interface, and didn't really want to have to learn another one right now. That was the main reason. Plus, all the printed samples ikon showed me were off the Fiery. They were just fine. I never actually looked at either rip. I discussed with the sales and technical reps about both units. (BTW, I'd never buy from K/M.....I would not take one of their units for FREE or even if they paid me.....they are the '3 blind mice', JMHO based on personal experience.) Well, I suppose I'd take it and put it in storage if they paid me. As I saw it, both are virtually identical the handling of color...... One requires that you 'turn knob A/B and C', the other requires turning 'D/E and F' so to speak. The Creo cost LESS, the reps were pushing it, and I'm beginning to think it's because the Fiery may not be the best choice for this machine..... and it's still possible we may have to get the creo. We've had the machine in for demo, the first Fiery was removed, the loaner is not working 100%, but we ARE getting very good color, and fantastic PMS matching. Less and less press jobs as the weeks go by: Today was typical, we matched 4 different spot colors 'to the book' on the IKON 650. Used to print those on press. Most days are one or two spot colors on the 650. Ya gotta love it because....... ....it will loom LARGE this year and next as printers determine how to price work on all color machines doing spot color matching: we bill the job as a press run, even though it cost only $10 in materials. 2 sets of 2 color cards on C. Crest #110 (297 GSM), here's our rough breakout if done offset: $225 for the 2/0 run; $65 to mix 167 red ink. Typesetting of $25 per name. Around $340 for the job. Took 3 minutes to print, 5 to slit and box. Billed at $340 and another very happy customer. They will be back for more next week. BUT.....It took one key person an entire year to learn all the tricks of color matching from offset to toner, not to mention CMYK to toner. Neither RIP does it all. Larry DPP Tucson, AZ I just got back from Chicago and loved everything I saw about the KM6500. The model they were showing off had the Creo Rip and the rep recommended it as well. Did you consider the Creo and if so why didn't you go with it??? Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms 102 N. Riverside Ave. _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From dennis.trump at gmail.com Wed Sep 12 11:27:01 2007 From: dennis.trump at gmail.com (Dennis Trump) Date: Wed Sep 12 11:27:33 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Barcode Font for Print Shop Mail In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <41aa6a080709120827o346a8712o8933e12ece002f88@mail.gmail.com> > I've got a mailing due tomorrow and it is my first time using Print Shop > Mail to run a 2 sided self mailer through our B&W copier. Print Shop Mail > people tell me I have to print the barcode in several point sizes and get > the correct size approved by USPS prior to doing the job. The person who > OK's this stuff around here is 40 miles away and it will take at least 2 > days to get approval and I don't have that much time. In situations like > this in the past we have run all of the inside, flipped the stack and run > the outside (with mailing info) but lately the copier has been putting > wrinkles in the paper when running the second side so we end up running > B&W > on the color copier which costs 3 times as much. I know, the tech needs to > fix the problem but they blame the paper, the weather, anything but the > machine itself. Anyone else using PSM that knows what size font works? Mark, You can check the barcode with the transparent template the Post Office issues. If you don't have that I would print a barcode out of your mailing software to you copier then send the same barcode to your copier out of PSM and size it accordingly. It's a shortcut but I'll bet it will work. If your not going through Merlin at your accepance point your home free. Dennis Trump Trump Direct *a print and direct mail commuications company* Decatur IL www.trumpdirect.com trump@trumpdirect.com 217.429.9001 > From sos at olympus.net Wed Sep 12 11:44:34 2007 From: sos at olympus.net (Dan Huntingford) Date: Wed Sep 12 11:44:48 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Fiery vs Creo rips References: <015e01c7f54a$14889970$3d99cc50$@com> Message-ID: <014f01c7f553$d169c8d0$0300a8c0@DANIEL> > 1. Try and find an EFI employed specialist to solve your problems, have > you? > Not me I cannot get no answers to any problems. ======================= Agree with you John. I had a Fiery and could not get any service from EFI on it. I finally hauled it to the garbage dump. (Computer recycler actually.) Our Color printer became a copier only and just a deep back up one at that. I will never deal with EFI again if I can help it. Customer service just isn't part of their company culture. Dan Huntingford SOS Printing 2319 Washington Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 sos@olympus.net (360) 385-4194 Fax (360) 385-5860 From amanatranslation at yahoo.com Wed Sep 12 11:47:50 2007 From: amanatranslation at yahoo.com (nasr hussain) Date: Wed Sep 12 11:48:15 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] four color raised print In-Reply-To: <000801c7f4ac$3572d9a0$6309a8c0@MINIME> Message-ID: <442452.12555.qm@web31411.mail.mud.yahoo.com> www.heritagedelivers.com --- ncgill@gillprintandgraphics.com wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Hi Guys & Gals, > Hope someone out there has a vendor for quality four > color raised business cards. We have several large > companies we do business cards for with pms color > match logo and we have to have very high quality. I > have not been able to use the local trade > wholesalers for this work. Delivery and Quality are > a must. > > Thanks for your help > > Nancy Gill > GillPrint and Graphics > 2310 Park Place Dr > Gretna, Louisiana 70056 > (504) 392-9600 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: > http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow From jeff at hprinting.biz Wed Sep 12 11:55:51 2007 From: jeff at hprinting.biz (Jeff Haines) Date: Wed Sep 12 11:55:46 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Certificate of Insurance Coverage for Liability and Workers Compensation Message-ID: <20070912155535.11513.10298@hm-pop1.solinus.com> We do some printing for the trade. One has recently has me to provide Certificate of Insurance Coverage for Liability and Workers Compensation. I've never heard of a customer needing proof of Workers Comp. They say in they were audited by their insurance company and they want to see this. I'm not sure what business it is of there who I have insurance with or how much. Jeff Haines Printing Co. 10575 W. Main Rd. North East, PA 16428 (814) 725-1955 ? Fax (814) 725-2244 email: jeff@hprinting.biz ? www.hprinting.biz From jquinn at sirspeedy4043.com Wed Sep 12 12:06:26 2007 From: jquinn at sirspeedy4043.com (Jim Quinn) Date: Wed Sep 12 12:02:56 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Certificate of Insurance Coverage for Liability and Workers Compensation In-Reply-To: <20070912155535.11513.10298@hm-pop1.solinus.com> Message-ID: If you make deliveries to them they may be concerned about your driver slipping on a floor or something. Or, if they are a construction company, their insurance auditors are always concerned about sub-contractors operating without workers comp - if the sub does not have it the liability will go back to the general contractor as I recall. I have a few accounts that require certificates of insurance. Jim Quinn Sir Speedy 4043 15323 Midway Road Addison, TX 75001 Phone 972-788-4266 Fax 972-788-2367 jquinn@sirspeedy4043.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Haines Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 10:56 AM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] Certificate of Insurance Coverage for Liability and Workers Compensation ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** We do some printing for the trade. One has recently has me to provide Certificate of Insurance Coverage for Liability and Workers Compensation. I've never heard of a customer needing proof of Workers Comp. They say in they were audited by their insurance company and they want to see this. I'm not sure what business it is of there who I have insurance with or how much. Jeff Haines Printing Co. 10575 W. Main Rd. North East, PA 16428 (814) 725-1955 . Fax (814) 725-2244 email: jeff@hprinting.biz . www.hprinting.biz _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From jeff at hprinting.biz Wed Sep 12 12:15:10 2007 From: jeff at hprinting.biz (Jeff Haines) Date: Wed Sep 12 12:15:19 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Vendor vs Subcontractor? (subject changed) In-Reply-To: References: <20070912155535.11513.10298@hm-pop1.solinus.com> Message-ID: <20070912161454.16816.25250@hm-pop1.solinus.com> At 12:06 PM 9/12/2007, you wrote: >If you make deliveries to them they may be concerned about your driver >slipping on a floor or something. Or, if they are a construction company, >their insurance auditors are always concerned about sub-contractors >operating without workers comp - if the sub does not have it the liability >will go back to the general contractor as I recall. I have a few accounts >that require certificates of insurance. What is the difference between a vendor and subcontractor? If an employees slipped and fell while making a delivery, I guess I'm not sure who would be liable. It would seem since it happened at their place it would be there liability. But am I a subcontractor or am I a vendor they use? If I'm a subcontractor is not the paper company also a subcontractor? I decided not to own a paper mill as it is to expensive just like they don't own a press as it is to expensive. Jeff Haines Printing Co. 10575 W. Main Rd. North East, PA 16428 (814) 725-1955 ? Fax (814) 725-2244 email: jeff@hprinting.biz ? www.hprinting.biz From brianoday at eprint.us Wed Sep 12 12:31:38 2007 From: brianoday at eprint.us (Brian O'Day) Date: Wed Sep 12 12:32:05 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Canon Wide Format In-Reply-To: <000401c7f3a3$4cfbfcf0$0201a8c0@GTP01> References: <091020071154.17539.46E5307A000A76640000448322007636920902079B02079D9F979B079D01079D9F@comcast.net> <000401c7f3a3$4cfbfcf0$0201a8c0@GTP01> Message-ID: <01a201c7f55a$64c8a000$6c01a8c0@Brian> We have had an 8000 for three months and it is awesome! We let it sit for a few days then run a print and they are perfect./ The detail in the prints is fantastic. Brian O'Day ePrint Portland, Oregon brianoday@eprint.us 503-684-2679 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Dave Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 5:08 AM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Canon Wide Format ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** WE have the 8400 and love it. Very easy to use and no spoiled prints. Golden Triangle Printing 80 Baffin Pl Unit 1 Waterloo, Ontario N2V 1Z7 Ph. 519-725-1414 Fax. 519-725-2051 sales@goldentriangleprinting.com ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Monday, September 10, 2007 7:54 AM Subject: [PrintOwners] Canon Wide Format > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Looked at the Canon 8000 & 9000 wide format printers at graph Expo > yesterday. Does anyone have any experience with these printers? They > look really nice for the price. > > Jeff Farber > Priority Printing & Graphics > 1323 E. Main Street > Flushing, MI 48433 > 810 487-1700 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From John at mpcny.com Wed Sep 12 12:48:28 2007 From: John at mpcny.com (John Henry) Date: Wed Sep 12 12:48:54 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Barcode Font for Print Shop Mail In-Reply-To: <20070912154453.24019B6B7F7@rb.enter.net> References: <20070912154453.24019B6B7F7@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <01a501c7f55c$beee67c0$3ccb3740$@com> You must use usps bar code font, it must be 15pt and print 100% size. It cannot be any smaller or larger. John M. Henry Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company 125-129 East First Street Oswego, New York 13126 (315) 343-3531 (315) 343-3577 Fax www.mpcny.com John@mpcny.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.15/1002 - Release Date: 9/11/2007 5:46 PM From championprinting at yahoo.com Wed Sep 12 12:50:16 2007 From: championprinting at yahoo.com (Ted Gelletly) Date: Wed Sep 12 12:50:43 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Vendor vs Subcontractor? (subject changed) Message-ID: <766687.98558.qm@web38915.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Certificates of Insurance are not a big deal, unless you are operating without insurance, which is really the heart of the question of why are they asking (as well as the limits of coverage). You should have them from anyone working on your home or business. It's not really a privacy issue, but a way of making sure you are a legitimate, substantial business. You have the option of saying no to the request for a certificate, but I can't think of any reason you should refuse. Ted Gelletly Champion Printing 5401 New Expansion Drive Eldersburg MD 21784 410-795-6464 ext.4 Fax 410-795-6488 ted@championprintingonline.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Jeff Haines To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 12:15:10 PM Subject: [PrintOwners] Vendor vs Subcontractor? (subject changed) ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** At 12:06 PM 9/12/2007, you wrote: >If you make deliveries to them they may be concerned about your driver >slipping on a floor or something. Or, if they are a construction company, >their insurance auditors are always concerned about sub-contractors >operating without workers comp - if the sub does not have it the liability >will go back to the general contractor as I recall. I have a few accounts >that require certificates of insurance. What is the difference between a vendor and subcontractor? If an employees slipped and fell while making a delivery, I guess I'm not sure who would be liable. It would seem since it happened at their place it would be there liability. But am I a subcontractor or am I a vendor they use? If I'm a subcontractor is not the paper company also a subcontractor? I decided not to own a paper mill as it is to expensive just like they don't own a press as it is to expensive. Jeff Haines Printing Co. 10575 W. Main Rd. North East, PA 16428 (814) 725-1955 ? Fax (814) 725-2244 email: jeff@hprinting.biz ? www.hprinting.biz From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Wed Sep 12 13:02:40 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Wed Sep 12 13:01:30 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] four color raised print In-Reply-To: <442452.12555.qm@web31411.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <442452.12555.qm@web31411.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <61F666D8-300C-4249-A21F-38ACFB64545C@falconprintandcopy.com> I can't imagine outsourcing process thermography being inexpensive. I'd push them towards embossment. Regards, Borzou -------------- next part -------------- www.falconprintandcopy.com t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 On Sep 12, 2007, at 11:47 AM, nasr hussain wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > www.heritagedelivers.com > > --- ncgill@gillprintandgraphics.com wrote: > >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> Hi Guys & Gals, >> Hope someone out there has a vendor for quality four >> color raised business cards. We have several large >> companies we do business cards for with pms color >> match logo and we have to have very high quality. I >> have not been able to use the local trade >> wholesalers for this work. Delivery and Quality are >> a must. >> >> Thanks for your help >> >> Nancy Gill >> GillPrint and Graphics >> 2310 Park Place Dr >> Gretna, Louisiana 70056 >> (504) 392-9600 >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: >> http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> >> > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > ______________ > Boardwalk for $500? In 2007? Ha! Play Monopoly Here and Now (it's > updated for today's economy) at Yahoo! Games. > http://get.games.yahoo.com/proddesc?gamekey=monopolyherenow > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From mark at pipsturgeonbay.com Wed Sep 12 13:02:48 2007 From: mark at pipsturgeonbay.com (Mark Lake) Date: Wed Sep 12 13:04:09 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Barcode Font for Print Shop Mail In-Reply-To: <01a501c7f55c$beee67c0$3ccb3740$@com> References: <20070912154453.24019B6B7F7@rb.enter.net> <01a501c7f55c$beee67c0$3ccb3740$@com> Message-ID: Thanks John, Rick & Dennis for your help. I can handle it from here. Mark Lake PIP Printing 368 Jefferson Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 920.743.7370 920.743.4633 Fax www.pipsturgeonbay.com Mark@pipsturgeonbay.com To send a file to us, please use the link below http://www.pip.com/Center/SendFile.asp?AddressID=845 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of John Henry Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 11:48 AM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Barcode Font for Print Shop Mail Importance: High ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** You must use usps bar code font, it must be 15pt and print 100% size. It cannot be any smaller or larger. John M. Henry Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company 125-129 East First Street Oswego, New York 13126 (315) 343-3531 (315) 343-3577 Fax www.mpcny.com John@mpcny.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.485 / Virus Database: 269.13.15/1002 - Release Date: 9/11/2007 5:46 PM _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From markath1 at verizon.net Wed Sep 12 13:27:39 2007 From: markath1 at verizon.net (Rick Martin) Date: Wed Sep 12 13:28:28 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Certificate of Insurance Coverage for Liability and Workers Compensation In-Reply-To: <20070912155535.11513.10298@hm-pop1.solinus.com> Message-ID: <001701c7f562$38b6e960$650a0a0a@advanced8l9v8x> The states are making it their business. If we pay people who do not have workers comp in place, the state wants MY carrier to add those dollar amounts to MY payroll numbers and I have to pay it. That is how it was explained to me. Their "theory" is that if the guy gets hurt, he will apply to the state for assistance anyway and the state is trying to get that money into their pool of dollars. Only a politician could find such a roundabout way to grab a few extra bucks. Rick Martin Advanced Print & Copy 229 Memorial Avenue W Springfield, MA 01089 413-736-9808 markath1@verizon.net www.advancedprintandcopy.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Haines Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 11:56 AM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] Certificate of Insurance Coverage for Liability and Workers Compensation ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** We do some printing for the trade. One has recently has me to provide Certificate of Insurance Coverage for Liability and Workers Compensation. I've never heard of a customer needing proof of Workers Comp. They say in they were audited by their insurance company and they want to see this. I'm not sure what business it is of there who I have insurance with or how much. Jeff Haines Printing Co. 10575 W. Main Rd. North East, PA 16428 (814) 725-1955 . Fax (814) 725-2244 email: jeff@hprinting.biz . www.hprinting.biz _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From Azkwikkopy at aol.com Wed Sep 12 13:39:23 2007 From: Azkwikkopy at aol.com (Azkwikkopy@aol.com) Date: Wed Sep 12 13:39:45 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Fiery vs Creo rips Message-ID: Did I miss something? I have a fiery connected to my Canon machines and I deal with Canon not Fiery. Nick Allion Copy Right Printing 2406 S. 24th Street Phoenix, Arizona 85034 v - 602-275-7255 f - 602-275-9711 c - 602-882-9681 e - copyrightaz@aol.com Pledge Your Copy will be Right, look great and be on time, the first time. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From jeff at hprinting.biz Wed Sep 12 13:43:58 2007 From: jeff at hprinting.biz (Jeff Haines) Date: Wed Sep 12 13:44:05 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Certificate of Insurance Coverage for Liability and Workers Compensation In-Reply-To: <001701c7f562$38b6e960$650a0a0a@advanced8l9v8x> References: <20070912155535.11513.10298@hm-pop1.solinus.com> <001701c7f562$38b6e960$650a0a0a@advanced8l9v8x> Message-ID: <20070912174342.10075.798@hm-pop1.solinus.com> At 01:27 PM 9/12/2007, you wrote: >The states are making it their business. If we pay people who do not have >workers comp in place, the state wants MY carrier to add those dollar >amounts to MY payroll numbers and I have to pay it. I can understand the state and they do audit us for worker's comp, but to start having our vendors seems unnecessary and a waste of time. Jeff Haines Printing Co. 10575 W. Main Rd. North East, PA 16428 (814) 725-1955 ? Fax (814) 725-2244 email: jeff@hprinting.biz ? www.hprinting.biz From rstor at copycats.com Wed Sep 12 14:02:57 2007 From: rstor at copycats.com (Robert Stor) Date: Wed Sep 12 14:05:00 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] MS Word question Message-ID: <46E829D1.8060104@copycats.com> A client wanted their letterhead converted to a Word template. We gave them the file with the LH converted into a graphic and placed as a header for odd # pages. The problem is that if the letter is longer than 2 pages, the header shows up again on p3. Any quick solutions/ideas? I thought of taking it out of the header had pasting it as a graphic at the top of the page, but I know of no way to lock it so that they will not delete it accidentally. Also, it did not seem like a particularly elegant solution. TIA Bob Stor Copycats New York, NY 212-557-2111 x20 www.copycats.com From sos at olympus.net Wed Sep 12 14:16:31 2007 From: sos at olympus.net (Dan Huntingford) Date: Wed Sep 12 14:17:39 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Fiery vs Creo rips References: Message-ID: <01dc01c7f569$0bb7baf0$0300a8c0@DANIEL> > Did I miss something? I have a fiery connected to my Canon machines and I > deal with Canon not Fiery. ================ What happens if it quits working and Canon just shrugs. In my case it was a Minolta CF90, (this is going back a few years) the dealer couldn't fix the Fiery. EFI wouldn't stand behind it and simply would not communicate with me. They only deal with dealers. Which is fine, if that's how they choose to do business and there are enough customers out there who can deal with that. In my opinion, if you have a choice between Fiery and Creo, go with the Creo. Creo too, would rather deal with their dealers and let them deal with the end customers, but they did give me phone numbers of their tech people to contact if necessary. Creo appears to me to be a much more customer oriented company than EFI. Of course my experience is limited. Dan Huntingford SOS Printing 2319 Washington Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 sos@olympus.net (360) 385-4194 Fax (360) 385-5860 From mail at myprinter.biz Wed Sep 12 14:17:31 2007 From: mail at myprinter.biz (mail@myprinter.biz) Date: Wed Sep 12 14:17:44 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] MS Word question In-Reply-To: <46E829D1.8060104@copycats.com> Message-ID: Robert - One of Word's options is (or used to be) a header for the first page that's different than the headers for balance. If it still does, "the balance" could be set to blank. Dan Sir Speedy Printing Center 5845 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, FL 33021 t 954.962.1309 f 954.962.1366 dan@myprinter.biz www.myprinter.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Robert Stor Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:03 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: [PrintOwners] MS Word question ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** A client wanted their letterhead converted to a Word template. We gave them the file with the LH converted into a graphic and placed as a header for odd # pages. The problem is that if the letter is longer than 2 pages, the header shows up again on p3. Any quick solutions/ideas? I thought of taking it out of the header had pasting it as a graphic at the top of the page, but I know of no way to lock it so that they will not delete it accidentally. Also, it did not seem like a particularly elegant solution. TIA Bob Stor Copycats New York, NY 212-557-2111 x20 www.copycats.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From mark at bkprint.com Wed Sep 12 14:26:53 2007 From: mark at bkprint.com (Mark) Date: Wed Sep 12 14:34:19 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Envelope Feeders Message-ID: I've got a Heidelberg Printmaster QM-46 and an AB Dick 9810 any suggestions on an envelope feeder that would work great with both? -- Always A Pleasure~ Mark Bell B&K Marketing | Design | Print | Mailing 137 Citizens Boulevard Simpsonville, Kentucky 40067 866.884.9425 Phone 502.722.2261 Fax http://bkprint.com/ From mark at bkprint.com Wed Sep 12 14:24:04 2007 From: mark at bkprint.com (Mark) Date: Wed Sep 12 14:34:25 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Bubble Pack Envelopes Message-ID: Anyone got a good source for bubble pack envelopes or mailers? -- Always A Pleasure~ Mark Bell B&K Marketing | Design | Print | Mailing 137 Citizens Boulevard Simpsonville, Kentucky 40067 866.884.9425 Phone 502.722.2261 Fax http://bkprint.com/ From billg at TGAssociates.com Wed Sep 12 14:35:45 2007 From: billg at TGAssociates.com (Bill Greif) Date: Wed Sep 12 14:36:00 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <003701c7f56b$bbb44d90$6701a8c0@BILL> At the NAQP Suppliers Showcase on Friday, Deb and I had a table next to a supplier who offered secure documents and they were ready to provide the Rx papers. The company was Micro Format, Inc in Wheeling, IL. The contacts were Aaron Singer and Stephen Singer. Toll free was 800-333-0549. Emails were asinger@microformat.net and stevesinger@microformat.net. Don't know any thing about pricing; we were too busy pushing our products. Just to echo what others have said, NAQP owner's conference was a great show and a very enthusiastic crowd. It was good to see lots of friends there. Bill Greif TG & Associates billg@tgassociates.com www.tgassociates.com Telephone 520-751-8922; Fax 520-751-7515 Toll Free 877-842-7762 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Charles A. Lincoln Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2007 5:44 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: [PrintOwners] Where to get new Tamper Proof RX paper? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** In October the feds will require any medicaid prescription sheets to be printed on tamper proof paper. WHERE DO WE GET THAT??? Thanks, _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Charles Lincoln ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY 612 30th Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907) 451-1111 fax (907) 451-4511 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From rstor at copycats.com Wed Sep 12 14:37:14 2007 From: rstor at copycats.com (Robert Stor) Date: Wed Sep 12 14:39:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] MS Word question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46E831DA.70802@copycats.com> Dan, Thank you. I was looking at it and just saw the "odd and even" option. Of course you are right. Regards, Bob mail@myprinter.biz wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Robert - > > One of Word's options is (or used to be) a header for the first page that's > different than the headers for balance. > > If it still does, "the balance" could be set to blank. > > Dan > Sir Speedy Printing Center > 5845 Hollywood Boulevard > Hollywood, FL 33021 > t 954.962.1309 > f 954.962.1366 > dan@myprinter.biz > www.myprinter.biz > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Robert Stor > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 2:03 PM > To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > Subject: [PrintOwners] MS Word question > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > A client wanted their letterhead converted to a Word template. > > We gave them the file with the LH converted into a graphic and placed as > a header for odd # pages. > > The problem is that if the letter is longer than 2 pages, the header > shows up again on p3. > > Any quick solutions/ideas? > > I thought of taking it out of the header had pasting it as a graphic at > the top of the page, but I know of no way to lock it so that they will > not delete it accidentally. Also, it did not seem like a particularly > elegant solution. > > TIA > > Bob Stor > Copycats > New York, NY > 212-557-2111 x20 > www.copycats.com > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > From po-lists at sugarloafprint.com Wed Sep 12 14:46:54 2007 From: po-lists at sugarloafprint.com (Ron Sardo) Date: Wed Sep 12 14:47:07 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Heads Up - InDesign's CS3 Annoying Habit Message-ID: <46E8341E.2070402@sugarloafprint.com> In the past when you saved a file it would always be saved into the same folder it was retrieved from. Now with CS3 it is saved into the last folder that is opened. It is too damn easy to misplace a file. -- Ron Sardo Sugarloaf Print Shop mailto:po-lists@sugarloafprint.com www.sugarloafprint.com 570-788-5099 ? Fax: 570-788-6077 From kellycrom at gmail.com Wed Sep 12 14:52:34 2007 From: kellycrom at gmail.com (Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics) Date: Wed Sep 12 14:51:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Envelope Feeders In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <06c901c7f56e$16025dd0$6d01a8c0@KELLY> www.suspensionfeeder.com We have 2 of them. Buy 1 and it will work on both your presses. Kelly Crom Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. We've Moved!!! 2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 Plymouth, MN 55441 New Phone: (763)231-6970 kellycrom@gmail.com www.applied-graphics.com > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Mark > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 1:27 PM > To: printowners@printweb.org > Subject: [PrintOwners] Envelope Feeders > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I've got a Heidelberg Printmaster QM-46 and an AB Dick 9810 any > suggestions on an envelope feeder that would work great with both? > -- > Always A Pleasure~ > Mark Bell > > B&K > Marketing | Design | Print | Mailing > 137 Citizens Boulevard > Simpsonville, Kentucky 40067 > > 866.884.9425 Phone > 502.722.2261 Fax > > http://bkprint.com/ > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From kellycrom at gmail.com Wed Sep 12 14:52:48 2007 From: kellycrom at gmail.com (Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics) Date: Wed Sep 12 14:51:26 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Bubble Pack Envelopes In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <06ca01c7f56e$1e451500$6d01a8c0@KELLY> www.uline.com Kelly Crom Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. We've Moved!!! 2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 Plymouth, MN 55441 New Phone: (763)231-6970 kellycrom@gmail.com www.applied-graphics.com > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Mark > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 1:24 PM > To: printowners@printweb.org > Subject: [PrintOwners] Bubble Pack Envelopes > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Anyone got a good source for bubble pack envelopes or mailers? > -- > Always A Pleasure~ > Mark Bell > > B&K > Marketing | Design | Print | Mailing > 137 Citizens Boulevard > Simpsonville, Kentucky 40067 > > 866.884.9425 Phone > 502.722.2261 Fax > > http://bkprint.com/ > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From bob at rjmprinting.com Wed Sep 12 14:52:11 2007 From: bob at rjmprinting.com (Bob Molacek) Date: Wed Sep 12 14:59:25 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Bubble Pack Envelopes In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Uline Bob Molacek Sir Speedy Printing 7793 Ranchers Road Fridley, MN 55432 763-571-4608 bob@rjmprinting.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Mark Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 1:24 PM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] Bubble Pack Envelopes ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Anyone got a good source for bubble pack envelopes or mailers? -- Always A Pleasure~ Mark Bell B&K Marketing | Design | Print | Mailing 137 Citizens Boulevard Simpsonville, Kentucky 40067 866.884.9425 Phone 502.722.2261 Fax http://bkprint.com/ _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From ssheers at sheergraphics.com Wed Sep 12 15:08:25 2007 From: ssheers at sheergraphics.com (Simon Sheers) Date: Wed Sep 12 15:03:28 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Envelope Feeders In-Reply-To: <20070912184709.E8206B6D14A@rb.enter.net> References: <20070912184709.E8206B6D14A@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: Suspension Feeder's Universal feeder. Works great on our QM 46s, but do have some instruction for the operator. The 'Universal' version should work on your 9810 too. > I've got a Heidelberg Printmaster QM-46 and an AB Dick 9810 any > suggestions on an envelope feeder that would work great with both? Please reply to Simon Sheers at: Sheer Graphics Inc. 47 Chestnut Avenue, Westmont, IL 60559-1127 Tel: (630) 654-4422 Printing the message . . . and a whole lot more From info at towinglogs.com Wed Sep 12 15:52:28 2007 From: info at towinglogs.com (Paul DiModica) Date: Wed Sep 12 15:53:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] mailing list Message-ID: <46E8437C.2060408@towinglogs.com> Who is the cheapest for a mailing list that I can use anytime? Paul DiModica Mayflower Publishing 25 Starline Way Cranston, RI 02921 401-275-0254 From mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com Wed Sep 12 16:13:27 2007 From: mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com (Michael Vogel) Date: Wed Sep 12 16:13:46 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] mailing list In-Reply-To: <46E8437C.2060408@towinglogs.com> References: <46E8437C.2060408@towinglogs.com> Message-ID: <98f5b19a0709121313h52c45d8bt69fd1bb74401b54e@mail.gmail.com> On 9/12/07, Paul DiModica wrote: > > Who is the cheapest for a mailing list that I can use anytime? Look for a source that only updates its lists every couple of years or so. -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon From rick at jmjprinting.com Wed Sep 12 16:22:30 2007 From: rick at jmjprinting.com (Rick Foster) Date: Wed Sep 12 16:18:16 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Vendor vs Subcontractor? (subject changed) In-Reply-To: <766687.98558.qm@web38915.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <766687.98558.qm@web38915.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Message-ID: In reference to the message sent by Ted Gelletly, on 9/12/07, at 9:50 AM -0700: >Certificates of Insurance are not a big deal, unless you are >operating without insurance, which is really the heart of the >question of why are they asking (as well as the limits of coverage). >You should have them from anyone working on your home or business. >It's not really a privacy issue, but a way of making sure you are a >legitimate, substantial business. You have the option of saying no >to the request for a certificate, but I can't think of any reason >you should refuse. I refused to supply a customer with proof of insurance once. I got a letter from them demanding we provide them with proof of insurance covering not only our own employees, but also covering their employees to a specified ridiculous high amount. I returned the letter with a note that we are not an insurance provider and if they wanted their employees covered by insurance they should look into providing that them self and not by asking their local printer to pay their employee benefits for them. Turned out it was a form letter for a construction company sent to their sub contractors and suppliers and we just happen to be in the list of suppliers. We were not supposed to get the letter. They got a good laugh out of my reply as well as the way their letter was worded it did sound like they wanted us to pay their employees insurance coverage for them. -- Rick _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Rick B. Foster JMJ Printing Co. LLC - Snohomish, WA mailto:rick@jmjprinting.com http://www.jmjprinting.com 425.334.9716 Your Full Service Print Shop 425.397.9716 Fax We Appreciate Your Business! _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ From acepm2 at gmail.com Wed Sep 12 18:05:57 2007 From: acepm2 at gmail.com (Thom Gulyas) Date: Wed Sep 12 18:06:13 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Barcode Font for Print Shop Mail In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Interesting array of comments made here. It would be wise to invest in the actual Postnet Barcode font. Although one writer suggested a point size of 15, you would be cautioned against this. Why? There are many fonts out there (free & paid) that purport to be Postnet bars. This just is not so. So the long answer is you have to find out what is available to suit your needs AND be acceptable. [image: This graphic shows the postnet barcode tolerances. A full bar must be 0.125 plus or minus 0.010 inch high. A half bar must be 0.050 plus or minus 0.010 inch high. All bars must be 0.020 plus or minus 0.005 inch wide. Measured over any 1/2 inch, horizontal spacing of the bars must be 22 plus or minus 2 bars per inch, and pitch (a bar and a space) must average at least 0.0416 inch but no more than 0.05 inch. The clear vertical space between bars must not be less than 0.012 inch or more than 0.04 inch.] The above graphic gives you an example of what what is expected. Should you run into Merlin (no, NOT the magician!) you are going to be held to a much higher standard than those of us who are not. Just ask anyone on here about their problems with Merlin! If you are entering the USPS mail stream at your local level (not an SCF or BMC) you should be o.k. Check the fonts that are in MS Word. You'll probably see one entitled USPS.TFF. If you don't have that, merely do a google search for Postnet Barcode fonts. There are several out there. Get one. Download it and then check it with the USPS template to make sure it is accurate in size. Good luck! Thom Gulyas aka MAIL GOD ACE Printing & Mailing www.acepm.com On 9/12/07, Mark Lake wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I've got a mailing due tomorrow and it is my first time using Print Shop > Mail to run a 2 sided self mailer through our B&W copier. Print Shop Mail > people tell me I have to print the barcode in several point sizes and get > the correct size approved by USPS prior to doing the job. The person who > OK's this stuff around here is 40 miles away and it will take at least 2 > days to get approval and I don't have that much time. In situations like > this in the past we have run all of the inside, flipped the stack and run > the outside (with mailing info) but lately the copier has been putting > wrinkles in the paper when running the second side so we end up running > B&W > on the color copier which costs 3 times as much. I know, the tech needs to > fix the problem but they blame the paper, the weather, anything but the > machine itself. Anyone else using PSM that knows what size font works? > > > Mark Lake > PIP Printing > 368 Jefferson Street > Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 > 920.743.7370 920.743.4633 Fax > www.pipsturgeonbay.com > Mark@pipsturgeonbay.com > > To send a file to us, please use the link below > http://www.pip.com/Center/SendFile.asp?AddressID=845 > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > -- Thom Gulyas ACE Printing & Mailing Berlin, Maryland 21811 www.acepm.com From zapit at zapcolor.com Wed Sep 12 19:26:26 2007 From: zapit at zapcolor.com (Eugene Montanez) Date: Wed Sep 12 19:31:10 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Re: mailing list In-Reply-To: <20070912220613.DD71AB6E1D7@rb.enter.net> References: <20070912220613.DD71AB6E1D7@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <0F2F8FCF-A288-4143-AD79-843398413B5F@zapcolor.com> When is cheap NOT cheap??? The cheapest one is one you type yourself. If you are trying to get a list for your business, the best, by far, is www.ZapData.com We are not related at all to this co. but you can pick names by SIC code, employee, $$$, etc. Your best price is 1000+ and is NOT the cheapest, but very up to date and you can focus on prospects, (in your case just towing companies, and you can do only ones with 5+ employees) exactly! But remember, postage is no bargain anymore, go thru the list after purchasing, if you don't have the time, don't waste your money on any list. On Sep 12, 2007, at 3:06 PM, printowners-request@printweb.org wrote: > > Who is the cheapest for a mailing list that I can use anytime? > > Paul DiModica > Mayflower Publishing > 25 Starline Way > Cranston, RI 02921 > 401-275-0254 > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:13:27 -0400 > From: "Michael Vogel" > Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] mailing list > To: "Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only" > > Message-ID: > <98f5b19a0709121313h52c45d8bt69fd1bb74401b54e@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > On 9/12/07, Paul DiModica wrote: >> >> Who is the cheapest for a mailing list that I can use anytime? > > > Look for a source that only updates its lists every couple of years > or so. Eugene Montanez ZAP Printing & Graphics 127 Radio Rd Corona, CA 92879 951-734-8181 Zapit@zapcolor.com From zapit at zapcolor.com Wed Sep 12 19:27:21 2007 From: zapit at zapcolor.com (Eugene Montanez) Date: Wed Sep 12 19:32:04 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] ImageRunner 105 Scanner PDF driver In-Reply-To: <20070912220613.DD71AB6E1D7@rb.enter.net> References: <20070912220613.DD71AB6E1D7@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: I need to scan back from the copier to either MAC or PC Does anyone have the plugin for Acrobat or other solution? Thanks > Eugene Montanez ZAP Printing & Graphics 127 Radio Rd Corona, CA 92879 951-734-8181 Zapit@zapcolor.com From zapit at zapcolor.com Wed Sep 12 19:33:27 2007 From: zapit at zapcolor.com (Eugene Montanez) Date: Wed Sep 12 19:38:07 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Prayers for our pilot (off) In-Reply-To: <20070912220613.DD71AB6E1D7@rb.enter.net> References: <20070912220613.DD71AB6E1D7@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <1F2873D5-4DAA-4F7A-841D-08D3520B79DC@zapcolor.com> If everyone could keep Mark Waters, one of our police dept. helicopter pilots in your prayers. He was the pilot yesterday in the filming accident in the Gulf of Mexico. > Eugene Montanez Mayor ZAP Printing & Graphics 127 Radio Rd Corona, CA 92879 951-734-8181 Zapit@zapcolor.com From allreadyprinting at gmail.com Wed Sep 12 19:53:27 2007 From: allreadyprinting at gmail.com (All Ready Printing) Date: Wed Sep 12 19:53:37 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Thank you all Message-ID: <844f39e80709121653v74996c19pd4d8e83e6dadd99a@mail.gmail.com> I would like to thank you all for your fine wishes of condolence and support during such a devastating time for my family. We appreciated the good comments about this nice young 28 year old man who was just beginning to contribute to the printing field. I know and all that knew him that the world missed greatness with his early passing. We especially appreciate those who came to calling hours here in Vestal New York for Matt. It was difficult during the time but as we reflect back we appreciate the many people who attended including friends from this list Bob and Lori Lavarnway of Elmira and Kathy and John Henry who came from Oswego to pay respects and comfort us during our troubled time. Matt's pretty widow Diane is naturally caught the brunt of this loss because they were only married three years ago. Diane asked me today to send this information to all business associates in an effort to cure this Cancer which takes wonderful bright young individuals like my son. I forward this to you in case you would like to help. Ernie Kensey Hi everyone. I'm sending this as "Bcc" to most people in my address book. I'll start by saying that this email is not sent to offend anyone if they have already donated...It's just going to lots of people. You may also feel free to forward this to others. I would actually appreciate it as I would like to this reach many more people.... As most of you know, my husband Matt passed away on 8/28/07 after battling acute lymphoblastic leukemia for just over a year. Matt was very clear in his communication to me that he felt he was being robbed of decades of his life. However, he always handled this privately, with dignity and courage. Before and even after he passed away, I told him thank you. Thank you for being an awesome husband, for being the reason behind the best years of my life, for teaching me so much and inspiring so many people. I write to you today in hopes that you will help further Matt's mission. Matt would participate in any clinical trial or tissue/marrow collection that was available and relevant to him because it was his way to contribute toward research and development of better treatment for leukemia. He was motivated to help others lead a healthier and longer life after their diagnosis because he felt that it was his way to beat the disease in the long run. A scholarship was established at Seton Catholic Central in Matt's name and will be awarded every June to a graduating senior who plans to study medicine or medical research (a growing field!). This scholarship will continue to take donations. The hope is to help students become doctors or researchers to help patients like Matt. Donations may be mailed to The Matthew Kensey Memorial Scholarship Fund c/o Seton Catholic Central, 70 Seminary Ave., Binghamton, N.Y. 13905. I am asking people who did not donate to the scholarship to donate to the scholarship. Or if you prefer, you can also donate to the Light the Night walk. Light the Night is an annual fund raiser for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. The main goal of this event is exactly what Matt liked to do- support researchers! Light the Night does it through fund raising, Matt did it through donation of tissue, marrow, clinical trials and completion of surveys. You can visit my Light the Night web page for more details on donation. You may also donate via cash or check to my home address by 9/27. Contact me privately for my home address. http://www.active.com/donate/ltnCNY/2140_msdibutterfly A non-financial method to help battle leukemia and other marrow disorders is to join the bone marrow registry. http://www.marrow.org/ You may also visit my blog more information on Matt's struggle, my struggle and donation information. Di's blog http://www.francescanova.blogspot.com/ Matt's blog http://nuggets-wet-head.blogspot.com/ I thank all of you for your support of Matt's memory, which means a great deal to me and I know he would be so moved by the outpouring of support I have seen already. Matt was truly an inspiration to so many people. If we could all be lucky to love what we do everyday, love those around us with enthusiasm and live life so fully- all in 28 years. He certainly did a good job packing it all in such a short time, he just wished (as do I) that he had time to do more. Thank you for helping Matt further his mission. Thank you for supporting my mission of helping Matt reach his goals. Diane -- All Ready Inc. Modern offset printing, custom thermography, and full-service direct mail solutions. http://www.allready.com Call us toll free: (888)-270-7780 From craig at newhavenprint.com Wed Sep 12 20:09:39 2007 From: craig at newhavenprint.com (Craig Dellinger) Date: Wed Sep 12 20:08:38 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] ImageRunner 105 Scanner PDF driver In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20070913000837.921E7B6EB8E@rb.enter.net> Canon Network Scangear works very well. It works through Acrobat (PC). Here's a link http://www.canonusa.com/html/download/canonnetutils.html Craig Dellinger New Haven Print & Copy 7531 US 930 East Fort Wayne, IN 46803 260.493.3844 / Fax 260.493.3579 www.newhavenprint.com > > I need to scan back from the copier to either MAC or PC Does > anyone have the plugin for Acrobat or other solution? > > Thanks > Eugene Montanez > ZAP Printing & Graphics > 127 Radio Rd > Corona, CA 92879 > 951-734-8181 From scott at usacolor.com Wed Sep 12 20:22:54 2007 From: scott at usacolor.com (scott) Date: Wed Sep 12 20:23:24 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] mailing list In-Reply-To: <46E8437C.2060408@towinglogs.com> References: <46E8437C.2060408@towinglogs.com> Message-ID: <46E882DE.10009@usacolor.com> Info Usa has pretty good list. Not as accurate but alot more interesting(credit score, # employees etc...) is complete financial data 877-56-leads. The DVD has most business in the US on it - and has no usage restrictions. Scott Balsiger, President USA Color Printing Inc. www.usacolor.com 791 Manhomen Dr. Bemidji, MN 56601 800-759-9126 218-759-9126 218-759-2883(fax) 218-556-5505(cell) Paul DiModica wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Who is the cheapest for a mailing list that I can use anytime? > > Paul DiModica > Mayflower Publishing > 25 Starline Way > Cranston, RI 02921 > 401-275-0254 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From Nancy at printingresources.com Wed Sep 12 21:31:37 2007 From: Nancy at printingresources.com (Nancy Dediemar) Date: Wed Sep 12 21:19:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] mailing list Message-ID: Paul, Do you need a consumer list, a business list, or a response list? Is it for you or for a customer? Nancy DeDiemar Printing Resources of Southern California 893 W 9th St, Upland, CA 91786 909/981-5715 phone 909/981-9396 FAX http://www.printingresources.com mailto:nancy@printingresources.com > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Who is the cheapest for a mailing list that I can use anytime? > > Paul DiModica > Mayflower Publishing > 25 Starline Way > Cranston, RI 02921 > 401-275-0254 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From cyndy at pioneerprintinginc.com Wed Sep 12 23:26:59 2007 From: cyndy at pioneerprintinginc.com (Cyndy Wendt) Date: Wed Sep 12 23:27:21 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] InDesign Printing Problem Message-ID: Hello, I am tearing my hair out trying to solve this problem, so hopefully someone out there has a solution. Had InDesign CS installed on a Mac Mini running 10.4.9, 512 MB memory, printing to a HPXXX combo inkjet printer. Printer is relatively new, but otherwise, no changes and up until about a week ago, printing just fine. Suddenly for no reason (well, I?m sure something happened), black is printing with a shadow. Only black. Doesn?t do it in any other program or any other color. Only black and only in InDesign. I jumped through the usual hoops believing the operator inadvertently launched some program level preference that affected all files. Found nothing. Upgraded to InDesign CS2, trashed all the preference files I could find, same exact thing. Existing file ? prints a black shadow. New file ? prints the shadow. Tested it on red and blue ? no shadow. Played around with ?true black? vs. ?rich black? settings. No dice. I am officially out of ideas. The operator is my 84 year old mother who has been doing this since our first MacPlus and PageMaker, but these days seems to push buttons without meaning to and all kinds of strange things happen. I have solved them all so far, but this one is going to make me crazy. If anyone has any ideas before I break down and call Adobe, I would be grateful. Thanks so much, Cyndy Wendt Pioneer Printing Inc Lincoln, NE 402-483-7575 cyndy@pioneerprintinginc.com From acepm2 at gmail.com Thu Sep 13 06:07:55 2007 From: acepm2 at gmail.com (Thom Gulyas) Date: Thu Sep 13 06:08:07 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] mailing list In-Reply-To: <46E8437C.2060408@towinglogs.com> References: <46E8437C.2060408@towinglogs.com> Message-ID: Paul, Curious as to why you picked "cheapest" over "accurate?" Perhaps this list is not for you? Or is it? After buying these lists for over 22+ years (like Dennis, Nancy, etc.) we can tell you that there is a lot of garbage out there. Plenty of it. There are less than five actual list sources out there; the rest, like infoUSA, etc. at list compilers. They get lists from many different sources and "claim" to compile them into more accurate mailing lists. The problems come in when you realize that they do not accurately cross check, dedupe or substantiate the product they are selling. We have run into many instances where the data is more than 15 years old and they are claiming it is fresh and up to date!!! Now some of the less experienced mailers on the list will not see the reasons for spending the extra money to get a quality mailing list. Why? They just don't have the knowledge of what questions to ask of the supplier. For instance, insist that the supplier give you 5-10,000 free names and addresses of businesses and residential prospects of an area you are familiar with. Yes GIVE... not purchase. When you get the list, scan it for yourself. Look up closed businesses and friends that have moved to check the accuracy of the list. I will actually mail a few thousand at my cost to check the accuracy. If the supplier balks at your request RUN... do not walk away! Ask them what the accuracy % is, how often they update, what (if any) guarantees they have. They will be there if you insist on them and don't let anyone tell you otherwise. As far as getting the data on an unlimited DVD or something, don't do it. This is one of the biggest scams going. That data is changing by the hour. By the time the DVD's arrive at your office I can promise you that a majority of it is stale. You're only asking for trouble here by using this means. I never understood why someone would go to all of the expense that we do to print the most beautiful products possible (we all print this way, right? :) ) only to basically trash it with the cheapest list possible and know that the returns are not going to be there! If you want some quality lists... contact BENJY UHL buhl@n-focus.com 740-654-5809 x119. They have some amazing lists online. Tell him I sent you. His lists are dead on for what I've found. The pricing is extremely competitive once setup you can download immediately. In a nut shell just remember.... you get what you pay for. Thom Gulyas ACE Printing & Mailing www.acepm.com On 9/12/07, Paul DiModica wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Who is the cheapest for a mailing list that I can use anytime? > > Paul DiModica > Mayflower Publishing > 25 Starline Way > Cranston, RI 02921 > 401-275-0254 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > -- Thom Gulyas ACE Printing & Mailing Berlin, Maryland 21811 www.acepm.com From robin at protypeonline.com Thu Sep 13 08:17:24 2007 From: robin at protypeonline.com (Robin Niewold) Date: Thu Sep 13 08:16:50 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Envelope Feeders Message-ID: Hey Mark!!!! Long-time, no-see, no-hear -- soooo, how goes life in the printing business? Question for you -- are you using the same plates on both presses? As my own business continues to grow and time becomes more valuable on the qm46-2, I've often thought that I should have kept one of my abdick 375's JUST to run envelopes on -- but then reality sets in and I remember that the ripit plates, size and some other things were not a good "fit" for the abdick. It may have just been the physical size? Honestly can't remember. Would be interested in knowing how you or if you are using the same plates and how it works. :) Robin Robin Niewold Pro-Type Printing 130 N. Market Street Paxton, IL 60957 217.379.4715 robin@protypeonline.com From swiftyprinting at mac.com Thu Sep 13 08:38:42 2007 From: swiftyprinting at mac.com (Chuck) Date: Thu Sep 13 08:39:26 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] PDF to InDesign plug in In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: > Recosoft has a new plug in for InDesign. It allows you to Open PDFs > in InDesign. You will still have the same problems if you do Not > have all of the fonts. But it will open a multiple page PDF in > InDesign with all of the formatting. A cool little plug in. However > I have noticed large documents with missing fonts do tend to crash > InDesign. This is only their first version so I am sure they will > be fixing a few of the bugs. Just another emergency "can opener" > for a PDF workflow. Notice I say emergency because if you need to > fix a PDF it should be in Acrobat that you fix it. But if you need > to recover a document because only a PDF exists it is a great tool. Below is Recosoft's description. > http://www.recosoft.com/products/pdf2id/ > PDF2ID is a PDF document conversion tool for Adobe? InDesign? . > > PDF2ID converts PDF documents into a fully editable InDesign file > recreating the intended construction and layout of the document. > > > PDF2ID recreates the intended construction and layout of the > document by forming paragraphs; applying styles; regrouping > independent graphic elements; extracting images; creating tables; > recovering annotations and other elements automatically. PDF2ID > converts every page in a PDF file to an equivalent page in the > resulting InDesign document. > > PDF2ID also provides options for converting or extracting data from > a range of pages in a PDF document. You can extract text or images, > or convert the entire document to the InDesign format. > > PDF2ID enables recovery and reuse of the contents stored in PDF > documents making them available for use by anyone. Since PDF2ID is > a plug-in for Adobe InDesign it is not necessary to acquire and > install additional PDF editing software and tools, resulting in > huge cost savings in both time and expense. > > Chuck Pappas Arlington Swifty Printing 1386 Massachusetts Avenue Arlington, MA 02476 781-646-8700 www.arlingtonswifty.com From ssheers at sheergraphics.com Thu Sep 13 10:28:22 2007 From: ssheers at sheergraphics.com (Simon Sheers) Date: Thu Sep 13 10:23:29 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Re: mailing list In-Reply-To: <20070913100810.BEFD5B714DF@rb.enter.net> References: <20070913100810.BEFD5B714DF@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <0f6709e3751c9abf5a6d859919de4e25@sheergraphics.com> "..... but very up to date..... " ZapData is a Dun and Bradstreet company - with a dubious reputation in my eyes. This company mailed to our premises a solicitation for us to purchase an 'up-to-date, revised twice yearly' [sic] prospect list. Unfortunately, the addressee had vacated the building six years earlier! Is that " .....the best, by far..... " ? > When is cheap NOT cheap??? > > The cheapest one is one you type yourself. > > If you are trying to get a list for your business, the best, by far, > is www.ZapData.com > > We are not related at all to this co. but you can pick names by SIC > code, employee, $$$, etc. > Your best price is 1000+ and is NOT the cheapest, but very up to date > and you can focus on prospects, (in your case just towing companies, > and you can do only ones with 5+ employees) exactly! Please reply to Simon Sheers at: Sheer Graphics Inc. 47 Chestnut Avenue, Westmont, IL 60559-1127 Tel: (630) 654-4422 Printing the message . . . and a whole lot more From jodib at blackfoot.net Thu Sep 13 11:31:10 2007 From: jodib at blackfoot.net (Jodi Bowser) Date: Thu Sep 13 11:31:41 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Does anyone keep minutes or notes from productionmeetings?? References: <20070906.071311.692.0.braddpotter@juno.com> Message-ID: <00c101c7f61b$1cdffe20$0101a8c0@desktoppbl> We have what we call a morning staff meeting (4.5 employees - incl. myself and my husband) We review what our work production for the day /by department, and designate who can assist throughout the day to lighten the load for another department. We review improvements we can make, problems we had, or what we could do better, and we do this 1x during the week. Jodi Bowser Pyramid Printing Missoula, Montana jodib@blackfoot.net 406-728-1503 fax 406-728-0505 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad D Potter" To: Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 8:13 AM Subject: [PrintOwners] Does anyone keep minutes or notes from productionmeetings?? > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I am calling a production meeting for monday morning. 8 AM attendance > required. > >>>>>>>>> > > My "agenda" is kudos FIRST, (what we did right last week) > > Then rapid fire down the list (computerized list) of work in shop. > > Then "exceptions" jobs that are taking longer for whatever reason. > > Then "problem" jobs, jobs where we failed or violated the customer. > > > > > Does anyone do anything ELSE or do you keep notes?????????? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Printing Services > www.myprintsource.net > 3480 SE Bethel Road > Port Orchard, Washington 98366 > 360.876.5350 voice 360.876.5615 fax > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From mark at bkprint.com Thu Sep 13 11:49:11 2007 From: mark at bkprint.com (Mark) Date: Thu Sep 13 11:49:43 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Envelope Feeders In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: It goes well my friend! We moved out of the retail market and divested of all walk in traffic. I mean we moved 30 minutes away to an industrial park where we built our own building. Lost 15% of our business...anticipated. Then my largest account got bought out and they were doing $130k a year with me...down to $10k this year...further fun... also just made it through/avoided a divorce....now I'm really focused! Marketing and selling my tail off.... I'll send you a few of our latest post card campaigns ...you'll love it. I've really missed going to a few conferences and friends like you, Chuck Pappas, Charlene Sims, Howard Kack, Carl Gerhardt, Debra Thompson, Bill Grief, John Stewart and even our printer of the year. Hope you and family are doing well! Back to business....I'm keeping things in the black if you know what I mean. Almost every new client we get from these new campaigns is someone too small for an agency, but can still spend $1500-3000 on a campaign. You could say that it's a most excellent strategy! The CTP device I'm using is the Heidelberg Quicksetter which produces plates for both presses. We do have to shave a little off the plates and punch them to fit on the AB Dick, but it is what it is. I'm not trying to do anything more than simple one color stuff on this press. I've only kept it for exactly the reason you describe.... to set it up for one color envelopes. I've been leaning toward the Astro line and I've previewed the Suspension Feeder...seems a little Mickey Mouse to me. I'll be in touch. Always A Pleasure~ Mark Bell B&K Marketing | Design | Print | Mailing 137 Citizens Boulevard Simpsonville, Kentucky 40067 866.884.9425 Phone 502.722.2261 Fax http://bkprint.com/ >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >Hey Mark!!!! Long-time, no-see, no-hear -- soooo, how goes life in >the printing business? >Question for you -- are you using the same plates on both presses? >As my own business continues to grow and time becomes more valuable >on the qm46-2, I've often thought that I should have kept one of my >abdick 375's JUST to run envelopes on -- but then reality sets in >and I remember that the ripit plates, size and some other things >were not a good "fit" for the abdick. It may have just been the >physical size? Honestly can't remember. Would be interested in >knowing how you or if you are using the same plates and how it works. >:) >Robin > >Robin Niewold >Pro-Type Printing >130 N. Market Street >Paxton, IL 60957 >217.379.4715 >robin@protypeonline.com > > >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From mark at bkprint.com Thu Sep 13 11:52:13 2007 From: mark at bkprint.com (Mark) Date: Thu Sep 13 11:52:36 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Bubble Pack Envelopes (printed) In-Reply-To: <06ca01c7f56e$1e451500$6d01a8c0@KELLY> References: <06ca01c7f56e$1e451500$6d01a8c0@KELLY> Message-ID: Thanks to you and Bob for your responses. I should've been more clear. I need a source for printed mailers. Thanks again! Always A Pleasure~ Mark Bell B&K Marketing | Design | Print | Mailing 137 Citizens Boulevard Simpsonville, Kentucky 40067 866.884.9425 Phone 502.722.2261 Fax http://bkprint.com/ >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >www.uline.com > >Kelly Crom >Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. > >We've Moved!!! >2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 >Plymouth, MN 55441 >New Phone: (763)231-6970 >kellycrom@gmail.com >www.applied-graphics.com > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org >> [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Mark >> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2007 1:24 PM >> To: printowners@printweb.org >> Subject: [PrintOwners] Bubble Pack Envelopes >> >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> Anyone got a good source for bubble pack envelopes or mailers? >> -- >> Always A Pleasure~ >> Mark Bell >> >> B&K >> Marketing | Design | Print | Mailing >> 137 Citizens Boulevard >> Simpsonville, Kentucky 40067 >> >> 866.884.9425 Phone >> 502.722.2261 Fax >> >> http://bkprint.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> > >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From eatnsleepgolf at msn.com Thu Sep 13 11:54:16 2007 From: eatnsleepgolf at msn.com (larry) Date: Thu Sep 13 11:54:37 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Black ink printing problem Message-ID: First thing is to go back to the basics. Try printing something from wordpad to eliminate the printer as the problem. Larry Tucson Hello, I am tearing my hair out trying to solve this problem, so hopefully someone out there has a solution. Had InDesign CS installed on a Mac Mini running 10.4.9, 512 MB memory, printing to a HPXXX combo inkjet printer. Printer is relatively new, but otherwise, no changes and up until about a week ago, printing just fine. Suddenly for no reason (well, I?m sure something happened), black is printing with a shadow. Only black. Doesn?t do it in any other program or any other color. Only black and only in InDesign. I jumped through the usual hoops believing the operator inadvertently launched some program level preference that affected all files. Found nothing. Upgraded to InDesign CS2, trashed all the preference files I could find, same exact thing From eatnsleepgolf at msn.com Thu Sep 13 11:55:55 2007 From: eatnsleepgolf at msn.com (larry) Date: Thu Sep 13 11:56:24 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] black ink printing Message-ID: whoops, on a mac, try printing from something similar to wordpad....a text editor program. Or print out an email Larry From cyndy at pioneerprintinginc.com Thu Sep 13 12:01:44 2007 From: cyndy at pioneerprintinginc.com (Cyndy Wendt) Date: Thu Sep 13 12:02:02 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Black ink printing problem In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 9/13/07 10:54 AM, "larry" wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > First thing is to go back to the basics. Try printing something from wordpad > to eliminate the printer as the problem. She prints from email and other programs with no problem. Printer is calibrated correctly. Only happens in InDesign and only happens with black ink. -- Cyndy Wendt President Pioneer Printing, Inc. 3133 S. 7th., Suite D Lincoln, Nebraska 68502 cyndy@pioneerprintinginc.com 402.483.7575 From villageprinting1 at aol.com Thu Sep 13 12:07:30 2007 From: villageprinting1 at aol.com (villageprinting1@aol.com) Date: Thu Sep 13 12:08:12 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Does anyone keep minutes or notes from productionmeetings?? In-Reply-To: <00c101c7f61b$1cdffe20$0101a8c0@desktoppbl> References: <20070906.071311.692.0.braddpotter@juno.com> <00c101c7f61b$1cdffe20$0101a8c0@desktoppbl> Message-ID: <8C9C437521E64F7-AD8-1544@WEBMAIL-DF19.sysops.aol.com> Newbie entry here! I would love to have staff meetings everyday, unfortunately we are a small location & usually do one-on-one.? But, when the time?calls for?it, we simply close the doors for about 15 minutes.? During the meeting, everyone one has to take notes....I don't want to have to re-peat myself.? This way anything?goes wrong that was brought up during the meeting.? There can't be any finger pointing. Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax www.printing-n-graphics.com -----Original Message----- From: Jodi Bowser To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Sent: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:31 am Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Does anyone keep minutes or notes from productionmeetings?? ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message *****? ? We have what we call a morning staff meeting (4.5 employees - incl. myself and my husband)? We review what our work production for the day /by department, and designate who can assist? throughout the day to lighten the load for another department.? ? We review improvements we can make, problems we had, or what we could do better, and? we do this 1x during the week.? ? Jodi Bowser? Pyramid Printing? Missoula, Montana? jodib@blackfoot.net? 406-728-1503? fax 406-728-0505? ? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Brad D Potter" ? To: ? Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2007 8:13 AM? Subject: [PrintOwners] Does anyone keep minutes or notes from productionmeetings??? ? > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message *****? >? > I am calling a production meeting for monday morning. 8 AM attendance? > required.? >? >>>>>>>>>? >? > My "agenda" is kudos FIRST, (what we did right last week)? >? > Then rapid fire down the list (computerized list) of work in shop.? >? > Then "exceptions" jobs that are taking longer for whatever reason.? >? > Then "problem" jobs, jobs where we failed or violated the customer.? >? >? >? >? > Does anyone do anything ELSE or do you keep notes??????????? >? >? >? >? >? >? >? >? >? >? >? >? >? >? > Printing Services? > www.myprintsource.net? > 3480 SE Bethel Road? > Port Orchard, Washington 98366? > 360.876.5350 voice 360.876.5615 fax? > _______________________________________________? > PrintOwners Discussion List? > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org? > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners? > ? _______________________________________________? PrintOwners Discussion List? Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org? Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners? ? ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com From villageprinting1 at aol.com Thu Sep 13 12:19:36 2007 From: villageprinting1 at aol.com (villageprinting1@aol.com) Date: Thu Sep 13 12:20:23 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Black ink printing problem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <8C9C43902BAA8D3-AD8-1668@WEBMAIL-DF19.sysops.aol.com> Larry, I don't have that perticular problem.? But ever since I installed CS2 I have to go through so many attempts to achieve correct color.? Never had them before install.? Adobe says it's my computer.? I have three computers that rip to color, & they all have the similar problems.? Anyone out that has any solutions for us please tell. Thanks Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax www.printing-n-graphics.com -----Original Message----- From: larry To: Printowners Sent: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 11:54 am Subject: [PrintOwners] Black ink printing problem ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** First thing is to go back to the basics. Try printing something from wordpad to liminate the printer as the problem. Larry ucson Hello, I am tearing my hair out trying to solve this problem, so hopefully someone ut there has a solution. Had InDesign CS installed on a Mac Mini running 0.4.9, 512 MB memory, printing to a HPXXX combo inkjet printer. Printer is elatively new, but otherwise, no changes and up until about a week ago, rinting just fine. Suddenly for no reason (well, I?m sure something happened), black is rinting with a shadow. Only black. Doesn?t do it in any other program or ny other color. Only black and only in InDesign. I jumped through the usual oops believing the operator inadvertently launched some program level reference that affected all files. Found nothing. Upgraded to InDesign CS2, rashed all the preference files I could find, same exact thing ______________________________________________ rintOwners Discussion List ost: PrintOwners@printweb.org nfo: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com From printer at ptialaska.net Thu Sep 13 12:25:39 2007 From: printer at ptialaska.net (Charles A. Lincoln) Date: Thu Sep 13 12:26:00 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Black ink printing problem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <4E426EB1-C8C7-4EA3-914F-44B14532CE58@ptialaska.net> On Sep 13, 2007, at 8:01 AM, Cyndy Wendt wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > She prints from email and other programs with no problem. Printer is > calibrated correctly. Only happens in InDesign and only happens > with black REPLY: Check to see if drop shadow is checked. _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Charles Lincoln ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY 612 30th Avenue Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 (907) 451-1111 fax (907) 451-4511 _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ From ssheers at sheergraphics.com Thu Sep 13 12:32:28 2007 From: ssheers at sheergraphics.com (Simon Sheers) Date: Thu Sep 13 12:27:35 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Envelope Feeders In-Reply-To: <20070913160003.1A72DB73732@rb.enter.net> References: <20070913160003.1A72DB73732@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <7fbc8d60832394a8236d7be5df3f5606@sheergraphics.com> We have had the Astro for about 10 years on an AB Dick 360 (a 1970's Pro Model with chain delivery no less!). We have the Universal feeder on our QM 46s. The QM46s do a better job on the multi paper thicknesses of a converted envelope than the AB Dick. The Astro is full of electronics, sensors, speed controls, and push side guides. It cannot easily be moved from machine to machine and it certainly needs each press to have the necessary mating electronic part and cable. The Universal feeder seems to have less problems and cause less operator difficulties - on the QM46. You might think it 'Mickey Mouse', but it's not flimsy and the simple trigger switch to advance the envelope is the only electronic component. There's no cable connection to the press and no electronic eyes. As for the operator having to shingle the envelopes (unlike the Astro), what else does he have do other than unload the output conveyor? The principle of 'KISS' ('Keep-It-Simple-Stupid') works for us. > ...... on the AB Dick, .... to set it up for one color envelopes. I've > been leaning toward the Astro line and I've previewed the Suspension > Feeder...seems a little Mickey Mouse to me. Please reply to Simon Sheers at: Sheer Graphics Inc. 47 Chestnut Avenue, Westmont, IL 60559-1127 Tel: (630) 654-4422 Printing the message . . . and a whole lot more From dennisdater at sbcglobal.net Thu Sep 13 12:46:57 2007 From: dennisdater at sbcglobal.net (Dennis Dater) Date: Thu Sep 13 12:47:27 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Envelope Feeders In-Reply-To: <7fbc8d60832394a8236d7be5df3f5606@sheergraphics.com> Message-ID: <20070913164725.ED84CB73BD2@rb.enter.net> We also have an older astro envelope feeder. Our electronics went out on the press, so we use it without the press electrical connection. We also move it between a Ryobi 3302 two color press and a Ryobi 3200 one color press. No problems, except we have to adjust the height of the astro when we change presses. It's fairly easy to manually adjust the speed. Dennis Dater Allegra Print & Imaging 8037 Vickers Street San Diego, CA 92111 858-576-0100 or 619-696-6290 www.allegrasandiego.com dennisdater@sbcglobal.net -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Simon Sheers Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 9:32 AM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Envelope Feeders ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** We have had the Astro for about 10 years on an AB Dick 360 (a 1970's Pro Model with chain delivery no less!). We have the Universal feeder on our QM 46s. The QM46s do a better job on the multi paper thicknesses of a converted envelope than the AB Dick. The Astro is full of electronics, sensors, speed controls, and push side guides. It cannot easily be moved from machine to machine and it certainly needs each press to have the necessary mating electronic part and cable. The Universal feeder seems to have less problems and cause less operator difficulties - on the QM46. You might think it 'Mickey Mouse', but it's not flimsy and the simple trigger switch to advance the envelope is the only electronic component. There's no cable connection to the press and no electronic eyes. As for the operator having to shingle the envelopes (unlike the Astro), what else does he have do other than unload the output conveyor? The principle of 'KISS' ('Keep-It-Simple-Stupid') works for us. > ...... on the AB Dick, .... to set it up for one color envelopes. I've > been leaning toward the Astro line and I've previewed the Suspension > Feeder...seems a little Mickey Mouse to me. Please reply to Simon Sheers at: Sheer Graphics Inc. 47 Chestnut Avenue, Westmont, IL 60559-1127 Tel: (630) 654-4422 Printing the message . . . and a whole lot more _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.16/1005 - Release Date: 9/13/2007 11:45 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.16/1005 - Release Date: 9/13/2007 11:45 AM From jodib at blackfoot.net Thu Sep 13 12:58:56 2007 From: jodib at blackfoot.net (Jodi Bowser) Date: Thu Sep 13 12:59:22 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Black ink printing problem References: <4E426EB1-C8C7-4EA3-914F-44B14532CE58@ptialaska.net> Message-ID: <021d01c7f627$5fac8e10$0101a8c0@desktoppbl> Something I learned at an Indesign CS3 class at Graph Expo....if these directions are confusing, call me and I can walk you through it... (adjustment should be made for CS2 also...) When InDesign is open, go under the INDESIGN tab and choose> Preferences >General > Appearance of Black default setting is Display All Blacks as Rich Black. Change all to Display All Blacks Accurately. See if this fixes problem. I was having issues a couple of weeks ago and haven't reopening file to see if this will fix it, but it sure makes sense now. Jodi Bowser Pyramid Printing Missoula, Montana jodib@blackfoot.net 406-728-1503 fax 406-728-0505 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charles A. Lincoln" To: "Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only" Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Black ink printing problem > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > On Sep 13, 2007, at 8:01 AM, Cyndy Wendt wrote: > >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> She prints from email and other programs with no problem. Printer is >> calibrated correctly. Only happens in InDesign and only happens with >> black > > > > REPLY: > Check to see if drop shadow is checked. > > > _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ > > Charles Lincoln > ADVANCE PRINTING COMPANY > 612 30th Avenue > Fairbanks, Alaska 99701 > (907) 451-1111 > fax (907) 451-4511 > > _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From cyndy at pioneerprintinginc.com Thu Sep 13 14:10:14 2007 From: cyndy at pioneerprintinginc.com (Cyndy Wendt) Date: Thu Sep 13 14:10:30 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] InDesign Printing Problem In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 9/12/07 10:26 PM, "Cyndy Wendt" wrote: > Suddenly for no reason (well, I?m sure something happened), black is > printing with a shadow. Only black. Doesn?t do it in any other program or > any other color. Only black and only in InDesign. I jumped through the usual > hoops believing the operator inadvertently launched some program level > preference that affected all files. Found nothing. Upgraded to InDesign CS2, > trashed all the preference files I could find, same exact thing. Existing > file ? prints a black shadow. New file ? prints the shadow. Tested it on red > and blue ? no shadow. Played around with ?true black? vs. ?rich black? > settings. No dice. I am officially out of ideas. The above is from my original post. We are able to print black text from "Mail" and FileMaker without any shadows. We are able to print a TEST file from InDesign in Red or Blue with no shadows (drop shadow is not checked - I really did check that first as well as eliminating the printer). However, black (same test file changed to black) prints with a shadow - the smaller the type, the more obvious it is. Any more ideas - the more obscure the better as I really have eliminated all of the obvious stuff I can think of. Thanks again! -- Cyndy Wendt President Pioneer Printing, Inc. 3133 S. 7th., Suite D Lincoln, Nebraska 68502 cyndy@pioneerprintinginc.com 402.483.7575 From kellycrom at gmail.com Thu Sep 13 15:05:29 2007 From: kellycrom at gmail.com (Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics) Date: Thu Sep 13 15:05:50 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] InDesign Printing Problem In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <000201c7f639$103620a0$6d01a8c0@KELLY> Cyndy, I'm on a PC, but when your print dialog box is open, and you select the options for "output", do you have a check box for "text as black"? Kelly Crom Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. We?ve Moved!!! 2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 Plymouth, MN 55441 New Phone: (763)231-6970 kellycrom@gmail.com www.applied-graphics.com > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Cyndy Wendt > Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2007 1:10 PM > To: PrintOwners List > Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] InDesign Printing Problem > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > On 9/12/07 10:26 PM, "Cyndy Wendt" > wrote: > > > Suddenly for no reason (well, I?m sure something happened), black is > > printing with a shadow. Only black. Doesn?t do it in any > other program or > > any other color. Only black and only in InDesign. I jumped > through the usual > > hoops believing the operator inadvertently launched some > program level > > preference that affected all files. Found nothing. Upgraded > to InDesign CS2, > > trashed all the preference files I could find, same exact > thing. Existing > > file ? prints a black shadow. New file ? prints the shadow. > Tested it on red > > and blue ? no shadow. Played around with ?true black? vs. > ?rich black? > > settings. No dice. I am officially out of ideas. > > The above is from my original post. We are able to print > black text from > "Mail" and FileMaker without any shadows. We are able to > print a TEST file > from InDesign in Red or Blue with no shadows (drop shadow is > not checked - I > really did check that first as well as eliminating the > printer). However, > black (same test file changed to black) prints with a shadow > - the smaller > the type, the more obvious it is. > > Any more ideas - the more obscure the better as I really have > eliminated all > of the obvious stuff I can think of. > > Thanks again! > > > -- > Cyndy Wendt > President > Pioneer Printing, Inc. > 3133 S. 7th., Suite D > Lincoln, Nebraska 68502 > cyndy@pioneerprintinginc.com > > 402.483.7575 > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From ep101 at technaprint.com Thu Sep 13 15:51:19 2007 From: ep101 at technaprint.com (Eric Pearson) Date: Thu Sep 13 15:51:41 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference In-Reply-To: <41aa6a080709111209k4c3a9c0aycff08bbbbc5fe341@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: > I don't always remember dinners with Eric clearly because he > has a penchant for a four olive martini that I feel obliged to participate > in out of respect. I really prefer the larger 3-olive variety as it allows for more blue cheese stuffing! ;-) As others have pointed out, the conference was fabulous. The workshops were great. For the newbies (and those who missed it) on the list, you should really consider it for next year... October 23rd-25th. The contacts you make at these events are invaluable. If you're real lucky like I've been, a lot of those contacts actually end up becoming good friends! So, for food in Chicago try: Devon Seafood Grill http://www.devonseafood.com/ Mike Ditka's http://www.mikeditkaschicago.com/ Lawry's Prime Rib http://www.lawrysonline.com/theprimerib_chicago_gen_info.asp Joe's Seafood, Prime Steak & Stone Crab http://www.icon.com/joes/Chicago_home.html Rock Bottom Restaurant & Brewery http://tinyurl.com/luewy For the coolest piece of equipment we saw at GraphExpo, watch Kern's website (http://www.kern.ch/3007/2887/3291.asp). They don't have the new piece up on their site yet, but this machine was taking in 11x17 sheets, cutting it in half and completely forming an envelope around an 8 1/2 x 11 z-folded letter--all of it personalized (of course) coming off the iGen. Their hope is to get it going fast enough to place inline with the iGen110. The piece is completely done and ready to mail. What type of minds think up this stuff??!! A fun thing we did with the Trumps was to check out the Apple Store on Michigan Avenue. Quite impressive.... http://www.apple.com/retail/northmichiganavenue/week/20070909.html Great work on the conference, Steve, Charlene, Wayne, Chuck, Craig and the rest. Missed you Robin. Perhaps next year?? Eric Pearson President/C.E.O. ------------ TechnaPrint, Inc. 909 Garfield Street Eugene, OR 97402-2706 (541) 344-4062 (541) 344-1765 Fax ep101@technaprint.com www.technaprint.com From cyndy at pioneerprintinginc.com Thu Sep 13 15:56:03 2007 From: cyndy at pioneerprintinginc.com (Cyndy Wendt) Date: Thu Sep 13 15:56:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] InDesign Printing Problem In-Reply-To: <000201c7f639$103620a0$6d01a8c0@KELLY> Message-ID: On 9/13/07 2:05 PM, "Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics" wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Cyndy, > > I'm on a PC, but when your print dialog box is open, and you select the > options for "output", do you have a check box for "text as black"? I've tried that. So, I had her send me the file here at work. Of course it opened and printed just fine AND suspecting it could be a Postscript problem, printed to my little Brother laser printer rather than a PS printer. It's just so odd that it's only black and only out of InDesign. However, I'm going to see if the print drivers need updating. -- Cyndy Wendt President Pioneer Printing, Inc. 3133 S. 7th., Suite D Lincoln, Nebraska 68502 cyndy@pioneerprintinginc.com 402.483.7575 From dvmonto at optonline.net Thu Sep 13 15:59:16 2007 From: dvmonto at optonline.net (David Monto) Date: Thu Sep 13 15:59:36 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Black ink printing problem In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 9/13/07 12:01 PM, "Cyndy Wendt" wrote: > She prints from email and other programs with no problem. Printer is > calibrated correctly. Only happens in InDesign and only happens with black > ink. Do you have another printer you could hook up to that computer to see if it is the printer or InDesign? Or do you have another computer with InDesign that you could try to send a file to the printer? -- David V. Monto Sir Speedy Printing 1837 South Road Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Phone:845-298-8898 Fax: 845-298-8537 email: dvmonto@optonline.net www.sirspeedy.com/wappingersfalls Debts can be chains, best used when they can haul you to new heights, rather than entangle your legs. It?s the same with possessions. "Man doesn?t possess possessions: they possess us". --Pete Seeger From zapit at zapcolor.com Thu Sep 13 16:13:43 2007 From: zapit at zapcolor.com (Eugene Montanez) Date: Thu Sep 13 16:19:34 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Xerox Down Time credit In-Reply-To: <20070913181033.520FEB743A7@rb.enter.net> References: <20070913181033.520FEB743A7@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <32BABD53-B4FF-4BE0-8E95-DC8DD343F7D9@zapcolor.com> Has anyone had any experience with Xerox's offering of a down time credit? They are offering this because we have had some service issues on our 5252. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks > (sorry for the cross post, just need as much input as possible.) Eugene Montanez ZAP Printing & Graphics 127 Radio Rd Corona, CA 92879 951-734-8181 Zapit@zapcolor.com From mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com Thu Sep 13 16:34:23 2007 From: mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com (Michael Vogel) Date: Thu Sep 13 16:34:37 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference In-Reply-To: References: <41aa6a080709111209k4c3a9c0aycff08bbbbc5fe341@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <98f5b19a0709131334y6dc20c13x1acc3d00229b401f@mail.gmail.com> On 9/13/07, Eric Pearson wrote: > > For the coolest piece of equipment we saw at GraphExpo, watch Kern's website > (http://www.kern.ch/3007/2887/3291.asp). They don't have the new piece up on > their site yet, but this machine was taking in 11x17 sheets, cutting it in > half and completely forming an envelope around an 8 1/2 x 11 z-folded > letter--all of it personalized (of course) coming off the iGen. Their hope > is to get it going fast enough to place inline with the iGen110. The piece > is completely done and ready to mail. What type of minds think up this > stuff??!! This is actually pretty old technology. A large old (and now defunct) printing company here in Milford -- Kurt H. Volk Inc. -- developed a proprietary product many years ago called a Letter-Lope that was used in exactly this way (and in numerous die-cut variations). Reader's Digest was one of their major clients. They also had an early installation of a variable data web press. Here's a description I just found in an interesting publication -- http://tinyurl.com/359ssl -- dating way back to the "turn of the century" entitled "Anatomy of a Mailpiece" : "4. Proprietary Pre-Fab Packages The advent of computerized ink-jet imprinting and web press technologies has made possible a variety of direct mail formats that feature personalized closed face envelopes with innovative personalization throughout and upscale paper stocks and colors that often make for effective packages at reasonable cost, especially at quantities of 50,000 and more. "One such printer is The Kurt H. Volk Company, who pioneered their patented Letter-Lope(r). Letter-Lopes come in a wide selection of sizes and formats and can accommodate laser or ink-jet personalization at several places in the package, starting with a closed face envelope. Letter-Lopes feature such niceties as four-color process, patterned envelope interior to prevent show-through, die cutting, embossing, personalized plastic card affixing, compatible color and/or matching stock on letter and envelope, spot-gumming and numbering. The packages are used with success by magazines, credit card marketers, political fund raisers, retail promotions, insurance and more. "Volk provides mailers with a template for the format they have chosen. The mailer provides the company with copy and art according to the template, together with their list on computer tape and Volk prints and mails the package. Your fingers never leave your hand." -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon From dominick at fmtc.com Thu Sep 13 16:47:25 2007 From: dominick at fmtc.com (Dominick's Printing) Date: Thu Sep 13 16:47:51 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] New Prices from Danka Message-ID: <46E9A1DD.2080706@fmtc.com> Has anybody else been getting the "run-around" from copier companies about 11 x 17? Seems Danka's new position is "we're loosing money at single clicks, and are ending it". Well - crap! Not only are they ending it, their click rate went to 9 cents! Yes your read right, an 11 x 17 copy will now cost 18 freeking cents!!!!! Time for a new company, too bad the only choice is IKON, they won't even get the time of day from me, cause they would charge me for it, and then it would be wrong... Sorry for the rant, been a bad quoting day. Maybe I should just buy the machine at $17,5, and service it myself. Yea, thats the ticket. There's Joe, makin' copies, makin' copies at the office, yea! It's beer-thirty somewhere! Joe Dominick Dominick's Quality Printing 542 W. Idaho Avenue Ontario Oregon 97914 541.881.1121 Fax 541.881.1599 www.dominicksprinting.com dominick@fmtc.com Ontario's ONLY Authorized Adobe Service Provider Microsoft Publisher Files Welcome Here! From bradw at auburnprint.com Thu Sep 13 17:06:41 2007 From: bradw at auburnprint.com (Brad Weston) Date: Thu Sep 13 17:06:24 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Envelope Feeders In-Reply-To: <7fbc8d60832394a8236d7be5df3f5606@sheergraphics.com> References: <20070913160003.1A72DB73732@rb.enter.net> <7fbc8d60832394a8236d7be5df3f5606@sheergraphics.com> Message-ID: <6.0.0.22.2.20070913135834.03e8e3e8@192.168.1.1> Just got back from Chicago, I saw the C-9000 Universal feeder at the show. It looks a lot like the Astro. I had a Heidelberg mechanic go over to their both with me and he thought it would be a good choice for envelopes. I like the simplicity and I will be using it on our new QM46 and also to insert into our folder for refolding after the stitcher trimmer. Most of all if we have any problems, I'm sure we can work on it ourselves and not have a service call. Priced about $7000 with the delivery conveyor. Brad Weston Auburn Printers 13020 Earhart Ave Auburn CA 95602 "Endurance Capitol of the World" 530-885-9674 Phone 530-885-6517 Fax <http://www.auburnprint.com/> At 09:32 AM 9/13/2007, you wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >We have had the Astro for about 10 years on an AB Dick 360 (a 1970's Pro >Model with chain delivery no less!). >We have the Universal feeder on our QM 46s. >The QM46s do a better job on the multi paper thicknesses of a converted >envelope than the AB Dick. > >The Astro is full of electronics, sensors, speed controls, and push side >guides. It cannot easily be moved from machine to machine and it certainly >needs each press to have the necessary mating electronic part and cable. > >The Universal feeder seems to have less problems and cause less operator >difficulties - on the QM46. You might think it 'Mickey Mouse', but it's >not flimsy and the simple trigger switch to advance the envelope is the >only electronic component. There's no cable connection to the press and no >electronic eyes. As for the operator having to shingle the envelopes >(unlike the Astro), what else does he have do other than unload the output >conveyor? > >The principle of 'KISS' ('Keep-It-Simple-Stupid') works for us. > >>...... on the AB Dick, .... to set it up for one color envelopes. I've >>been leaning toward the Astro line and I've previewed the Suspension >>Feeder...seems a little Mickey Mouse to me. > >Please reply to Simon Sheers at: > > >Sheer Graphics Inc. >47 Chestnut Avenue, >Westmont, IL 60559-1127 >Tel: (630) 654-4422 > >Printing the message . . . and a whole lot more >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From robin at protypeonline.com Thu Sep 13 19:23:33 2007 From: robin at protypeonline.com (Robin Niewold) Date: Thu Sep 13 19:23:04 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Envelope Feeders Message-ID: <52304DB8-6758-4AAA-8E72-665EEE039429@protypeonline.com> Mark, since I'm much older than you are let me share a little advice in response to your near divorce -- "never confuse having a career with having a life" !!!!! NEVER ever -- focusing is one thing -- setting your priorities is another. Okay -- I'll save the rest of the sermon for next fall when we are both in Chicago for the conference! Re: your thoughts on the astro vs. the suspension feeder, I have not looked at an astro in quite some time, but from what I remember, I think you have the two switched -- the astro is the lesser of the two. Do you have dealers in your area that will bring one in and let you try it or do you have another printer with one or the other that is close enough to you that you could visit? Sooo, with all this marketiing you are doing for other printers -- are you also doing the mailing? Hang in there -- sounds like you are making some wise decisions -- but...make sure you always have a LIFE and I'm guessing then you will always have a WIFE! HA!!! robin p.s. wasn't that platemaker giving you fits a couple years ago? H got it all up and working for you? Robin Niewold Pro-Type Printing 130 N. Market Street Paxton, IL 60957 217.379.4715 robin@protypeonline.com From robin at protypeonline.com Thu Sep 13 19:27:50 2007 From: robin at protypeonline.com (Robin Niewold) Date: Thu Sep 13 19:27:12 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference Message-ID: <3430A997-9206-458C-A4A2-AD3880AAB7FD@protypeonline.com> okay, no more talk about chicago -- you guys are KILLING me! I've already got my reservations in for next fall -- really! Oct. 3 surgery - ALIF -- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion -- will have me up and ready to mow grass and plant flowers by late next spring -- following 4 months of no bending or lifting anything heavier than a gallon of milk or a bottle of cabernet! Soooon, the good life will be returning! Trumps and Apple store -- aaaahhhh the memories of Dennis and Stu twisting my arm off until I bought my very first apple -- rough 3 months but now -- I'm a believer!!!! Martini's -- can I just have the olives and the blue cheese with my cabernet? robin Robin Niewold Pro-Type Printing 130 N. Market Street Paxton, IL 60957 217.379.4715 robin@protypeonline.com From k_graham at hotmail.com Fri Sep 14 00:11:51 2007 From: k_graham at hotmail.com (k_graham@hotmail.com) Date: Fri Sep 14 00:12:15 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Envelope Feeders References: <52304DB8-6758-4AAA-8E72-665EEE039429@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: Has anyone experience with running #8 tags on a Envelope Feeder, if so which one. Problem would be the grommets & perhaps small size. Normally I would run 4 up ganged tags but our AB Dick 360 is only 11" wide and these ganged tags 4 up would be 12.25" Have 6000 of 2 sided to run and pressman has been pulling days of sick leave, may be a long day for me. We have the AB Dick branded feeder, belts and bottom feed - I think thats what you call the Astro? Also a Suspension feeder bought for the DI but could set up for the 360 if it would work? One thing about the Suspension Universal Feeder - Ours as delivered was a PITA. and of course we are huge distances from anyone knowledgeable - it took many phone calls to Tech before we managed to communicate the pile height was varying by about 1/4 or more, even bigfoot suckers were not the answer. Then they said "Oh you can rewire the eye for high accuracy" After faxing us a diagram we re-wired the unit & it now keeps virtually the same envelope height continuously so now the Suspension feeder works a lot better. I really can't imagine why they wire the feeders for less accuracy. Ken Graham CommunityPrinters.com 250-782-7108 Dawson Creek BC Canada V1G 2G5 250-782-7108 From craig at newhavenprint.com Fri Sep 14 08:01:29 2007 From: craig at newhavenprint.com (Craig Dellinger) Date: Fri Sep 14 08:00:23 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference In-Reply-To: <3430A997-9206-458C-A4A2-AD3880AAB7FD@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: <20070914120022.551BAB797EE@rb.enter.net> Just as a warning Robin. We're planning to do a MidWest Printer's Party again next summer. Probably June or July. Location isn't set in stone yet. Either our place or Tammi's or ????? Whatever works the best for everyone. >From the comments at the conference, I think we'll have a good turnout. Get well soonly. ;-) If anyone wants to be on the "warning" list, let me know. Craig Craig Dellinger New Haven Print & Copy 7531 US 930 East Fort Wayne, IN 46803 260.493.3844 / Fax 260.493.3579 www.newhavenprint.com > okay, no more talk about chicago -- you guys are KILLING me! > I've already got my reservations in for next fall -- really! > Oct. 3 surgery - ALIF -- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion -- > will have me up and ready to mow grass and plant flowers by > late next spring -- following 4 months of no bending or > lifting anything heavier than a gallon of milk or a bottle of > cabernet! > Soooon, the good life will be returning! Trumps and Apple > store -- aaaahhhh the memories of Dennis and Stu twisting my > arm off until I bought my very first apple -- rough 3 months > but now -- I'm a believer!!!! > Martini's -- can I just have the olives and the blue cheese > with my cabernet? > robin > > Robin Niewold > Pro-Type Printing > 130 N. Market Street > Paxton, IL 60957 > 217.379.4715 > robin@protypeonline.com > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > __________ NOD32 1.1644 (20060704) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > From tgrogan at wilmotprint.com Fri Sep 14 08:06:00 2007 From: tgrogan at wilmotprint.com (Tim Grogan) Date: Fri Sep 14 08:06:15 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] skip 4 numbering In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <440b7a746b982bbfcd1aaa89f2b3f4c4@wilmotprint.com> I have a receipt type sheet that needs to be numbered with a quick turn around. There are 15000 sheets of carbonless paper size 8.5x11. The sheets number in 4 places I am located 30 miles west of Cleveland, Ohio Does anyone know of a possible place that can do these? Thanks Timothy T. Grogan President "Have I asked you to buy some printing today?" Wilmot Printing Co., Inc. 113 Buckeye Street P.O. Box 1659 Elyria, Ohio 44036 tgrogan@wilmotprint.com PH 440-323-3248 Fax 440-323-6502 From bherion at bucksdigital.com Fri Sep 14 08:20:21 2007 From: bherion at bucksdigital.com (Bob Herion) Date: Fri Sep 14 08:20:39 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Re: Xerox Down Time credit In-Reply-To: <20070913210629.1CF02B753C4@rb.enter.net> References: <20070913210629.1CF02B753C4@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20070914081533.03339e50@bucksdigital.com> Grab it! I've had Xerox since 1988. Its a very rare thing that that you would ever get credit beyond some token clicks. Xerox is on my payroll for well over a million a year and I don't think we've had more than a fruit basket out of it for downtime compensation. Take what ever they offer you and buy pizza for your crew! At 05:06 PM 9/13/2007, you wrote: >Has anyone had any experience with Xerox's offering of a down time >credit? > >They are offering this because we have had some service issues on our >5252. > >Any help would be greatly appreciated. > >Thanks > > > (sorry for the cross post, just need as much input as possible.) > >Eugene Montanez >ZAP Printing & Graphics >127 Radio Rd >Corona, CA 92879 >951-734-8181 Bob Herion - Ask me about variable data printing on our iGen3's Bucks Digital Printing v.215.579.4200 f.215-579-9510 90 Walker Lane Newtown, PA 18940 www.bucksdigital.com From sherwood at net-power.net Fri Sep 14 08:41:11 2007 From: sherwood at net-power.net (Bob Sherwood) Date: Fri Sep 14 08:41:39 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need a source Message-ID: <002201c7f6cc$8829f1c0$01fea8c0@cumberla1> Customer wants outdoor signs 2000 - 14" x 22" or 1000 - 28" x 22 inch, size does not have to be exact. 2 color solid yellow background - black ink. 12 pt. C1S or heavier. Screen print or offset with tuff tex ink. These will be outside for up to 4 weeks. Need a source to get these done Bob Sherwood Cumberland Printing P.O. Box 313 Monticello, KY 42633 606-348-4517 From jdowning at libertygrouponline.com Fri Sep 14 09:43:55 2007 From: jdowning at libertygrouponline.com (Joy Downing) Date: Fri Sep 14 08:46:42 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need a source References: <002201c7f6cc$8829f1c0$01fea8c0@cumberla1> Message-ID: <017c01c7f6d5$4b600780$1401a8c0@JOY2> You might try Stouse 1-877-764-5757 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Sherwood" To: Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 6:41 AM Subject: [PrintOwners] Need a source ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Customer wants outdoor signs 2000 - 14" x 22" or 1000 - 28" x 22 inch, size does not have to be exact. 2 color solid yellow background - black ink. 12 pt. C1S or heavier. Screen print or offset with tuff tex ink. These will be outside for up to 4 weeks. Need a source to get these done Bob Sherwood Cumberland Printing P.O. Box 313 Monticello, KY 42633 606-348-4517 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From championprinting at yahoo.com Fri Sep 14 08:52:05 2007 From: championprinting at yahoo.com (Ted Gelletly) Date: Fri Sep 14 08:52:36 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need a source Message-ID: <246005.29526.qm@web38912.mail.mud.yahoo.com> http://www.stouse.com/ Ted Gelletly Champion Printing 5401 New Expansion Drive Eldersburg MD 21784 410-795-6464 ext.4 Fax 410-795-6488 ted@championprintingonline.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Bob Sherwood To: printowners@printweb.org Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 8:41:11 AM Subject: [PrintOwners] Need a source ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Customer wants outdoor signs 2000 - 14" x 22" or 1000 - 28" x 22 inch, size does not have to be exact. 2 color solid yellow background - black ink. 12 pt. C1S or heavier. Screen print or offset with tuff tex ink. These will be outside for up to 4 weeks. Need a source to get these done Bob Sherwood Cumberland Printing P.O. Box 313 Monticello, KY 42633 606-348-4517 From mail at myprinter.biz Fri Sep 14 09:01:11 2007 From: mail at myprinter.biz (mail@myprinter.biz) Date: Fri Sep 14 09:01:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need a source In-Reply-To: <002201c7f6cc$8829f1c0$01fea8c0@cumberla1> Message-ID: Bob - Not sure why you or your customer is specifying that stock and that ink, but yellow is one of the standard coroplast colors, black is as standard as it comes in the way of a color for a sign, and the sizes you're describing are right in the ballpark for a standard yard sign (i.e.., intended to be outside for extended periods of time). Any screen printer that uses a coroplast substrate should be able to handle this - pretty inexpensively, too. http://www.yard-signs.org/category_s/12.htm P.S. Am I writing to a fellow native Kentuckian? Dan Sir Speedy Printing Center 5845 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, FL 33021 t 954.962.1309 f 954.962.1366 dan@myprinter.biz www.myprinter.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Bob Sherwood Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 8:41 AM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] Need a source ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Customer wants outdoor signs 2000 - 14" x 22" or 1000 - 28" x 22 inch, size does not have to be exact. 2 color solid yellow background - black ink. 12 pt. C1S or heavier. Screen print or offset with tuff tex ink. These will be outside for up to 4 weeks. Need a source to get these done Bob Sherwood Cumberland Printing P.O. Box 313 Monticello, KY 42633 606-348-4517 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From kirk at centralmichigangraphics.com Fri Sep 14 09:30:38 2007 From: kirk at centralmichigangraphics.com (Kirk Squiers) Date: Fri Sep 14 09:31:00 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference Message-ID: <5251CFF745ED1F4786517DE164D258B111D473@fpserver.FP.local> I vote for Tammi's!! Boat drinks on the pontoon!! Kirk K. Squiers Central Michigan Graphics 1200 E. Oakland Lansing, Michigan 48906 www.centralmichigangraphics.com 517-230-8600 kirk@centralmichigangraphics.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Craig Dellinger Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 8:01 AM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Just as a warning Robin. We're planning to do a MidWest Printer's Party again next summer. Probably June or July. Location isn't set in stone yet. Either our place or Tammi's or ????? Whatever works the best for everyone. >From the comments at the conference, I think we'll have a good turnout. Get well soonly. ;-) If anyone wants to be on the "warning" list, let me know. Craig Craig Dellinger New Haven Print & Copy 7531 US 930 East Fort Wayne, IN 46803 260.493.3844 / Fax 260.493.3579 www.newhavenprint.com > okay, no more talk about chicago -- you guys are KILLING me! > I've already got my reservations in for next fall -- really! > Oct. 3 surgery - ALIF -- Anterior Lumbar Interbody Fusion -- > will have me up and ready to mow grass and plant flowers by > late next spring -- following 4 months of no bending or > lifting anything heavier than a gallon of milk or a bottle of > cabernet! > Soooon, the good life will be returning! Trumps and Apple > store -- aaaahhhh the memories of Dennis and Stu twisting my > arm off until I bought my very first apple -- rough 3 months > but now -- I'm a believer!!!! > Martini's -- can I just have the olives and the blue cheese > with my cabernet? > robin > > Robin Niewold > Pro-Type Printing > 130 N. Market Street > Paxton, IL 60957 > 217.379.4715 > robin@protypeonline.com > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > __________ NOD32 1.1644 (20060704) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From VillagePrinting1 at aol.com Fri Sep 14 10:23:07 2007 From: VillagePrinting1 at aol.com (VillagePrinting1@aol.com) Date: Fri Sep 14 10:23:31 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference Message-ID: Hey there Craig. Set me up for that trip. It was great to meet you. Hopefully we can get the same gang together for that trip. Robin get better soon. Heard about you & would like to meet you. Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From jann at jannsdesign.com Fri Sep 14 10:41:16 2007 From: jann at jannsdesign.com (Intuitive Design) Date: Fri Sep 14 10:33:33 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE intro In-Reply-To: <440b7a746b982bbfcd1aaa89f2b3f4c4@wilmotprint.com> References: <440b7a746b982bbfcd1aaa89f2b3f4c4@wilmotprint.com> Message-ID: <200709141434.l8EEYYvr004721@mroute3.ccountry.net> >Good Morning Print Owners. I thought I would reintroduce myself. I haven't posted for a while and have been lurking. My name is Jann Leger and I am a 'quick printer' and have been for 12 years now. I have been clean for about 2 years now, no longer handling production work. I never had an ink press, but digital. I did/do a lot of computer work and layouts which I enjoy. (I still have a couple of machines and am looking for a color printer.) In the last couple of years of business, I lost my hearing and had to find another way to do things. I am currently serving several regular clients and am re-entering business with hopes of web only, appointment only and do more design and planning/implementing productions. Being in business is certainly not for the faint hearted as we all know or will know, but I will tell you this. For the last year or so, I have worked outside my business as an employee working on catalogs. Trust me when I tell you this, when you get down about business, just think of the alternative!!! This list has been wonderful. I've had my favorites and we've lost a few good ones here. Nice to know it is still going. (Although I'm not sure how to post any more...I had to do a reply... Jann _______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners Jann L. Leger INTUITIVE DESIGN & PRINTING CO. Publication & Graphic Design Typing & Typesetting jann@jannsdesign.com www.myorderdesk.com/janns Grants Pass, Oregon 541.476-3502 fax: 541.479.5052 From VillagePrinting1 at aol.com Fri Sep 14 10:34:16 2007 From: VillagePrinting1 at aol.com (VillagePrinting1@aol.com) Date: Fri Sep 14 10:34:44 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] skip 4 numbering Message-ID: Try Triangle Printing in TN 800.843.9529 I send them orders when it involves over 10,000. They are inexpensive. When it comes to orders that require numbering. Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From robin at protypeonline.com Fri Sep 14 11:38:33 2007 From: robin at protypeonline.com (Robin Niewold) Date: Fri Sep 14 11:37:59 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] MidWest Printer's Party Message-ID: <69A58543-BBB6-4896-9F46-3098C1AF47CE@protypeonline.com> Craig, Loda is a nice location but we aren't located on a lake like Tammy!!! :) robin Robin Niewold Pro-Type Printing 130 N. Market Street Paxton, IL 60957 217.379.4715 robin@protypeonline.com From ep101 at technaprint.com Fri Sep 14 11:52:51 2007 From: ep101 at technaprint.com (Eric Pearson) Date: Fri Sep 14 11:53:26 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE intro In-Reply-To: <200709141434.l8EEYYvr004721@mroute3.ccountry.net> Message-ID: > This list has been wonderful. I've had my favorites and we've lost a > few good ones here. Nice to know it is still going. (Although I'm not > sure how to post any more...I had to do a reply... Hi Jann, A big welcome back from the Willamette Valley! And welcome back to the biz. To post, simply send to: printowners@printweb.org Eric Pearson President/C.E.O. ------------ TechnaPrint, Inc. 909 Garfield Street Eugene, OR 97402-2706 (541) 344-4062 (541) 344-1765 Fax ep101@technaprint.com www.technaprint.com From VillagePrinting1 at aol.com Fri Sep 14 12:42:38 2007 From: VillagePrinting1 at aol.com (VillagePrinting1@aol.com) Date: Fri Sep 14 12:43:21 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Pink SLip Message-ID: Anyway, has anyone have a standard form or know where to get a form that stipulates reason for termination. Apparently after the conference I became a fireman. Can't believe how many fires I'm enduring right now. An what should I look forward to as far as employee repercussions. Thanks Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From jodib at blackfoot.net Fri Sep 14 13:23:17 2007 From: jodib at blackfoot.net (Jodi Bowser) Date: Fri Sep 14 13:23:49 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Pink SLip References: Message-ID: <009101c7f6f3$f0f9ff70$0101a8c0@desktoppbl> Tommy: what do you mean employee repercussions? I think the unemployment office prefers to see that 1) they received a warning and that the firing was 'just cause'. Is it a continuing problem or something against company policy? I had the new gal we'd trained for only 2 weeks not show up on Monday (the 10th) so it short changed us for a few days (leaving only 2 people here except when my part-time gal came in on Tuesday) - but because she did not show and did not call (us or the employment agency I'd hired her through) she has no ground to stand on. Check and see if your Unemployment Office has a reference guide to help you. Fired because: etc. I finally figured that if they wanted to go file unemployment, fine....I've been paying into the darn thing for 25 years and it's not money I'll ever get back anyway. :-) haven't tried my new program yet, have you? Jodi Bowser Pyramid Printing Missoula, Montana jodib@blackfoot.net 406-728-1503 fax 406-728-0505 ----- Original Message ----- From: To: Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 10:42 AM Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Pink SLip > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Anyway, has anyone have a standard form or know where to get a form that > stipulates reason for termination. Apparently after the conference I > became a > fireman. Can't believe how many fires I'm enduring right now. An what > should > I look forward to as far as employee repercussions. > > Thanks > > Tommy Melendez > > Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. > 3612 E. Tremont Avenue > Bronx, N.Y. 10465 > NAQP Member #1031539 > 718.904.7760 > 718.892.2315 Fax > _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) > > > > ************************************** See what's new at > http://www.aol.com > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From VillagePrinting1 at aol.com Fri Sep 14 13:39:14 2007 From: VillagePrinting1 at aol.com (VillagePrinting1@aol.com) Date: Fri Sep 14 13:39:43 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Pink SLip Message-ID: Thanks for that info Jodi. As far as that Fluid mask program..OMG Haven't stopped using it. X-cellent! Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From rstor at copycats.com Fri Sep 14 16:15:24 2007 From: rstor at copycats.com (Robert Stor) Date: Fri Sep 14 16:17:58 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan Message-ID: <46EAEBDC.2070305@copycats.com> I am considering implementing Printers' Plan. I would love to speak with any users who: a. Have multiple locations or b. Have a high-customer volume (think copy shop) location If I can call you to chat for a few minutes, please email me you tel# and a good time to call. TIA Bob Stor Copycats New York, NY 212-557-2111 x20 www.copycats.com From yaakov at sparkdirectny.com Fri Sep 14 17:01:50 2007 From: yaakov at sparkdirectny.com (Yaakov Reshef) Date: Fri Sep 14 17:02:21 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Need a source Message-ID: Amit, May be you can bid on it? tuff tex ink is the ink that dries quick and becomes hard. Let me know. -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Bob Sherwood Sent: Friday, September 14, 2007 8:41 AM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] Need a source ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Customer wants outdoor signs 2000 - 14" x 22" or 1000 - 28" x 22 inch, size does not have to be exact. 2 color solid yellow background - black ink. 12 pt. C1S or heavier. Screen print or offset with tuff tex ink. These will be outside for up to 4 weeks. Need a source to get these done Bob Sherwood Cumberland Printing P.O. Box 313 Monticello, KY 42633 606-348-4517 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From John at mpcny.com Sat Sep 15 11:01:08 2007 From: John at mpcny.com (John) Date: Sat Sep 15 10:59:42 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Mailbox and shipping business Message-ID: <000a01c7f7a9$3f5fb8c0$587ba8c0@panther1> I have a open office in our building. Separate front and entrance. I wonder if a shipping a mail box rental business may be a good fit. Have any of you added that type of business? it would have it's own staff and operate separately from the printing company. Our town has one PO and the bridges to it will be both be rebuilt soon, next year and other 2 years after. It will be a 3 year mess. I had some other business owners ask me about getting into this. I do not know the box rental business at all. Shipping we have done only for ourselves. John Henry Mitchell Printing Oswego NY. From jdaghir at gmail.com Sat Sep 15 12:08:52 2007 From: jdaghir at gmail.com (Jeff Daghir) Date: Sat Sep 15 12:09:03 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Fiery vs Creo rips In-Reply-To: <01dc01c7f569$0bb7baf0$0300a8c0@DANIEL> References: <01dc01c7f569$0bb7baf0$0300a8c0@DANIEL> Message-ID: <83d5b9620709150908mc3a0946wba9328ce60346044@mail.gmail.com> Not that I'm defending Creo or EFI, but in my opinion they shouldn't directly support the end user because they didn't sell anything to the end user. If my car has a engine control module from Delco Electronics in it and I'm having problems with it, I don't contact Delco, I contact the manufacturer of the car (or more likely the dealer I bought it from). Or an analogy closer to home - if I sell some printing to a broker and the end user of the printing has some problems, I expect to deal with the broker, not the end user, as I didn't build end user support costs into my pricing. Same thing with copiers - support for the entire package (print engine + rip) should come from the copier manufacturer and their dealers, not from EFI or Creo. Expecting anything else is unrealistic. That being said, dealers are often woefully unprepared to support rips. We as buyers should LOUDLY and REPEATEDLY complain about this. Sub-par service and support on rips should not be acceptable or the norm. But in the real world if you're really caught between a rock and a hard place with a Fiery rip, you might try calling LanGrafix (http://langrafix.com/) as they are authorized Fiery service and support dealer (the only one as far as I know). I've dealt with them in the past and they were much more knowledgeable about Fiery rips than most dealers. -- Jeff Daghir MPS Printing, Inc. "The Ink & Paper People" Madison, IN www.mpsprinting.com jeff_daghir@mpsprinting.com From k_graham at hotmail.com Sat Sep 15 16:11:06 2007 From: k_graham at hotmail.com (k_graham@hotmail.com) Date: Sat Sep 15 16:11:42 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Fiery vs Creo rips References: <01dc01c7f569$0bb7baf0$0300a8c0@DANIEL> <83d5b9620709150908mc3a0946wba9328ce60346044@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: > Not that I'm defending Creo or EFI, but in my opinion they shouldn't > directly support the end user because they didn't sell anything to the > end user. If my car has a engine control module from Delco > Electronics in it and I'm having problems with it, I don't contact > Delco, I contact the manufacturer of the car (or more likely the > dealer I bought it from). > -- > Jeff Daghir Good analogy - doesn't work but good analogy My reasoning is that the RIP and copier need to be considered as 2 different items. Like buying a pickup and trailer, they go together but you can't get support for the trailer from the pickup manufacturer. Sometimes dealer support is brain dead, so you must go back to manufacturer - in this case EFI. Case in point my purchase of Ikon CPP500 with RIP. Ikon western Canadian head of support told me I was the only one complaining and there was nothing wrong in spite of 200 installs in Canada. As we've heard EFI doesn't do low level support so I had to trick them, as item was still knew I emailed EFI saying I was trying the 500 and while fine the RIP was providing seriously defective results as compared to Fiery RIP on CLC 800, 2400 and Xerox Doc 12. and I would have to return demo. Fortunately EFI took the bait and called, 1st words were "What patches do you have installed?" Me "None". EFI "Seriously, you have to have the GLDN patch at least, its the one that accounts for glossy toner other wise it thinks its a old 8050 with the mat toner" Me "None, maybe thats the problem can you send me the patch" EFI We can't, you have to get it from the dealer. Me "The head of western Canadian software support for Ikon tells me theres nothing wrong, they have no fix" EFI "Have them call their Toll Free Headquarters in Atlanta, I will email you the phone number" End result - Ikon got patch and 2 months later the western Canadian expert came 500 kilometers to install (must have had 200 other installs to fix first) but we still had problems and as they wouldn't bring EFI in we finally had to unplug and sue Ikon - trial Oct 31, Nov 1, 2008 Possible cause for failure - they re-installed software but I've since read the technicians instructions and it also states updated profiles to match the patch must be installed on User computers which was not done (something we were never aprised of and did not receive as best we know). http://groups.google.com/group/ColorCopier/browse_frm/thread/0dfd0e95d062d546/# Solutions A website dedicated to customer support allowing customer input - Xerox used to have one but discontinued the one which allowed customers to see other customer input - regrettable. Xerox still provides a list of all patches to their RIPs on their support site - excellent I know of no other manufacturer that provides a list of these patches and what they do - however if you know the equivalent RIP as is run on a Xerox you can get a fairly good idea as to if you need to request patches from the dealer as in most cases these must be done for all copiers. Also the external RIPs may be configured for autodownloading of software patches for the Fiery via internet- maybe good, maybe not as sometimes a patch for 1 item causes a problem for another. Ken Graham CommunityPrinters.com 250-782-7108 Dawson Creek BC Canada V1G 2G5 250-782-7108 From jdaghir at gmail.com Sat Sep 15 17:18:54 2007 From: jdaghir at gmail.com (Jeff Daghir) Date: Sat Sep 15 17:19:08 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Mailbox and shipping business In-Reply-To: <000a01c7f7a9$3f5fb8c0$587ba8c0@panther1> References: <000a01c7f7a9$3f5fb8c0$587ba8c0@panther1> Message-ID: <83d5b9620709151418i403d3716hdd4ce102b3ca7768@mail.gmail.com> I could be way off base here since I don't have any experience with the mailbox/shipping business, but I would guess that it is a low overhead and low profit margin business compared to printing. I would be afraid that time spent on that business would be less profitable than time spent on your print shop. I would be more inclined to rent that space out to someone else unless you just have a lot of spare time on your hands. -- Jeff Daghir MPS Printing, Inc. "The Ink & Paper People" Madison, IN www.mpsprinting.com jeff_daghir@mpsprinting.com John said: > I have a open office in our building. Separate front and entrance. I wonder if a shipping a mail box rental business may be a good fit. Have any of you added that type of business? it would have it's own staff and operate separately from the printing company. From rstor at copycats.com Sat Sep 15 17:42:29 2007 From: rstor at copycats.com (Robert Stor) Date: Sat Sep 15 17:44:24 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Mailbox and shipping business In-Reply-To: <83d5b9620709151418i403d3716hdd4ce102b3ca7768@mail.gmail.com> References: <000a01c7f7a9$3f5fb8c0$587ba8c0@panther1> <83d5b9620709151418i403d3716hdd4ce102b3ca7768@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <46EC51C5.5020605@copycats.com> Jeff, I think this is basically right. We do shipping (UPS) but it's an add-on service that our retail shop had time for without displacing other work most of the time. It can get in the way around Christmas. We make a profit of about $10-$20k/yr on that, but that's without assigning overhead to it. It certainly is not enough to justify a business on its own. The UPS Store franchise owners are up in arms about the state of their business, by the way. UPS sets cheaper rates for direct pick-up customers than they are given. Apparently UPS is telling them that they need to sell copies and printing to make money. 8-) You can find some discussions on line if you google. Regards, Bob Stor Copycats New York, NY 212-557-2111 x20 www.copycats.com Jeff Daghir wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I could be way off base here since I don't have any experience with > the mailbox/shipping business, but I would guess that it is a low > overhead and low profit margin business compared to printing. I would > be afraid that time spent on that business would be less profitable > than time spent on your print shop. I would be more inclined to rent > that space out to someone else unless you just have a lot of spare > time on your hands. > > From mark at bkprint.com Mon Sep 17 10:20:14 2007 From: mark at bkprint.com (Mark) Date: Mon Sep 17 10:20:48 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Envelope Feeders ~ Big Thanks!! In-Reply-To: <52304DB8-6758-4AAA-8E72-665EEE039429@protypeonline.com> References: <52304DB8-6758-4AAA-8E72-665EEE039429@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: Printowners~ Huge thanks to "Much Older" Robin 8^), Simon, Kelly & Dennis for your help on this little project! It looks like I need to have another look at the Suspension Feeder and have them bring it in to test. I look forward to thanking each one of you personally at next years Owners Conference. Talk with you soon! Always A Pleasure~ Mark Bell B&K Marketing | Design | Print | Mailing 137 Citizens Boulevard Simpsonville, Kentucky 40067 866.884.9425 Phone 502.722.2261 Fax http://bkprint.com/ >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >Mark, >since I'm much older than you are let me share a little advice in >response to your near divorce -- >"never confuse having a career with having a life" !!!!! NEVER ever >-- focusing is one thing -- setting your priorities is another. >Okay -- I'll save the rest of the sermon for next fall when we are >both in Chicago for the conference! >Re: your thoughts on the astro vs. the suspension feeder, I have not >looked at an astro in quite some time, but from what I remember, I >think you have the two switched -- the astro is the lesser of the >two. Do you have dealers in your area that will bring one in and let >you try it or do you have another printer with one or the other that >is close enough to you that you could visit? >Sooo, with all this marketiing you are doing for other printers -- >are you also doing the mailing? >Hang in there -- sounds like you are making some wise decisions -- >but...make sure you always have a LIFE and I'm guessing then you >will always have a WIFE! HA!!! >robin > >p.s. wasn't that platemaker giving you fits a couple years ago? H >got it all up and working for you? > >Robin Niewold >Pro-Type Printing >130 N. Market Street >Paxton, IL 60957 >217.379.4715 >robin@protypeonline.com > > >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From villageprinting1 at aol.com Mon Sep 17 10:57:44 2007 From: villageprinting1 at aol.com (villageprinting1@aol.com) Date: Mon Sep 17 10:59:07 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Mailbox and shipping business In-Reply-To: <000a01c7f7a9$3f5fb8c0$587ba8c0@panther1> References: <000a01c7f7a9$3f5fb8c0$587ba8c0@panther1> Message-ID: <8C9C7523CC50147-D90-D1A@webmail-mf08.sysops.aol.com> Hey John.? SHould of shown up for conference.? But I can help you in thattype of business.? Call me & I'll be more than happy to help you! Tommy melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax www.printing-n-graphics.com -----Original Message----- From: John To: printowners@printweb.org Sent: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 11:01 am Subject: [PrintOwners] Mailbox and shipping business ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I have a open office in our building. Separate front and entrance. I wonder if a shipping a mail box rental business may be a good fit. Have any of you added that type of business? it would have it's own staff and operate separately from the printing company. Our town has one PO and the bridges to it will be both be rebuilt soon, next year and other 2 years after. It will be a 3 year mess. I had some other business owners ask me about getting into this. I do not know the box rental business at all. Shipping we have done only for ourselves. John Henry Mitchell Printing Oswego NY. _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com From villageprinting1 at aol.com Mon Sep 17 11:06:06 2007 From: villageprinting1 at aol.com (villageprinting1@aol.com) Date: Mon Sep 17 11:06:37 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Fiery vs Creo rips In-Reply-To: <83d5b9620709150908mc3a0946wba9328ce60346044@mail.gmail.com> References: <01dc01c7f569$0bb7baf0$0300a8c0@DANIEL> <83d5b9620709150908mc3a0946wba9328ce60346044@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <8C9C753682B6341-D90-DAF@webmail-mf08.sysops.aol.com> Hey Jeff hows it going.? Your analogy of this problem holds water.? I had an incident with a copier company leasing a machine to me with a fiery.? There was so many problems in the beginning with the rip.? His answer to me was that I repeat I should call the rip service or get an IT guy on staff.? Imagine my blood pressure when I heard that.? The company ended up taking care of the problem, but what were they thinking. Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax www.printing-n-graphics.com -----Original Message----- From: Jeff Daghir To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Sent: Sat, 15 Sep 2007 12:08 pm Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Fiery vs Creo rips ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Not that I'm defending Creo or EFI, but in my opinion they shouldn't directly support the end user because they didn't sell anything to the end user. If my car has a engine control module from Delco Electronics in it and I'm having problems with it, I don't contact Delco, I contact the manufacturer of the car (or more likely the dealer I bought it from). Or an analogy closer to home - if I sell some printing to a broker and the end user of the printing has some problems, I expect to deal with the broker, not the end user, as I didn't build end user support costs into my pricing. Same thing with copiers - support for the entire package (print engine + rip) should come from the copier manufacturer and their dealers, not from EFI or Creo. Expecting anything else is unrealistic. That being said, dealers are often woefully unprepared to support rips. We as buyers should LOUDLY and REPEATEDLY complain about this. Sub-par service and support on rips should not be acceptable or the norm. But in the real world if you're really caught between a rock and a hard place with a Fiery rip, you might try calling LanGrafix (http://langrafix.com/) as they are authorized Fiery service and support dealer (the only one as far as I know). I've dealt with them in the past and they were much more knowledgeable about Fiery rips than most dealers. -- Jeff Daghir MPS Printing, Inc. "The Ink & Paper People" Madison, IN www.mpsprinting.com jeff_daghir@mpsprinting.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com From swiftyprinting at mac.com Mon Sep 17 12:01:02 2007 From: swiftyprinting at mac.com (Chuck) Date: Mon Sep 17 12:01:22 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Looking for Original Nuvera Owners (not the EA model) Message-ID: <6C11D514-8914-401C-89D7-31508FD8367D@mac.com> It appears that the Nuvera 120 suffers a serious design flaw in the way it produces copies using the "jump" technology. It seems when the humidity and temperature changes for the seasons it develops serious copy quality issues. If you have/are experienced problems and service calls with "spits and puffs", hazing and background toning (Xerox wording) please let me know. I feel Xerox needs to do onsite retrofits to bring these machines to the EA technology or do a full recall and replacement. However I need to collect data to push for this. Customer Service Arlington Swifty Printing 1386 Massachusetts Avenue Arlington, MA 02476 781-646-8700 www.arlingtonswifty.com From zapit at zapcolor.com Mon Sep 17 14:33:15 2007 From: zapit at zapcolor.com (Eugene Montanez) Date: Mon Sep 17 14:38:04 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday In-Reply-To: <20070915211912.5A452B85837@rb.enter.net> References: <20070915211912.5A452B85837@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <051ECE0F-0A80-4648-B36D-956156C9B1EC@zapcolor.com> Some have asked how I can be Mayor of a pretty large city (150,000) and try to keep up at ZAP? Well, it does help to have a perfect wife who is here while I am out, a great General Manager and a staff that really knows their stuff BUT it also helps to have something to look forward to: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bUteT7cuqY or: http://tinyurl.com/2sh4xb This is a place we have visited in years past, there are 200 full time resident of the island, Jost Van Dyke, and this "resort", more like a bed and breakfast, only has 6 rooms. It is the home to the famous Soggy Dollar Bar, but Dec. 6th we head to the BVI for 10 days! If anyone is planning a trip to the Virgin Islands from Dec. 6-17, let me know. Eugene > Eugene Montanez ZAP Printing & Graphics 127 Radio Rd Corona, CA 92879 951-734-8181 Zapit@zapcolor.com From list at interiorgraphics.com Mon Sep 17 14:45:28 2007 From: list at interiorgraphics.com (Michelle at Interior Graphics) Date: Mon Sep 17 14:49:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday In-Reply-To: <051ECE0F-0A80-4648-B36D-956156C9B1EC@zapcolor.com> References: <20070915211912.5A452B85837@rb.enter.net> <051ECE0F-0A80-4648-B36D-956156C9B1EC@zapcolor.com> Message-ID: <4BD8A8BA-4C0E-4093-A978-38AF7B06C55B@interiorgraphics.com> Wow! That place looks awesome! It sure does help to have your eyes on the goal. I've got Mexico on my mind... That, and my family, keep me trudging along! Michelle Maynor "Your Personal Printer" Interior Graphics & Printing 770 8th Avenue Fairbanks, AK 99701 907.456.4982 phone 907.452.6992 fax On Sep 17, 2007, at 10:33 AM, Eugene Montanez wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Some have asked how I can be Mayor of a pretty large city (150,000) > and try to keep up at ZAP? > > Well, it does help to have a perfect wife who is here while I am > out, a great General Manager and a staff that really knows their stuff > BUT it also helps to have something to look forward to: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bUteT7cuqY > > or: > http://tinyurl.com/2sh4xb > > This is a place we have visited in years past, there are 200 full > time resident of the island, Jost Van Dyke, and this "resort", more > like a bed and breakfast, only has 6 rooms. > > It is the home to the famous Soggy Dollar Bar, but Dec. 6th we head > to the BVI for 10 days! > > If anyone is planning a trip to the Virgin Islands from Dec. 6-17, > let me know. > > Eugene > >> > > Eugene Montanez > ZAP Printing & Graphics > 127 Radio Rd > Corona, CA 92879 > 951-734-8181 > > Zapit@zapcolor.com > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From cpurvine1 at cox.net Mon Sep 17 14:49:25 2007 From: cpurvine1 at cox.net (Cora Purvine) Date: Mon Sep 17 14:49:19 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday In-Reply-To: <051ECE0F-0A80-4648-B36D-956156C9B1EC@zapcolor.com> References: <20070915211912.5A452B85837@rb.enter.net> <051ECE0F-0A80-4648-B36D-956156C9B1EC@zapcolor.com> Message-ID: <00e201c7f95b$78503110$6601a8c0@corapurvine> I could almost smell the ocean. I lived in Santa Monica, near the ocean, for a while. Thanks for sharing!!!! Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz From mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com Mon Sep 17 15:39:27 2007 From: mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com (Michael Vogel) Date: Mon Sep 17 15:39:40 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday In-Reply-To: <051ECE0F-0A80-4648-B36D-956156C9B1EC@zapcolor.com> References: <20070915211912.5A452B85837@rb.enter.net> <051ECE0F-0A80-4648-B36D-956156C9B1EC@zapcolor.com> Message-ID: <98f5b19a0709171239h4a7f0c5bk4a1fa08dc0dfcdb3@mail.gmail.com> On 9/17/07, Eugene Montanez wrote: > > BUT it also helps to have something to look forward to: > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bUteT7cuqY > > This is a place we have visited in years past, there are 200 full > time resident of the island, Jost Van Dyke, and this "resort", more > like a bed and breakfast, only has 6 rooms. That was the first stop (after leaving St. Thomas) on one of the best vacations I've ever taken -- a bareboat charter (42' Grand Banks) around the BVI. First stop -- the beach bar on Jost Van Dyke (Foxy's, I think -- it was a lot of years ago). If you ever get a chance to do the BVI this way -- on your own (chartered) boat, at your own leisurely pace, needing nothing more complex than sight navigation, don't hesitate for a second!! Enjoy, Eugene! -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon From QKCONSULT at aol.com Mon Sep 17 16:11:42 2007 From: QKCONSULT at aol.com (QKCONSULT@aol.com) Date: Mon Sep 17 16:12:35 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday Message-ID: In a message dated 9/17/2007 3:41:16 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com writes: First stop -- the beach bar on Jost Van Dyke (Foxy's, I think -- it was a lot of years ago). If I'm not mistaken, that is the bar that literally is right on the beach and you make most of your own drinks or grab your own beers and run your own tally and then pay at the end. The British and U.S. Virgin Islands match anything in beauty to islands found in the South Pacific. Having been to both, the Virgin Islands are a lot closer and easier to get to, at least for me. It is still one of my personal goals to fly my plane there and just island hop... The only island I would never attempt to land at is St. Bart's where you need a special checkout and approval prior to making any attempts at landing.... if you've seen St. Bart's you will know exactly what I am talking about. John Stewart Q. P. Consulting, Inc. Featuring - _"Print Shop For Sale"_ (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) by Larry Hunt & John Stewart 2110 S. Dairy Road West Melbourne, FL 32904 321-727-2442 Fax 321-727-2166 Cell: 321-794-6259 _www.quickconsultant.com_ (http://www.quickconsultant.com/) "Winners analyze, losers rationalize." ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From dvmonto at optonline.net Mon Sep 17 16:40:29 2007 From: dvmonto at optonline.net (David Monto) Date: Mon Sep 17 16:40:46 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday In-Reply-To: <051ECE0F-0A80-4648-B36D-956156C9B1EC@zapcolor.com> Message-ID: I have been to the BVI just about every year since the 80's and I have to agree with Eugene. Here is a little video I put together from our trip last year. I did not do one yet for this years trip, but I guess I should get to it........ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2351009876008329994 -- David V. Monto Sir Speedy Printing 1837 South Road Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Phone:845-298-8898 Fax: 845-298-8537 __/7__/7__/7__ \:::::::::::::::::::::::/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A man who is not a liberal in his twenties has no heart, and a man who is not a conservative in his forties has no brain" - Churchill On 9/17/07 2:33 PM, "Eugene Montanez" wrote: > This is a place we have visited in years past, there are 200 full > time resident of the island, Jost Van Dyke, and this "resort", more > like a bed and breakfast, only has 6 rooms. > > It is the home to the famous Soggy Dollar Bar, but Dec. 6th we head > to the BVI for 10 days! > From jgross at techiowa.com Mon Sep 17 17:04:56 2007 From: jgross at techiowa.com (John Gross) Date: Mon Sep 17 17:05:18 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <000901c7f96e$66d2ac70$1e00000a@tech.local> Looks like a great way to travel, but I'll need to be a mate on the first trip. Stopping a sailboat in the right place without hitting anybody is a feat I haven't a clue about. Gotta show me first. John A. Gross Technigraphics, Inc. PO Box 1846 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 jgross@techiowa.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of David Monto Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 3:40 PM To: Printowners Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I have been to the BVI just about every year since the 80's and I have to agree with Eugene. Here is a little video I put together from our trip last year. I did not do one yet for this years trip, but I guess I should get to it........ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2351009876008329994 -- David V. Monto Sir Speedy Printing 1837 South Road Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Phone:845-298-8898 Fax: 845-298-8537 __/7__/7__/7__ \:::::::::::::::::::::::/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "A man who is not a liberal in his twenties has no heart, and a man who is not a conservative in his forties has no brain" - Churchill On 9/17/07 2:33 PM, "Eugene Montanez" wrote: > This is a place we have visited in years past, there are 200 full > time resident of the island, Jost Van Dyke, and this "resort", more > like a bed and breakfast, only has 6 rooms. > > It is the home to the famous Soggy Dollar Bar, but Dec. 6th we head > to the BVI for 10 days! > _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Mon Sep 17 17:07:58 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Mon Sep 17 17:06:58 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: So how long were you all in the business before you were able to take a proper vacation. I'm averaging .75 days off a year over the past three years. Maybe 08 will be my year though! Regards, Borzou -------------- next part -------------- www.falconprintandcopy.com t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 On Sep 17, 2007, at 4:40 PM, David Monto wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I have been to the BVI just about every year since the 80's and I > have to > agree with Eugene. > > Here is a little video I put together from our trip last year. I > did not do > one yet for this years trip, but I guess I should get to it........ > > http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-2351009876008329994 > > > -- > David V. Monto > > Sir Speedy Printing > 1837 South Road > Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 > > Phone:845-298-8898 > Fax: 845-298-8537 > > __/7__/7__/7__ > \:::::::::::::::::::::::/ > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > "A man who is not a liberal in his twenties has no heart, and a man > who is not a conservative in his forties has no brain" - Churchill > > > > On 9/17/07 2:33 PM, "Eugene Montanez" wrote: > >> This is a place we have visited in years past, there are 200 full >> time resident of the island, Jost Van Dyke, and this "resort", more >> like a bed and breakfast, only has 6 rooms. >> >> It is the home to the famous Soggy Dollar Bar, but Dec. 6th we head >> to the BVI for 10 days! >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From cpurvine1 at cox.net Mon Sep 17 17:19:12 2007 From: cpurvine1 at cox.net (Cora Purvine) Date: Mon Sep 17 17:19:02 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <010901c7f970$64da4cf0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> I haven't had a PROPER VACATION since we went to Aruba 10 years ago.....: ( Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Borzou Azabdaftari Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 4:08 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** __________ NOD32 2535 (20070917) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From VillagePrinting1 at aol.com Mon Sep 17 17:48:20 2007 From: VillagePrinting1 at aol.com (VillagePrinting1@aol.com) Date: Mon Sep 17 17:48:49 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday Message-ID: Let's Make A Print Owner's Get_away Trip for all of us. Last vacation I had was back in 98' Sign Me UP! Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com Mon Sep 17 19:47:53 2007 From: mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com (Michael Vogel) Date: Mon Sep 17 19:48:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <98f5b19a0709171647n202c096ds3463ab5ef35ffd49@mail.gmail.com> On 9/17/07, VillagePrinting1@aol.com wrote: > > Let's Make A Print Owner's Get_away Trip for all of us. Last vacation I had > was back in 98' Sign Me UP! A "get-away trip for all of us" would be a printing convention, not a vacation. -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon From info at desktopsxm.com Mon Sep 17 19:57:01 2007 From: info at desktopsxm.com (Joel Brint) Date: Mon Sep 17 19:57:22 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday In-Reply-To: <98f5b19a0709171647n202c096ds3463ab5ef35ffd49@mail.gmail.com> References: <98f5b19a0709171647n202c096ds3463ab5ef35ffd49@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <9EF34197-935A-4EFB-BB6D-9A569B808A12@desktopsxm.com> would you all be interested in another printers convention in St. Maarten. Joel Brint Desktop Imaging St. Maarten Tel 542-4044 fax 543-1100 "The Printshop with a Difference" On Sep 17, 2007, at 7:47 PM, Michael Vogel wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > On 9/17/07, VillagePrinting1@aol.com wrote: >> >> Let's Make A Print Owner's Get_away Trip for all of us. Last >> vacation I had >> was back in 98' Sign Me UP! > > > A "get-away trip for all of us" would be a printing convention, not > a vacation. > > > > -- > Michael Vogel > Sir Speedy Printing > 9 Research Drive > Milford, CT 06460 > tel 203-877-1231 > fax 203-878-2679 > mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com > www.eSirSpeedy.com > > ==================================== > Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to > criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. > ~ Lord Bacon > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From greg at ajprinting.com Mon Sep 17 19:57:14 2007 From: greg at ajprinting.com (Greg Johnston) Date: Mon Sep 17 20:10:49 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday In-Reply-To: <98f5b19a0709171647n202c096ds3463ab5ef35ffd49@mail.gmail.co m> References: <98f5b19a0709171647n202c096ds3463ab5ef35ffd49@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20070917165630.03449ae8@ajprinting.com> Michael Vogel wrote:A "get-away trip for all of us" would be a printing convention, not a vacation. AND THEN REHAB. At 04:47 PM 9/17/2007, you wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >On 9/17/07, VillagePrinting1@aol.com wrote: > > > > Let's Make A Print Owner's Get_away Trip for all of us. Last > vacation I had > > was back in 98' Sign Me UP! > > >A "get-away trip for all of us" would be a printing convention, not >a vacation. > > > >-- >Michael Vogel >Sir Speedy Printing >9 Research Drive >Milford, CT 06460 >tel 203-877-1231 >fax 203-878-2679 >mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com >www.eSirSpeedy.com > >==================================== >Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to >criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. > ~ Lord Bacon >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners Greg Johnston AJ Printing & Graphics 1350 Central Ave #1 Santa Rosa CA 95401 707.525.8600 Fax 707.525.8923 www.ajprinting.com e-mail: greg@ajprinting.com Ask me about how I can help you build your business with our direct mailing services for your marketing needs Authorized Adobe Service Provider Quark Authorized Output Provider From QKCONSULT at aol.com Mon Sep 17 20:50:53 2007 From: QKCONSULT at aol.com (QKCONSULT@aol.com) Date: Mon Sep 17 20:51:24 2007 Subject: Visiting St. Maarten Re: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday Message-ID: In a message dated 9/17/2007 7:58:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, info@desktopsxm.com writes: would you all be interested in another printers convention in St. Maarten. Joel, of course I would be interested, but to be candid you do have to tell these folks what happened the last time you had a conference in St. Maarten.... Ok, it wasn't a huge hurricane, but when the hotel manager at the cocktail party announced he had good news and bad news, and then proceeded to announce that the drinks were free, but the airport had just been closed and a hurricane named "Lenny" was headed our way and we would be stuck there for the duration it wasn't funny... It's not funny when you take 35-50 printers and evacuate to a print shop, with everyone sleeping on the floor, counters and every nook and cranny of your shop, that was not fun.... Ok, it was a bit funny, but only for a few minutes until the reality set in that we might all be spending 24-36 hours packed in the shop.... I remember when I went outside during the height of the hurricane to have a cigarette and then suddenly stepping by accident into a two-foot deep drainage ditch that I didn't know was there..... I remember when someone offers me a slice of Spam and I actually accepted it and ate it... that is not fun. I remember when the hurricane was finally over and we returned to the hotel and lifted boulders out of the pool, and saw rocks piled 8 feet high that had been thrown through the windows of the ocean front condos on the ground floor... yes, I remember it well.... I remember drinking scotch by the moonlight that night like it was the last scotch on earth and I ended up with a hangover so bad the next morning that I considered just placing my head beneath the front tire of a car and begging someone to drive over me! I also remember carrying two buckets at a time to the second floor of our room to dump in the toilet so we could flush the toilets... But most of all I remember listening to two local DJs who called up a couple staying at a hotel.... somehow they new this family had two children and they, like so many others, were desperate to get off the island and on there way home.... the DJ's pretended to be calling from American Airlines and told the couple that they could get them a flight out but the two children would have to ride in the baggage compartment.... Honest to God, this was all live and absolutely true... well, at first, the couple objected strenuously but the DJ (pretending to be from American Airlines) acted very sympathetic and told them it was perfectly safe and pressurized, and the couple still objected... but then the DJ told them that this might be the only flight for days and the only chance to get off the island.... and you know what? The couple actually reneged and finally decided (with thousands of people listening the conversation) that Ok, they would let their kids ride in the baggage compartment..... it was a scene right out of Candid Camera. Ok Joel, I will come down there and in fact I am coming down there in November on a cruise, but will return any time you decide to have another go at it! Seriously, St. Maarten, both the Dutch and the French side, is a beautiful island to visit any time of the year. John Stewart Q. P. Consulting, Inc. _"Print Shop For Sale"_ (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) By Larry Hunt & John Stewart _www.printshopsforsale.net_ (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) _www.quickconsultant.com_ (http://www.quickconsultant.com/) 2110 S. Dairy Road West Melbourne, FL 32904 321-727-2442 FAX 321-727-2166 CELL: 321-794-6259 "Winners analyze, losers rationalize." ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From oren66 at sbcglobal.net Mon Sep 17 21:32:21 2007 From: oren66 at sbcglobal.net (Arie Teomi) Date: Mon Sep 17 21:32:52 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Logo Message-ID: <917203.70590.qm@web83403.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Does anybody know of a good and resonable online Logo creation service? Thanks Arie Arie Teomi MINUTEMAN PRESS 23500 Mercantile Suite F Cleveland, OH 44122 P:216-464-1960 F:216-464-1660 www.minutemancleveland.com Your Full Service PRINTING, COPYING and MAILING partner From rick at jmjprinting.com Mon Sep 17 21:53:45 2007 From: rick at jmjprinting.com (Rick Foster) Date: Mon Sep 17 21:48:59 2007 Subject: Visiting St. Maarten Re: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: In reference to the message sent by QKCONSULT@aol.com, on 9/17/07, at 8:50 PM -0400: Amazingly even with all that scotch John consumed he still remembers the good times. -- Rick _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ Rick B. Foster JMJ Printing Co. LLC - Snohomish, WA mailto:rick@jmjprinting.com http://www.jmjprinting.com 425.334.9716 Your Full Service Print Shop 425.397.9716 Fax We Appreciate Your Business! _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ From info at desktopsxm.com Mon Sep 17 21:55:40 2007 From: info at desktopsxm.com (Joel Brint) Date: Mon Sep 17 21:55:44 2007 Subject: Visiting St. Maarten Re: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: Hey John, don't make the others nervous. I promise it won't be in November. That Hurricane was weird. you forgot to mention that it went from West to East. I think it was a first in known history. Joel Brint Desktop Imaging St. Maarten Tel 542-4044 fax 543-1100 "The Printshop with a Difference" On Sep 17, 2007, at 8:50 PM, QKCONSULT@aol.com wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > In a message dated 9/17/2007 7:58:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > info@desktopsxm.com writes: > > would you all be interested in another printers convention in St. > Maarten. > > > > Joel, of course I would be interested, but to be candid you do have > to tell > these folks what happened the last time you had a conference in St. > Maarten.... Ok, it wasn't a huge hurricane, but when the hotel > manager at the cocktail > party announced he had good news and bad news, and then proceeded > to announce > that the drinks were free, but the airport had just been closed and a > hurricane named "Lenny" was headed our way and we would be stuck > there for the > duration it wasn't funny... > > It's not funny when you take 35-50 printers and evacuate to a > print shop, > with everyone sleeping on the floor, counters and every nook and > cranny of your > shop, that was not fun.... Ok, it was a bit funny, but only for > a few > minutes until the reality set in that we might all be spending > 24-36 hours > packed in the shop.... I remember when I went outside during the > height of the > hurricane to have a cigarette and then suddenly stepping by > accident into a > two-foot deep drainage ditch that I didn't know was there..... > > I remember when someone offers me a slice of Spam and I actually > accepted it > and ate it... that is not fun. I remember when the hurricane was > finally > over and we returned to the hotel and lifted boulders out of the > pool, and saw > rocks piled 8 feet high that had been thrown through the windows > of the ocean > front condos on the ground floor... yes, I remember it well.... I > remember > drinking scotch by the moonlight that night like it was the last > scotch on > earth and I ended up with a hangover so bad the next morning that > I considered > just placing my head beneath the front tire of a car and begging > someone to > drive over me! I also remember carrying two buckets at a time to > the second > floor of our room to dump in the toilet so we could flush the > toilets... > > But most of all I remember listening to two local DJs who called up > a couple > staying at a hotel.... somehow they new this family had two > children and > they, like so many others, were desperate to get off the island and > on there way > home.... the DJ's pretended to be calling from American Airlines > and told the > couple that they could get them a flight out but the two children > would have > to ride in the baggage compartment.... Honest to God, this was all > live and > absolutely true... well, at first, the couple objected strenuously > but the DJ > (pretending to be from American Airlines) acted very sympathetic > and told > them it was perfectly safe and pressurized, and the couple still > objected... > but then the DJ told them that this might be the only flight for > days and the > only chance to get off the island.... and you know what? The > couple actually > reneged and finally decided (with thousands of people listening the > conversation) that Ok, they would let their kids ride in the > baggage compartment..... > it was a scene right out of Candid Camera. > > Ok Joel, I will come down there and in fact I am coming down there in > November on a cruise, but will return any time you decide to have > another go at it! > Seriously, St. Maarten, both the Dutch and the French side, is a > beautiful island to visit any time of the year. > > John Stewart > Q. P. Consulting, Inc. > _"Print Shop For Sale"_ (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) By > Larry Hunt & > John Stewart > _www.printshopsforsale.net_ (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) > _www.quickconsultant.com_ (http://www.quickconsultant.com/) > 2110 S. Dairy Road > West Melbourne, FL 32904 > 321-727-2442 > FAX 321-727-2166 > CELL: 321-794-6259 > > "Winners analyze, losers rationalize." > > > > ************************************** See what's new at http:// > www.aol.com > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From Harry at VarsityGraphics.com.au Mon Sep 17 22:03:30 2007 From: Harry at VarsityGraphics.com.au (Harry Brelsford) Date: Mon Sep 17 22:03:49 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Logo In-Reply-To: <917203.70590.qm@web83403.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <917203.70590.qm@web83403.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: Try these - never used them. http://www.pixellogo.com Harry >Does anybody know of a good and resonable online Logo >creation service? > >Thanks >Arie > >Arie Teomi >MINUTEMAN PRESS >23500 Mercantile Suite F > Cleveland, OH 44122 >P:216-464-1960 >F:216-464-1660 -- Harry Brelsford Varsity Graphics Shop 2 - 195 Varsity Parade Varsity Lakes QLD 4227 Australia Ph: 61 7 5575 9417 Fax: 61 7 5575 8091 Harry@VarsityGraphics.com.au From mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com Mon Sep 17 22:21:25 2007 From: mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com (Michael Vogel) Date: Mon Sep 17 22:21:37 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Logo In-Reply-To: <917203.70590.qm@web83403.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> References: <917203.70590.qm@web83403.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <98f5b19a0709171921l770dfb01q9c52169345e0ec77@mail.gmail.com> On 9/17/07, Arie Teomi wrote: > > Does anybody know of a good and resonable online Logo > creation service? FWIW, this showed up in the Gmail adspace above your post: "Business Logo $99 - www.TheLogoLoft.com - 18,000 Businesses Love Their Logo. Love Yours Too, Or Your Money Back!" -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon From VillagePrinting1 at aol.com Mon Sep 17 23:12:23 2007 From: VillagePrinting1 at aol.com (VillagePrinting1@aol.com) Date: Mon Sep 17 23:12:40 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday Message-ID: That would be a nice vacation or conference like Michael Vogel said. But it leaves us for some good times after seminars. Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com Mon Sep 17 23:50:47 2007 From: mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com (Michael Vogel) Date: Mon Sep 17 23:51:03 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <98f5b19a0709172050w4c1a751fwe82aa101ac2a2ac7@mail.gmail.com> On 9/18/07, VillagePrinting1@aol.com wrote: > > That would be a nice vacation or conference like Michael Vogel said. But it > leaves us for some good times after seminars. Not quite. What he said was that a printers' get-away would be a printers' conference, NOT a vacation. It's great to enjoy a good time around a conference. But a vacation should be a mind-clearing respite from all that's work-related. -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon From boyantonprinting at yahoo.com Tue Sep 18 00:38:52 2007 From: boyantonprinting at yahoo.com (Boyanton Printing) Date: Tue Sep 18 00:39:56 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <620705.71826.qm@web53102.mail.re2.yahoo.com> That's a great idea! I happen to be a travel agent on the side and could handle booking the trip. How about a group cruise to the caribbean! There are cruises starting at 3 days long, 5 to 7 would be better. That would be a great time! Greg Boyanton Boyanton Printing, Inc. 1018 N. Flowood Drive Suite D Flowood, MS 39232 601-939-6725 Fax: 601-939-7480 --- VillagePrinting1@aol.com wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Let's Make A Print Owner's Get_away Trip for all of > us. Last vacation I had > was back in 98' Sign Me UP! > > Tommy Melendez > > Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. > 3612 E. Tremont Avenue > Bronx, N.Y. 10465 > NAQP Member #1031539 > 718.904.7760 > 718.892.2315 Fax > _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ > (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) > > > > > ************************************** See what's > new at http://www.aol.com > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: > http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Tonight's top picks. What will you watch tonight? Preview the hottest shows on Yahoo! TV. http://tv.yahoo.com/ From jdaghir at gmail.com Tue Sep 18 01:28:46 2007 From: jdaghir at gmail.com (Jeff Daghir) Date: Tue Sep 18 01:28:59 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <83d5b9620709172228u23f780b2r4a4f67af01b917e6@mail.gmail.com> Okay, I know Robin asked for no more Chicago talk, but I'm just now getting caught up and have some time to organize my thoughts about the conference and Graph Expo. First off, as others have already said, if you have never gone you should really do yourself a favor and make time to go next year. It's a great opportunity to share, learn and make some new friends. Personally I think meeting other printers is the best part - the opportunity to spend some time with people who know EXACTLY the problems I face every day. It helps keep me (relatively) sane the rest of the year. The classes are usually very good also. This year we had a lot of discussion about transforming your business from just a job shop to more of a marketing solutions provider. There were also classes on the technical aspects of variable data production, marketing with purls and mailing services, all of which dovetail nicely with becoming a marketing solutions provider. In addition there was good class on equipment leasing - very timely for me since I'm in the market for a new color copier. Overall the conference was great - I think there were more attendees at this year's conference than there have been in the last several years. And that's a good thing. Graph Expo is also a sight to see - especially if you are an equipment junkie like me. In no particular order here's some of things I learned at Graph Expo: Pantone has an new spot color system out - Pantone Goe. It has 2000 some colors in it compared to the 1000 colors in the current PMS systems and 10 new ink mixing bases. The new guide is laid out a little more logically than the PMS guide but other than that I see no benefit to printers. In fact it will probably be a big pain in the ass since we will probably have to support both PMS and GOE for several years. Hopefully it will be a long time before any designers in my area start to use it. Pantone does have a pretty cool monitor calibration system out - the Pantone Huey. It's pretty inexpensive and worth checking out if you don't already have a monitor calibrator. And in case you didn't already know Pantone is now owned by Xrite. Konica Minolta is discontinuing the C500 in favor of the C550. The C550 is essentially the C650 slowed down to 50 pages per minute. Same engine and feed system, but it doesn't have some of the advanced finishing options and the only rip choice is the internal Fiery. List price is about $5000 less than the C650. The Canon Impress C1 was an interesting machine. Beautiful output - in fact I think it's the best toner based output I've every seen. The gloss level of the output was almost a dead match for a press. Great solids, smooth screens. The screening was a little different than the normal open rosettes you get from a press, but I had to look very, very close to see it. And it didn't look bad, just different. Nobody other than a printer would ever notice the difference. It also includes an internal densitometer to recalibrate its output every two sheets to help maintain consistent color over time. The lower fuser is actually belt rather than a roller so there's a lot larger contact area in the fuser to help with fusing on heavy stocks. But here's the catch - it's only 14 page per minute in color yet it's in the same price range as the KM C650 and the X Doc 252. Personally I think it's going to be a hard sell for Cannon at that price. The output is better, but the output of the C650 and the Doc 252 is pretty damn good. I don't think the improved quality is worth giving up the speed. Maybe if the price was $10,000 less or if it could do 30 ppm instead of 14 ppm it might be a little more compelling. It seemed like there were many off-line UV coaters at the show this year. I'm assuming this is due to the increasing amount of printing that is done on digital devices and customer demand to have those pieces coated to match printing that was done on a press. Prices ranged from $20,000 for smaller manual feed devices to $40,000 for devices with feeders and deliveries similar to a press. I'm not ready for one yet, but it's something to keep an eye on. Digital pieces with a UV coating look great! HP had their new high-speed inkjet at the show - the HP CM8060 with Edgline Technology. Very, very interesting - blazing fast for an inkjet. Averages around 60 ppm, with up to 72 ppm. Like most inkjets the speed varies with the total ink coverage. Uses CMYK inks plus a clear primer that it lays down before the inks. It can print on most normal uncoated stocks and some uncoated ones. Like other inkjets heavy stocks and textured stocks are no problem. They were printing on some heavily textured almost cloth-like stock at the show. And because there's no fuser you don't have problems with dry, wavy, statically charged output. Color doesn't vary at all. Color output was like most other inkjets - mediocre at high speeds, stunning at low speeds. Since it's an inkjet it has a wider color gamut than a press or a color copier but it has trouble with graininess in light screens. The machine is mechanically pretty simple - basically just paper transport and the imaging head. It's aimed solely at the office market right now - not print for pay. The large capacity stacker can only accept 8.5x11. 11x17 has to go through the bypass tray which is limited to about 50 sheets. And it only has a low power embedded rip with PCL and emulated PostScript. They don't really have a service contract available for it and your ink costs will vary with coverage. And its print head is only 8.5" inches wide so it runs 8.5x11 portrait through the machine. When it does 11x17 it has to shift the head sideways and make 2 passes to completely cover 11" wide paper, so 11x17 runs almost 1/4 the speed of letter. But the product manager I spoke to was very keen to hear what changes/improvements I thought would be necessary for it to be acceptable to the print for pay market. I think this technology is worth watching very closely as it neatly bypasses many of the inherent disadvantages of toner-based copiers. Improving the paper handling and the rip are basically slam-dunks because HP can simply transplant technology from existing copiers. If they can widen the print head and improve the ink/paper compatibility I think there is a very real possibility this technology could completely replace toner-based copiers in 5-7 years. There was a small area dedicated to XPS technologies and products at the show. Right now most of the stuff was APIs and toolkits aimed at developers for incorporation into other products, but there was one company that was developing a stand-alone XPS preflight and editing tool similar to PitStop. Global Graphics also had a good white paper on XPS. If your not familiar with XPS it's basically Microsoft's graphic page description format similar to a PDF. At first you might think this bad for printers like the Pantone Goes sytem because it's ONE MORE file format we'll have to support, but I think in the end it will actually be beneficial to us. XPS technology is built into every copy of Vista and every copy of Office 2007 and is a free download for XP. In a few years essentially EVERYONE will be able to create XPS as easily as they print a document. The reason it will be good for us is because we won't have to teach customers how to install and use a virtual printer driver from our website or use Primo PDF or PDF995 or anything like that. The XPS creation functionality will already be built in. The best part is that the XPS format will not allow you to create a document that doesn't have all of the fonts embedded and I think this is still the number one GOTCHA with accepting customer files. It won't solve all our problems as you will still be able to make documents with low-res graphics, RGB color when it should be spot color, etc. but fixing the font mess is a biggie. PDFs won't go away - they're too firmly entrenched in the graphics art market. I think in the long run we will continue to get PDFs from professional designers but office users will send us XPS files. Global Graphics has added handling of native XPS files directly in their rip - no need to convert to PDF or Postscript before processing. I forgot to ask Xante (RipIt) or EFI what their plans for XPS files were. 4-Over had a VERY large booth at the show - as large as some of the big equipment vendors. I'm not sure if this means their doing well or they are getting desperate. We've sent a few jobs to them and they looked great. But don't ask them any questions or expect them to do anything other than the commodity items in their catalog. Their prices are ridiculously low - we usually triple their price. I'm just not willing to sell printing that looks that good so cheaply. They did say they were opening up a second plant in Ohio next year. All the orders will continue to go through the same website but if you're in the Midwest or the East Coast you should see a decrease in shipping costs and times. I have mixed feelings about 4-Over ... I haven't decided if they are a threat to my business or a boon. Those were the things that stuck out the most in my mind. Again, if you've never gone to the NAQP Owner's Conference or Graph Expo you should really give it some serious consideration. No, it's not cheap. But you'll get more information crammed into three or four days than any other way possible, have a lot of fun and make several new life-long friends. And to me that is REAL value for my hard-earned dollar. -- Jeff Daghir MPS Printing, Inc. "The Ink & Paper People" Madison, IN www.mpsprinting.com jeff_daghir@mpsprinting.com From VillagePrinting1 at aol.com Tue Sep 18 05:17:51 2007 From: VillagePrinting1 at aol.com (VillagePrinting1@aol.com) Date: Tue Sep 18 05:18:54 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference Message-ID: Jeff I couldn't agree with you more. It's a small price to pay for improving all of our bottom lines. The seminars I attended, were very informative. One in particular is already paying off dividends. Price Does Not Matter. There are a few customers I was accepting doing their orders from their disc without rip charges. I realized that the few competitors I have are still running paper plates & are not too savvy with accepting files from clients. These same clients are not complaining about rip charges anymore. Simply put, we have excellent CSR's that can manage to provide the services they need RIGHT AWAY! And as for making friends. Other than my customers, I found the closest few that I met at the conference to be very good friends. You know who you are guys. Jeff don't forget to inquire about RockBottoms Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From po-lists at sugarloafprint.com Tue Sep 18 09:07:01 2007 From: po-lists at sugarloafprint.com (Ron Sardo) Date: Tue Sep 18 09:07:20 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Adobe's 3Q Profit Message-ID: <46EFCD75.4010902@sugarloafprint.com> http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8RNEK082&show_article=1 http://tinyurl.com/ywj2au So has anybody heard anything lately? -- --- Ron Sardo Sugarloaf Print Shop mailto:ron@sugarloafprint.com www.sugarloafprint.com 570-788-5099 . Fax: 570-788-6077 -- Ron Sardo Sugarloaf Print Shop mailto:po-lists@sugarloafprint.com www.sugarloafprint.com 570-788-5099 . Fax: 570-788-6077 From jodib at blackfoot.net Tue Sep 18 10:53:51 2007 From: jodib at blackfoot.net (Jodi Bowser) Date: Tue Sep 18 10:54:38 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Logo References: <917203.70590.qm@web83403.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <000801c7fa03$ba268140$0101a8c0@desktoppbl> Arie: I have an excellent designer here in Missoula, and she works with businesses in and outside of Montana. She also has done the Missoula Parade of Homes catalog for 5+ years and does a quarterly magazine for the city of Missoula. Her resume includes working in a printing environment so she has a very good understanding of artwork preparation. You may contact her directly: Kim Kinsinger K Design 406-273-6193 kdesign@montana.com If you have any additional questions, feel free to contact me directly: Jodi Bowser Pyramid Printing Missoula, Montana jodib@blackfoot.net 406-728-1503 fax 406-728-0505 ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arie Teomi" To: Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 7:32 PM Subject: [PrintOwners] Logo > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Does anybody know of a good and resonable online Logo > creation service? > > Thanks > Arie > > Arie Teomi > MINUTEMAN PRESS > 23500 Mercantile Suite F > Cleveland, OH 44122 > P:216-464-1960 > F:216-464-1660 > > www.minutemancleveland.com > > Your Full Service > PRINTING, COPYING and MAILING partner > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From clc at crownmax.com Tue Sep 18 10:59:11 2007 From: clc at crownmax.com (clc) Date: Tue Sep 18 10:59:39 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday References: <98f5b19a0709171647n202c096ds3463ab5ef35ffd49@mail.gmail.com> <9EF34197-935A-4EFB-BB6D-9A569B808A12@desktopsxm.com> Message-ID: <000d01c7fa04$7950cc60$7201a8c0@Crown.local> I would if you can arrange for Stewart to sleep on the floor! Seriously that is a great idea. Charlie Counts CROWNMAX, Inc. 2301 Roxalana Road P O Box 234 Dunbar, WV 25064-0234 1-800-252-4011 -- Fax 304-744-8652 clc@crownmax.com www.crownmax.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joel Brint" To: "Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only" Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 7:57 PM Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > would you all be interested in another printers convention in St. > Maarten. > > > Joel Brint > Desktop Imaging > St. Maarten > Tel 542-4044 > fax 543-1100 > > "The Printshop with a Difference" > > > > On Sep 17, 2007, at 7:47 PM, Michael Vogel wrote: > >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> On 9/17/07, VillagePrinting1@aol.com wrote: >>> >>> Let's Make A Print Owner's Get_away Trip for all of us. Last vacation >>> I had >>> was back in 98' Sign Me UP! >> >> >> A "get-away trip for all of us" would be a printing convention, not a >> vacation. >> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Vogel >> Sir Speedy Printing >> 9 Research Drive >> Milford, CT 06460 >> tel 203-877-1231 >> fax 203-878-2679 >> mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com >> www.eSirSpeedy.com >> >> ==================================== >> Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to >> criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. >> ~ Lord Bacon >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From char at themasterspress.com Tue Sep 18 11:01:49 2007 From: char at themasterspress.com (Charlene Sims) Date: Tue Sep 18 11:04:50 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference In-Reply-To: <83d5b9620709172228u23f780b2r4a4f67af01b917e6@mail.gmail.com> References: <83d5b9620709172228u23f780b2r4a4f67af01b917e6@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <015701c7fa04$dc35e040$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Wow Jeff, you junkie. Thanks. I learned things from you here, and I was at both. Although I think I was talking too much and missed a lot at the show. Big surprise. There were good seminars and I missed some that you spoke about. You gave us a great birds eye view of the conference and show. ch Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Jeff Daghir Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 12:29 AM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] NAQP Chicago Conference ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Okay, I know Robin asked for no more Chicago talk, but I'm just now getting caught up and have some time to organize my thoughts about the conference and Graph Expo. First off, as others have already said, if you have never gone you should really do yourself a favor and make time to go next year. It's a great opportunity to share, learn and make some new friends. Personally I think meeting other printers is the best part - the opportunity to spend some time with people who know EXACTLY the problems I face every day. It helps keep me (relatively) sane the rest of the year. The classes are usually very good also. This year we had a lot of discussion about transforming your business from just a job shop to more of a marketing solutions provider. There were also classes on the technical aspects of variable data production, marketing with purls and mailing services, all of which dovetail nicely with becoming a marketing solutions provider. In addition there was good class on equipment leasing - very timely for me since I'm in the market for a new color copier. Overall the conference was great - I think there were more attendees at this year's conference than there have been in the last several years. And that's a good thing. Graph Expo is also a sight to see - especially if you are an equipment junkie like me. In no particular order here's some of things I learned at Graph Expo: Pantone has an new spot color system out - Pantone Goe. It has 2000 some colors in it compared to the 1000 colors in the current PMS systems and 10 new ink mixing bases. The new guide is laid out a little more logically than the PMS guide but other than that I see no benefit to printers. In fact it will probably be a big pain in the ass since we will probably have to support both PMS and GOE for several years. Hopefully it will be a long time before any designers in my area start to use it. Pantone does have a pretty cool monitor calibration system out - the Pantone Huey. It's pretty inexpensive and worth checking out if you don't already have a monitor calibrator. And in case you didn't already know Pantone is now owned by Xrite. Konica Minolta is discontinuing the C500 in favor of the C550. The C550 is essentially the C650 slowed down to 50 pages per minute. Same engine and feed system, but it doesn't have some of the advanced finishing options and the only rip choice is the internal Fiery. List price is about $5000 less than the C650. The Canon Impress C1 was an interesting machine. Beautiful output - in fact I think it's the best toner based output I've every seen. The gloss level of the output was almost a dead match for a press. Great solids, smooth screens. The screening was a little different than the normal open rosettes you get from a press, but I had to look very, very close to see it. And it didn't look bad, just different. Nobody other than a printer would ever notice the difference. It also includes an internal densitometer to recalibrate its output every two sheets to help maintain consistent color over time. The lower fuser is actually belt rather than a roller so there's a lot larger contact area in the fuser to help with fusing on heavy stocks. But here's the catch - it's only 14 page per minute in color yet it's in the same price range as the KM C650 and the X Doc 252. Personally I think it's going to be a hard sell for Cannon at that price. The output is better, but the output of the C650 and the Doc 252 is pretty damn good. I don't think the improved quality is worth giving up the speed. Maybe if the price was $10,000 less or if it could do 30 ppm instead of 14 ppm it might be a little more compelling. It seemed like there were many off-line UV coaters at the show this year. I'm assuming this is due to the increasing amount of printing that is done on digital devices and customer demand to have those pieces coated to match printing that was done on a press. Prices ranged from $20,000 for smaller manual feed devices to $40,000 for devices with feeders and deliveries similar to a press. I'm not ready for one yet, but it's something to keep an eye on. Digital pieces with a UV coating look great! HP had their new high-speed inkjet at the show - the HP CM8060 with Edgline Technology. Very, very interesting - blazing fast for an inkjet. Averages around 60 ppm, with up to 72 ppm. Like most inkjets the speed varies with the total ink coverage. Uses CMYK inks plus a clear primer that it lays down before the inks. It can print on most normal uncoated stocks and some uncoated ones. Like other inkjets heavy stocks and textured stocks are no problem. They were printing on some heavily textured almost cloth-like stock at the show. And because there's no fuser you don't have problems with dry, wavy, statically charged output. Color doesn't vary at all. Color output was like most other inkjets - mediocre at high speeds, stunning at low speeds. Since it's an inkjet it has a wider color gamut than a press or a color copier but it has trouble with graininess in light screens. The machine is mechanically pretty simple - basically just paper transport and the imaging head. It's aimed solely at the office market right now - not print for pay. The large capacity stacker can only accept 8.5x11. 11x17 has to go through the bypass tray which is limited to about 50 sheets. And it only has a low power embedded rip with PCL and emulated PostScript. They don't really have a service contract available for it and your ink costs will vary with coverage. And its print head is only 8.5" inches wide so it runs 8.5x11 portrait through the machine. When it does 11x17 it has to shift the head sideways and make 2 passes to completely cover 11" wide paper, so 11x17 runs almost 1/4 the speed of letter. But the product manager I spoke to was very keen to hear what changes/improvements I thought would be necessary for it to be acceptable to the print for pay market. I think this technology is worth watching very closely as it neatly bypasses many of the inherent disadvantages of toner-based copiers. Improving the paper handling and the rip are basically slam-dunks because HP can simply transplant technology from existing copiers. If they can widen the print head and improve the ink/paper compatibility I think there is a very real possibility this technology could completely replace toner-based copiers in 5-7 years. There was a small area dedicated to XPS technologies and products at the show. Right now most of the stuff was APIs and toolkits aimed at developers for incorporation into other products, but there was one company that was developing a stand-alone XPS preflight and editing tool similar to PitStop. Global Graphics also had a good white paper on XPS. If your not familiar with XPS it's basically Microsoft's graphic page description format similar to a PDF. At first you might think this bad for printers like the Pantone Goes sytem because it's ONE MORE file format we'll have to support, but I think in the end it will actually be beneficial to us. XPS technology is built into every copy of Vista and every copy of Office 2007 and is a free download for XP. In a few years essentially EVERYONE will be able to create XPS as easily as they print a document. The reason it will be good for us is because we won't have to teach customers how to install and use a virtual printer driver from our website or use Primo PDF or PDF995 or anything like that. The XPS creation functionality will already be built in. The best part is that the XPS format will not allow you to create a document that doesn't have all of the fonts embedded and I think this is still the number one GOTCHA with accepting customer files. It won't solve all our problems as you will still be able to make documents with low-res graphics, RGB color when it should be spot color, etc. but fixing the font mess is a biggie. PDFs won't go away - they're too firmly entrenched in the graphics art market. I think in the long run we will continue to get PDFs from professional designers but office users will send us XPS files. Global Graphics has added handling of native XPS files directly in their rip - no need to convert to PDF or Postscript before processing. I forgot to ask Xante (RipIt) or EFI what their plans for XPS files were. 4-Over had a VERY large booth at the show - as large as some of the big equipment vendors. I'm not sure if this means their doing well or they are getting desperate. We've sent a few jobs to them and they looked great. But don't ask them any questions or expect them to do anything other than the commodity items in their catalog. Their prices are ridiculously low - we usually triple their price. I'm just not willing to sell printing that looks that good so cheaply. They did say they were opening up a second plant in Ohio next year. All the orders will continue to go through the same website but if you're in the Midwest or the East Coast you should see a decrease in shipping costs and times. I have mixed feelings about 4-Over ... I haven't decided if they are a threat to my business or a boon. Those were the things that stuck out the most in my mind. Again, if you've never gone to the NAQP Owner's Conference or Graph Expo you should really give it some serious consideration. No, it's not cheap. But you'll get more information crammed into three or four days than any other way possible, have a lot of fun and make several new life-long friends. And to me that is REAL value for my hard-earned dollar. -- Jeff Daghir MPS Printing, Inc. "The Ink & Paper People" Madison, IN www.mpsprinting.com jeff_daghir@mpsprinting.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From kirk at centralmichigangraphics.com Tue Sep 18 12:52:10 2007 From: kirk at centralmichigangraphics.com (Kirk Squiers) Date: Tue Sep 18 12:53:48 2007 Subject: Visiting St. Maarten Re: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it'sMonday Message-ID: <5251CFF745ED1F4786517DE164D258B111D4B9@fpserver.FP.local> I'm in! Give me some dates. Kirk K. Squiers Central Michigan Graphics 1200 E. Oakland Lansing, Michigan 48906 www.centralmichigangraphics.com 517-230-8600 kirk@centralmichigangraphics.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Joel Brint Sent: Monday, September 17, 2007 9:56 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: Visiting St. Maarten Re: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it'sMonday ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Hey John, don't make the others nervous. I promise it won't be in November. That Hurricane was weird. you forgot to mention that it went from West to East. I think it was a first in known history. Joel Brint Desktop Imaging St. Maarten Tel 542-4044 fax 543-1100 "The Printshop with a Difference" On Sep 17, 2007, at 8:50 PM, QKCONSULT@aol.com wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > In a message dated 9/17/2007 7:58:21 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > info@desktopsxm.com writes: > > would you all be interested in another printers convention in St. > Maarten. > > > > Joel, of course I would be interested, but to be candid you do have > to tell > these folks what happened the last time you had a conference in St. > Maarten.... Ok, it wasn't a huge hurricane, but when the hotel > manager at the cocktail > party announced he had good news and bad news, and then proceeded > to announce > that the drinks were free, but the airport had just been closed and a > hurricane named "Lenny" was headed our way and we would be stuck > there for the > duration it wasn't funny... > > It's not funny when you take 35-50 printers and evacuate to a > print shop, > with everyone sleeping on the floor, counters and every nook and > cranny of your > shop, that was not fun.... Ok, it was a bit funny, but only for > a few > minutes until the reality set in that we might all be spending > 24-36 hours > packed in the shop.... I remember when I went outside during the > height of the > hurricane to have a cigarette and then suddenly stepping by > accident into a > two-foot deep drainage ditch that I didn't know was there..... > > I remember when someone offers me a slice of Spam and I actually > accepted it > and ate it... that is not fun. I remember when the hurricane was > finally > over and we returned to the hotel and lifted boulders out of the > pool, and saw > rocks piled 8 feet high that had been thrown through the windows > of the ocean > front condos on the ground floor... yes, I remember it well.... I > remember > drinking scotch by the moonlight that night like it was the last > scotch on > earth and I ended up with a hangover so bad the next morning that > I considered > just placing my head beneath the front tire of a car and begging > someone to > drive over me! I also remember carrying two buckets at a time to > the second > floor of our room to dump in the toilet so we could flush the > toilets... > > But most of all I remember listening to two local DJs who called up > a couple > staying at a hotel.... somehow they new this family had two > children and > they, like so many others, were desperate to get off the island and > on there way > home.... the DJ's pretended to be calling from American Airlines > and told the > couple that they could get them a flight out but the two children > would have > to ride in the baggage compartment.... Honest to God, this was all > live and > absolutely true... well, at first, the couple objected strenuously > but the DJ > (pretending to be from American Airlines) acted very sympathetic > and told > them it was perfectly safe and pressurized, and the couple still > objected... > but then the DJ told them that this might be the only flight for > days and the > only chance to get off the island.... and you know what? The > couple actually > reneged and finally decided (with thousands of people listening the > conversation) that Ok, they would let their kids ride in the > baggage compartment..... > it was a scene right out of Candid Camera. > > Ok Joel, I will come down there and in fact I am coming down there in > November on a cruise, but will return any time you decide to have > another go at it! > Seriously, St. Maarten, both the Dutch and the French side, is a > beautiful island to visit any time of the year. > > John Stewart > Q. P. Consulting, Inc. > _"Print Shop For Sale"_ (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) By > Larry Hunt & > John Stewart > _www.printshopsforsale.net_ (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) > _www.quickconsultant.com_ (http://www.quickconsultant.com/) > 2110 S. Dairy Road > West Melbourne, FL 32904 > 321-727-2442 > FAX 321-727-2166 > CELL: 321-794-6259 > > "Winners analyze, losers rationalize." > > > > ************************************** See what's new at http:// > www.aol.com > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From dominick at fmtc.com Tue Sep 18 13:18:47 2007 From: dominick at fmtc.com (Dominick's Printing) Date: Tue Sep 18 13:19:28 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions Message-ID: <46F00877.40400@fmtc.com> I am getting no where with Danka, or the other Canon sales company. Holding strong at 9.2 cents per click with 11 x 17 - 2 clicks. Told them they were nuts! Remember how bad the KM6500 failed? The other company the bought it, has been down for 2 weeks waiting for parts! Another failure... Have to admit, I have deleted all the e-mails talking about Xerox. They have always been the last resort for me, so I rarely save anything from them. I think I am at or close to the "last resort" now, and want to open a conversation with them. I know their service sucks, so it would be a crap shoot. What machine should I be looking for? I need consistant color quality, speed, and good off the glass. Which RIP would be the best choice? I will share pricing (if I get any) and ask your opinions. Thanks in advance for re-posting and re-answering. Joe Dominick Dominick's Quality Printing 542 W. Idaho Avenue Ontario Oregon 97914 541.881.1121 Fax 541.881.1599 www.dominicksprinting.com dominick@fmtc.com Ontario's ONLY Authorized Adobe Service Provider Microsoft Publisher Files Welcome Here! From mark at pipsturgeonbay.com Tue Sep 18 13:33:31 2007 From: mark at pipsturgeonbay.com (Mark Lake) Date: Tue Sep 18 13:34:52 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions In-Reply-To: <46F00877.40400@fmtc.com> References: <46F00877.40400@fmtc.com> Message-ID: They ARE nuts with that pricing. JMHO, don't go with a company with poor, (or questionable) service. Mark Lake PIP Printing 368 Jefferson Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 920.743.7370 920.743.4633 Fax www.pipsturgeonbay.com Mark@pipsturgeonbay.com To send a file to us, please use the link below http://www.pip.com/Center/SendFile.asp?AddressID=845 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Dominick's Printing Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 12:19 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I am getting no where with Danka, or the other Canon sales company. Holding strong at 9.2 cents per click with 11 x 17 - 2 clicks. Told them they were nuts! I think I am at or close to the "last resort" now, and want to open a conversation with them. I know their service sucks, so it would be a crap shoot. What machine should I be looking for? I need consistant color quality, speed, and good off the glass. Which RIP would be the best choice? From sos at olympus.net Tue Sep 18 13:35:13 2007 From: sos at olympus.net (Dan Huntingford) Date: Tue Sep 18 13:35:16 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions References: <46F00877.40400@fmtc.com> Message-ID: <007d01c7fa1a$453fc7d0$0300a8c0@DANIEL> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dominick's Printing" > I think I am at or close to the "last resort" now, and want to open a > conversation with them. I know their service sucks, so it would be a crap > shoot. ======================= We've been pretty happy with the Xerox 240/Creo. Now 242. Although I was just trying to match color this morning with a proof I ran yesterday. Can't do it. No amount of calibration or dinking around with gradation will match it. Always calibrate before running a proof. The Doc 12 never needed calibration, never drifted, always right on the money. The new EA toner, 240/250/260 needs to be calibrated at least every damned day. It will not duplex cover stock, but does run it pretty well. You can replace fuser, xerographic modules yourself so it doesn't need a lot of service. But around here Xerox is the best service organization. 11x17 always one click. They have always been happy to send us a whole closest full of toner and replacement parts. We've had it for a year and a half now, I don't really remember pricing and it probably wouldn't be that relevant now, but Larry Hunt approved the deal so it couldn't have been that bad. Xerox simply would not quote a price, but we figured it out from their lease rates and amounts. Dan Huntingford SOS Printing 2319 Washington Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 sos@olympus.net (360) 385-4194 Fax (360) 385-5860 From don at sgbgprinting.com Tue Sep 18 16:36:57 2007 From: don at sgbgprinting.com (Don Leese) Date: Tue Sep 18 16:31:53 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan Message-ID: <00d901c7fa33$a8402280$1400a8c0@donxp> I am looking for some feedback concerning the countless hours it will take to put stock sizes and paper variations into Printers Plan. I just think that they should have made the program so you could upload a price book from Xpedx or Parsons like you can with Print Smith. Thanks. Don Leese South Greensburg Printing don@sgbgprinting.com 724-834-0295 From kellycrom at gmail.com Tue Sep 18 16:40:51 2007 From: kellycrom at gmail.com (Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics) Date: Tue Sep 18 16:41:01 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan In-Reply-To: <00d901c7fa33$a8402280$1400a8c0@donxp> References: <00d901c7fa33$a8402280$1400a8c0@donxp> Message-ID: <01bd01c7fa34$34fdf350$6d01a8c0@KELLY> I am a PrintSmith user, but we never used the price book import feature. Why would I want the entire pricebook of any paper vendor taking up that much space in the program? We decided to only enter the stocks that we keep in inventory(this only took maybe an hour). Then, when someone wants to order a non-inventoried stock, it is entered as a special order item. From time to time, we find that there are some commonly ordered(but not enough to keep in stock) papers that we then created a new paper group for, so the reps don't have to look them up in the book again. Kelly Crom Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. We've Moved!!! 2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 Plymouth, MN 55441 New Phone: (763)231-6970 kellycrom@gmail.com www.applied-graphics.com > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Don Leese > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 3:37 PM > To: printowners@printweb.org > Subject: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I am looking for some feedback concerning the countless hours > it will take to put stock sizes and paper variations into > Printers Plan. I just think that they should have made the > program so you could upload a price book from Xpedx or > Parsons like you can with Print Smith. Thanks. > > Don Leese > South Greensburg Printing > don@sgbgprinting.com > 724-834-0295 > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From davek at epgvl.com Tue Sep 18 16:41:08 2007 From: davek at epgvl.com (Dave Knapp) Date: Tue Sep 18 16:41:07 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan In-Reply-To: <00d901c7fa33$a8402280$1400a8c0@donxp> Message-ID: <003401c7fa34$408e4ee0$64fea8c0@DAVE> Put them in as you need them. That way you are assured of a current, up-to-date paper list. Dave Knapp Express Press of Greenville 555A South Pleasantburg Drive Greenville, SC 29607 864/235-6950 864/242-3354 fax DaveK@epgvl.com www.epgvl.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Don Leese Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 4:37 PM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I am looking for some feedback concerning the countless hours it will take to put stock sizes and paper variations into Printers Plan. I just think that they should have made the program so you could upload a price book from Xpedx or Parsons like you can with Print Smith. Thanks. Don Leese South Greensburg Printing don@sgbgprinting.com 724-834-0295 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com Tue Sep 18 16:46:33 2007 From: mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com (Michael Vogel) Date: Tue Sep 18 16:46:57 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan In-Reply-To: <00d901c7fa33$a8402280$1400a8c0@donxp> References: <00d901c7fa33$a8402280$1400a8c0@donxp> Message-ID: <98f5b19a0709181346n7c3adab8o252ca1f3ad0403e6@mail.gmail.com> On 9/18/07, Don Leese wrote: > > I am looking for some feedback concerning the countless hours it will take to put > stock sizes and paper variations into Printers Plan. I just think that they should > have made the program so you could upload a price book from Xpedx or Parsons > like you can with Print Smith. Thanks. It's really not as endless a process as you might think. Specs can be copied and pasted from one paper to another, and you would have to change only the paper name and price. There's no need for the whole price book, only the papers you commonly use, and a paper in each size and category called "Other," the cost for which you'll be prompted to enter at the appropriate time when pricing. As for uploading from Xpedx, I thought that could be done (I don't use Xpedx). At any rate, the pain of the set-up effort will pay significant dividends for a long time. It's a great program. -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon From cpurvine1 at cox.net Tue Sep 18 17:02:55 2007 From: cpurvine1 at cox.net (Cora Purvine) Date: Tue Sep 18 17:02:59 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan In-Reply-To: <003401c7fa34$408e4ee0$64fea8c0@DAVE> References: <00d901c7fa33$a8402280$1400a8c0@donxp> <003401c7fa34$408e4ee0$64fea8c0@DAVE> Message-ID: <000d01c7fa37$492ba1d0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> I also find I also like it better to just enter the paper I use. I also put an initial after the paper so I know who I got it from at a glance. Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz From mark at pipsturgeonbay.com Tue Sep 18 17:18:40 2007 From: mark at pipsturgeonbay.com (Mark Lake) Date: Tue Sep 18 17:20:07 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan In-Reply-To: <00d901c7fa33$a8402280$1400a8c0@donxp> References: <00d901c7fa33$a8402280$1400a8c0@donxp> Message-ID: Just another reason that I said previously that no program will have everything you want. PS has that feature, PP doesn't. I don't think 1 program is that much better than the other. They each have their strong and weak points, so I'm not spending the money to go from a program with one set of problems to another with a different set of problems. JMHO Mark Lake PIP Printing 368 Jefferson Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 920.743.7370 920.743.4633 Fax www.pipsturgeonbay.com Mark@pipsturgeonbay.com To send a file to us, please use the link below http://www.pip.com/Center/SendFile.asp?AddressID=845 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Don Leese Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 3:37 PM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I am looking for some feedback concerning the countless hours it will take to put stock sizes and paper variations into Printers Plan. I just think that they should have made the program so you could upload a price book from Xpedx or Parsons like you can with Print Smith. Thanks. Don Leese South Greensburg Printing don@sgbgprinting.com 724-834-0295 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com Tue Sep 18 18:04:34 2007 From: mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com (Michael Vogel) Date: Tue Sep 18 18:04:46 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan In-Reply-To: <000d01c7fa37$492ba1d0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> References: <00d901c7fa33$a8402280$1400a8c0@donxp> <003401c7fa34$408e4ee0$64fea8c0@DAVE> <000d01c7fa37$492ba1d0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> Message-ID: <98f5b19a0709181504v62794347of491e25abb6926@mail.gmail.com> On 9/18/07, Cora Purvine wrote: > > I also put > an initial after the paper so I know who I got it from at a glance. Why not use the paper vendor drop-down list? -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon From cpurvine1 at cox.net Tue Sep 18 18:11:54 2007 From: cpurvine1 at cox.net (Cora Purvine) Date: Tue Sep 18 18:12:05 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan In-Reply-To: <98f5b19a0709181504v62794347of491e25abb6926@mail.gmail.com> References: <00d901c7fa33$a8402280$1400a8c0@donxp><003401c7fa34$408e4ee0$64fea8c0@DAVE><000d01c7fa37$492ba1d0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> <98f5b19a0709181504v62794347of491e25abb6926@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <011f01c7fa40$f8df6770$6601a8c0@corapurvine> I do use the list, but if I am in a hurry and want to go by vendor, that is a quick way for me to see who I got it from. Saves a click....for me anyway Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Michael Vogel Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 5:05 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** On 9/18/07, Cora Purvine wrote: > > I also put > an initial after the paper so I know who I got it from at a glance. Why not use the paper vendor drop-down list? -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2539 (20070918) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From rstor at copycats.com Tue Sep 18 18:11:28 2007 From: rstor at copycats.com (Robert Stor) Date: Tue Sep 18 18:13:25 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan In-Reply-To: <98f5b19a0709181504v62794347of491e25abb6926@mail.gmail.com> References: <00d901c7fa33$a8402280$1400a8c0@donxp> <003401c7fa34$408e4ee0$64fea8c0@DAVE> <000d01c7fa37$492ba1d0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> <98f5b19a0709181504v62794347of491e25abb6926@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <46F04D10.3000906@copycats.com> I am looking at Printer's Plan. One of my challenges is that one of our locations is a pretty busy and has a bunch of small-ticket cash sales. Some people that I've spoke with run these through a cash register that is parallel to the Printer's Plan software. Has anyone found a good workable solution for my type of environment that runs through PP? I'd like to capture the revenue category of all transactions, not be prone to employee calculation errors, a have a good cash accounting at the end of the day. Thanks, Bob Stor Copycats New York, NY 212-557-2111 x20 www.copycats.com Michael Vogel wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > On 9/18/07, Cora Purvine wrote: > >> I also put >> an initial after the paper so I know who I got it from at a glance. >> > > > Why not use the paper vendor drop-down list? > > > From jdaghir at gmail.com Tue Sep 18 18:15:12 2007 From: jdaghir at gmail.com (Jeff Daghir) Date: Tue Sep 18 18:16:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions In-Reply-To: <46F00877.40400@fmtc.com> References: <46F00877.40400@fmtc.com> Message-ID: <83d5b9620709181515j45690722m137b5178d715154@mail.gmail.com> As Dan said Xerox's Docucolor 242/252/262 would be the equivalent to the KM C6500. The next step up would be X's Docucolor 5000 which they consider to be their entry level "production" digital press. -- Jeff Daghir MPS Printing, Inc. "The Ink & Paper People" Madison, IN www.mpsprinting.com jeff_daghir@mpsprinting.com Joe said: > What machine should I be looking for? I need consistant color quality, > speed, and good off the glass. Which RIP would be the best choice? From jdaghir at gmail.com Tue Sep 18 18:15:12 2007 From: jdaghir at gmail.com (Jeff Daghir) Date: Tue Sep 18 18:16:41 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions In-Reply-To: <46F00877.40400@fmtc.com> References: <46F00877.40400@fmtc.com> Message-ID: <83d5b9620709181515j45690722m137b5178d715154@mail.gmail.com> As Dan said Xerox's Docucolor 242/252/262 would be the equivalent to the KM C6500. The next step up would be X's Docucolor 5000 which they consider to be their entry level "production" digital press. -- Jeff Daghir MPS Printing, Inc. "The Ink & Paper People" Madison, IN www.mpsprinting.com jeff_daghir@mpsprinting.com Joe said: > What machine should I be looking for? I need consistant color quality, > speed, and good off the glass. Which RIP would be the best choice? From nt at andrewsblueprint.com Tue Sep 18 15:21:03 2007 From: nt at andrewsblueprint.com (Nancy Thomsen) Date: Tue Sep 18 18:30:16 2007 Subject: Visiting St. Maarten Re: [PrintOwners] Totally (off) but hey it's Monday In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20070918120427.02c0fdc8@mail.andrewsblueprint.com> You left out snoring, sweating, cockroaches, flooded cars, watching the warehouse next door nearly come apart, the hotel ran out of food, the 24 hour trip home. You also left out the beautiful weather after the storm finally passed, St. Barth's, Busby's Bar and beach, the interesting driving techniques, the jewelry I bought my Mom for next to nothing, the timeshare they moved us to at the top of the hill. And Joel's hospitality. Nancy At 05:50 PM 9/17/2007, J S wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >Joel, of course I would be interested, but to be candid you do have >to tell these folks what happened the last time you had a conference >in St. Maarten.... Ok, it wasn't a huge hurricane, but when the >hotel manager at the cocktail party announced he had good news and >bad news, and then proceeded to announce that the drinks were free, >but the airport had just been closed and a hurricane named "Lenny" >was headed our way and we would be stuck there for the duration >it wasn't funny... > >It's not funny when you take 35-50 printers and evacuate to a >print shop, with everyone sleeping on the floor, counters and every >nook and cranny of your shop, that was not fun.... Ok, it was a >bit funny, but only for a few minutes until the reality set in that >we might all be spending 24-36 hours packed in the shop.... I >remember when I went outside during the height of the hurricane to >have a cigarette and then suddenly stepping by accident into >a two-foot deep drainage ditch that I didn't know was there..... > >I remember when someone offers me a slice of Spam and I actually >accepted it and ate it... that is not fun. I remember when the >hurricane was finally over and we returned to the hotel and lifted >boulders out of the pool, and saw rocks piled 8 feet high that had >been thrown through the windows of the ocean front condos on the >ground floor... yes, I remember it well.... I remember drinking >scotch by the moonlight that night like it was the last scotch on >earth and I ended up with a hangover so bad the next morning that I >considered >just placing my head beneath the front tire of a car and begging >someone to drive over me! I also remember carrying two buckets at a >time to the second floor of our room to dump in the toilet so we >could flush the toilets... > >But most of all I remember listening to two local DJs who called up >a couple staying at a hotel.... somehow they new this family had >two children and they, like so many others, were desperate to get >off the island and on there way home.... the DJ's pretended to be >calling from American Airlines and told the couple that they could >get them a flight out but the two children would have to ride in >the baggage compartment.... Honest to God, this was all live and >absolutely true... well, at first, the couple objected strenuously >but the DJ (pretending to be from American Airlines) acted very >sympathetic and told them it was perfectly safe and pressurized, >and the couple still objected... but then the DJ told them that >this might be the only flight for days and the only chance to get >off the island.... and you know what? The couple actually reneged >and finally decided (with thousands of people listening the >conversation) that Ok, they would let their kids ride in the >baggage compartment..... it was a scene right out of Candid Camera. > >Ok Joel, I will come down there and in fact I am coming down there >in November on a cruise, but will return any time you decide to have >another go at it! Seriously, St. Maarten, both the Dutch and >the French side, is a beautiful island to visit any time of the year. > >John Stewart Nancy Thomsen Andrews Blueprint, Inc. 269 Griffin St. Salinas, CA 93901 831-424-0331 Fax 831-424-7485 Fax www.andrewsblueprint.com From robin at protypeonline.com Tue Sep 18 18:40:25 2007 From: robin at protypeonline.com (Robin Niewold) Date: Tue Sep 18 18:39:47 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Printers Plan (Kelly Message-ID: <090DA2AD-9ACF-4C33-AA30-B87239E83081@protypeonline.com> Don, I agree with both Dave and Kelly -- first, when we started using PP we entered papers as we used/needed them. Secondly, I don't enter an entire catalog -- only the standard stuff or stock items and papers we use quite often. Saves a bunch of time and effort short-term and long-term. Mark's a super nice guy, really, but I can't agree with him that PS and PP are about the same! Sorry mark -- I'm bored and thought I would try to stir things up a bit. :)) robin Robin Niewold Pro-Type Printing 130 N. Market Street Paxton, IL 60957 217.379.4715 robin@protypeonline.com From cpurvine1 at cox.net Tue Sep 18 18:47:03 2007 From: cpurvine1 at cox.net (Cora Purvine) Date: Tue Sep 18 18:46:49 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan In-Reply-To: <46F04D10.3000906@copycats.com> References: <00d901c7fa33$a8402280$1400a8c0@donxp> <003401c7fa34$408e4ee0$64fea8c0@DAVE> <000d01c7fa37$492ba1d0$6601a8c0@corapurvine><98f5b19a0709181504v62794347of491e25abb6926@mail.gmail.com> <46F04D10.3000906@copycats.com> Message-ID: <020901c7fa45$d57dfe40$6601a8c0@corapurvine> Bob, Printer's Plan has a cash register tool that you can get for that purpose. Look at their website and it will tell you all about it or you can contact Tulin at 1-800-638-7526 X 101 and she will explain it to you and might even let you try it to see if it will work for you, but you need to talk to her about that. I don't have a need for it so didn't purchase it. Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Robert Stor Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 5:11 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I am looking at Printer's Plan. One of my challenges is that one of our locations is a pretty busy and has a bunch of small-ticket cash sales. Some people that I've spoke with run these through a cash register that is parallel to the Printer's Plan software. Has anyone found a good workable solution for my type of environment that runs through PP? I'd like to capture the revenue category of all transactions, not be prone to employee calculation errors, a have a good cash accounting at the end of the day. Thanks, Bob Stor Copycats New York, NY 212-557-2111 x20 www.copycats.com Michael Vogel wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > On 9/18/07, Cora Purvine wrote: > >> I also put >> an initial after the paper so I know who I got it from at a glance. >> > > > Why not use the paper vendor drop-down list? > > > _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2539 (20070918) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From mark at pipsturgeonbay.com Tue Sep 18 18:59:50 2007 From: mark at pipsturgeonbay.com (Mark Lake) Date: Tue Sep 18 19:01:11 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Printers Plan (Kelly In-Reply-To: <090DA2AD-9ACF-4C33-AA30-B87239E83081@protypeonline.com> References: <090DA2AD-9ACF-4C33-AA30-B87239E83081@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: With those compliments, you must be talking about another Mark. On the off chance you meant me, sorry, I'm not going to get stirred up on whose opinion is right or wrong (although you're wrong). Mark Lake PIP Printing 368 Jefferson Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 920.743.7370 920.743.4633 Fax www.pipsturgeonbay.com Mark@pipsturgeonbay.com To send a file to us, please use the link below http://www.pip.com/Center/SendFile.asp?AddressID=845 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Robin Niewold Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 5:40 PM To: printowners printowners Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Printers Plan (Kelly ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Don, I agree with both Dave and Kelly -- first, when we started using PP we entered papers as we used/needed them. Secondly, I don't enter an entire catalog -- only the standard stuff or stock items and papers we use quite often. Saves a bunch of time and effort short-term and long-term. Mark's a super nice guy, really, but I can't agree with him that PS and PP are about the same! Sorry mark -- I'm bored and thought I would try to stir things up a bit. :)) robin From ssheers at sheergraphics.com Tue Sep 18 19:38:42 2007 From: ssheers at sheergraphics.com (Simon Sheers) Date: Tue Sep 18 19:33:45 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan In-Reply-To: <20070918221208.2170DB9AD95@rb.enter.net> References: <20070918221208.2170DB9AD95@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: > I am looking for some feedback concerning the countless hours it will > take to put stock sizes and paper variations into Printers Plan. I > just think that they should have made the program so you could upload > a price book from Xpedx or Parsons like you can with Print Smith. > Thanks. In PrintPoint, start with inputting the 6 most popular papers and then clone ON-THE-FLY from within the estimate screen. > Put them in as you need them. That way you are assured of a current, > up-to-date paper list. In PrintPoint one can enter or clone a paper - right from the estimate screen. It's very easy to create a new paper item (or any other database/pre-press/post-press item etc.) ON-THE-FLY. Clone a paper, change the color from a pull-down menu, make other changes if needed and you're done. You're returned to the estimate screen which then contains the new paper. > It's really not as endless a process as you might think. Specs can be > copied and pasted from one paper to another, and you would have to > change only the paper name and price. In PrintPoint one does not have to copy and paste field contents. Just clone the paper from within the estimate. It's added to the database automatically. > .... I also put an initial after the paper so I know who I got it from > at a glance. > Why not use the paper vendor drop-down list? In PrintPoint one can sort and find by name, mill, grade, weight, size dimension, color, wholesaler in any variation of sorting order. > Just another reason that I said previously that no program will have > everything you want. PS has that feature, PP doesn't. I don't think 1 > program is that much better than the other. After nine years of using PrintPoint and watching many posts about PS and PP, We'll stick with PrintPoint. Windows, Macintosh - run both concurrently. Please reply to Simon Sheers at: Sheer Graphics Inc. 47 Chestnut Avenue, Westmont, IL 60559-1127 Tel: (630) 654-4422 Printing the message . . . and a whole lot more From k_graham at hotmail.com Tue Sep 18 23:07:26 2007 From: k_graham at hotmail.com (k_graham@hotmail.com) Date: Tue Sep 18 23:07:50 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions References: <46F00877.40400@fmtc.com> Message-ID: > > I am getting no where with Danka, or the other Canon sales company. > Holding strong at 9.2 cents per click with 11 x 17 - 2 clicks. Told them > they were nuts! We pay 10 cents a click but 11x17 is still 10 cents a click, but we are up in northern Canada in what you would consider a remote location. Even so we have a Xerox tech with factory training - unlike the Ikon crowd that gets their training from someone from the Edmonton that got training probably from someone in Ontario that maybe got training from Konica Minolta. Black is 1.25 cents a click and we run more black than color because of mixed originals and short run card orders.I much prefer to run card through the color copier slow for black than through a fast black white machine. > > What machine should I be looking for? I need consistant color quality, > speed, and good off the glass. One advantage of the Xerox 240 - 250, 242, 252, 260 is so much is self serve which greatly reduces the number of service calls you install Toner, Drums, Waste Receptacles, Fuser Assembly is drop in, Xerox wants to provide the fuser assembly but after our 1st one got a minor nick they left it. I said I would use it if I had new stocks to try out so as not to ruin the good Fuser. They also provide a separate corona type wire that attaches to the black drum - I changed this today when the machine told me to. Both my Xerox machines were off a bit on copy length where 17" was printing 16.875 but the technician adjusted both exactly upon my complaint. > Which RIP would be the best choice? After the problem with the Ikon 500/internal Fiery I took no chances and got the External Fiery mainly because of the Fiery on the XP12's which we kept, plus the Fiery on IR105 and IR7200 black machines. This way we use had Command Work Station to control all. However we were able to get demo units so saved a bit. One unit had a 3 hole punch/stapler unit, the other none - I just think about 7 thousand for a booklet finisher is too much, better to buy offline unit that does heavier books and lasts through 2 or 3 machines, unless of course you do booklets all day within the spec's of the online finisher. We found the Fiery's both allowed installation of a monitor keyboard which has been handy. If the Fiery comes with Pitstop, imposition, and hot folders it can have a monitor, keyboard installed. The only difference between 240 and 250 models is speed of the 8.5x11 size, the 11x17 runs at same speed. We ended up with 1 of each because thats the demo models that were available, we were about 40,000.00 complete, each. Another interesting possibility would be their business color equivilent but I don't know about its variable data or complex file capability. Also we save files to the RIP using Fiery Free Form and then send Variable Data like numbering over separately. However I sure would like to see a few comparisons with Creo. both for variable data and for color, like most here I think EFI needs competition and if I had to pay full price for either RIP then I probably would have looked harder at the Creo. It's funny but unlike Dan we've found our 240 and 250 to run like the Doc 12 for calibrating which is to say maybe weekly(for the Gradation adjust). What I suggest is do the copier Gradation adjust weekly. This is separate from a RIP calibration and must be done before a RIP calibration which I would do after a technicians visit. The RIP calibration should not be necessary again as long as the copier doesn't change which is what you are doing by doing the copier Gradation adjustment. All color copiers have some sort of Gradation adjustment, separate from RIP calibration, this is Xerox's gradation adjustment http://tinyurl.com/26qn23 Another plus with Xerox is the best support site in the business and toll free tech support, though it might be to India. One peculiarity with Xerox is it claims not to duplex coated paper while the Ikon 500 claimed to be able to. We found with the Xerox using Futura Gloss 80# text we were able to run 16,000 copies without problem. This was something like 80 of 200 page books. We specified heavy1 card instead of coated and the duplex worked superb, better than results when we were running the Ikon 500. Of side interest, many years ago we signed for a 6 month trial on a 1070 Xerox - great black and white machine analog copier but only letter, legal. However severely over priced, we stopped at the trial rather than sign for 5 years. But the one big job we were counting on came in the last week and the machine broke and Xerox said with only 5 days to go they couldn't be bothered to send in a service man. I was many years before I allowed Xerox in the door and that was so I could trial their copier and return it. However the 2nd time at this tactic I bought the Xerox Doc 12. Also here the Xerox sales manager is the one that I deal with and I find much less run a round than going through sales people. Use your clout, tell Xerox the mayor is calling. > Thanks in advance for re-posting and re-answering. > > Joe Dominick Good Luck Ken Graham CommunityPrinters.com 250-782-7108 Dawson Creek BC Canada V1G 2G5 From VillagePrinting1 at aol.com Wed Sep 19 00:51:02 2007 From: VillagePrinting1 at aol.com (VillagePrinting1@aol.com) Date: Wed Sep 19 00:51:18 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan Message-ID: Bob you bring up a good subject there. I am also thinking of setting up two systems at the front counter to calculate even the small transactions. I just received my PP & never though of asking Tulin or any of my buddies from the conference if I can also use the system for all my Fedex shipping we do. Any help on that will do. Thanks Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From nelsonind at sbcglobal.net Wed Sep 19 02:08:47 2007 From: nelsonind at sbcglobal.net (Curtis Nelson) Date: Wed Sep 19 02:10:03 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] re: 35K full color booklet quote (way too big for me) Message-ID: <46F0BCEF.30305@sbcglobal.net> I hope this is an acceptable use of the list. This is way too big for me. Can anyone be competitive on the following job? Any suggestions? I would normally pass on something this big.... I have the PDF too, but didn't attach it [lots of text, multi-colored borders (which bleed) and small full color photos everywhere]. This is all 4/4 with an aqueous coating. It has 3 different languages in it (English, Spanish and Vietnamese), but is sequentially numbered in English. > Quantity: 35,000 booklets > > Pages: 72 pages text + 4 pages cover (78 total) I will clarify 39 sheets total 4/4 8.5" x 11" (essentially 20 sheets of 11" x 17") 4/4 > > Cover: 4 pages prints 2 sided 5/5 (11 by 17 with bleeds, folds to 8.5 > by 11) > > Dimensions: 8/5" by 11" finished booklet size. > > Originals: In Design file (in reader-sequences pages) and pdf for > reference. PDF is separate attachment. Printers pagination software > will need to adjust properly for creep and thrust based on thickness > of chosen text paper. > > Stock: Cover; 95# Top Kote Dull Text or Equivalent > Text: 80# TopKote Dull Text or Equivalent > > Colors: Four color process plus satin aqueous coating (5/5) with full > bleeds. > > Proof: Color proofs and mockup > > Bindery: Score, fold, saddle stitch, trim and box in 1/2 size boxes > with quantity on box. > > Delivery Date: 3 weeks from acceptance of proofs. > > File Type: Files created in inDesign for Mac. All fonts and pictures > provided. > > Please quote pricing to include shipping and production time to San > Jose, CA 95124. You are welcome to e-mail me directly at nelsonind@sbcglobal.net and curtisn@wymac.com (I'm now a Wymac mortgage loan agent from 9AM - 4PM). I can accept personal (my business) e-mail only if it passes through their server during those hours. That is fine with them (security reasons). thank you, Curtis Nelson Nelson Industries - copying, printing and laminating San Jose, CA 408-452-0116 This forwards to my cell phone if you have questions. From pressexpress at bfm.org Wed Sep 19 05:43:21 2007 From: pressexpress at bfm.org (Greg Weinfurter) Date: Wed Sep 19 05:44:45 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Publisher to pdf to printerspread Message-ID: <44D82B56-EF57-4873-B63B-F61369592906@bfm.org> I have a 24 page 8.5x11 Punisher, er, ah Publisher file. I need to print it as a saddle stitched booklet via color copier on 11x17 paper, fold and saddle stitch. I am creating pdf's out of the Publisher file, bringing it into inDesign or Quark to do the page spreads on an 11x17 document like page 24 and 1 - 2 and 23, etc... Is there a better way to do this? Is there a way to get either a mac or pc to do the page impositions via a print driver directly out of Acrobat or Publisher? Greg Greg Weinfurter Press Express 1869 N. Stevens St. Rhinelander, WI 54501 Phone 715-362-2828 Fax 715-369-2828 info@pressexpress.org From acepm2 at gmail.com Wed Sep 19 06:08:52 2007 From: acepm2 at gmail.com (Thom Gulyas) Date: Wed Sep 19 06:09:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Publisher to pdf to printerspread In-Reply-To: <44D82B56-EF57-4873-B63B-F61369592906@bfm.org> References: <44D82B56-EF57-4873-B63B-F61369592906@bfm.org> Message-ID: Greg, You don't say what version of Publisher you have. Why don't you just use the tools that came with your color RIP to do the imposition? If that is not available, why don't you use the "create booklet" feature built right into Publisher? This is why I love Publisher files. Nobody wants to work with them. It's really not that difficult once you take a few hours to understand how Publisher really works. (I don't mean this as a slam... just make it do what it is supposed to do.) Thom Gulyas ACE Printing & Mailing www.acepm.com On 9/19/07, Greg Weinfurter wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I have a 24 page 8.5x11 Punisher, er, ah Publisher file. > > I need to print it as a saddle stitched booklet via color copier on > 11x17 paper, fold and saddle stitch. > > I am creating pdf's out of the Publisher file, bringing it into > inDesign or Quark to do the page spreads on an 11x17 document like > page 24 and 1 - 2 and 23, etc... > > Is there a better way to do this? Is there a way to get either a mac > or pc to do the page impositions via a print driver directly out of > Acrobat or Publisher? > > Greg > > Greg Weinfurter > Press Express > 1869 N. Stevens St. > Rhinelander, WI 54501 > Phone 715-362-2828 > Fax 715-369-2828 > info@pressexpress.org > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > -- Thom Gulyas ACE Printing & Mailing Berlin, Maryland 21811 www.acepm.com From pressexpress at bfm.org Wed Sep 19 07:21:13 2007 From: pressexpress at bfm.org (Greg Weinfurter) Date: Wed Sep 19 07:21:59 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Publisher to pdf to printerspread In-Reply-To: References: <44D82B56-EF57-4873-B63B-F61369592906@bfm.org> Message-ID: <709292D2-7C1A-4E35-BF85-9580F34590A6@bfm.org> Good morning Thom, No rip with the Canon ir3200 that I am aware of. I believe my set up is a stand alone machine, just plugged into ethernet and we print direct. I found the feature in Publisher 2007 (sorry about the bash, just an ole mac guy). Got it to print, seemed slower than printing from inDesign. Plus some photos turned out grainy or pixiled. Not visible on screen but noticable when comparing the Publisher printed doc versus the Quark with placed pdf's. Graduates were stepped from Publisher as opposed to smooth from the Adobe/Quark route. Any idea? Also, I have another document, actually forty (40) one page Publisher documents that I need to create into one 40 page book. Again, my mind set is to convert to pdf and build in Acrobat. Any easy trick via Publisher to eliminate repeating the same steps 40 times? Thank you for your advise. Greg On Sep 19, 2007, at 5:08 AM, Thom Gulyas wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Greg, > > You don't say what version of Publisher you have. Why don't you > just use the > tools that came with your color RIP to do the imposition? If that > is not > available, why don't you use the "create booklet" feature built > right into > Publisher? > > This is why I love Publisher files. Nobody wants to work with them. > It's > really not that difficult once you take a few hours to understand how > Publisher really works. (I don't mean this as a slam... just make > it do what > it is supposed to do.) > > Thom Gulyas > ACE Printing & Mailing > www.acepm.com > > > > > > > On 9/19/07, Greg Weinfurter wrote: >> >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> I have a 24 page 8.5x11 Punisher, er, ah Publisher file. >> >> I need to print it as a saddle stitched booklet via color copier on >> 11x17 paper, fold and saddle stitch. >> >> I am creating pdf's out of the Publisher file, bringing it into >> inDesign or Quark to do the page spreads on an 11x17 document like >> page 24 and 1 - 2 and 23, etc... >> >> Is there a better way to do this? Is there a way to get either a mac >> or pc to do the page impositions via a print driver directly out of >> Acrobat or Publisher? >> >> Greg >> >> Greg Weinfurter >> Press Express >> 1869 N. Stevens St. >> Rhinelander, WI 54501 >> Phone 715-362-2828 >> Fax 715-369-2828 >> info@pressexpress.org >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> >> > > > -- > Thom Gulyas > ACE Printing & Mailing > Berlin, Maryland 21811 > www.acepm.com > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners Greg Weinfurter Press Express 1869 N. Stevens St. Rhinelander, WI 54501 Phone 715-362-2828 Fax 715-369-2828 info@pressexpress.org From eric at digi-print.com Wed Sep 19 08:22:21 2007 From: eric at digi-print.com (Eric Weber) Date: Wed Sep 19 08:22:47 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Publisher to pdf to printerspread In-Reply-To: <709292D2-7C1A-4E35-BF85-9580F34590A6@bfm.org> References: <44D82B56-EF57-4873-B63B-F61369592906@bfm.org> <709292D2-7C1A-4E35-BF85-9580F34590A6@bfm.org> Message-ID: At 6:21 AM -0500 9/19/07, Greg Weinfurter wrote: > Again, my mind set is to convert to pdf and build in Acrobat. Any >easy trick via Publisher to eliminate repeating the same steps 40 >times? > >Thank you for your advise. > >Greg Get this: http://www.quite.com/imposing/ It may seem a bit pricey, but worth every penny. It has been recommended on this list many, many times. And this product does so much more than imposing for a book. I think you can download a 30 day trial. -- *********************************************************************** Eric Weber Sales / General Manager / Vice President PrintDigital Inc. 4688 Darrow Rd., Stow, OH 44224 330-686-5945 Fax 330-686-5329 www.digi-print.com eric@digi-print.com ***CONFIDENTIALITY NOTE: This e-mail and any attachments are confidential and may be protected by legal privilege. If you are not the intended recipient, be aware that any disclosure, copying, distribution or use of this e-mail or any attachment is prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify us immediately by returning it to the sender and delete this copy from your system. Thank you for your co-operation. *********************************************************************** From k_graham at hotmail.com Wed Sep 19 09:53:51 2007 From: k_graham at hotmail.com (k_graham@hotmail.com) Date: Wed Sep 19 09:54:48 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Publisher to pdf to printerspread References: <44D82B56-EF57-4873-B63B-F61369592906@bfm.org> <709292D2-7C1A-4E35-BF85-9580F34590A6@bfm.org> Message-ID: > No rip with the Canon ir3200 that I am aware of. I believe my set up is > a stand alone machine, just plugged into ethernet and we print direct. > > I found the feature in Publisher 2007 (sorry about the bash, just an ole > mac guy). Got it to print, seemed slower than printing from inDesign. > Plus some photos turned out grainy or pixiled. Not visible on screen but > noticable when comparing the Publisher printed doc versus the Quark with > placed pdf's. Graduates were stepped from Publisher as opposed to smooth > from the Adobe/Quark route. Any idea? > You may find that sending multiple copies of microsoft documents causes the system to download the same file several times from the computer. A solution is to send the file once then using Command Work Station change the quantity to desired amount on the file that is still present on the RIP and tell it to print the balance. I assume the internal RIP is a EFI Fiery RIP. If its not a Fiery RIP it might be referred to as a mailbox as is on our IR6000, you print a copy to that then set quantity and print from the mailbox file. There are also settings in Publisher for quality of print, make sure you are at highest quality. Ken Graham CommunityPrinters.com 250-782-7108 Dawson Creek BC Canada V1G 2G5 From imageproprint at qwest.net Wed Sep 19 11:46:58 2007 From: imageproprint at qwest.net (ImagePro) Date: Wed Sep 19 11:47:49 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan In-Reply-To: <46F04D10.3000906@copycats.com> Message-ID: <003401c7fad4$50415c60$6b00000a@domain1.local> Bob, We use Printer's Plan and use the Point of Sale module of Printer's Plan called Quick Sale to record the small walk-in customer onesee, twoosee kind of work like self-serve copies, etc. It works very well. It is integrated into Printer's Plan and drives a cash drawer and receipt printer. Feel free to call me and I can give you more details about how we use this feature. Mark Rowley ImagePro Printing & Copying, Inc. 95 West Harding Ave. Cedar City, UT 84720 435-586-1105 435-586-0499 fax mark@imageproprint.com > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners- > bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Robert Stor > Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 4:11 PM > To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Printers Plan > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I am looking at Printer's Plan. > > One of my challenges is that one of our locations is a pretty busy and > has a bunch of small-ticket cash sales. Some people that I've spoke with > run these through a cash register that is parallel to the Printer's Plan > software. > > Has anyone found a good workable solution for my type of environment > that runs through PP? I'd like to capture the revenue category of all > transactions, not be prone to employee calculation errors, a have a good > cash accounting at the end of the day. > > Thanks, > Bob Stor > Copycats > New York, NY > 212-557-2111 x20 > www.copycats.com > > Michael Vogel wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > On 9/18/07, Cora Purvine wrote: > > > >> I also put > >> an initial after the paper so I know who I got it from at a glance. > >> > > > > > > Why not use the paper vendor drop-down list? > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Wed Sep 19 15:49:42 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Wed Sep 19 15:48:54 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Canon ir550 In-Reply-To: <003401c7fad4$50415c60$6b00000a@domain1.local> References: <003401c7fad4$50415c60$6b00000a@domain1.local> Message-ID: <19EC3261-2526-4B47-A51C-EE7DD5D754A0@falconprintandcopy.com> If anyone is interested in a Canon ir550 bw copier I'm moving one, fast. It has 2.6 million copies on it which means it has a lot of life left. Network print, collate, staple. Bets offer w/pick up. Regards, Borzou -------------- next part -------------- www.falconprintandcopy.com t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 From mail at myprinter.biz Wed Sep 19 16:02:05 2007 From: mail at myprinter.biz (mail@myprinter.biz) Date: Wed Sep 19 16:02:11 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) In-Reply-To: <19EC3261-2526-4B47-A51C-EE7DD5D754A0@falconprintandcopy.com> Message-ID: I don't know if anybody else is experiencing this, but all emails I get from Borzou - and pretty much Borzou, only - come with blank bodies and text file attachments. In order to read what he wants to say, I've usually got to open more than one text file to find the intended message. I 'spect it's NOT something I'm doing wrong, but don't know for sure. Anybody else experiencing that? Tx. Dan Sir Speedy Printing Center 5845 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, FL 33021 t 954.962.1309 f 954.962.1366 dan@myprinter.biz www.myprinter.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Borzou Azabdaftari Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 3:50 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: [PrintOwners] Canon ir550 ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** From sos at olympus.net Wed Sep 19 16:08:09 2007 From: sos at olympus.net (Dan Huntingford) Date: Wed Sep 19 16:08:20 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Canon ir550 References: <003401c7fad4$50415c60$6b00000a@domain1.local> <19EC3261-2526-4B47-A51C-EE7DD5D754A0@falconprintandcopy.com> Message-ID: <023101c7faf8$cce68000$0300a8c0@DANIEL> If anyone is interested in a Canon ir550 bw copier I'm moving one, > fast. It has 2.6 million copies on it which means it has a lot of > life left. Network print, collate, staple. Best offer w/pick up. ==================== If you want someone to pick it up, you might mention where you are. Hint hint. Dan Huntingford SOS Printing 2319 Washington Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 sos@olympus.net (360) 385-4194 Fax (360) 385-5860 From yaakov at sparkdirectny.com Wed Sep 19 16:11:56 2007 From: yaakov at sparkdirectny.com (Yaakov Reshef) Date: Wed Sep 19 16:12:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) Message-ID: I have the same - it is not you, it is Borzou. Yaakov Reshef SPARK Direct * Kwik Kopy Printing Marketing * Printing * Solutions 7 East 37th Street-NYC-10016 Tel: 212-328-2001 Fax: 212-328-2007(new number) yaakov@Sparkdirectny.com www.sparkdirectny.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of mail@myprinter.biz Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 4:02 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I don't know if anybody else is experiencing this, but all emails I get from Borzou - and pretty much Borzou, only - come with blank bodies and text file attachments. In order to read what he wants to say, I've usually got to open more than one text file to find the intended message. I 'spect it's NOT something I'm doing wrong, but don't know for sure. Anybody else experiencing that? Tx. Dan Sir Speedy Printing Center 5845 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, FL 33021 t 954.962.1309 f 954.962.1366 dan@myprinter.biz www.myprinter.biz From ron at printingconcepts.com Wed Sep 19 16:16:55 2007 From: ron at printingconcepts.com (Ron Taggart) Date: Wed Sep 19 16:17:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Morgana Digifold Message-ID: We purchased this machine at the show ($28K) and it was installed today. Makereadies for a variety of folds are about 1 minute. While this machine is pretty slow, the Makereadies are so fast that on short runs it will certainly beat our current methods by a great margin. We have a full compliment of ways to score and fold including letterpress and a Rosback 240 scorer, and I think this will take a lot of work away from them as well as handle our digital stuff. Practically no spoilage if any. Recipients of this E-mail should note that the quotations that appear below should not be construed as a personal message, nor are they in any manner a statement regarding the recipient's character, and are meant for the general edification of this writer's friends and correspondents. "To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour." --Winston Churchill "When a nation has allowed itself to fall under a tyrannical regime, it cannot be absolved from the faults due to the guilt of the regime." --Winston Churchill Ron Taggart, President PRINTING CONCEPTS, INC. 4246 Hudson Drive Stow, Ohio 44224 330-572-8200 fax. 330-572-8201 www.printingconcepts.com ron@printingconcepts.com From ron at printingconcepts.com Wed Sep 19 16:16:55 2007 From: ron at printingconcepts.com (Ron Taggart) Date: Wed Sep 19 16:17:24 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions In-Reply-To: Message-ID: We do have our KMc6500 up and running the the quality is very good, and as a mid-size commercial printer ($6MM) we have to have pretty high standards. This machine has register controls which I do not believe the Xerox 240 or 242 does. I think the quality off of a 240 is good, but, we have the requirement that our pieces must cut out well and register so tri-folds don't look like they were printed at Kinkos. We looked at the Xerox 5000 which has register, but is well over $100K and has a high gloss finish to the toner which our salespeople hated. -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of k_graham@hotmail.com Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 11:07 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I am getting no where with Danka, or the other Canon sales company. > Holding strong at 9.2 cents per click with 11 x 17 - 2 clicks. Told them > they were nuts! We pay 10 cents a click but 11x17 is still 10 cents a click, but we are up in northern Canada in what you would consider a remote location. Even so we have a Xerox tech with factory training - unlike the Ikon crowd that gets their training from someone from the Edmonton that got training probably from someone in Ontario that maybe got training from Konica Minolta. Black is 1.25 cents a click and we run more black than color because of mixed originals and short run card orders.I much prefer to run card through the color copier slow for black than through a fast black white machine. > > What machine should I be looking for? I need consistant color quality, > speed, and good off the glass. One advantage of the Xerox 240 - 250, 242, 252, 260 is so much is self serve which greatly reduces the number of service calls you install Toner, Drums, Waste Receptacles, Fuser Assembly is drop in, Xerox wants to provide the fuser assembly but after our 1st one got a minor nick they left it. I said I would use it if I had new stocks to try out so as not to ruin the good Fuser. They also provide a separate corona type wire that attaches to the black drum - I changed this today when the machine told me to. Both my Xerox machines were off a bit on copy length where 17" was printing 16.875 but the technician adjusted both exactly upon my complaint. > Which RIP would be the best choice? After the problem with the Ikon 500/internal Fiery I took no chances and got the External Fiery mainly because of the Fiery on the XP12's which we kept, plus the Fiery on IR105 and IR7200 black machines. This way we use had Command Work Station to control all. However we were able to get demo units so saved a bit. One unit had a 3 hole punch/stapler unit, the other none - I just think about 7 thousand for a booklet finisher is too much, better to buy offline unit that does heavier books and lasts through 2 or 3 machines, unless of course you do booklets all day within the spec's of the online finisher. We found the Fiery's both allowed installation of a monitor keyboard which has been handy. If the Fiery comes with Pitstop, imposition, and hot folders it can have a monitor, keyboard installed. The only difference between 240 and 250 models is speed of the 8.5x11 size, the 11x17 runs at same speed. We ended up with 1 of each because thats the demo models that were available, we were about 40,000.00 complete, each. Another interesting possibility would be their business color equivilent but I don't know about its variable data or complex file capability. Also we save files to the RIP using Fiery Free Form and then send Variable Data like numbering over separately. However I sure would like to see a few comparisons with Creo. both for variable data and for color, like most here I think EFI needs competition and if I had to pay full price for either RIP then I probably would have looked harder at the Creo. It's funny but unlike Dan we've found our 240 and 250 to run like the Doc 12 for calibrating which is to say maybe weekly(for the Gradation adjust). What I suggest is do the copier Gradation adjust weekly. This is separate from a RIP calibration and must be done before a RIP calibration which I would do after a technicians visit. The RIP calibration should not be necessary again as long as the copier doesn't change which is what you are doing by doing the copier Gradation adjustment. All color copiers have some sort of Gradation adjustment, separate from RIP calibration, this is Xerox's gradation adjustment http://tinyurl.com/26qn23 Another plus with Xerox is the best support site in the business and toll free tech support, though it might be to India. One peculiarity with Xerox is it claims not to duplex coated paper while the Ikon 500 claimed to be able to. We found with the Xerox using Futura Gloss 80# text we were able to run 16,000 copies without problem. This was something like 80 of 200 page books. We specified heavy1 card instead of coated and the duplex worked superb, better than results when we were running the Ikon 500. Of side interest, many years ago we signed for a 6 month trial on a 1070 Xerox - great black and white machine analog copier but only letter, legal. However severely over priced, we stopped at the trial rather than sign for 5 years. But the one big job we were counting on came in the last week and the machine broke and Xerox said with only 5 days to go they couldn't be bothered to send in a service man. I was many years before I allowed Xerox in the door and that was so I could trial their copier and return it. However the 2nd time at this tactic I bought the Xerox Doc 12. Also here the Xerox sales manager is the one that I deal with and I find much less run a round than going through sales people. Use your clout, tell Xerox the mayor is calling. > Thanks in advance for re-posting and re-answering. > > Joe Dominick Good Luck Ken Graham CommunityPrinters.com 250-782-7108 Dawson Creek BC Canada V1G 2G5 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From cpurvine1 at cox.net Wed Sep 19 16:18:51 2007 From: cpurvine1 at cox.net (Cora Purvine) Date: Wed Sep 19 16:18:36 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00e701c7fafa$4ba08ed0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> Mine come in the same way from him???? Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Yaakov Reshef Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 3:12 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I have the same - it is not you, it is Borzou. Yaakov Reshef SPARK Direct * Kwik Kopy Printing Marketing * Printing * Solutions 7 East 37th Street-NYC-10016 Tel: 212-328-2001 Fax: 212-328-2007(new number) yaakov@Sparkdirectny.com www.sparkdirectny.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of mail@myprinter.biz Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 4:02 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I don't know if anybody else is experiencing this, but all emails I get from Borzou - and pretty much Borzou, only - come with blank bodies and text file attachments. In order to read what he wants to say, I've usually got to open more than one text file to find the intended message. I 'spect it's NOT something I'm doing wrong, but don't know for sure. Anybody else experiencing that? Tx. Dan Sir Speedy Printing Center 5845 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, FL 33021 t 954.962.1309 f 954.962.1366 dan@myprinter.biz www.myprinter.biz _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2540 (20070919) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From bnjbriggs at juno.com Wed Sep 19 16:35:26 2007 From: bnjbriggs at juno.com (bnjbriggs@juno.com) Date: Wed Sep 19 16:37:42 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) Message-ID: <20070919.163526.28638.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com> So Borzou, if you're reading this, please take the gentle hint. Put your message in the body of your e-mail message, and not as attachments, and also your signature should include a location. Bob Briggs, Evangel Printers, Bucksport, ME _____________________________________________________________ You don't have to do it on your own. Click here for great parenting help! http://3rdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iihAtlhbyWno5Rmo8T6hbqbykLHFdINlqvVgSHf41mKogojYI/ From rstor at copycats.com Wed Sep 19 17:10:00 2007 From: rstor at copycats.com (Robert Stor) Date: Wed Sep 19 17:12:03 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) In-Reply-To: <20070919.163526.28638.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com> References: <20070919.163526.28638.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com> Message-ID: <46F19028.3050104@copycats.com> I see his messages as regular text in the email. There are attachements, but I have not opened them. I use Thunderbird. Regards, Bob Stor Copycats New York, NY 212-557-2111 x20 www.copycats.com bnjbriggs@juno.com wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > So Borzou, if you're reading this, please take the gentle hint. Put your message in the body of your e-mail message, and not as attachments, and also your signature should include a location. > Bob Briggs, Evangel Printers, Bucksport, ME > > _____________________________________________________________ > You don't have to do it on your own. Click here for great parenting help! > http://3rdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/Ioyw6iihAtlhbyWno5Rmo8T6hbqbykLHFdINlqvVgSHf41mKogojYI/ > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > From mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com Wed Sep 19 17:25:52 2007 From: mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com (Michael Vogel) Date: Wed Sep 19 17:26:11 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) In-Reply-To: <46F19028.3050104@copycats.com> References: <20070919.163526.28638.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com> <46F19028.3050104@copycats.com> Message-ID: <98f5b19a0709191425k344bf6f1t352f2168d4c5060a@mail.gmail.com> On 9/19/07, Robert Stor wrote: > > I see his messages as regular text in the email. I do as well, though I haven't got a clue where he's from because he doesn't include the required-by-PrintOwners-rules (where's Bob's oversight?) complete signature. On the other hand, this same thing happens to me with Mark Lake's posts; I get them only as text attachments. -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com From si at ria.net Wed Sep 19 17:28:55 2007 From: si at ria.net (Doug Shelton) Date: Wed Sep 19 17:30:59 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou and TedG In-Reply-To: <46F19028.3050104@copycats.com> References: <20070919.163526.28638.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com> <46F19028.3050104@copycats.com> Message-ID: <200709192130.l8JLUkH22977@plus50.host4u.net> At 05:10 PM 9/19/2007, Bob Stor wrote: >I see his messages as regular text in the email. No problems with Borzou's email formatting here, either (using Eudora 7.1.0.9 on a PC). As previously suggested, it would help if Borzou included a city and state location in his email signature. The ones that show up funky here are from Ted Gelletly. All the carriage returns are stripped away so his messages show up as one continuous paragraph wrapped at the edge of the page. Doug -- Doug Shelton Superior Impressions, Inc. Toledo, Ohio mailto:si@ria.net From mark at pipsturgeonbay.com Wed Sep 19 17:33:58 2007 From: mark at pipsturgeonbay.com (Mark Lake) Date: Wed Sep 19 17:35:31 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) In-Reply-To: <98f5b19a0709191425k344bf6f1t352f2168d4c5060a@mail.gmail.com> References: <20070919.163526.28638.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com><46F19028.3050104@copycats.com> <98f5b19a0709191425k344bf6f1t352f2168d4c5060a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: Does anyone else get my emails as attachments? If it were something on my end, wouldn't I get it as attachments also? Just curious. I also get messages from Borzou as attachments. Mark Lake PIP Printing 368 Jefferson Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 920.743.7370 920.743.4633 Fax www.pipsturgeonbay.com Mark@pipsturgeonbay.com To send a file to us, please use the link below http://www.pip.com/Center/SendFile.asp?AddressID=845 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Michael Vogel Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 4:26 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** On 9/19/07, Robert Stor wrote: > > I see his messages as regular text in the email. I do as well, though I haven't got a clue where he's from because he doesn't include the required-by-PrintOwners-rules (where's Bob's oversight?) complete signature. On the other hand, this same thing happens to me with Mark Lake's posts; I get them only as text attachments. -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From sgfinke at fuse.net Wed Sep 19 17:54:17 2007 From: sgfinke at fuse.net (Scott Finke) Date: Wed Sep 19 17:43:19 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) In-Reply-To: <20070919.163526.28638.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com> References: <20070919.163526.28638.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com> Message-ID: <02A22783-EF45-4E3B-AE9C-569A115C85CC@fuse.net> Everyone's emails come through the same here. Mac Mail. Borzou is from Texas, I clicked on his website once. It has a cool Van Gogh / printing graphic. But yes, Borzou, use the signature line like the rest of us... Gail Finke - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brentwood Printing & Envelope, Inc. 8630 Winton Road Cincinnati, OH 45231 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (513) 522-2679 Fax 522-2692 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - info@brentwood-printing.com www.brentwood-printing.com On Sep 19, 2007, at 8:35 PM, bnjbriggs@juno.com wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > So Borzou, if you're reading this, please take the gentle hint. Put > your message in the body of your e-mail message, and not as > attachments, and also your signature should include a location. > Bob Briggs, Evangel Printers, Bucksport, ME > > _____________________________________________________________ > You don't have to do it on your own. Click here for great parenting > help! > http://3rdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2111/fc/ > Ioyw6iihAtlhbyWno5Rmo8T6hbqbykLHFdINlqvVgSHf41mKogojYI/ > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Wed Sep 19 17:45:18 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Wed Sep 19 17:44:27 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou and TedG In-Reply-To: <200709192130.l8JLUkH22977@plus50.host4u.net> References: <20070919.163526.28638.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com> <46F19028.3050104@copycats.com> <200709192130.l8JLUkH22977@plus50.host4u.net> Message-ID: <8993F74C-4A70-4FAC-8F9A-3818E08EEC7A@falconprintandcopy.com> Apologies on all counts. The only attachment that is ever in my email is my logo. I've deleted everything in this email except straight text, and would be highly surprised if it caused some kind of problem. Let me know if this one comes through clean. Also, Ted, what program are you using? I'm just using Mail, and as I imagine many of you are using Macs, I'm surprised so many are having this problem. I've been contemplating the switch to Entourage for sometime (I don't like thunderbird), and it may be time to move on that. In any case, let me know how this one comes through, and I'll format everything this way. Most of my clients don't seem to be having a problem with my emails, but every once in a while I'll get something about question marks after periods. Not instead of, after. I'll see if I can do any more research on my end. It may just be the logo causing the whole thing to become an attachment as printweb converts it to text and distributes it. Also I didn't know about the address rule. I'm not hiding from you guys. Regards, Borzou Falcon Print and Copy 1921 Gallows Road Vienna, VA 22182 www.falconprintandcopy.com t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 From cpurvine1 at cox.net Wed Sep 19 17:49:53 2007 From: cpurvine1 at cox.net (Cora Purvine) Date: Wed Sep 19 17:49:38 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) In-Reply-To: References: <20070919.163526.28638.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com><46F19028.3050104@copycats.com><98f5b19a0709191425k344bf6f1t352f2168d4c5060a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <000801c7fb07$02deb0c0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> I get yours OK Mark. I am using Outlook and XP. Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Mark Lake Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 4:34 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Does anyone else get my emails as attachments? If it were something on my end, wouldn't I get it as attachments also? Just curious. I also get messages from Borzou as attachments. Mark Lake PIP Printing 368 Jefferson Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 920.743.7370 920.743.4633 Fax www.pipsturgeonbay.com Mark@pipsturgeonbay.com To send a file to us, please use the link below http://www.pip.com/Center/SendFile.asp?AddressID=845 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Michael Vogel Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 4:26 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** On 9/19/07, Robert Stor wrote: > > I see his messages as regular text in the email. I do as well, though I haven't got a clue where he's from because he doesn't include the required-by-PrintOwners-rules (where's Bob's oversight?) complete signature. On the other hand, this same thing happens to me with Mark Lake's posts; I get them only as text attachments. -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2540 (20070919) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From cpurvine1 at cox.net Wed Sep 19 17:51:34 2007 From: cpurvine1 at cox.net (Cora Purvine) Date: Wed Sep 19 17:51:34 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou and TedG In-Reply-To: <8993F74C-4A70-4FAC-8F9A-3818E08EEC7A@falconprintandcopy.com> References: <20070919.163526.28638.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com><46F19028.3050104@copycats.com><200709192130.l8JLUkH22977@plus50.host4u.net> <8993F74C-4A70-4FAC-8F9A-3818E08EEC7A@falconprintandcopy.com> Message-ID: <000901c7fb07$3f7d5630$6601a8c0@corapurvine> It came though clean on my system. Outlook on Windows XP. Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Borzou Azabdaftari Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 4:45 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou and TedG ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Apologies on all counts. The only attachment that is ever in my email is my logo. I've deleted everything in this email except straight text, and would be highly surprised if it caused some kind of problem. Let me know if this one comes through clean. Also, Ted, what program are you using? I'm just using Mail, and as I imagine many of you are using Macs, I'm surprised so many are having this problem. I've been contemplating the switch to Entourage for sometime (I don't like thunderbird), and it may be time to move on that. In any case, let me know how this one comes through, and I'll format everything this way. Most of my clients don't seem to be having a problem with my emails, but every once in a while I'll get something about question marks after periods. Not instead of, after. I'll see if I can do any more research on my end. It may just be the logo causing the whole thing to become an attachment as printweb converts it to text and distributes it. Also I didn't know about the address rule. I'm not hiding from you guys. Regards, Borzou Falcon Print and Copy 1921 Gallows Road Vienna, VA 22182 www.falconprintandcopy.com t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2540 (20070919) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From list at interiorgraphics.com Wed Sep 19 18:05:48 2007 From: list at interiorgraphics.com (Michelle at Interior Graphics) Date: Wed Sep 19 18:05:58 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] {OFF} Funky emails from Borzou In-Reply-To: <8993F74C-4A70-4FAC-8F9A-3818E08EEC7A@falconprintandcopy.com> References: <20070919.163526.28638.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com> <46F19028.3050104@copycats.com> <200709192130.l8JLUkH22977@plus50.host4u.net> <8993F74C-4A70-4FAC-8F9A-3818E08EEC7A@falconprintandcopy.com> Message-ID: It comes through just fine on my end. And... I checked out your website to see where you are from (VA, not TX) and I LOVE the Monkeys! I know this is completely off, but if you have a minute check it out for a laugh. I also enjoy your Hot off the Press links. Thanks! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Michelle Maynor "Your Personal Printer" Interior Graphics & Printing 770 8th Avenue Fairbanks, AK 99701 907.456.4982 phone 907.452.6992 fax "The purest and most thoughtful minds are those which love color the most." - John Ruskin On Sep 19, 2007, at 1:45 PM, Borzou Azabdaftari wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Apologies on all counts. > > The only attachment that is ever in my email is my logo. I've > deleted everything in this email except straight text, and would be > highly surprised if it caused some kind of problem. Let me know if > this one comes through clean. > > Also, Ted, what program are you using? I'm just using Mail, and as > I imagine many of you are using Macs, I'm surprised so many are > having this problem. I've been contemplating the switch to > Entourage for sometime (I don't like thunderbird), and it may be > time to move on that. > > In any case, let me know how this one comes through, and I'll > format everything this way. Most of my clients don't seem to be > having a problem with my emails, but every once in a while I'll get > something about question marks after periods. Not instead of, > after. I'll see if I can do any more research on my end. It may > just be the logo causing the whole thing to become an attachment as > printweb converts it to text and distributes it. > > Also I didn't know about the address rule. I'm not hiding from you > guys. > > Regards, > > Borzou > > Falcon Print and Copy > 1921 Gallows Road > Vienna, VA 22182 > > www.falconprintandcopy.com > t.703.442.0124 > f.703.442.0134 > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From ssheers at sheergraphics.com Wed Sep 19 18:52:54 2007 From: ssheers at sheergraphics.com (Simon Sheers) Date: Wed Sep 19 18:48:00 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) In-Reply-To: <20070919214940.5DA62BA1158@rb.enter.net> References: <20070919214940.5DA62BA1158@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: > I see his messages as regular text in the email. There are > attachements, but I have not opened them. > I use Thunderbird. They are received quite normally here - no attachments, but strangely, the signature is truncated and missing details. :) We use Macintosh OSX & Apple Mail. Please reply to Simon Sheers at: Sheer Graphics Inc. 47 Chestnut Avenue, Westmont, IL 60559-1127 Tel: (630) 654-4422 Printing the message . . . and a whole lot more From slb at inkspot.net Wed Sep 19 20:20:05 2007 From: slb at inkspot.net (Steve Blatman) Date: Wed Sep 19 20:20:19 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou and TedG In-Reply-To: <8993F74C-4A70-4FAC-8F9A-3818E08EEC7A@falconprintandcopy.com> References: <200709192130.l8JLUkH22977@plus50.host4u.net> Message-ID: <46F18475.1949.1F47A518@slb.inkspot.net> This one came through as straight text with an in-line signature. Previously they were blank messages with several attachments. I'm using Pegasus under WinXPpro. Steve > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Apologies on all counts. > > The only attachment that is ever in my email is my logo. I've > deleted everything in this email except straight text, and would be > highly surprised if it caused some kind of problem. Let me know if > this one comes through clean. > > Also, Ted, what program are you using? I'm just using Mail, and as I > imagine many of you are using Macs, I'm surprised so many are having > this problem. I've been contemplating the switch to Entourage for > sometime (I don't like thunderbird), and it may be time to move on that. > > In any case, let me know how this one comes through, and I'll format > everything this way. Most of my clients don't seem to be having a > problem with my emails, but every once in a while I'll get something > about question marks after periods. Not instead of, after. I'll see > if I can do any more research on my end. It may just be the logo > causing the whole thing to become an attachment as printweb converts > it to text and distributes it. > > Also I didn't know about the address rule. I'm not hiding from you > guys. > > Regards, > > Borzou > > Falcon Print and Copy > 1921 Gallows Road > Vienna, VA 22182 > > www.falconprintandcopy.com > t.703.442.0124 > f.703.442.0134 > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > __________ NOD32 2540 (20070919) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > Steve Blatman Ink Spot Printing & Copy Center, Inc. 14 Church Road, Frazer, PA 19355 USA Tel: 610-647-0776 Fax: 610-647-4560 From kevin at abfprints.com Wed Sep 19 20:35:42 2007 From: kevin at abfprints.com (Kevin Danko) Date: Wed Sep 19 20:38:51 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <00ca01c7fb1e$2d68ebf0$1700a8c0@abf.local> Ron, where are you located? We are real close to bringing in a KM6500 and I would like more info on your purchase. 1. What rip did you go with? 2. Did you add any finishing equipment to the box? 3. What are you paying for the box? 4. What are you paying for b/w clicks? 5. What are you paying for color clicks? 6. Do you plan on taking work of the duplicators (spot pms) and put it on the KM 6500? 7. What was your final determination for going with KM vs Xerox, Cannon or etc. Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms\ 102 N. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 Phone: (909) 875-7163 Fax: (909) 875-7971 www.abfprints.com E-Mail: kevin@abfprints.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Ron Taggart Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 1:17 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** We do have our KMc6500 up and running the the quality is very good, and as a mid-size commercial printer ($6MM) we have to have pretty high standards. This machine has register controls which I do not believe the Xerox 240 or 242 does. I think the quality off of a 240 is good, but, we have the requirement that our pieces must cut out well and register so tri-folds don't look like they were printed at Kinkos. We looked at the Xerox 5000 which has register, but is well over $100K and has a high gloss finish to the toner which our salespeople hated. -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of k_graham@hotmail.com Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 11:07 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I am getting no where with Danka, or the other Canon sales company. > Holding strong at 9.2 cents per click with 11 x 17 - 2 clicks. Told them > they were nuts! We pay 10 cents a click but 11x17 is still 10 cents a click, but we are up in northern Canada in what you would consider a remote location. Even so we have a Xerox tech with factory training - unlike the Ikon crowd that gets their training from someone from the Edmonton that got training probably from someone in Ontario that maybe got training from Konica Minolta. Black is 1.25 cents a click and we run more black than color because of mixed originals and short run card orders.I much prefer to run card through the color copier slow for black than through a fast black white machine. > > What machine should I be looking for? I need consistant color quality, > speed, and good off the glass. One advantage of the Xerox 240 - 250, 242, 252, 260 is so much is self serve which greatly reduces the number of service calls you install Toner, Drums, Waste Receptacles, Fuser Assembly is drop in, Xerox wants to provide the fuser assembly but after our 1st one got a minor nick they left it. I said I would use it if I had new stocks to try out so as not to ruin the good Fuser. They also provide a separate corona type wire that attaches to the black drum - I changed this today when the machine told me to. Both my Xerox machines were off a bit on copy length where 17" was printing 16.875 but the technician adjusted both exactly upon my complaint. > Which RIP would be the best choice? After the problem with the Ikon 500/internal Fiery I took no chances and got the External Fiery mainly because of the Fiery on the XP12's which we kept, plus the Fiery on IR105 and IR7200 black machines. This way we use had Command Work Station to control all. However we were able to get demo units so saved a bit. One unit had a 3 hole punch/stapler unit, the other none - I just think about 7 thousand for a booklet finisher is too much, better to buy offline unit that does heavier books and lasts through 2 or 3 machines, unless of course you do booklets all day within the spec's of the online finisher. We found the Fiery's both allowed installation of a monitor keyboard which has been handy. If the Fiery comes with Pitstop, imposition, and hot folders it can have a monitor, keyboard installed. The only difference between 240 and 250 models is speed of the 8.5x11 size, the 11x17 runs at same speed. We ended up with 1 of each because thats the demo models that were available, we were about 40,000.00 complete, each. Another interesting possibility would be their business color equivilent but I don't know about its variable data or complex file capability. Also we save files to the RIP using Fiery Free Form and then send Variable Data like numbering over separately. However I sure would like to see a few comparisons with Creo. both for variable data and for color, like most here I think EFI needs competition and if I had to pay full price for either RIP then I probably would have looked harder at the Creo. It's funny but unlike Dan we've found our 240 and 250 to run like the Doc 12 for calibrating which is to say maybe weekly(for the Gradation adjust). What I suggest is do the copier Gradation adjust weekly. This is separate from a RIP calibration and must be done before a RIP calibration which I would do after a technicians visit. The RIP calibration should not be necessary again as long as the copier doesn't change which is what you are doing by doing the copier Gradation adjustment. All color copiers have some sort of Gradation adjustment, separate from RIP calibration, this is Xerox's gradation adjustment http://tinyurl.com/26qn23 Another plus with Xerox is the best support site in the business and toll free tech support, though it might be to India. One peculiarity with Xerox is it claims not to duplex coated paper while the Ikon 500 claimed to be able to. We found with the Xerox using Futura Gloss 80# text we were able to run 16,000 copies without problem. This was something like 80 of 200 page books. We specified heavy1 card instead of coated and the duplex worked superb, better than results when we were running the Ikon 500. Of side interest, many years ago we signed for a 6 month trial on a 1070 Xerox - great black and white machine analog copier but only letter, legal. However severely over priced, we stopped at the trial rather than sign for 5 years. But the one big job we were counting on came in the last week and the machine broke and Xerox said with only 5 days to go they couldn't be bothered to send in a service man. I was many years before I allowed Xerox in the door and that was so I could trial their copier and return it. However the 2nd time at this tactic I bought the Xerox Doc 12. Also here the Xerox sales manager is the one that I deal with and I find much less run a round than going through sales people. Use your clout, tell Xerox the mayor is calling. > Thanks in advance for re-posting and re-answering. > > Joe Dominick Good Luck Ken Graham CommunityPrinters.com 250-782-7108 Dawson Creek BC Canada V1G 2G5 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From jdaghir at gmail.com Wed Sep 19 21:23:30 2007 From: jdaghir at gmail.com (Jeff Daghir) Date: Wed Sep 19 21:23:44 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Morgana Digifold In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <83d5b9620709191823w3badc787j167e5a8340af7038@mail.gmail.com> Thanks for the report Ron. I'll have to try and take a look at this at next year's Graph Expo. Let us know how you like it after you've used it awhile. -- Jeff Daghir MPS Printing, Inc. "The Ink & Paper People" Madison, IN www.mpsprinting.com jeff_daghir@mpsprinting.com Ron said: > We purchased this machine at the show ($28K) and it was installed today. > Makereadies for a variety of folds are about 1 minute. While this machine > is pretty slow, the Makereadies are so fast that on short runs it will > certainly beat our current methods by a great margin. We have a full > compliment of ways to score and fold including letterpress and a Rosback 240 > scorer, and I think this will take a lot of work away from them as well as > handle our digital stuff. Practically no spoilage if any. From sgfinke at fuse.net Wed Sep 19 22:13:44 2007 From: sgfinke at fuse.net (Scott Finke) Date: Wed Sep 19 22:02:43 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou and TedG In-Reply-To: <8993F74C-4A70-4FAC-8F9A-3818E08EEC7A@falconprintandcopy.com> References: <20070919.163526.28638.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com> <46F19028.3050104@copycats.com> <200709192130.l8JLUkH22977@plus50.host4u.net> <8993F74C-4A70-4FAC-8F9A-3818E08EEC7A@falconprintandcopy.com> Message-ID: <4B2A7CA8-2EFD-421A-807D-E9C55C6D2D44@fuse.net> On Sep 19, 2007, at 5:45 PM, Borzou Azabdaftari wrote: > Also I didn't know about the address rule. I'm not hiding from you > guys. Texas, Virginia.... One of those places. Gail Finke - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brentwood Printing & Envelope, Inc. 8630 Winton Road Cincinnati, OH 45231 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (513) 522-2679 Fax 522-2692 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - info@brentwood-printing.com www.brentwood-printing.com From championprinting at yahoo.com Wed Sep 19 22:31:51 2007 From: championprinting at yahoo.com (Ted Gelletly) Date: Wed Sep 19 22:32:16 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou and TedG/Test Message-ID: <664734.24158.qm@web38914.mail.mud.yahoo.com> As someone that never learned proper typing, I try to keep posts short although I'm not always successful. This paragraph is being written as a single paragraph without returns (as I normally do). I've been using Yahoo Small Business email and hosting on a XP Pro or 2000 Pro OS. This paragraph has a return here, and here. I have seen some posts that are one long line, but assumed it was the sender. Doug's comments were the first feedback (return) that I've had. I'm curious if others see what Doug sees here and on the "other" list. Borzou's posts look fine to me. Thanks. Ted Gelletly Champion Printing 5401 New Expansion Drive Eldersburg MD 21784 410-795-6464 ext.4 Fax 410-795-6488 ted@championprintingonline.com ----- Original Message ---- From: Doug Shelton To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 5:28:55 PM Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou and TedG ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** At 05:10 PM 9/19/2007, Bob Stor wrote: >I see his messages as regular text in the email. No problems with Borzou's email formatting here, either (using Eudora 7.1.0.9 on a PC). As previously suggested, it would help if Borzou included a city and state location in his email signature. The ones that show up funky here are from Ted Gelletly. All the carriage returns are stripped away so his messages show up as one continuous paragraph wrapped at the edge of the page. Doug -- Doug Shelton Superior Impressions, Inc. Toledo, Ohio mailto:si@ria.net _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From ttspeer at grics.net Wed Sep 19 23:20:01 2007 From: ttspeer at grics.net (Tim & Tammie Speer) Date: Wed Sep 19 23:23:51 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] MidWest Printer's Party In-Reply-To: <69A58543-BBB6-4896-9F46-3098C1AF47CE@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: Very late replying here. I don't think you can get more Midwestern than Macomb, IL. If we have it in Macomb, there are 3 or 4 hotels to choose from. Our shop is only a few blocks from the Holiday Inn Express. However, the lake we live on is 22 miles from the shop. That means there are no hotels within 22 miles of our house - not even a bed and breakfast! Tammie Tammie Speer ---------------------------------- Tammie@MacombPrinter.com ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ QUICKPRINTERS & SIGNS EXPRESS __________________________________ 1120 East Jackson Street Macomb, IL 61455 309.833.5250--fax 833.3123 http://www.macombprinter.com ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Craig, > Loda is a nice location but we aren't located on a lake like Tammie!!! > :) > robin > > > Robin Niewold > Pro-Type Printing > 130 N. Market Street > Paxton, IL 60957 > 217.379.4715 > robin@protypeonline.com From printian at gmail.com Thu Sep 20 02:12:35 2007 From: printian at gmail.com (Ian Franks) Date: Thu Sep 20 02:12:49 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) In-Reply-To: References: <20070919.163526.28638.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com> <46F19028.3050104@copycats.com> <98f5b19a0709191425k344bf6f1t352f2168d4c5060a@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: I used to get Mark's mail as attachments but not anymore. Borzou's come normally as well. I use Gmail On 19/09/2007, Mark Lake wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Does anyone else get my emails as attachments? If it were something on my > end, wouldn't I get it as attachments also? Just curious. I also get > messages from Borzou as attachments. > > -- Regards Ian Franks Print Image 3 Corlett Drive, Illovo, JHB Ph 011 447 3133 Fax 011 447 0642 sales@printimage.co.za www.printimage.co.za From hal at pickimp.com Thu Sep 20 09:07:26 2007 From: hal at pickimp.com (Hal Wendt) Date: Thu Sep 20 09:07:49 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) References: <20070919.163526.28638.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com> <46F19028.3050104@copycats.com> Message-ID: <001601c7fb87$57a5f840$0301a8c0@sbcglobal.net> All his email is working for me, it must be a mac-in-thing. Hal From jedwards at printzilla.net Thu Sep 20 09:17:08 2007 From: jedwards at printzilla.net (Jack Edwards) Date: Thu Sep 20 09:20:52 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) In-Reply-To: <001601c7fb87$57a5f840$0301a8c0@sbcglobal.net> References: <20070919.163526.28638.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com> <46F19028.3050104@copycats.com> <001601c7fb87$57a5f840$0301a8c0@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <3F891937-B841-4EC0-BD9C-3A547918B777@printzilla.net> On Sep 20, 2007, at 8:07 AM, Hal Wendt wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > All his email is working for me, it must be a mac-in-thing. > > Yes, it does work just fine on a Mac. It's working here on my Mac. Jack Edwards Oak Ridge North, Texas from the Continental Club, 33 miles north on I-45, east on Robinson Road, across from City Hall From swiftyprinting at mac.com Thu Sep 20 09:24:44 2007 From: swiftyprinting at mac.com (Chuck) Date: Thu Sep 20 09:25:37 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) In-Reply-To: <001601c7fb87$57a5f840$0301a8c0@sbcglobal.net> References: <20070919.163526.28638.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com> <46F19028.3050104@copycats.com> <001601c7fb87$57a5f840$0301a8c0@sbcglobal.net> Message-ID: <5BB7697A-6021-4979-94E1-D39DC76599EB@mac.com> On Sep 20, 2007, at 9:07 AM, Hal Wendt wrote: > All his email is working for me, it must be a mac-in-thing. Actually it is an email setting thing. He uses a graphic for a signature which is technically a displaying attachment. Depending on how you have your email settings or how your server treats attachments on emails will depend on how the email is treated and what you see. It is best to use plain text, no fancy fonts, colors or cute symbols when sending emails to bulk users such as a chat group. Not only for speed of those reading the documents but also since many, for safety reasons, will not allow their email to "display" graphics or attachments since this is a great way to hide a undetectable virus. Chuck Pappas Arlington Swifty Printing 1386 Massachusetts Avenue Arlington, MA 02476 781-646-8700 www.arlingtonswifty.com From craig at newhavenprint.com Thu Sep 20 09:35:09 2007 From: craig at newhavenprint.com (Craig Dellinger) Date: Thu Sep 20 09:33:55 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] NW Ohio printers? In-Reply-To: <5BB7697A-6021-4979-94E1-D39DC76599EB@mac.com> Message-ID: <20070920133353.53C73BA5149@rb.enter.net> Hello, We're doing a rush variable data mailing for a congressional race (5th District) in Northwest Ohio. Is there any printers on the list (that do mailing) in that district? The campaign wants to make sure we use a permit from that district, instead of our Indiana permit. TIA Craig Dellinger New Haven Print & Copy 7531 US 930 East Fort Wayne, IN 46803 260.493.3844 / Fax 260.493.3579 www.newhavenprint.com From mark at pipsturgeonbay.com Thu Sep 20 09:42:35 2007 From: mark at pipsturgeonbay.com (Mark Lake) Date: Thu Sep 20 09:43:55 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) In-Reply-To: <5BB7697A-6021-4979-94E1-D39DC76599EB@mac.com> References: <20070919.163526.28638.0@webmail10.vgs.untd.com><46F19028.3050104@copycats.com><001601c7fb87$57a5f840$0301a8c0@sbcglobal.net> <5BB7697A-6021-4979-94E1-D39DC76599EB@mac.com> Message-ID: Ah man Chuck, you went and solved this mystery with 1 email. I'll bet everyone was trying to come up with some exotic reason why there are so many variations of how his (and my) emails are received. Way to go pal. Mark Lake PIP Printing 368 Jefferson Street Sturgeon Bay, WI 54235 920.743.7370 920.743.4633 Fax www.pipsturgeonbay.com Mark@pipsturgeonbay.com To send a file to us, please use the link below http://www.pip.com/Center/SendFile.asp?AddressID=845 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 8:25 AM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Actually it is an email setting thing. He uses a graphic for a signature which is technically a displaying attachment. Depending on how you have your email settings or how your server treats attachments on emails will depend on how the email is treated and what you see. It is best to use plain text, no fancy fonts, colors or cute symbols when sending emails to bulk users such as a chat group. Not only for speed of those reading the documents but also since many, for safety reasons, will not allow their email to "display" graphics or attachments since this is a great way to hide a undetectable virus. From Printernot at aol.com Thu Sep 20 10:16:47 2007 From: Printernot at aol.com (Printernot@aol.com) Date: Thu Sep 20 10:18:44 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Funky emails from Borzou (was Canon ir550) Message-ID: No problems here. It all comes as text, no attachments. Using AOL 9.0 VR and Vista Don Byers Colorado Springs, CO ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From ron at printingconcepts.com Thu Sep 20 11:38:16 2007 From: ron at printingconcepts.com (Ron Taggart) Date: Thu Sep 20 11:32:09 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] KM bizhub PRO 1050 Message-ID: We are considering installing a KM 1050 PRO black & white printer. Does anyone on this list have this model and could you comment on reliability and how it handles card stock? We like the booklet maker (does up to 200 page books) with face trimmer so that seems to eliminate a lot of competitors out there. Any competitors to this machine you would suggest? Recipients of this E-mail should note that the quotations that appear below should not be construed as a personal message, nor are they in any manner a statement regarding the recipient's character, and are meant for the general edification of this writer's friends and correspondents. "To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour." --Winston Churchill "When a nation has allowed itself to fall under a tyrannical regime, it cannot be absolved from the faults due to the guilt of the regime." --Winston Churchill Ron Taggart, President PRINTING CONCEPTS, INC. 4246 Hudson Drive Stow, Ohio 44224 330-572-8200 fax. 330-572-8201 www.printingconcepts.com ron@printingconcepts.com From cyndy at pioneerprintinginc.com Thu Sep 20 11:43:36 2007 From: cyndy at pioneerprintinginc.com (Cyndy Wendt) Date: Thu Sep 20 11:44:16 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] KM bizhub PRO 1050 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: On 9/20/07 10:38 AM, "Ron Taggart" wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > We are considering installing a KM 1050 PRO black & white printer. Does > anyone on this list have this model and could you comment on reliability and > how it handles card stock? We like the booklet maker (does up to 200 page > books) with face trimmer so that seems to eliminate a lot of competitors out > there. We have had this machine (from IKON) for about a year and for the most part are very happy with it. It handles most cardstock with the exception of Astrobrites which none of our machines seem to like. It has some issues with printing good solids at the edge of a page but I was told at GraphExpo there is a software patch for that. Ours is fully configured except for the stackers and we have moved a lot of our presswork over to the machine. The print quality is very good and it prints very nice screens and photos. The finisher is exceptional when it comes to saddle stitching and folding. The only downside is that it is the least intuitive machine to run we have ever had. Hope this helps. Cyndy -- Cyndy Wendt President Pioneer Printing, Inc. 3133 S. 7th., Suite D Lincoln, Nebraska 68502 cyndy@pioneerprintinginc.com 402.483.7575 From dana at landmarkimpressions.com Thu Sep 20 12:24:30 2007 From: dana at landmarkimpressions.com (dana) Date: Thu Sep 20 12:24:10 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] KM bizhub PRO 1050 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <4A2A1D36BB2C48F68106D9FB48CEE95A@LMI.lan> Ron, Have had the machine since April. Average about 500,000 impressions/month. Got the machine thru Konica they do the regular PM that is listed. Went 2.4 million impression before we placed out first service call. I think the fact the Konica does the pm service cut down on the service calls we make. This machine was purchased to back up our DocuTech (older machine) The Docutech has become the back up for the 1050. Dana Wilson Landmark Impressions 35 Industrial Parkway Woburn, MA 02492 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Ron Taggart Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 11:38 AM To: printowners Subject: [PrintOwners] KM bizhub PRO 1050 ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** We are considering installing a KM 1050 PRO black & white printer. Does anyone on this list have this model and could you comment on reliability and how it handles card stock? We like the booklet maker (does up to 200 page books) with face trimmer so that seems to eliminate a lot of competitors out there. Any competitors to this machine you would suggest? Recipients of this E-mail should note that the quotations that appear below should not be construed as a personal message, nor are they in any manner a statement regarding the recipient's character, and are meant for the general edification of this writer's friends and correspondents. "To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour." --Winston Churchill "When a nation has allowed itself to fall under a tyrannical regime, it cannot be absolved from the faults due to the guilt of the regime." --Winston Churchill Ron Taggart, President PRINTING CONCEPTS, INC. 4246 Hudson Drive Stow, Ohio 44224 330-572-8200 fax. 330-572-8201 www.printingconcepts.com ron@printingconcepts.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From char at themasterspress.com Thu Sep 20 15:46:02 2007 From: char at themasterspress.com (Charlene Sims) Date: Thu Sep 20 15:46:33 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors Message-ID: <001a01c7fbbe$e2bbe070$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Is anyone changing to the new PMS colors. I wasn't even thinking of it but just had a customer asked me when I was changing. Ugh. Has anyone done this. ch Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Thu Sep 20 16:02:47 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Thu Sep 20 16:01:57 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors In-Reply-To: <001a01c7fbbe$e2bbe070$0b01a8c0@CharXP> References: <001a01c7fbbe$e2bbe070$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Message-ID: <22084132-61BF-46D9-9BA9-01453CC73F69@falconprintandcopy.com> I'm not PLANNING on changing anytime soon. If, and when, I start getting artwork created for the Goe colors, I'm not going to buy the base colors to mix them. I figure it'll be at least a year or two till that happens. And as I understand, they're supposed to work in concert with the current books, not replace them. They use less base mixes, and offer like 2,000 extra colors, so they look great, but I don't see any of my current customer's changing their artwork, nor will I push any new customers in that direction. I generally like to be proactive about new developments, but don't think this is one we have to be on top of. I've only done a little research on it though, and am very interested in what others have to say on this. Regards, Borzou Falcon Print and Copy 1921 Gallows Road Vienna, VA 22182 t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 On Sep 20, 2007, at 3:46 PM, Charlene Sims wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Is anyone changing to the new PMS colors. I wasn't even thinking > of it but > just had a customer asked me when I was changing. Ugh. Has anyone > done > this. > ch > > Charlene Sims > > The Master's Press, Inc > 14550 Midway Road > Dallas, Tx 75244 > 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 > char@themasterspress.com > www.themasterspress.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From swiftyprinting at mac.com Thu Sep 20 16:29:07 2007 From: swiftyprinting at mac.com (Chuck) Date: Thu Sep 20 16:29:43 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors In-Reply-To: <001a01c7fbbe$e2bbe070$0b01a8c0@CharXP> References: <001a01c7fbbe$e2bbe070$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Message-ID: <58386D97-5C0A-4EE7-98A0-35C86EC7DC02@mac.com> On Sep 20, 2007, at 3:46 PM, Charlene Sims wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Is anyone changing to the new PMS colors. I wasn't even thinking > of it but > just had a customer asked me when I was changing. Ugh. Has anyone > done > this. > ch > If you run a mixed environment in your shop (offset and digital) then part of that answer needs to include when will the RIP for your digital devices support the new colors. And does that mean a RIP which you purchased with Pantone Certification is now not certified, or if you have service on that RIP will the service contract include the new Pantone Lookup Library to re-certify the RIP as Pantone Certified? We have double the problems here since we run offset and digital. It is always fun in the printing business. Chuck Pappas Arlington Swifty Printing 1386 Massachusetts Avenue Arlington, MA 02476 781-646-8700 www.arlingtonswifty.com From sos at olympus.net Thu Sep 20 16:30:20 2007 From: sos at olympus.net (Dan Huntingford) Date: Thu Sep 20 16:30:17 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors References: <001a01c7fbbe$e2bbe070$0b01a8c0@CharXP> <22084132-61BF-46D9-9BA9-01453CC73F69@falconprintandcopy.com> Message-ID: <007b01c7fbc5$109f8f90$0300a8c0@DANIEL> I generally like to > be proactive about new developments, but don't think this is one we have > to be on top of. ======================= I like to be proactive as well, but I'm not going to do anything with Goe until forced to by customers which may very well be never. We'll see. More often than not, we print CMYK either digitally or on press. Spot colors are getting more rarely used in my experience. Having 2000 more to choose from just seems counter productive to me. We already don't use 99% of PMS colors now. Might as well make it 99.7%. Again, we are in a very small market and most of our dinky customers will not pay extra for a PMS mix. We do do a fair amount of spot color printing, but normally use our standard colors, reflex blue, 192 red, 320 aqua, 165 orange, 347 green, 471 brown, you get the picture. . . Dan Huntingford SOS Printing 2319 Washington Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 sos@olympus.net (360) 385-4194 Fax (360) 385-5860 From kirk at centralmichigangraphics.com Thu Sep 20 16:38:28 2007 From: kirk at centralmichigangraphics.com (Kirk Squiers) Date: Thu Sep 20 16:38:59 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] MidWest Printer's Party Message-ID: <5251CFF745ED1F4786517DE164D258B111D506@fpserver.FP.local> No worries I have driven more than 22 miles with one eye shut late at night !!!! Kirk K. Squiers Central Michigan Graphics 1200 E. Oakland Lansing, Michigan 48906 www.centralmichigangraphics.com 517-230-8600 kirk@centralmichigangraphics.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Tim & Tammie Speer Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 11:20 PM To: Printowners List Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] MidWest Printer's Party ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Very late replying here. I don't think you can get more Midwestern than Macomb, IL. If we have it in Macomb, there are 3 or 4 hotels to choose from. Our shop is only a few blocks from the Holiday Inn Express. However, the lake we live on is 22 miles from the shop. That means there are no hotels within 22 miles of our house - not even a bed and breakfast! Tammie Tammie Speer ---------------------------------- Tammie@MacombPrinter.com ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ QUICKPRINTERS & SIGNS EXPRESS __________________________________ 1120 East Jackson Street Macomb, IL 61455 309.833.5250--fax 833.3123 http://www.macombprinter.com ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Craig, > Loda is a nice location but we aren't located on a lake like Tammie!!! > :) > robin > > > Robin Niewold > Pro-Type Printing > 130 N. Market Street > Paxton, IL 60957 > 217.379.4715 > robin@protypeonline.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From VillagePrinting1 at aol.com Thu Sep 20 16:47:31 2007 From: VillagePrinting1 at aol.com (VillagePrinting1@aol.com) Date: Thu Sep 20 16:47:53 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] MidWest Printer's Party Message-ID: Tammie I suggest you contact a ASI member like myself & start ordering cots! : ) Tommy Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From russ at mobile-print.com Thu Sep 20 17:57:42 2007 From: russ at mobile-print.com (Russ Peters) Date: Thu Sep 20 17:00:21 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] MidWest Printer's Party In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46F2ECD6.3000608@mobile-print.com> > However, the > lake we live on is 22 miles from the shop. > > I drive 36 miles to work, so 22 doesn't sound too bad!! Russ Peters MOBILE PRINT, INC. 201 W. Central Road Mount Prospect, IL 60056 Phone: 847-398-6155 Fax: 847-398-0788 From char at themasterspress.com Thu Sep 20 17:06:29 2007 From: char at themasterspress.com (Charlene Sims) Date: Thu Sep 20 17:06:57 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors In-Reply-To: <58386D97-5C0A-4EE7-98A0-35C86EC7DC02@mac.com> References: <001a01c7fbbe$e2bbe070$0b01a8c0@CharXP> <58386D97-5C0A-4EE7-98A0-35C86EC7DC02@mac.com> Message-ID: <002701c7fbca$1d071f00$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Chuck I had not even thought of that aspect. We might not want to change But as designers or especially people who think they are designers start using those colors, that is what they are going to be looking for. The person asking me this was a designer at a large church we do a lot of printing for. They are always the ones the paper companies and others go after to change. If they can get these people to change - that is easier than getting printers to change. I don't want to do it. But if we start getting requests, my thoughts are - if we don't do it, they will go to someone who will. Something new to ask for - is my rip compatible. I bet all the new graphic programs that come up with updates will have it. I hate changes........ I think I am getting old. What was wrong with the good ole PMS ch Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 3:29 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** On Sep 20, 2007, at 3:46 PM, Charlene Sims wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Is anyone changing to the new PMS colors. I wasn't even thinking > of it but > just had a customer asked me when I was changing. Ugh. Has anyone > done > this. > ch > If you run a mixed environment in your shop (offset and digital) then part of that answer needs to include when will the RIP for your digital devices support the new colors. And does that mean a RIP which you purchased with Pantone Certification is now not certified, or if you have service on that RIP will the service contract include the new Pantone Lookup Library to re-certify the RIP as Pantone Certified? We have double the problems here since we run offset and digital. It is always fun in the printing business. Chuck Pappas Arlington Swifty Printing 1386 Massachusetts Avenue Arlington, MA 02476 781-646-8700 www.arlingtonswifty.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From char at themasterspress.com Thu Sep 20 17:14:16 2007 From: char at themasterspress.com (Charlene Sims) Date: Thu Sep 20 17:14:41 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions In-Reply-To: <00ca01c7fb1e$2d68ebf0$1700a8c0@abf.local> References: <00ca01c7fb1e$2d68ebf0$1700a8c0@abf.local> Message-ID: <003401c7fbcb$33799f50$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Just wanting to make sure you are checking on the NAQP pricing. Before buying. Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Danko Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:36 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Ron, where are you located? We are real close to bringing in a KM6500 and I would like more info on your purchase. 1. What rip did you go with? 2. Did you add any finishing equipment to the box? 3. What are you paying for the box? 4. What are you paying for b/w clicks? 5. What are you paying for color clicks? 6. Do you plan on taking work of the duplicators (spot pms) and put it on the KM 6500? 7. What was your final determination for going with KM vs Xerox, Cannon or etc. Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms\ 102 N. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 Phone: (909) 875-7163 Fax: (909) 875-7971 www.abfprints.com E-Mail: kevin@abfprints.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Ron Taggart Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 1:17 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** We do have our KMc6500 up and running the the quality is very good, and as a mid-size commercial printer ($6MM) we have to have pretty high standards. This machine has register controls which I do not believe the Xerox 240 or 242 does. I think the quality off of a 240 is good, but, we have the requirement that our pieces must cut out well and register so tri-folds don't look like they were printed at Kinkos. We looked at the Xerox 5000 which has register, but is well over $100K and has a high gloss finish to the toner which our salespeople hated. -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of k_graham@hotmail.com Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 11:07 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I am getting no where with Danka, or the other Canon sales company. > Holding strong at 9.2 cents per click with 11 x 17 - 2 clicks. Told them > they were nuts! We pay 10 cents a click but 11x17 is still 10 cents a click, but we are up in northern Canada in what you would consider a remote location. Even so we have a Xerox tech with factory training - unlike the Ikon crowd that gets their training from someone from the Edmonton that got training probably from someone in Ontario that maybe got training from Konica Minolta. Black is 1.25 cents a click and we run more black than color because of mixed originals and short run card orders.I much prefer to run card through the color copier slow for black than through a fast black white machine. > > What machine should I be looking for? I need consistant color quality, > speed, and good off the glass. One advantage of the Xerox 240 - 250, 242, 252, 260 is so much is self serve which greatly reduces the number of service calls you install Toner, Drums, Waste Receptacles, Fuser Assembly is drop in, Xerox wants to provide the fuser assembly but after our 1st one got a minor nick they left it. I said I would use it if I had new stocks to try out so as not to ruin the good Fuser. They also provide a separate corona type wire that attaches to the black drum - I changed this today when the machine told me to. Both my Xerox machines were off a bit on copy length where 17" was printing 16.875 but the technician adjusted both exactly upon my complaint. > Which RIP would be the best choice? After the problem with the Ikon 500/internal Fiery I took no chances and got the External Fiery mainly because of the Fiery on the XP12's which we kept, plus the Fiery on IR105 and IR7200 black machines. This way we use had Command Work Station to control all. However we were able to get demo units so saved a bit. One unit had a 3 hole punch/stapler unit, the other none - I just think about 7 thousand for a booklet finisher is too much, better to buy offline unit that does heavier books and lasts through 2 or 3 machines, unless of course you do booklets all day within the spec's of the online finisher. We found the Fiery's both allowed installation of a monitor keyboard which has been handy. If the Fiery comes with Pitstop, imposition, and hot folders it can have a monitor, keyboard installed. The only difference between 240 and 250 models is speed of the 8.5x11 size, the 11x17 runs at same speed. We ended up with 1 of each because thats the demo models that were available, we were about 40,000.00 complete, each. Another interesting possibility would be their business color equivilent but I don't know about its variable data or complex file capability. Also we save files to the RIP using Fiery Free Form and then send Variable Data like numbering over separately. However I sure would like to see a few comparisons with Creo. both for variable data and for color, like most here I think EFI needs competition and if I had to pay full price for either RIP then I probably would have looked harder at the Creo. It's funny but unlike Dan we've found our 240 and 250 to run like the Doc 12 for calibrating which is to say maybe weekly(for the Gradation adjust). What I suggest is do the copier Gradation adjust weekly. This is separate from a RIP calibration and must be done before a RIP calibration which I would do after a technicians visit. The RIP calibration should not be necessary again as long as the copier doesn't change which is what you are doing by doing the copier Gradation adjustment. All color copiers have some sort of Gradation adjustment, separate from RIP calibration, this is Xerox's gradation adjustment http://tinyurl.com/26qn23 Another plus with Xerox is the best support site in the business and toll free tech support, though it might be to India. One peculiarity with Xerox is it claims not to duplex coated paper while the Ikon 500 claimed to be able to. We found with the Xerox using Futura Gloss 80# text we were able to run 16,000 copies without problem. This was something like 80 of 200 page books. We specified heavy1 card instead of coated and the duplex worked superb, better than results when we were running the Ikon 500. Of side interest, many years ago we signed for a 6 month trial on a 1070 Xerox - great black and white machine analog copier but only letter, legal. However severely over priced, we stopped at the trial rather than sign for 5 years. But the one big job we were counting on came in the last week and the machine broke and Xerox said with only 5 days to go they couldn't be bothered to send in a service man. I was many years before I allowed Xerox in the door and that was so I could trial their copier and return it. However the 2nd time at this tactic I bought the Xerox Doc 12. Also here the Xerox sales manager is the one that I deal with and I find much less run a round than going through sales people. Use your clout, tell Xerox the mayor is calling. > Thanks in advance for re-posting and re-answering. > > Joe Dominick Good Luck Ken Graham CommunityPrinters.com 250-782-7108 Dawson Creek BC Canada V1G 2G5 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From ed at graphicprintersinc.com Thu Sep 20 17:23:21 2007 From: ed at graphicprintersinc.com (Ed Pierce) Date: Thu Sep 20 17:23:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions In-Reply-To: <003401c7fbcb$33799f50$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Message-ID: <005801c7fbcc$79623d50$5a01a8c0@fileserver> Charlene, thanks for Chuck Slaughter's name & number. He is working on pricing for me on a 6500. I should know something by Monday. My local dealer is $27,000 more than Larry Hunt's lowest reported quote on the same machine I want so it is not hard to justify Larry's newsletter cost. Ed Pierce Graphic Print & Communication Meridian MS 601-485-7088 ed@graphicprintersinc.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Charlene Sims Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 4:14 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Just wanting to make sure you are checking on the NAQP pricing. Before buying. Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Danko Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:36 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Ron, where are you located? We are real close to bringing in a KM6500 and I would like more info on your purchase. 1. What rip did you go with? 2. Did you add any finishing equipment to the box? 3. What are you paying for the box? 4. What are you paying for b/w clicks? 5. What are you paying for color clicks? 6. Do you plan on taking work of the duplicators (spot pms) and put it on the KM 6500? 7. What was your final determination for going with KM vs Xerox, Cannon or etc. Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms\ 102 N. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 Phone: (909) 875-7163 Fax: (909) 875-7971 www.abfprints.com E-Mail: kevin@abfprints.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Ron Taggart Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 1:17 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** We do have our KMc6500 up and running the the quality is very good, and as a mid-size commercial printer ($6MM) we have to have pretty high standards. This machine has register controls which I do not believe the Xerox 240 or 242 does. I think the quality off of a 240 is good, but, we have the requirement that our pieces must cut out well and register so tri-folds don't look like they were printed at Kinkos. We looked at the Xerox 5000 which has register, but is well over $100K and has a high gloss finish to the toner which our salespeople hated. -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of k_graham@hotmail.com Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 11:07 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I am getting no where with Danka, or the other Canon sales company. > Holding strong at 9.2 cents per click with 11 x 17 - 2 clicks. Told them > they were nuts! We pay 10 cents a click but 11x17 is still 10 cents a click, but we are up in northern Canada in what you would consider a remote location. Even so we have a Xerox tech with factory training - unlike the Ikon crowd that gets their training from someone from the Edmonton that got training probably from someone in Ontario that maybe got training from Konica Minolta. Black is 1.25 cents a click and we run more black than color because of mixed originals and short run card orders.I much prefer to run card through the color copier slow for black than through a fast black white machine. > > What machine should I be looking for? I need consistant color quality, > speed, and good off the glass. One advantage of the Xerox 240 - 250, 242, 252, 260 is so much is self serve which greatly reduces the number of service calls you install Toner, Drums, Waste Receptacles, Fuser Assembly is drop in, Xerox wants to provide the fuser assembly but after our 1st one got a minor nick they left it. I said I would use it if I had new stocks to try out so as not to ruin the good Fuser. They also provide a separate corona type wire that attaches to the black drum - I changed this today when the machine told me to. Both my Xerox machines were off a bit on copy length where 17" was printing 16.875 but the technician adjusted both exactly upon my complaint. > Which RIP would be the best choice? After the problem with the Ikon 500/internal Fiery I took no chances and got the External Fiery mainly because of the Fiery on the XP12's which we kept, plus the Fiery on IR105 and IR7200 black machines. This way we use had Command Work Station to control all. However we were able to get demo units so saved a bit. One unit had a 3 hole punch/stapler unit, the other none - I just think about 7 thousand for a booklet finisher is too much, better to buy offline unit that does heavier books and lasts through 2 or 3 machines, unless of course you do booklets all day within the spec's of the online finisher. We found the Fiery's both allowed installation of a monitor keyboard which has been handy. If the Fiery comes with Pitstop, imposition, and hot folders it can have a monitor, keyboard installed. The only difference between 240 and 250 models is speed of the 8.5x11 size, the 11x17 runs at same speed. We ended up with 1 of each because thats the demo models that were available, we were about 40,000.00 complete, each. Another interesting possibility would be their business color equivilent but I don't know about its variable data or complex file capability. Also we save files to the RIP using Fiery Free Form and then send Variable Data like numbering over separately. However I sure would like to see a few comparisons with Creo. both for variable data and for color, like most here I think EFI needs competition and if I had to pay full price for either RIP then I probably would have looked harder at the Creo. It's funny but unlike Dan we've found our 240 and 250 to run like the Doc 12 for calibrating which is to say maybe weekly(for the Gradation adjust). What I suggest is do the copier Gradation adjust weekly. This is separate from a RIP calibration and must be done before a RIP calibration which I would do after a technicians visit. The RIP calibration should not be necessary again as long as the copier doesn't change which is what you are doing by doing the copier Gradation adjustment. All color copiers have some sort of Gradation adjustment, separate from RIP calibration, this is Xerox's gradation adjustment http://tinyurl.com/26qn23 Another plus with Xerox is the best support site in the business and toll free tech support, though it might be to India. One peculiarity with Xerox is it claims not to duplex coated paper while the Ikon 500 claimed to be able to. We found with the Xerox using Futura Gloss 80# text we were able to run 16,000 copies without problem. This was something like 80 of 200 page books. We specified heavy1 card instead of coated and the duplex worked superb, better than results when we were running the Ikon 500. Of side interest, many years ago we signed for a 6 month trial on a 1070 Xerox - great black and white machine analog copier but only letter, legal. However severely over priced, we stopped at the trial rather than sign for 5 years. But the one big job we were counting on came in the last week and the machine broke and Xerox said with only 5 days to go they couldn't be bothered to send in a service man. I was many years before I allowed Xerox in the door and that was so I could trial their copier and return it. However the 2nd time at this tactic I bought the Xerox Doc 12. Also here the Xerox sales manager is the one that I deal with and I find much less run a round than going through sales people. Use your clout, tell Xerox the mayor is calling. > Thanks in advance for re-posting and re-answering. > > Joe Dominick Good Luck Ken Graham CommunityPrinters.com 250-782-7108 Dawson Creek BC Canada V1G 2G5 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2541 (20070920) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From char at themasterspress.com Thu Sep 20 17:30:04 2007 From: char at themasterspress.com (Charlene Sims) Date: Thu Sep 20 17:30:38 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions In-Reply-To: <005801c7fbcc$79623d50$5a01a8c0@fileserver> References: <003401c7fbcb$33799f50$0b01a8c0@CharXP> <005801c7fbcc$79623d50$5a01a8c0@fileserver> Message-ID: <003801c7fbcd$68716d80$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Great Ed. And the NAQP pricing. I hope it works out good for you. I know some are not happy with the machine but there are a lot of people making good money with it. Hope it makes a bundle for you. Just make sure you have good service. No matter who you buy it from, that is key. My C500 is cooking right now and I am happy. ch Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Ed Pierce Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 4:23 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Charlene, thanks for Chuck Slaughter's name & number. He is working on pricing for me on a 6500. I should know something by Monday. My local dealer is $27,000 more than Larry Hunt's lowest reported quote on the same machine I want so it is not hard to justify Larry's newsletter cost. Ed Pierce Graphic Print & Communication Meridian MS 601-485-7088 ed@graphicprintersinc.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Charlene Sims Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 4:14 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Just wanting to make sure you are checking on the NAQP pricing. Before buying. Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Danko Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:36 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Ron, where are you located? We are real close to bringing in a KM6500 and I would like more info on your purchase. 1. What rip did you go with? 2. Did you add any finishing equipment to the box? 3. What are you paying for the box? 4. What are you paying for b/w clicks? 5. What are you paying for color clicks? 6. Do you plan on taking work of the duplicators (spot pms) and put it on the KM 6500? 7. What was your final determination for going with KM vs Xerox, Cannon or etc. Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms\ 102 N. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 Phone: (909) 875-7163 Fax: (909) 875-7971 www.abfprints.com E-Mail: kevin@abfprints.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Ron Taggart Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 1:17 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** We do have our KMc6500 up and running the the quality is very good, and as a mid-size commercial printer ($6MM) we have to have pretty high standards. This machine has register controls which I do not believe the Xerox 240 or 242 does. I think the quality off of a 240 is good, but, we have the requirement that our pieces must cut out well and register so tri-folds don't look like they were printed at Kinkos. We looked at the Xerox 5000 which has register, but is well over $100K and has a high gloss finish to the toner which our salespeople hated. -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of k_graham@hotmail.com Sent: Tuesday, September 18, 2007 11:07 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I am getting no where with Danka, or the other Canon sales company. > Holding strong at 9.2 cents per click with 11 x 17 - 2 clicks. Told them > they were nuts! We pay 10 cents a click but 11x17 is still 10 cents a click, but we are up in northern Canada in what you would consider a remote location. Even so we have a Xerox tech with factory training - unlike the Ikon crowd that gets their training from someone from the Edmonton that got training probably from someone in Ontario that maybe got training from Konica Minolta. Black is 1.25 cents a click and we run more black than color because of mixed originals and short run card orders.I much prefer to run card through the color copier slow for black than through a fast black white machine. > > What machine should I be looking for? I need consistant color quality, > speed, and good off the glass. One advantage of the Xerox 240 - 250, 242, 252, 260 is so much is self serve which greatly reduces the number of service calls you install Toner, Drums, Waste Receptacles, Fuser Assembly is drop in, Xerox wants to provide the fuser assembly but after our 1st one got a minor nick they left it. I said I would use it if I had new stocks to try out so as not to ruin the good Fuser. They also provide a separate corona type wire that attaches to the black drum - I changed this today when the machine told me to. Both my Xerox machines were off a bit on copy length where 17" was printing 16.875 but the technician adjusted both exactly upon my complaint. > Which RIP would be the best choice? After the problem with the Ikon 500/internal Fiery I took no chances and got the External Fiery mainly because of the Fiery on the XP12's which we kept, plus the Fiery on IR105 and IR7200 black machines. This way we use had Command Work Station to control all. However we were able to get demo units so saved a bit. One unit had a 3 hole punch/stapler unit, the other none - I just think about 7 thousand for a booklet finisher is too much, better to buy offline unit that does heavier books and lasts through 2 or 3 machines, unless of course you do booklets all day within the spec's of the online finisher. We found the Fiery's both allowed installation of a monitor keyboard which has been handy. If the Fiery comes with Pitstop, imposition, and hot folders it can have a monitor, keyboard installed. The only difference between 240 and 250 models is speed of the 8.5x11 size, the 11x17 runs at same speed. We ended up with 1 of each because thats the demo models that were available, we were about 40,000.00 complete, each. Another interesting possibility would be their business color equivilent but I don't know about its variable data or complex file capability. Also we save files to the RIP using Fiery Free Form and then send Variable Data like numbering over separately. However I sure would like to see a few comparisons with Creo. both for variable data and for color, like most here I think EFI needs competition and if I had to pay full price for either RIP then I probably would have looked harder at the Creo. It's funny but unlike Dan we've found our 240 and 250 to run like the Doc 12 for calibrating which is to say maybe weekly(for the Gradation adjust). What I suggest is do the copier Gradation adjust weekly. This is separate from a RIP calibration and must be done before a RIP calibration which I would do after a technicians visit. The RIP calibration should not be necessary again as long as the copier doesn't change which is what you are doing by doing the copier Gradation adjustment. All color copiers have some sort of Gradation adjustment, separate from RIP calibration, this is Xerox's gradation adjustment http://tinyurl.com/26qn23 Another plus with Xerox is the best support site in the business and toll free tech support, though it might be to India. One peculiarity with Xerox is it claims not to duplex coated paper while the Ikon 500 claimed to be able to. We found with the Xerox using Futura Gloss 80# text we were able to run 16,000 copies without problem. This was something like 80 of 200 page books. We specified heavy1 card instead of coated and the duplex worked superb, better than results when we were running the Ikon 500. Of side interest, many years ago we signed for a 6 month trial on a 1070 Xerox - great black and white machine analog copier but only letter, legal. However severely over priced, we stopped at the trial rather than sign for 5 years. But the one big job we were counting on came in the last week and the machine broke and Xerox said with only 5 days to go they couldn't be bothered to send in a service man. I was many years before I allowed Xerox in the door and that was so I could trial their copier and return it. However the 2nd time at this tactic I bought the Xerox Doc 12. Also here the Xerox sales manager is the one that I deal with and I find much less run a round than going through sales people. Use your clout, tell Xerox the mayor is calling. > Thanks in advance for re-posting and re-answering. > > Joe Dominick Good Luck Ken Graham CommunityPrinters.com 250-782-7108 Dawson Creek BC Canada V1G 2G5 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2541 (20070920) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From VillagePrinting1 at aol.com Thu Sep 20 17:30:51 2007 From: VillagePrinting1 at aol.com (VillagePrinting1@aol.com) Date: Thu Sep 20 17:31:18 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors Message-ID: I guess it all depends on what type of clients we have. When almost all our orders all for four color process. We have about three clients that require PMS work & they are for stationery orders. I can't see the new colors are going to make any major impact in our industry. Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From VillagePrinting1 at aol.com Thu Sep 20 17:49:34 2007 From: VillagePrinting1 at aol.com (VillagePrinting1@aol.com) Date: Thu Sep 20 17:49:50 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: C650 Message-ID: Has anyone have any experience or knowledge on the C650 model. I have any interest also in KM 6500 / Xerox 250. I am coming to the end of my contract on my small unit in Feb. Want to get as much information as possible to help with my decision. As always, thanks in advance. Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From kellycrom at gmail.com Thu Sep 20 18:00:04 2007 From: kellycrom at gmail.com (Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics) Date: Thu Sep 20 18:00:09 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors In-Reply-To: <001a01c7fbbe$e2bbe070$0b01a8c0@CharXP> References: <001a01c7fbbe$e2bbe070$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Message-ID: <03d801c7fbd1$9b168730$6d01a8c0@KELLY> I think we'll all(offset printers) have to offer the new GOE colors eventually, but I don't see any reason to "change" to the new colors(btw, these are not replacing(according to the Pantone rep at Graph Expo) the Pantone PMS system. I think we will initially plan on ordering mixed new color directly from our ink company. And not until we start receiving orders on a regular basis will we bring in the 10 new mixing inks to be able to mix our own. We currently charge $47 for a mix we do, and $80 for a custom mix from the ink company. Also, we will all want to consider at least ordering the new Goe ink guide, which includes a cd with the new colors to add into Adobe, Quark, etc. For those of us who have digital machines, and do some sort of PMS matching, we will have to wait for the RIP manufacturers to get out updates for the color tables in the RIPs. Kelly Crom Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. We've Moved!!! 2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 Plymouth, MN 55441 New Phone: (763)231-6970 kellycrom@gmail.com www.applied-graphics.com > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Charlene Sims > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 2:46 PM > To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' > Subject: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Is anyone changing to the new PMS colors. I wasn't even > thinking of it but > just had a customer asked me when I was changing. Ugh. Has > anyone done > this. > ch > > Charlene Sims > > The Master's Press, Inc > 14550 Midway Road > Dallas, Tx 75244 > 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 > char@themasterspress.com > www.themasterspress.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From kevin at abfprints.com Thu Sep 20 19:22:45 2007 From: kevin at abfprints.com (Kevin Danko) Date: Thu Sep 20 19:25:43 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions In-Reply-To: <003401c7fbcb$33799f50$0b01a8c0@CharXP> References: <00ca01c7fb1e$2d68ebf0$1700a8c0@abf.local> <003401c7fbcb$33799f50$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Message-ID: <020701c7fbdd$27983860$1700a8c0@abf.local> Charlene, I am not a member of NAQP. Can I still get info from them on copier pricing? Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms 102 N. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 Phone: (909) 875-7163 Fax: (909) 875-7971 www.abfprints.com E-Mail: kevin@abfprints.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Charlene Sims Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 2:14 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Just wanting to make sure you are checking on the NAQP pricing. Before buying. Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Danko Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2007 7:36 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Ron, where are you located? We are real close to bringing in a KM6500 and I would like more info on your purchase. 1. What rip did you go with? 2. Did you add any finishing equipment to the box? 3. What are you paying for the box? 4. What are you paying for b/w clicks? 5. What are you paying for color clicks? 6. Do you plan on taking work of the duplicators (spot pms) and put it on the KM 6500? 7. What was your final determination for going with KM vs Xerox, Cannon or etc. Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms\ 102 N. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 Phone: (909) 875-7163 Fax: (909) 875-7971 www.abfprints.com E-Mail: kevin@abfprints.com From gerrye at porathprintsource.com Thu Sep 20 19:25:57 2007 From: gerrye at porathprintsource.com (Gerry Engelhart) Date: Thu Sep 20 19:26:15 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Re: Data capture with Visual Printleader References: <20070920212308.8F492BA78AC@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <01f901c7fbdd$9977d4e0$6800000a@Engelhart> Anyone out there have any experience using the Data Capture Module from Printleader? I would be interested in talking to you to hear how it works and what it adds to your management of your shop Gerry Engelhart (gerrye@porathprintsource.com) Porath Printsource Cleveland Ohio From slb at inkspot.net Thu Sep 20 22:13:52 2007 From: slb at inkspot.net (Steve Blatman) Date: Thu Sep 20 22:14:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors In-Reply-To: <002701c7fbca$1d071f00$0b01a8c0@CharXP> References: <58386D97-5C0A-4EE7-98A0-35C86EC7DC02@mac.com> Message-ID: <46F2F0A0.31876.1006260@slb.inkspot.net> > I think I am getting old. What was wrong with the > good ole PMS > ch > Did I miss something here? Is Charlene longing for PMS? Steve (ducking and running for cover, but it was too good a line to pass up...) Steve Blatman Ink Spot Printing & Copy Center, Inc. 14 Church Road, Frazer, PA 19355 USA Tel: 610-647-0776 Fax: 610-647-4560 From ttspeer at grics.net Thu Sep 20 22:11:26 2007 From: ttspeer at grics.net (Tim & Tammie Speer) Date: Thu Sep 20 22:15:33 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] MidWest Printer's Party In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Cots are a good idea. We have a big basement where everyone can sleep. It walks right out to the lake. (well, there is a slight hill) Tammie Tammie Speer ---------------------------------- Tammie@MacombPrinter.com ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ QUICKPRINTERS & SIGNS EXPRESS __________________________________ 1120 East Jackson Street Macomb, IL 61455 309.833.5250--fax 833.3123 http://www.macombprinter.com ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Tammie I suggest you contact a ASI member like myself & start ordering cots! > : ) > > > Tommy > > > Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. > 3612 E. Tremont Avenue > Bronx, N.Y. 10465 > NAQP Member #1031539 > 718.904.7760 > 718.892.2315 Fax > _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) > > > > ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com Thu Sep 20 23:01:29 2007 From: mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com (Michael Vogel) Date: Thu Sep 20 23:01:45 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors In-Reply-To: <002701c7fbca$1d071f00$0b01a8c0@CharXP> References: <001a01c7fbbe$e2bbe070$0b01a8c0@CharXP> <58386D97-5C0A-4EE7-98A0-35C86EC7DC02@mac.com> <002701c7fbca$1d071f00$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Message-ID: <98f5b19a0709202001j2f739a4cs36291aa3b7b8f264@mail.gmail.com> On 9/20/07, Charlene Sims wrote: > > I hate changes........ I think I am getting old. What was wrong with the > good ole PMS I say it's about time! Like King Derwin o Didd in Dr. Seuss' "Bartholomew and the Oobleck" (my favorite book in 1950 or so) who was tired of rain, hail, sun, fog, sleet and snow and had his wise men conjure up green gooey oobleck to fall from the sky, I have looked at the PMS book for years wishing for oobleck colors -- something new under the sun. If I were a designer, I'd probably start using them right away! -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon From swiftyprinting at mac.com Fri Sep 21 07:35:09 2007 From: swiftyprinting at mac.com (Chuck) Date: Fri Sep 21 07:35:27 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors In-Reply-To: <002701c7fbca$1d071f00$0b01a8c0@CharXP> References: <001a01c7fbbe$e2bbe070$0b01a8c0@CharXP> <58386D97-5C0A-4EE7-98A0-35C86EC7DC02@mac.com> <002701c7fbca$1d071f00$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Message-ID: On Sep 20, 2007, at 5:06 PM, Charlene Sims wrote: > Chuck I had not even thought of that aspect. We might not want to > change > But as designers or especially people who think they are designers > start > using those colors, that is what they are going to be looking for. > The > person asking me this was a designer at a large church we do a lot of > printing for. Change is good and we will be happy to print the new colors. (We all remember the "new" pastel charts, right...those went well). Just think of the "New" upcharge and mixing fee you can now charge and have a good explanation to charge for it. More dollars for us. You can recoup that $500-$1200 Goe chart and mixing book charge in just a few jobs. I look at it also as a selling point. Just because a designer wants it, doesn't make it right for the customer. If the customer prints pieces 4 color/spot/offset and digital then they need to think about how the color will cross over on all platforms. I have not seen a Pantone book showing the cmyk equivalents yet (do they have one for GOE as they do for PMS?). The new colors are also a time to educate the customer on when and what to use for their needs. Chuck Pappas Arlington Swifty Printing 1386 Massachusetts Avenue Arlington, MA 02476 781-646-8700 www.arlingtonswifty.com From char at themasterspress.com Fri Sep 21 10:25:31 2007 From: char at themasterspress.com (Charlene Sims) Date: Fri Sep 21 10:25:54 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors In-Reply-To: <46F2F0A0.31876.1006260@slb.inkspot.net> References: <58386D97-5C0A-4EE7-98A0-35C86EC7DC02@mac.com> <46F2F0A0.31876.1006260@slb.inkspot.net> Message-ID: <00f801c7fc5b$459bf260$0b01a8c0@CharXP> :-) Funny man. You better duck. Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Steve Blatman Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 9:14 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > I think I am getting old. What was wrong with the > good ole PMS > ch > Did I miss something here? Is Charlene longing for PMS? Steve (ducking and running for cover, but it was too good a line to pass up...) Steve Blatman Ink Spot Printing & Copy Center, Inc. 14 Church Road, Frazer, PA 19355 USA Tel: 610-647-0776 Fax: 610-647-4560 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From char at themasterspress.com Fri Sep 21 10:39:43 2007 From: char at themasterspress.com (Charlene Sims) Date: Fri Sep 21 10:40:22 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions In-Reply-To: <020701c7fbdd$27983860$1700a8c0@abf.local> References: <00ca01c7fb1e$2d68ebf0$1700a8c0@abf.local><003401c7fbcb$33799f50$0b01a8c0@CharXP> <020701c7fbdd$27983860$1700a8c0@abf.local> Message-ID: <010501c7fc5d$3fb7b2b0$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Yes Kevin. You can join NAQP for a merely $465 and that is just one of the benefits that you will get. You can get the pricing before you join but to get the deal you must be a member. You can go to www.naqp.com and check out other benefits. You can also get a 10% discount on all your labels from Discount Labels. That in itself pays more than my membership fees each year. Please feel free to call if you have any questions. Would love to chat with you. I am somewhat prejudice since I am the incoming Chairman next year but have been a member for 30 years and I believe I would not still be in business if not the things I have learned from being a member. You can call Chuck Slaughter and he can give you the NAQP pricing and clicks. He is the NAQP rep. 214.697.3455 is his cell phone number. Tell him I told you to call him. Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Danko Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 6:23 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Charlene, I am not a member of NAQP. Can I still get info from them on copier pricing? Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms 102 N. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 Phone: (909) 875-7163 Fax: (909) 875-7971 www.abfprints.com E-Mail: kevin@abfprints.com From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Fri Sep 21 11:10:37 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Fri Sep 21 11:10:00 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions In-Reply-To: <010501c7fc5d$3fb7b2b0$0b01a8c0@CharXP> References: <00ca01c7fb1e$2d68ebf0$1700a8c0@abf.local><003401c7fbcb$33799f50$0b01a8c0@CharXP> <020701c7fbdd$27983860$1700a8c0@abf.local> <010501c7fc5d$3fb7b2b0$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Message-ID: <2D173ACE-1CC9-4FDA-964A-F91343C3C8A1@falconprintandcopy.com> WHAT? We get 10% off at discount labels. I'm heading to the website! Borzou Falcon Print and Copy 1921 Gallows Road Vienna, VA 22182 703.442.0124 On Sep 21, 2007, at 10:39 AM, Charlene Sims wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Yes Kevin. You can join NAQP for a merely $465 and that is just > one of the > benefits that you will get. You can get the pricing before you > join but to > get the deal you must be a member. You can go to www.naqp.com and > check out > other benefits. You can also get a 10% discount on all your labels > from > Discount Labels. That in itself pays more than my membership fees > each > year. Please feel free to call if you have any questions. Would > love to > chat with you. I am somewhat prejudice since I am the incoming > Chairman > next year but have been a member for 30 years and I believe I would > not > still be in business if not the things I have learned from being a > member. > You can call Chuck Slaughter and he can give you the NAQP pricing and > clicks. He is the NAQP rep. 214.697.3455 is his cell phone > number. Tell > him I told you to call him. > > Charlene Sims > > The Master's Press, Inc > 14550 Midway Road > Dallas, Tx 75244 > 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 > char@themasterspress.com > www.themasterspress.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Danko > Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 6:23 PM > To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' > Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Charlene, I am not a member of NAQP. Can I still get info from them on > copier pricing? > > Kevin Danko > Advantage Business Forms > 102 N. Riverside Ave. > Rialto, CA 92376 > Phone: (909) 875-7163 > Fax: (909) 875-7971 > www.abfprints.com > E-Mail: kevin@abfprints.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From kevin at abfprints.com Fri Sep 21 11:18:35 2007 From: kevin at abfprints.com (Kevin Danko) Date: Fri Sep 21 11:22:11 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions In-Reply-To: <010501c7fc5d$3fb7b2b0$0b01a8c0@CharXP> References: <00ca01c7fb1e$2d68ebf0$1700a8c0@abf.local><003401c7fbcb$33799f50$0b01a8c0@CharXP><020701c7fbdd$27983860$1700a8c0@abf.local> <010501c7fc5d$3fb7b2b0$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Message-ID: <006701c7fc62$aff48260$1700a8c0@abf.local> Thanks Charlene! Next time I get to the Dallas area I would love to stop by and visit your shop and take you to lunch. Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms 102 N. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 Phone: (909) 875-7163 Fax: (909) 875-7971 www.abfprints.com E-Mail: kevin@abfprints.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Charlene Sims Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 7:40 AM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Yes Kevin. You can join NAQP for a merely $465 and that is just one of the benefits that you will get. You can get the pricing before you join but to get the deal you must be a member. You can go to www.naqp.com and check out other benefits. You can also get a 10% discount on all your labels from Discount Labels. That in itself pays more than my membership fees each year. Please feel free to call if you have any questions. Would love to chat with you. I am somewhat prejudice since I am the incoming Chairman next year but have been a member for 30 years and I believe I would not still be in business if not the things I have learned from being a member. You can call Chuck Slaughter and he can give you the NAQP pricing and clicks. He is the NAQP rep. 214.697.3455 is his cell phone number. Tell him I told you to call him. Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Danko Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 6:23 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Charlene, I am not a member of NAQP. Can I still get info from them on copier pricing? Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms 102 N. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 Phone: (909) 875-7163 Fax: (909) 875-7971 www.abfprints.com E-Mail: kevin@abfprints.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From char at themasterspress.com Fri Sep 21 11:26:10 2007 From: char at themasterspress.com (Charlene Sims) Date: Fri Sep 21 11:26:30 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions In-Reply-To: <006701c7fc62$aff48260$1700a8c0@abf.local> References: <00ca01c7fb1e$2d68ebf0$1700a8c0@abf.local><003401c7fbcb$33799f50$0b01a8c0@CharXP><020701c7fbdd$27983860$1700a8c0@abf.local><010501c7fc5d$3fb7b2b0$0b01a8c0@CharXP> <006701c7fc62$aff48260$1700a8c0@abf.local> Message-ID: <014b01c7fc63$bd1832b0$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Come on by to you and anyone else. But if you are in Dallas, I will take you to lunch. I love having people here and can give you a tour of other printers here also if you would like. ch Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Danko Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 10:19 AM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Thanks Charlene! Next time I get to the Dallas area I would love to stop by and visit your shop and take you to lunch. Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms 102 N. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 Phone: (909) 875-7163 Fax: (909) 875-7971 www.abfprints.com E-Mail: kevin@abfprints.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Charlene Sims Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 7:40 AM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Yes Kevin. You can join NAQP for a merely $465 and that is just one of the benefits that you will get. You can get the pricing before you join but to get the deal you must be a member. You can go to www.naqp.com and check out other benefits. You can also get a 10% discount on all your labels from Discount Labels. That in itself pays more than my membership fees each year. Please feel free to call if you have any questions. Would love to chat with you. I am somewhat prejudice since I am the incoming Chairman next year but have been a member for 30 years and I believe I would not still be in business if not the things I have learned from being a member. You can call Chuck Slaughter and he can give you the NAQP pricing and clicks. He is the NAQP rep. 214.697.3455 is his cell phone number. Tell him I told you to call him. Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Danko Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 6:23 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Color copier suggestions ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Charlene, I am not a member of NAQP. Can I still get info from them on copier pricing? Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms 102 N. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 Phone: (909) 875-7163 Fax: (909) 875-7971 www.abfprints.com E-Mail: kevin@abfprints.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From cpress at northnet.org Fri Sep 21 11:26:27 2007 From: cpress at northnet.org (David Charleson) Date: Fri Sep 21 11:26:50 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Intel Mac Transition Message-ID: <46F3E2A3.4060202@northnet.org> Hello, I need to have my memory refreshed. How compatible are Quark 6.5 and Adobe CS1 applications on an Intel Mac? I am possibly thinking of upgrading one of our workstations to the new Mac so i can output Publisher files from the Windows side of the computer also . We are going to enroll in Adobes service provider program soon and can upgrade to Quark 7 too. But i cant spend that kind of money right at this moment....so i guess i need to address which is better ...getting the software first, or the computer first. What did some of you do during your transition? Thanks, David Charleson President Commercial Press Inc. 216 Cowan Rd Canton NY 13617 P 315.386.3431 F 315.386.5259 cpress@northnet.org www.commercialpressink.com From swiftyprinting at mac.com Fri Sep 21 11:51:28 2007 From: swiftyprinting at mac.com (Chuck) Date: Fri Sep 21 11:51:41 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Intel Mac Transition In-Reply-To: <46F3E2A3.4060202@northnet.org> References: <46F3E2A3.4060202@northnet.org> Message-ID: <23072230-65C9-4ED5-B5F0-B8E9C55C1CC5@mac.com> On Sep 21, 2007, at 11:26 AM, David Charleson wrote: > I need to have my memory refreshed. How compatible are Quark 6.5 > and Adobe CS1 applications on an Intel Mac? I am possibly thinking > of upgrading one of our workstations to the new Mac so i can output > Publisher files from the Windows side of the computer also . We are > going to enroll in Adobes service provider program soon > and can upgrade to Quark 7 too. But i cant spend that kind of money > right at this moment....so i guess i need to address which is > better ...getting the software first, or the computer first. What > did some of you do during your transition? Besides Adobe's Program sign up for Quark Alliance, for the fee they will also send you their Print Collection tools. There seems to be some issues using Adobe's older versions on an Intel machine and I would suggest only CS3 on it. If you are upgrading to the new Intel Mac only do so if you can budget the new software also. Otherwise it is a waste of good dollars. We currently are switching every machine to be a dual machine. This way no one needs to play computer hop and it makes working more efficient. Chuck Pappas Arlington Swifty Printing 1386 Massachusetts Avenue Arlington, MA 02476 781-646-8700 www.arlingtonswifty.com From DanF at MMSNY.com Fri Sep 21 11:57:01 2007 From: DanF at MMSNY.com (Dan Flatt) Date: Fri Sep 21 11:53:55 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] KM bizhub PRO 1050 Message-ID: Ron, We have 3 of the 1050's and we love them. One has stackers, one has the folder and one has the bookletmaker. Large paper feed trays are awesome, bookletmaker is awesome and uptime is awesome. The interface is a little different from what we were used to but it works well. Dan Flatt vp/ owner Multi Media Services 11136-40 River Road Corning, NY 14830 main 607-936-3186 CELL 607-331-7217 PLEASE CALL MY CELL FIRST! Fax 877-684-3043 www.mmsny.com Isn't it time that you had a business printer printing for your business? Other contacts: Rick Bartholomew owner 607-769-8111 David Jackson manager 607-331-5422 Dick Shelford Sunset Operations 607-331-5775 Patty Carlson Strategic accounts 607-331-5314 Suzie Bartholomew Strategic accounts 607-331-5314 Dave Satterly IR operations 570-882-0485 Ralph Begeal CSR 607-331-5572 Steve Mullen CSR 607-936-3186 Margaret Puffer CSR / mailing 607-936-3186 Rose Flatt Design 607-331-1555 Emily Colletta Design 607-331-7068 Judy Pruyne Design 607-331-5963 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Ron Taggart Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 11:38 AM To: printowners Subject: [PrintOwners] KM bizhub PRO 1050 ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** We are considering installing a KM 1050 PRO black & white printer. Does anyone on this list have this model and could you comment on reliability and how it handles card stock? We like the booklet maker (does up to 200 page books) with face trimmer so that seems to eliminate a lot of competitors out there. Any competitors to this machine you would suggest? Recipients of this E-mail should note that the quotations that appear below should not be construed as a personal message, nor are they in any manner a statement regarding the recipient's character, and are meant for the general edification of this writer's friends and correspondents. "To each there comes in their lifetime a special moment when they are figuratively tapped on the shoulder and offered the chance to do a very special thing, unique to them and fitted to their talents. What a tragedy if that moment finds them unprepared or unqualified for that which could have been their finest hour." --Winston Churchill "When a nation has allowed itself to fall under a tyrannical regime, it cannot be absolved from the faults due to the guilt of the regime." --Winston Churchill Ron Taggart, President PRINTING CONCEPTS, INC. 4246 Hudson Drive Stow, Ohio 44224 330-572-8200 fax. 330-572-8201 www.printingconcepts.com ron@printingconcepts.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From stephen at plazaprint.com Fri Sep 21 12:08:24 2007 From: stephen at plazaprint.com (Stephen Sham) Date: Fri Sep 21 12:08:44 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] KM bizhub PRO 1050 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46F3EC78.9040104@plazaprint.com> Dan, Could you share with us the cost equipment (purchase or lease) and the cost of operation (click charge and supplies) Thanks. -- Stephen Sham Plaza Printing 126 E. Valley Blvd. Alhambra, CA 91801 USA 626-576-0209 626-576-0433 fax From oren66 at sbcglobal.net Fri Sep 21 12:13:53 2007 From: oren66 at sbcglobal.net (Arie Teomi) Date: Fri Sep 21 12:14:29 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Church Mailing List Message-ID: <682634.14201.qm@web83414.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> I need a list of United methodist churches in several zip codes. My regular list provider came up with a low number. The customer says he knows for sure that there are more than 3 times as much. Any Idea who can sell more accurate lists? Thanks Arie Arie Teomi MINUTEMAN PRESS 23500 Mercantile Suite F Cleveland, OH 44122 P:216-464-1960 F:216-464-1660 www.minutemancleveland.com Your Full Service PRINTING, COPYING and MAILING partner From QKCONSULT at aol.com Fri Sep 21 12:43:30 2007 From: QKCONSULT at aol.com (QKCONSULT@aol.com) Date: Fri Sep 21 12:44:04 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Church Mailing List Message-ID: In a message dated 9/21/2007 12:16:26 PM Eastern Daylight Time, oren66@sbcglobal.net writes: I need a list of United methodist churches in several zip codes. My regular list provider came up with a low number. The customer says he knows for sure that there are more than 3 times as much. Any Idea who can sell more accurate lists? I would suggest going to: _www.unitedmethodist.org_ (http://www.unitedmethodist.org) website and then under ask question send them a brief email and find out if the list is available directly from them? I tried a search at _http://unitedmethodist.org/fac/_ (http://unitedmethodist.org/fac/) for Melbourne, FL 32901 and it returned 5-6 churches but not in an easy to covert to list format. John Stewart The Quick Consultant _www.quickconsultant.com_ (http://www.quickconsultant.com/) 321-727-2442 FAX 321-727-2166 Cell: 321-794-6259 2110 S. Dairy Road West Melbourne, FL 32904 Read about new book _Print Shop For Sale_ (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) by Larry Hunt and myself. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From jgross at techiowa.com Fri Sep 21 12:46:42 2007 From: jgross at techiowa.com (John Gross) Date: Fri Sep 21 12:47:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Excel or Access data merge Message-ID: <000001c7fc6e$fd878e30$1e00000a@tech.local> We have a monthly need to merge a data list into an existing excel spread sheet. We have a list of accounts in excel showing among other things, a unique account number and monthly sales by that account. Our accounting system exports a report of current monthly sales and account numbers. This list varies from the excel list because of new accounts, closed accounts etc so a cut and paste doesn't work. Is there a function in excel that would match by account numbers and add the sales figure to the sheet? I believe that access will handle this function when the account number is a "key" field in both tables, but we haven't figured this one out either. Any suggestions or references would be appreciated and earn a beer or two in Chicago next fall. Thanks John A. Gross Technigraphics, Inc. PO Box 1846 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 jgross@techiowa.com From slb at inkspot.net Fri Sep 21 12:51:24 2007 From: slb at inkspot.net (Steve Blatman) Date: Fri Sep 21 12:51:52 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Church Mailing List In-Reply-To: <682634.14201.qm@web83414.mail.sp1.yahoo.com> Message-ID: <46F3BE4C.18783.31FEAF2@slb.inkspot.net> Since many of them include the words "United Methodist Church" in their name, perhaps a goole search would get you what you need. JAT, Steve > > I need a list of United methodist churches in several > zip codes. > My regular list provider came up with a low number. > The customer says he knows for sure that there are > more than 3 times as much. > > Any Idea who can sell more accurate lists? > > Thanks > Arie > > Arie Teomi > MINUTEMAN PRESS > 23500 Mercantile Suite F > Cleveland, OH 44122 > P:216-464-1960 > F:216-464-1660 > > www.minutemancleveland.com > > Your Full Service > PRINTING, COPYING and MAILING partner > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > Steve Blatman Ink Spot Printing & Copy Center, Inc. 14 Church Road, Frazer, PA 19355 USA Tel: 610-647-0776 Fax: 610-647-4560 From DanF at MMSNY.com Fri Sep 21 12:56:11 2007 From: DanF at MMSNY.com (Dan Flatt) Date: Fri Sep 21 12:53:10 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] KM bizhub PRO 1050 Message-ID: We bought ours from Eastern Copy Products (Global) who have been bought by XEROX. We have a 100,000 copy per month minimum although all 3 are pooled together for overages (so our minimum is 300,000 in total from the three machines so if one is high and one is low we are not penalized. Out rate is $.0035 per 12x18 sheet (or smaller). We run mostly A3 size paper which is like 11x17 and we use these for short run booklets and printing the guts for perfect bound books as our books range from 88 to 106 pages and we only have a 40 bin collator so the guts are printed N-UP on A3 (same page up 2, 4, 6 or 8 times) collated. All we have to do it cut the pages down and feed the perfect binder (covers are printed separately). This machine will print on 100# dull text like it was 20# bond... The price for the three with the below options is around $4,700 per month (60 months) 1 stacker and base finisher and extra set of 3 feed trays (5 total) 1 folding unit plus base finisher and extra set of 3 feed trays (5 total) 1 booklet maker plus base finisher and extra set of 3 feed trays (5 total) All are connected using the postscript rip. I use a cost of $.01 for equipment, plus $.0125 for overhead and labor allocation, and $.0035 for click as my base cost excluding paper or $.026 per copy or $.013 per letter-up), $.0065 per statement (4-up). Hope this helps. Dan Flatt vp/ owner Multi Media Services 11136-40 River Road Corning, NY 14830 main 607-936-3186 CELL 607-331-7217 PLEASE CALL MY CELL FIRST! Fax 877-684-3043 www.mmsny.com Isn't it time that you had a business printer printing for your business? Other contacts: Rick Bartholomew owner 607-769-8111 David Jackson manager 607-331-5422 Dick Shelford Sunset Operations 607-331-5775 Patty Carlson Strategic accounts 607-331-5314 Suzie Bartholomew Strategic accounts 607-331-5314 Dave Satterly IR operations 570-882-0485 Ralph Begeal CSR 607-331-5572 Steve Mullen CSR 607-936-3186 Margaret Puffer CSR / mailing 607-936-3186 Rose Flatt Design 607-331-1555 Emily Colletta Design 607-331-7068 Judy Pruyne Design 607-331-5963 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Stephen Sham Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 12:08 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] KM bizhub PRO 1050 ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Dan, Could you share with us the cost equipment (purchase or lease) and the cost of operation (click charge and supplies) Thanks. -- Stephen Sham Plaza Printing 126 E. Valley Blvd. Alhambra, CA 91801 USA 626-576-0209 626-576-0433 fax _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From keli at parchmentpress.net Fri Sep 21 12:57:59 2007 From: keli at parchmentpress.net (Keli of Coxsackie) Date: Fri Sep 21 12:58:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Page analysis Message-ID: <46F3F817.7040408@parchmentpress.net> Hello, In cost analyzing for a new printer many have costs based on 5% or 20% coverage. Does anyone know a program that gives the % for each CMYK? Does acrobat or pitstop do it? thanks, Michael Markuson (aka Keli) Parchment Press 52 S River St Coxsackie, NY 12051 From mail at myprinter.biz Fri Sep 21 13:21:36 2007 From: mail at myprinter.biz (mail@myprinter.biz) Date: Fri Sep 21 13:21:13 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Excel or Access data merge In-Reply-To: <000001c7fc6e$fd878e30$1e00000a@tech.local> Message-ID: Is there a function in excel that would match by account numbers and add the sales figure to the sheet? John John - You might be able to pull this off by having a couple of worksheet is the same workbook and linking cell in the using "if" arguments/condition, but it might also be an SOB to write the arguments. Might even required (or be very helpful to have) a third worksheet into which to integrate the data If you'll send me a sample of the worksheet into which you want the data integrated and another showing a sample the data to be integrated, I'll take a look at it for you. (Both MUST show the account numbers, even if they differ.) Dan Sir Speedy Printing Center 5845 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, FL 33021 t 954.962.1309 f 954.962.1366 dan@myprinter.biz www.myprinter.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of John Gross Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 12:47 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: [PrintOwners] Excel or Access data merge ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** We have a monthly need to merge a data list into an existing excel spread sheet. We have a list of accounts in excel showing among other things, a unique account number and monthly sales by that account. Our accounting system exports a report of current monthly sales and account numbers. This list varies from the excel list because of new accounts, closed accounts etc so a cut and paste doesn't work. Is there a function in excel that would match by account numbers and add the sales figure to the sheet? I believe that access will handle this function when the account number is a "key" field in both tables, but we haven't figured this one out either. Any suggestions or references would be appreciated and earn a beer or two in Chicago next fall. Thanks John A. Gross Technigraphics, Inc. PO Box 1846 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 jgross@techiowa.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From pressexpress at bfm.org Fri Sep 21 13:28:52 2007 From: pressexpress at bfm.org (Greg Weinfurter) Date: Fri Sep 21 13:29:52 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Intel Mac Transition In-Reply-To: <46F3E2A3.4060202@northnet.org> References: <46F3E2A3.4060202@northnet.org> Message-ID: <0F18C9DD-95C8-4721-AFB6-967A180A0122@bfm.org> The one downside about this business is that we have repurchase our technology (solftare-copiers,etc) every 4-5 years at a tune of thousands of dollars. On Sep 21, 2007, at 10:26 AM, David Charleson wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Hello, > I need to have my memory refreshed. How compatible are Quark 6.5 > and Adobe CS1 applications on an Intel Mac? I am possibly thinking > of upgrading one of our workstations to the new Mac so i can output > Publisher files from the Windows side of the computer also . We are > going to enroll in Adobes service provider program soon > and can upgrade to Quark 7 too. But i cant spend that kind of money > right at this moment....so i guess i need to address which is > better ...getting the software first, or the computer first. What > did some of you do during your transition? > > Thanks, > > David Charleson > President > Commercial Press Inc. > 216 Cowan Rd > Canton NY 13617 > P 315.386.3431 > F 315.386.5259 > cpress@northnet.org > www.commercialpressink.com > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners Greg Weinfurter Press Express 1869 N. Stevens St. Rhinelander, WI 54501 Phone 715-362-2828 Fax 715-369-2828 info@pressexpress.org From swiftyprinting at mac.com Fri Sep 21 13:46:16 2007 From: swiftyprinting at mac.com (Chuck) Date: Fri Sep 21 13:46:42 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] QM46 ink lay down question In-Reply-To: <0F18C9DD-95C8-4721-AFB6-967A180A0122@bfm.org> References: <46F3E2A3.4060202@northnet.org> <0F18C9DD-95C8-4721-AFB6-967A180A0122@bfm.org> Message-ID: Since my pressman is an idiot.... which Unit lays down the ink first on the QM46? Don't even ask it is Friday and I am already at my wits end. And as a layman if you answer by unit let me know which unit is considered 1 and which is 2 (I think unit 1 is by the delivery end and unit 2 is the feed end?). Thanks Chuck Pappas Arlington Swifty Printing 1386 Massachusetts Avenue Arlington, MA 02476 781-646-8700 www.arlingtonswifty.com From John at mpcny.com Fri Sep 21 14:01:13 2007 From: John at mpcny.com (John Henry) Date: Fri Sep 21 14:01:59 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Fedex/Kinkos underpreforms Message-ID: <005401c7fc79$66363760$32a2a620$@com> My take is FedEx is finding running a copy group far harder than ever imagined. http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6480639.html?nid=3470&source=titl e -- Graphic Arts Online, 9/21/2007 9:41:00 AM FedEx released its Q1 results, but burying the performance of its struggling Kinko?s printing unit within a new segment, FedEx Services?which includes FedEx Kinko?s, FedEx Global Supply Chain Services and FedEx Customer Information Services. Analysts say the move will keep FedEx from having to reveal details about its Kinko's business that rival UPS does not report about its UPS Stores. The company said it changed the way it reports income from FedEx Kinko's because it now contributes $900 million in package shipments for FedEx's transportation companies, and because FedEx Service has responsibility for sales and marketing companywide. FedEx did report that Kinko?s copy product revenues declined and that revenues for the new unit were flat. The company said it will continue to invest in its multi-year plan to open new FedEx Kinko's locations and enhance its integrated digital document service network to become a back office for local businesses and traveling professionals. The company opened 90 centers in the first quarter. Q1 profits for the entire company were up 4% to $494 million on revenue of $9.2 billion. John M. Henry Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company 125-129 East First Street Oswego, New York 13126 (315) 343-3531 (315) 343-3577 Fax www.mpcny.com John@mpcny.com We are an Adobe Authorized Service Provider Microsoft Publisher Service Provider We offer the Oswego area's only full service mailing for First, Second and Standard Class mailings. We handle everything from concept... to printing...to mailing! Ask us how YOU can SAVE money!!! No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.27/1020 - Release Date: 9/20/2007 12:07 PM From QKCONSULT at aol.com Fri Sep 21 14:02:42 2007 From: QKCONSULT at aol.com (QKCONSULT@aol.com) Date: Fri Sep 21 14:03:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Excel or Access data merge Message-ID: In a message dated 9/21/2007 1:26:33 PM Eastern Daylight Time, mail@myprinter.biz writes: "if" arguments/condition, but it might also be an SOB to write the arguments. John, It definitely can be done, but as Dan said, you would need a series of "If" statements. First, you would import new list adjacent to old list. This assumes that both sets of data have been sorted first by account #. Then in a third set of matching columns you would have to do some checking..... basically, the arguments would first say, check acct # in col A to see if it matches acct # in col F.... if it does, then enter that in column M.... then you would repeat that argument for customer name, and then account balance. I am assuming you are merging current balances against older balances and want to know what the current overall balance is? The last argument would basically say, if amount B is the same as amount A the put amount A in column, if it does not match subtract one from the other to give current balance. If the account numbers or names don't match you can have column say "New Customer" or whatever. With a sort, you would put all the new customers at the bottom of the list... it is really hard to see what you are trying to do, and how much more automated this could be without seeing the data you are working with... I'm also a bit suspicious as to why it needs to go into Excel... some accounting function that your accounting program cannot provide? John Stewart The Quick Consultant _www.quickconsultant.com_ (http://www.quickconsultant.com/) 321-727-2442 FAX 321-727-2166 Cell: 321-794-6259 2110 S. Dairy Road West Melbourne, FL 32904 Read about new book _Print Shop For Sale_ (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) by Larry Hunt and myself. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From VillagePrinting1 at aol.com Fri Sep 21 14:27:00 2007 From: VillagePrinting1 at aol.com (VillagePrinting1@aol.com) Date: Fri Sep 21 14:27:28 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Fedex/Kinkos underpreforms Message-ID: I just read the same thing. I read it out loud for my troops here. They all got a kick out of it. My main counter person joked about it....her quote was. Should we still send annoying customers to them : ) Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From dennisewing at satx.rr.com Fri Sep 21 14:31:41 2007 From: dennisewing at satx.rr.com (Dennis Ewing) Date: Fri Sep 21 14:30:44 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] QM46 ink lay down question In-Reply-To: References: <46F3E2A3.4060202@northnet.org> <0F18C9DD-95C8-4721-AFB6-967A180A0122@bfm.org> Message-ID: <46F40E0D.3010207@satx.rr.com> Printing unit 2 is over the feeder and lays down ink LAST. That is why you always put your light color in printing unit 1 (The main press unit) to reduce color transfer from the dark ink. Feel free to call me if you can't make him see it. I've only been running presses for 32 years and don't' really know much. :-> Dennis W. Ewing Sr Ewing and Sons Printing 12000 Crownpoint, #130 San Antonio, TX 78233 dennisewing@satx.rr.com ewingandsons@satx.rr.com 210/650-5311 210/650-9916 Fax Chuck wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Since my pressman is an idiot.... > > which Unit lays down the ink first on the QM46? Don't even ask it is > Friday and I am already at my wits end. > > And as a layman if you answer by unit let me know which unit is > considered 1 and which is 2 (I think unit 1 is by the delivery end and > unit 2 is the feed end?). > > Thanks > > > Chuck Pappas > Arlington Swifty Printing > 1386 Massachusetts Avenue > Arlington, MA 02476 > 781-646-8700 > www.arlingtonswifty.com > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From John at mpcny.com Fri Sep 21 14:50:34 2007 From: John at mpcny.com (John Henry) Date: Fri Sep 21 14:51:10 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: QM46 ink lay down question In-Reply-To: <20070921180313.D48FBBAD875@rb.enter.net> References: <20070921180313.D48FBBAD875@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <000b01c7fc80$4afda9e0$e0f8fda0$@com> On my Ryobi and my 4 color h berg unit is the first one from the feeder, 2 is delivery. On our display board when you push 1st unit that is what comes on. So you lose Chuck, but hey it is Friday, unless you're in some other country where maybe Saturday or reading this tomorrow John M. Henry Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company 125-129 East First Street Oswego, New York 13126 (315) 343-3531 (315) 343-3577 Fax www.mpcny.com John@mpcny.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.27/1020 - Release Date: 9/20/2007 12:07 PM From John at mpcny.com Fri Sep 21 14:53:35 2007 From: John at mpcny.com (John Henry) Date: Fri Sep 21 14:54:09 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Page analysis In-Reply-To: <20070921180313.D48FBBAD875@rb.enter.net> References: <20070921180313.D48FBBAD875@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <000c01c7fc80$b6f6f5c0$24e4e140$@com> Be where I have found EVERY TIME that you have to multiply 2-4 times the cost of per page estimate. In fact make them guaranty the costs and see how fast they back tract. Xerox has a tool that will tell you usage but it works on the machine sending the file. John M. Henry Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company 125-129 East First Street Oswego, New York 13126 (315) 343-3531 (315) 343-3577 Fax www.mpcny.com John@mpcny.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.27/1020 - Release Date: 9/20/2007 12:07 PM From slb at inkspot.net Fri Sep 21 16:31:47 2007 From: slb at inkspot.net (Steve Blatman) Date: Fri Sep 21 16:32:11 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Fedex/Kinkos underpreforms In-Reply-To: <005401c7fc79$66363760$32a2a620$@com> Message-ID: <46F3F1F3.4493.23B075@slb.inkspot.net> John, You are likely correct, but we should be careful about the obvious temptation to be smug. If they ever figure out how to run the copy operation (and, given the depth of their management talent and sufficient time and motivation, they're likely to do so), we're likely to have a really serious competitor on our hands. OTOH, the more people try their service when they don't have it "together" yet, the harder the time they'll have convincing everyone to use them when they do, eventually, get it together... Steve > > My take is FedEx is finding running a copy group far harder than ever > imagined. > > > http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6480639.html?nid=3470&source=titl > e > > -- Graphic Arts Online, 9/21/2007 9:41:00 AM > FedEx released its Q1 results, but burying the performance of its struggling > Kinko´s printing unit within a new segment, FedEx Services-which includes > FedEx Kinko´s, FedEx Global Supply Chain Services and FedEx Customer > Information Services. Analysts say the move will keep FedEx from having to > reveal details about its Kinko's business that rival UPS does not report > about its UPS Stores. > > The company said it changed the way it reports income from FedEx Kinko's > because it now contributes $900 million in package shipments for FedEx's > transportation companies, and because FedEx Service has responsibility for > sales and marketing companywide. > > > FedEx did report that Kinko´s copy product revenues declined and that > revenues for the new unit were flat. > > > The company said it will continue to invest in its multi-year plan to open > new FedEx Kinko's locations and enhance its integrated digital document > service network to become a back office for local businesses and traveling > professionals. The company opened 90 centers in the first quarter. > > > Q1 profits for the entire company were up 4% to $494 million on revenue of > $9.2 billion. > > > John M. Henry > Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company > 125-129 East First Street > Oswego, New York 13126 > (315) 343-3531 > (315) 343-3577 Fax > www.mpcny.com > John@mpcny.com > We are an Adobe Authorized Service Provider > Microsoft Publisher Service Provider > We offer the Oswego area's only full service mailing for First, Second and > Standard > Class mailings. We handle everything from concept... to printing...to > mailing! Ask us how YOU can SAVE money!!! > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.27/1020 - Release Date: 9/20/2007 > 12:07 PM > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > __________ NOD32 2544 (20070921) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > Steve Blatman Ink Spot Printing & Copy Center, Inc. 14 Church Road, Frazer, PA 19355 USA Tel: 610-647-0776 Fax: 610-647-4560 From char at themasterspress.com Fri Sep 21 16:45:23 2007 From: char at themasterspress.com (Charlene Sims) Date: Fri Sep 21 16:46:02 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Fedex/Kinkos underpreforms In-Reply-To: <46F3F1F3.4493.23B075@slb.inkspot.net> References: <005401c7fc79$66363760$32a2a620$@com> <46F3F1F3.4493.23B075@slb.inkspot.net> Message-ID: <01c201c7fc90$5837ca90$0b01a8c0@CharXP> You know Steve you are right. I think we should not get too smug. I have had some Kinko employees. Have one right now that worked here and then went to Kinko's so he could work at nite and take care of his baby in the day. They have some really good and efficient systems. They charge good prices that I would love to get away with. And they just do it, and for some dumb reason people just pay them. If they ever catch on to hiring good people that can give good customer service and know something about printing they could be dynamite. My employee could work circles around 3 of theirs at any given time. Which would frustrate the heck out of him. We have learned a lot from him and ways they do things. Especially the prices and way they charge things. They don't give away their time. Good People that you treat well make my company. Lack of good people who don't make squat makes up a lot of Kinko's. One day I think they will catch on. But I hope not. Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com From Loren at inkonpaper.biz Fri Sep 21 17:29:07 2007 From: Loren at inkonpaper.biz (Loren Maurina) Date: Fri Sep 21 17:29:50 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Intel Mac Transition In-Reply-To: <46F3E2A3.4060202@northnet.org> References: <46F3E2A3.4060202@northnet.org> Message-ID: <94D15A67-4E78-4DA2-BCD8-146F6B03DC4E@inkonpaper.biz> I run CS2 and Quark 6.0 on a Mac Mini - Intel with no ( minimum anyway) problems Loren Maurina President L & L Printing, Inc. dba: Allegra Print & Imaging - Clinton Twp dba: Allegra Print & Imaging - Warren ph (586) 263-0060 fx (586) 263-4895 Loren@InkOnPaper.biz On Sep 21, 2007, at 11:26 AM, David Charleson wrote: > How compatible are Quark 6.5 and Adobe CS1 applications on an Intel > Mac? From stephen at plazaprint.com Fri Sep 21 17:40:30 2007 From: stephen at plazaprint.com (Stephen Sham) Date: Fri Sep 21 17:40:56 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] KM bizhub PRO 1050 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46F43A4E.9050701@plazaprint.com> Thank you, Dan, for sharing. -- Stephen Sham Plaza Printing 126 E. Valley Blvd. Alhambra, CA 91801 USA 626-576-0209 626-576-0433 fax From michael at hooperprinting.net Fri Sep 21 17:53:15 2007 From: michael at hooperprinting.net (Michael Hooper) Date: Fri Sep 21 17:53:34 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors In-Reply-To: <03d801c7fbd1$9b168730$6d01a8c0@KELLY> References: <001a01c7fbbe$e2bbe070$0b01a8c0@CharXP> <03d801c7fbd1$9b168730$6d01a8c0@KELLY> Message-ID: You need a different ink company. We use Braden Suftin. Standard colors $10-15 and PMS $36 per lb. Michael Hooper Hooper Printing 2125 Bowes rd. Lowell, MI 49331 616-897-6719 michael@hooperprinting.net http://www.hooperprinting.com On Sep 20, 2007, at 6:00 PM, Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I think we'll all(offset printers) have to offer the new GOE colors > eventually, but I don't see any reason to "change" to the new colors > (btw, > these are not replacing(according to the Pantone rep at Graph Expo) > the > Pantone PMS system. I think we will initially plan on ordering > mixed new > color directly from our ink company. And not until we start > receiving orders > on a regular basis will we bring in the 10 new mixing inks to be > able to mix > our own. > We currently charge $47 for a mix we do, and $80 for a custom mix > from the > ink company. > > Also, we will all want to consider at least ordering the new Goe > ink guide, > which includes a cd with the new colors to add into Adobe, Quark, > etc. For > those of us who have digital machines, and do some sort of PMS > matching, we > will have to wait for the RIP manufacturers to get out updates for > the color > tables in the RIPs. > > > Kelly Crom > Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. > > We've Moved!!! > 2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 > Plymouth, MN 55441 > New Phone: (763)231-6970 > kellycrom@gmail.com > www.applied-graphics.com > > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org >> [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Charlene Sims >> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 2:46 PM >> To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' >> Subject: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors >> >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> Is anyone changing to the new PMS colors. I wasn't even >> thinking of it but >> just had a customer asked me when I was changing. Ugh. Has >> anyone done >> this. >> ch >> >> Charlene Sims >> >> The Master's Press, Inc >> 14550 Midway Road >> Dallas, Tx 75244 >> 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 >> char@themasterspress.com >> www.themasterspress.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From kellycrom at gmail.com Fri Sep 21 18:03:35 2007 From: kellycrom at gmail.com (Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics) Date: Fri Sep 21 18:03:38 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors In-Reply-To: References: <001a01c7fbbe$e2bbe070$0b01a8c0@CharXP><03d801c7fbd1$9b168730$6d01a8c0@KELLY> Message-ID: <008f01c7fc9b$42d69cc0$6d01a8c0@KELLY> You mis-read my post. We CHARGE our customers $47(standard or we mix) and $80(special mix from ink supplier). Our ink cost(from the supplier) is about the same on standard colors, and about $30/lb for PMS. Kelly Crom Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. We've Moved!!! 2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 Plymouth, MN 55441 New Phone: (763)231-6970 kellycrom@gmail.com www.applied-graphics.com > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Michael Hooper > Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 4:53 PM > To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only > Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > You need a different ink company. We use Braden Suftin. Standard > colors $10-15 and PMS $36 per lb. > > Michael Hooper > Hooper Printing > 2125 Bowes rd. > Lowell, MI 49331 > 616-897-6719 > michael@hooperprinting.net > http://www.hooperprinting.com > > > > > On Sep 20, 2007, at 6:00 PM, Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics wrote: > > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > I think we'll all(offset printers) have to offer the new GOE colors > > eventually, but I don't see any reason to "change" to the > new colors > > (btw, > > these are not replacing(according to the Pantone rep at > Graph Expo) > > the > > Pantone PMS system. I think we will initially plan on ordering > > mixed new > > color directly from our ink company. And not until we start > > receiving orders > > on a regular basis will we bring in the 10 new mixing inks to be > > able to mix > > our own. > > We currently charge $47 for a mix we do, and $80 for a custom mix > > from the > > ink company. > > > > Also, we will all want to consider at least ordering the new Goe > > ink guide, > > which includes a cd with the new colors to add into Adobe, Quark, > > etc. For > > those of us who have digital machines, and do some sort of PMS > > matching, we > > will have to wait for the RIP manufacturers to get out updates for > > the color > > tables in the RIPs. > > > > > > Kelly Crom > > Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. > > > > We've Moved!!! > > 2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 > > Plymouth, MN 55441 > > New Phone: (763)231-6970 > > kellycrom@gmail.com > > www.applied-graphics.com > > > > > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > >> [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of > Charlene Sims > >> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2007 2:46 PM > >> To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' > >> Subject: [PrintOwners] New PMS colors > >> > >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >> > >> Is anyone changing to the new PMS colors. I wasn't even > >> thinking of it but > >> just had a customer asked me when I was changing. Ugh. Has > >> anyone done > >> this. > >> ch > >> > >> Charlene Sims > >> > >> The Master's Press, Inc > >> 14550 Midway Road > >> Dallas, Tx 75244 > >> 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 > >> char@themasterspress.com > >> www.themasterspress.com > >> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> PrintOwners Discussion List > >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > PrintOwners Discussion List > > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From lists at tudorprinters.co.uk Sat Sep 22 18:01:11 2007 From: lists at tudorprinters.co.uk (Gavin Keffert) Date: Sat Sep 22 18:01:43 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] QM46 ink lay down question In-Reply-To: <46F40E0D.3010207@satx.rr.com> Message-ID: Dennis has it spot on - print unit 2 is over the feeder. A different numbering sequence to most other presses but it makes sense if you think of a single colour quickmaster, the only print unit is over the delivery so should always be consistently numbered as unit 1 for both single and two colour versions. Also print unit 1 lays ink down first (onto the blanket) and should have the lighter coloured inks. Knockout your separations and reduce your pre-ink revolutions can help to avoid ink migration. Gavin Keffert Tudor Printers Worthing, West Sussex, UK. -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Dennis Ewing Sent: 21 September 2007 19:32 To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] QM46 ink lay down question ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Printing unit 2 is over the feeder and lays down ink LAST. That is why you always put your light color in printing unit 1 (The main press unit) to reduce color transfer from the dark ink. Feel free to call me if you can't make him see it. I've only been running presses for 32 years and don't' really know much. :-> Dennis W. Ewing Sr Ewing and Sons Printing 12000 Crownpoint, #130 San Antonio, TX 78233 dennisewing@satx.rr.com ewingandsons@satx.rr.com 210/650-5311 210/650-9916 Fax Chuck wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Since my pressman is an idiot.... > > which Unit lays down the ink first on the QM46? Don't even ask it is > Friday and I am already at my wits end. > > And as a layman if you answer by unit let me know which unit is > considered 1 and which is 2 (I think unit 1 is by the delivery end and > unit 2 is the feed end?). > > Thanks > > > Chuck Pappas > Arlington Swifty Printing > 1386 Massachusetts Avenue > Arlington, MA 02476 > 781-646-8700 > www.arlingtonswifty.com > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From robin at protypeonline.com Sun Sep 23 09:21:24 2007 From: robin at protypeonline.com (Robin Niewold) Date: Sun Sep 23 09:21:31 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Firefox vs. Safari ? Message-ID: <755593FB-FC1F-4F52-826D-36C7CDBEA6A4@protypeonline.com> I use a MacBook Pro, Intel Core Duo -- currently using safari for my web browser....any advantages to using firefox instead of safari? Robin Niewold Pro-Type Printing 130 N. Market Street Paxton, IL 60957 217.379.4715 robin@protypeonline.com From doug at vipprinting.com Sun Sep 23 09:34:40 2007 From: doug at vipprinting.com (Douglas W. Rinnert) Date: Sun Sep 23 09:39:10 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Firefox vs. Safari ? In-Reply-To: <755593FB-FC1F-4F52-826D-36C7CDBEA6A4@protypeonline.com> References: <755593FB-FC1F-4F52-826D-36C7CDBEA6A4@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: Robin, I use a IMac OS X 10.3.9 Power PC G5 and have safari & firefox. On many sites I have less problems with firefox than safari. On some sites I can't use safari such as Xerox won't accept online payments using safari but will with firefox. I now use firefox most of the time. My son who runs our graphics dept. just ordered a new MacBook Pro I ask him Monday what he is using. Doug Rinnert V.I.P. Printing & Design 9862 Crescent Park Drive West Chester, Ohio 45069 513.777.7468 office 513.777.7459 fax -- Doug Rinnert V.I.P. Printing & Design 9862 Crescent Park Drive West Chester, Ohio 45069 513.777.7468 office 513.777.7459 fax 513.623.6907 cell From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Sun Sep 23 21:08:42 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Sun Sep 23 21:08:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Intel Mac Transition In-Reply-To: <23072230-65C9-4ED5-B5F0-B8E9C55C1CC5@mac.com> References: <46F3E2A3.4060202@northnet.org> <23072230-65C9-4ED5-B5F0-B8E9C55C1CC5@mac.com> Message-ID: <31D957BB-A3F7-42A2-84A0-5AE9B67BB58D@falconprintandcopy.com> We're running CS3 and 7.0 on our Intel-based Mac now, but we upgraded the hardware well before we upgraded the software. Anything that runs on the old Macs still runs on the new ones, but is translated via Mac's Rosetta software. The result is it all works, but not well as it would with the newer software that would communicate directly with the new processor. Everything would run a little slower than it would with the upgraded software, and with CS2 its tough to keep all three programs open (one, that you're not using, usually crashes). Its annoying, but if you have to upgrade in phases its completely manageable. Certainly not ideal, but only a minor inconvenience. If you can find a way to at least get CS3 with it I'd strongly recommend it though. Borzou Azabdaftari Falcon Print and Copy 1921 Gallows Road Suite 150 Vienna, VA 22182 t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 borzou@falconprintandcopy.com On Sep 21, 2007, at 11:51 AM, Chuck wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > On Sep 21, 2007, at 11:26 AM, David Charleson wrote: > >> I need to have my memory refreshed. How compatible are Quark 6.5 >> and Adobe CS1 applications on an Intel Mac? I am possibly thinking >> of upgrading one of our workstations to the new Mac so i can >> output Publisher files from the Windows side of the computer >> also . We are going to enroll in Adobes service provider program soon >> and can upgrade to Quark 7 too. But i cant spend that kind of >> money right at this moment....so i guess i need to address which >> is better ...getting the software first, or the computer first. >> What did some of you do during your transition? > > Besides Adobe's Program sign up for Quark Alliance, for the fee > they will also send you their Print Collection tools. There seems > to be some issues using Adobe's older versions on an Intel machine > and I would suggest only CS3 on it. If you are upgrading to the new > Intel Mac only do so if you can budget the new software also. > Otherwise it is a waste of good dollars. We currently are switching > every machine to be a dual machine. This way no one needs to play > computer hop and it makes working more efficient. > > > Chuck Pappas > Arlington Swifty Printing > 1386 Massachusetts Avenue > Arlington, MA 02476 > 781-646-8700 > www.arlingtonswifty.com > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Sun Sep 23 21:17:42 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Sun Sep 23 21:16:52 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Firefox vs. Safari ? In-Reply-To: References: <755593FB-FC1F-4F52-826D-36C7CDBEA6A4@protypeonline.com> Message-ID: <9D66AC1E-AC61-42DF-B630-57E05D60AA23@falconprintandcopy.com> I pretty much concur here, if you're not seeing any problems with Safari, you're not having any. There are certain sections of certain sites that Safari doesn't read properly, and certain sites that just don't work with Safari. You'll either get a warning, or see something is clearly missing off the page if you're having a problem. I use Firefox here, because it just doesn't have any of those problems, and I don't have to guess. Borzou Azabdaftari Falcon Print and Copy 1921 Gallows Road Suite 150 Vienna, VA 22182 t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 borzou@falconprintandcopy.com On Sep 23, 2007, at 9:34 AM, Douglas W. Rinnert wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Robin, > > I use a IMac OS X 10.3.9 Power PC G5 and have safari & firefox. > On many sites I have less problems with firefox than safari. On > some sites I can't use safari such as Xerox won't accept online > payments using safari but will with firefox. I now use firefox > most of the time. > > My son who runs our graphics dept. just ordered a new MacBook Pro I > ask him Monday what he is using. > > Doug Rinnert > V.I.P. Printing & Design > 9862 Crescent Park Drive > West Chester, Ohio 45069 > 513.777.7468 office > 513.777.7459 fax > -- > Doug Rinnert > V.I.P. Printing & Design > 9862 Crescent Park Drive > West Chester, Ohio 45069 > 513.777.7468 office > 513.777.7459 fax > 513.623.6907 cell > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From ssheers at sheergraphics.com Mon Sep 24 10:43:33 2007 From: ssheers at sheergraphics.com (Simon Sheers) Date: Mon Sep 24 10:39:56 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Firefox vs. Safari ? In-Reply-To: <20070923160002.5A06EBB8B93@rb.enter.net> References: <20070923160002.5A06EBB8B93@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: Firefox reacts better with some websites. We use both, but primarily Safari. In Firefox, the up and down arrows on an Apple keyboard do NOT take the cursor to the beginning or the end of a field. I guess that's a Windoze hangover. > I use a MacBook Pro, Intel Core Duo -- currently using safari for my > web browser....any advantages to using firefox instead of safari? Please reply to Simon Sheers at: Sheer Graphics Inc. 47 Chestnut Avenue, Westmont, IL 60559-1127 Tel: (630) 654-4422 Printing the message . . . and a whole lot more From kirk at centralmichigangraphics.com Mon Sep 24 11:27:50 2007 From: kirk at centralmichigangraphics.com (Kirk Squiers) Date: Mon Sep 24 11:30:37 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Out source needed for Calendars Message-ID: <5251CFF745ED1F4786517DE164D258B111D52F@fpserver.FP.local> Anybody have a preferred vendor for Calendars? Kirk K. Squiers Central Michigan Graphics 1200 E. Oakland Lansing, Michigan 48906 www.centralmichigangraphics.com 517-230-8600 kirk@centralmichigangraphics.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners- to: 'Discussion From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Mon Sep 24 11:47:48 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Mon Sep 24 11:47:13 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Out source needed for Calendars In-Reply-To: <5251CFF745ED1F4786517DE164D258B111D52F@fpserver.FP.local> References: <5251CFF745ED1F4786517DE164D258B111D52F@fpserver.FP.local> Message-ID: www.4overtrade.com You can get 1,000 on text for $2.54 each on text, $3.21 on 100# cover. Available in 14 pt and 16 pt cover too! (Do I sound like work there, I should). Make sure you get a shipping quote though, it can be pricey, especially if they want it quickly. Thanks, Borzou Azabdaftari Falcon Print and Copy 1921 Gallows Road Suite 150 Vienna, VA 22182 t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 borzou@falconprintandcopy.com On Sep 24, 2007, at 11:27 AM, Kirk Squiers wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Anybody have a preferred vendor for Calendars? > > > Kirk K. Squiers > Central Michigan Graphics > 1200 E. Oakland > Lansing, Michigan 48906 > www.centralmichigangraphics.com > 517-230-8600 > kirk@centralmichigangraphics.com > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners- to: > 'Discussion > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From kevin at abfprints.com Mon Sep 24 12:04:20 2007 From: kevin at abfprints.com (Kevin Danko) Date: Mon Sep 24 12:08:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Out source needed for Calendars In-Reply-To: <5251CFF745ED1F4786517DE164D258B111D52F@fpserver.FP.local> References: <5251CFF745ED1F4786517DE164D258B111D52F@fpserver.FP.local> Message-ID: <007201c7fec4$922a0160$1700a8c0@abf.local> norwood.com Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms 102 N. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 Phone: (909) 875-7163 Fax: (909) 875-7971 www.abfprints.com E-Mail: kevin@abfprints.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Kirk Squiers Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 8:28 AM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: [PrintOwners] Out source needed for Calendars ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Anybody have a preferred vendor for Calendars? Kirk K. Squiers Central Michigan Graphics 1200 E. Oakland Lansing, Michigan 48906 www.centralmichigangraphics.com 517-230-8600 kirk@centralmichigangraphics.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners- to: 'Discussion _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From jdaghir at gmail.com Mon Sep 24 12:10:57 2007 From: jdaghir at gmail.com (Jeff Daghir) Date: Mon Sep 24 12:12:21 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Out source needed for Calendars In-Reply-To: <5251CFF745ED1F4786517DE164D258B111D52F@fpserver.FP.local> References: <5251CFF745ED1F4786517DE164D258B111D52F@fpserver.FP.local> Message-ID: <83d5b9620709240910t472bbccfx841848d94065e676@mail.gmail.com> It's been a while since I ordered from them, but we use Goes Lithography in Chicago (same Goes that does the stock certificates): http://www.goeslitho.com/ -- Jeff Daghir MPS Printing, Inc. "The Ink & Paper People" Madison, IN www.mpsprinting.com jeff_daghir@mpsprinting.com Kirk said: > Anybody have a preferred vendor for Calendars? From mail at myprinter.biz Mon Sep 24 12:58:52 2007 From: mail at myprinter.biz (mail@myprinter.biz) Date: Mon Sep 24 12:59:44 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Fedex/Kinkos underpreforms In-Reply-To: <46F3F1F3.4493.23B075@slb.inkspot.net> Message-ID: Steve (and others) - No, we shouldn't be smug, and FedEx isn't going to let Kinko's wither and die, but it's clear that they have major changes in store for Kinko's. It should also be clear that those changes are a gamble being taken by the same folks who, had they been correct in the first place about the synergies that were going to be achieved by the FedEx/Kinko's marriage, wouldn't be faced with taking the gamble now. The changes being made aren't being made from a position of strength, other than that offered by FedEx's deep pockets...the same deep pockets that funded the mistake that made the current gamble necessary. Almost all of what I've seen suggests that their new stores and redesigned old ones are going to feature office supplies, some copy machines and be FedEx drop-off locations, and that they'll be greater competition for office supply stores with "copy centers" than they will be for printing firms that can also put down ink. To be successful they're either going to have to create new demand or steal a sizable chunk of current market share from Office Depot, Staples, OfficeMax, CostCo, Sam's and the Vikings and Quills of the world, and there is little or nothing to suggest that they'll be able to do enough of either to make a great deal of difference to any of us. As what we do becomes increasingly digital, Kinko's - along with office supply copy centers - will have the potential to be greater competitors, but I think it's going to be a while before Kinko's or any of their office supply competitors will make serious inroads into clients that have an occasional need for a rush order of a case or two of two-color #10 window envelopes. Dan Sir Speedy Printing Center 5845 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, FL 33021 t 954.962.1309 f 954.962.1366 dan@myprinter.biz www.myprinter.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Steve Blatman Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 4:32 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Fedex/Kinkos underpreforms ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** John, You are likely correct, but we should be careful about the obvious temptation to be smug. If they ever figure out how to run the copy operation (and, given the depth of their management talent and sufficient time and motivation, they're likely to do so), we're likely to have a really serious competitor on our hands. OTOH, the more people try their service when they don't have it "together" yet, the harder the time they'll have convincing everyone to use them when they do, eventually, get it together... Steve > > My take is FedEx is finding running a copy group far harder than ever > imagined. > > > http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6480639.html?nid=3470&source=titl > e > > -- Graphic Arts Online, 9/21/2007 9:41:00 AM > FedEx released its Q1 results, but burying the performance of its struggling > Kinko?s printing unit within a new segment, FedEx Services-which includes > FedEx Kinko?s, FedEx Global Supply Chain Services and FedEx Customer > Information Services. Analysts say the move will keep FedEx from having to > reveal details about its Kinko's business that rival UPS does not report > about its UPS Stores. > > The company said it changed the way it reports income from FedEx Kinko's > because it now contributes $900 million in package shipments for FedEx's > transportation companies, and because FedEx Service has responsibility for > sales and marketing companywide. > > > FedEx did report that Kinko?s copy product revenues declined and that > revenues for the new unit were flat. > > > The company said it will continue to invest in its multi-year plan to open > new FedEx Kinko's locations and enhance its integrated digital document > service network to become a back office for local businesses and traveling > professionals. The company opened 90 centers in the first quarter. > > > Q1 profits for the entire company were up 4% to $494 million on revenue of > $9.2 billion. > > > John M. Henry > Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company > 125-129 East First Street > Oswego, New York 13126 > (315) 343-3531 > (315) 343-3577 Fax > www.mpcny.com > John@mpcny.com > We are an Adobe Authorized Service Provider > Microsoft Publisher Service Provider > We offer the Oswego area's only full service mailing for First, Second and > Standard > Class mailings. We handle everything from concept... to printing...to > mailing! Ask us how YOU can SAVE money!!! > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.27/1020 - Release Date: 9/20/2007 > 12:07 PM > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > __________ NOD32 2544 (20070921) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > Steve Blatman Ink Spot Printing & Copy Center, Inc. 14 Church Road, Frazer, PA 19355 USA Tel: 610-647-0776 Fax: 610-647-4560 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From slb at inkspot.net Mon Sep 24 12:56:50 2007 From: slb at inkspot.net (Steve Blatman) Date: Mon Sep 24 13:13:32 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Source needed for specialty label In-Reply-To: <5251CFF745ED1F4786517DE164D258B111D52F@fpserver.FP.local> Message-ID: <46F7B412.7607.ED1FC45@slb.inkspot.net> A customer has asked us about serial-number labels and cautionary labels for a product. The surface of the product's case is textured (not sure if it's metal or plastic, but I suspect metal with textured paint, because molds for plastic parts seem like they might be outside their cost parameters for now. They want a label that will stick to a textured surface without showing the texture on the surface of the label. In the past, we've supplied aluminum labels (from Nameplates for Industry, in New Bedford, MA) for this sort of application. Does anyone have a better idea (heavy plastic, perhaps?) or alternative sources? TIA, Steve Steve Blatman Ink Spot Printing & Copy Center, Inc. 14 Church Road, Frazer, PA 19355 USA Tel: 610-647-0776 Fax: 610-647-4560 From cpurvine1 at cox.net Mon Sep 24 14:38:36 2007 From: cpurvine1 at cox.net (Cora Purvine) Date: Mon Sep 24 14:39:05 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Source needed for specialty label In-Reply-To: <46F7B412.7607.ED1FC45@slb.inkspot.net> References: <5251CFF745ED1F4786517DE164D258B111D52F@fpserver.FP.local> <46F7B412.7607.ED1FC45@slb.inkspot.net> Message-ID: <00d501c7feda$1e105160$6601a8c0@corapurvine> Could you somehow put a piece of foam on the back of the label? or a light coat of something to build up the surface so it is flat under the label or would they let you sand that one spot to make it smooth before applying the label....or if they have the parts made, could they ask the manufacturer of the parts to put a mask the size of the label in that spot so it doesn't get the textured surface in that spot? JAT Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz From npiprinting at verizon.net Mon Sep 24 14:04:54 2007 From: npiprinting at verizon.net (Steve Fairchild) Date: Mon Sep 24 15:09:15 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers Message-ID: <46F7FC46.4080009@verizon.net> We have a new Savin 4045 color copier we have been running since Jan. this year. Great machine with booklet maker and other features. We have been running 80 and 100lb. text and cover on coated paper but we seem to have issues with the coating building up on the charger rollers which transfers to the drum after a few hundred copies. Apparently, the coating actually pulls off the sheet in very small amounts where the image is transfered. We have used digital paper and non-digital with same results. Our service reps. have detected this to be a common problem with coated paper. This requires additional cleaning and premature wear of drum unit parts. The question for our members: Do you also have these problems or is this an isolated case? Especially interested in various other brands of copiers. Xerox-Canon-Minolta -- Thanks, Charles S. Fairchild, President Nicholas Printing, Inc. 1109 Broad Street Summersville, WV 26651 1-304-872-5906 - Phone 1-304-872-5923 - Fax npiprinting@verizon.net www.nicholasprinting.com From kevin at proprinters.ca Mon Sep 24 15:19:54 2007 From: kevin at proprinters.ca (Kevin at PRO Printers) Date: Mon Sep 24 15:20:50 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers References: <46F7FC46.4080009@verizon.net> Message-ID: <003f01c7fedf$e40dcbe0$0200a8c0@promerivale1> Not a problem with our Konica-Minolta CF8050 and not a problem I have heard of with any Canon or Xerox or Konica box. Kevin Kerr Imprimeurs PRO Printers Inc. 1900 Merivale Rd. Ottawa, ON K2G 4N4 Tel 613-727-9444 Fax 613-727-1945 kevin@proprinters.ca www.proprinters.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Fairchild" To: "Printowners list" Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:04 PM Subject: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > We have a new Savin 4045 color copier we have been running since Jan. this > year. Great machine with booklet maker and other features. We have been > running 80 and 100lb. text and cover on coated paper but we seem to have > issues with the coating building up on the charger rollers which transfers > to the drum after a few hundred copies. Apparently, the coating actually > pulls off the sheet in very small amounts where the image is transfered. > We have used digital paper and non-digital with same results. Our service > reps. have detected this to be a common problem with coated paper. This > requires additional cleaning and premature wear of drum unit parts. > > The question for our members: Do you also have these problems or is this > an isolated case? Especially interested in various other brands of > copiers. Xerox-Canon-Minolta > > -- > > Thanks, > > Charles S. Fairchild, President > > Nicholas Printing, Inc. > 1109 Broad Street > Summersville, WV 26651 > > 1-304-872-5906 - Phone > 1-304-872-5923 - Fax > > npiprinting@verizon.net > www.nicholasprinting.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From kellycrom at gmail.com Mon Sep 24 15:28:12 2007 From: kellycrom at gmail.com (Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics) Date: Mon Sep 24 15:29:13 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers In-Reply-To: <46F7FC46.4080009@verizon.net> References: <46F7FC46.4080009@verizon.net> Message-ID: <01f001c7fee1$0d387910$6d01a8c0@KELLY> We had similar problems when we had a Canon 4000. The coated paper was causing a build up on the fuser assembly. We weren't using a digital coated stock, and our tech told us we should only be using Canon gloss(of course) and that we wouldn't have that problem with their stock. So, we switched to only Canon coated papers. Guess what? Same problems. Canon had no argument after that, and we got rid of the machine within the next year. We now run a Xerox 6060, using the same gloss paper we use on our presses(Productolith) and don't have the build-up problems anymore. Kelly Crom Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. We've Moved!!! 2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 Plymouth, MN 55441 New Phone: (763)231-6970 kellycrom@gmail.com www.applied-graphics.com > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Steve Fairchild > Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 1:05 PM > To: Printowners list > Subject: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > We have a new Savin 4045 color copier we have been running since Jan. > this year. Great machine with booklet maker and other features. We > have been running 80 and 100lb. text and cover on coated paper but we > seem to have issues with the coating building up on the > charger rollers > which transfers to the drum after a few hundred copies. > Apparently, the > coating actually pulls off the sheet in very small amounts where the > image is transfered. We have used digital paper and non-digital with > same results. Our service reps. have detected this to be a common > problem with coated paper. This requires additional cleaning and > premature wear of drum unit parts. > > The question for our members: Do you also have these problems or is > this an isolated case? > Especially > interested in various other brands of copiers. Xerox-Canon-Minolta > > -- > > Thanks, > > Charles S. Fairchild, President > > Nicholas Printing, Inc. > 1109 Broad Street > Summersville, WV 26651 > > 1-304-872-5906 - Phone > 1-304-872-5923 - Fax > > npiprinting@verizon.net > www.nicholasprinting.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From cpurvine1 at cox.net Mon Sep 24 15:39:28 2007 From: cpurvine1 at cox.net (Cora Purvine) Date: Mon Sep 24 15:43:38 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers In-Reply-To: <003f01c7fedf$e40dcbe0$0200a8c0@promerivale1> References: <46F7FC46.4080009@verizon.net> <003f01c7fedf$e40dcbe0$0200a8c0@promerivale1> Message-ID: <00dd01c7fee2$9f4a7730$6601a8c0@corapurvine> Not a problem on my Lanier. By the way, they came out and adjusted my bypass tray and now I can use it for the heavy stocks. The tech adjusted a spring and changed the timing. Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Kevin at PRO Printers Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:20 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Not a problem with our Konica-Minolta CF8050 and not a problem I have heard of with any Canon or Xerox or Konica box. Kevin Kerr Imprimeurs PRO Printers Inc. 1900 Merivale Rd. Ottawa, ON K2G 4N4 Tel 613-727-9444 Fax 613-727-1945 kevin@proprinters.ca www.proprinters.ca ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Fairchild" To: "Printowners list" Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:04 PM Subject: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > We have a new Savin 4045 color copier we have been running since Jan. this > year. Great machine with booklet maker and other features. We have been > running 80 and 100lb. text and cover on coated paper but we seem to have > issues with the coating building up on the charger rollers which transfers > to the drum after a few hundred copies. Apparently, the coating actually > pulls off the sheet in very small amounts where the image is transfered. > We have used digital paper and non-digital with same results. Our service > reps. have detected this to be a common problem with coated paper. This > requires additional cleaning and premature wear of drum unit parts. > > The question for our members: Do you also have these problems or is this > an isolated case? Especially interested in various other brands of > copiers. Xerox-Canon-Minolta > > -- > > Thanks, > > Charles S. Fairchild, President > > Nicholas Printing, Inc. > 1109 Broad Street > Summersville, WV 26651 > > 1-304-872-5906 - Phone > 1-304-872-5923 - Fax > > npiprinting@verizon.net > www.nicholasprinting.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2547 (20070924) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com Mon Sep 24 15:53:42 2007 From: mv.sirspeedy at gmail.com (Michael Vogel) Date: Mon Sep 24 15:54:41 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers In-Reply-To: <00dd01c7fee2$9f4a7730$6601a8c0@corapurvine> References: <46F7FC46.4080009@verizon.net> <003f01c7fedf$e40dcbe0$0200a8c0@promerivale1> <00dd01c7fee2$9f4a7730$6601a8c0@corapurvine> Message-ID: <98f5b19a0709241253o532fda6fm1e749dc5cb3e65c4@mail.gmail.com> On 9/24/07, Cora Purvine wrote: > > Not a problem on my Lanier. Aren't Savin and Lanier the same boxes? -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon From cpurvine1 at cox.net Mon Sep 24 15:56:24 2007 From: cpurvine1 at cox.net (Cora Purvine) Date: Mon Sep 24 15:59:16 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers In-Reply-To: <98f5b19a0709241253o532fda6fm1e749dc5cb3e65c4@mail.gmail.com> References: <46F7FC46.4080009@verizon.net><003f01c7fedf$e40dcbe0$0200a8c0@promerivale1><00dd01c7fee2$9f4a7730$6601a8c0@corapurvine> <98f5b19a0709241253o532fda6fm1e749dc5cb3e65c4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <00e101c7fee4$fcb4e2a0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> Not sure. I think so??? Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Michael Vogel Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:54 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** On 9/24/07, Cora Purvine wrote: > > Not a problem on my Lanier. Aren't Savin and Lanier the same boxes? -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2547 (20070924) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From ed at graphicprintersinc.com Mon Sep 24 17:47:30 2007 From: ed at graphicprintersinc.com (Ed Pierce) Date: Mon Sep 24 17:47:32 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers In-Reply-To: <98f5b19a0709241253o532fda6fm1e749dc5cb3e65c4@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: <00e101c7fef4$82665b90$5a01a8c0@fileserver> I do know Savin & Ricoh are the same but I'm not sure about Lanier. Ed Pierce Graphic Print & Communication Meridian MS 601-485-7088 ed@graphicprintersinc.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Michael Vogel Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:54 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** On 9/24/07, Cora Purvine wrote: > > Not a problem on my Lanier. Aren't Savin and Lanier the same boxes? -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2547 (20070924) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From DanF at MMSNY.com Mon Sep 24 18:30:53 2007 From: DanF at MMSNY.com (Dan Flatt) Date: Mon Sep 24 18:28:23 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Fedex/Kinkos underpreforms Message-ID: I agree with Dan on the status of Fedex. My major concern comes with the "distribute then print" model that Kinko's is driving towards vs. the print then distribute model that we all use. As our customers become more global they will start to look at the cost to ship product vs. the cost to print product. In just in time environments where run lengths can be as low as 20 (training) or 1 (manufacturing) the cost to ship will start to exceed the cost to print and distribute then print makes huge economic sense. FedEx would capture the lost revenue from shipping by replacing it with printing and delivery. Very shrewd... Dan Flatt vp/ owner Multi Media Services 11136-40 River Road Corning, NY 14830 main 607-936-3186 CELL 607-331-7217 PLEASE CALL MY CELL FIRST! Fax 877-684-3043 www.mmsny.com Isn't it time that you had a business printer printing for your business? Other contacts: Rick Bartholomew owner 607-769-8111 David Jackson manager 607-331-5422 Dick Shelford Sunset Operations 607-331-5775 Patty Carlson Strategic accounts 607-331-5314 Suzie Bartholomew Strategic accounts 607-331-5314 Dave Satterly IR operations 570-882-0485 Ralph Begeal CSR 607-331-5572 Steve Mullen CSR 607-936-3186 Margaret Puffer CSR / mailing 607-936-3186 Rose Flatt Design 607-331-1555 Emily Colletta Design 607-331-7068 Judy Pruyne Design 607-331-5963 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of mail@myprinter.biz Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 12:59 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Fedex/Kinkos underpreforms ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Steve (and others) - No, we shouldn't be smug, and FedEx isn't going to let Kinko's wither and die, but it's clear that they have major changes in store for Kinko's. It should also be clear that those changes are a gamble being taken by the same folks who, had they been correct in the first place about the synergies that were going to be achieved by the FedEx/Kinko's marriage, wouldn't be faced with taking the gamble now. The changes being made aren't being made from a position of strength, other than that offered by FedEx's deep pockets...the same deep pockets that funded the mistake that made the current gamble necessary. Almost all of what I've seen suggests that their new stores and redesigned old ones are going to feature office supplies, some copy machines and be FedEx drop-off locations, and that they'll be greater competition for office supply stores with "copy centers" than they will be for printing firms that can also put down ink. To be successful they're either going to have to create new demand or steal a sizable chunk of current market share from Office Depot, Staples, OfficeMax, CostCo, Sam's and the Vikings and Quills of the world, and there is little or nothing to suggest that they'll be able to do enough of either to make a great deal of difference to any of us. As what we do becomes increasingly digital, Kinko's - along with office supply copy centers - will have the potential to be greater competitors, but I think it's going to be a while before Kinko's or any of their office supply competitors will make serious inroads into clients that have an occasional need for a rush order of a case or two of two-color #10 window envelopes. Dan Sir Speedy Printing Center 5845 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, FL 33021 t 954.962.1309 f 954.962.1366 dan@myprinter.biz www.myprinter.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Steve Blatman Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 4:32 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Fedex/Kinkos underpreforms ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** John, You are likely correct, but we should be careful about the obvious temptation to be smug. If they ever figure out how to run the copy operation (and, given the depth of their management talent and sufficient time and motivation, they're likely to do so), we're likely to have a really serious competitor on our hands. OTOH, the more people try their service when they don't have it "together" yet, the harder the time they'll have convincing everyone to use them when they do, eventually, get it together... Steve > > My take is FedEx is finding running a copy group far harder than ever > imagined. > > > http://www.graphicartsonline.com/article/CA6480639.html?nid=3470&source=titl > e > > -- Graphic Arts Online, 9/21/2007 9:41:00 AM > FedEx released its Q1 results, but burying the performance of its struggling > Kinko?s printing unit within a new segment, FedEx Services-which > includes FedEx Kinko?s, FedEx Global Supply Chain Services and FedEx > Customer Information Services. Analysts say the move will keep FedEx > from having to reveal details about its Kinko's business that rival > UPS does not report about its UPS Stores. > > The company said it changed the way it reports income from FedEx > Kinko's because it now contributes $900 million in package shipments > for FedEx's transportation companies, and because FedEx Service has > responsibility for sales and marketing companywide. > > > FedEx did report that Kinko?s copy product revenues declined and that > revenues for the new unit were flat. > > > The company said it will continue to invest in its multi-year plan to > open new FedEx Kinko's locations and enhance its integrated digital > document service network to become a back office for local businesses > and traveling professionals. The company opened 90 centers in the > first quarter. > > > Q1 profits for the entire company were up 4% to $494 million on > revenue of $9.2 billion. > > > John M. Henry > Mitchell Printing & Mailing Company > 125-129 East First Street > Oswego, New York 13126 > (315) 343-3531 > (315) 343-3577 Fax > www.mpcny.com > John@mpcny.com > We are an Adobe Authorized Service Provider > Microsoft Publisher Service Provider > We offer the Oswego area's only full service mailing for First, > Second and > Standard > Class mailings. We handle everything from concept... to printing...to > mailing! Ask us how YOU can SAVE money!!! > > > > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.487 / Virus Database: 269.13.27/1020 - Release Date: 9/20/2007 > 12:07 PM > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > __________ NOD32 2544 (20070921) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > Steve Blatman Ink Spot Printing & Copy Center, Inc. 14 Church Road, Frazer, PA 19355 USA Tel: 610-647-0776 Fax: 610-647-4560 _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From DanF at MMSNY.com Mon Sep 24 18:32:17 2007 From: DanF at MMSNY.com (Dan Flatt) Date: Mon Sep 24 18:29:37 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers Message-ID: Ricoh manufactures and owns Lanier and Savin. They are all the exact same machines. Dan Flatt vp/ owner Multi Media Services 11136-40 River Road Corning, NY 14830 main 607-936-3186 CELL 607-331-7217 PLEASE CALL MY CELL FIRST! Fax 877-684-3043 www.mmsny.com Isn't it time that you had a business printer printing for your business? Other contacts: Rick Bartholomew owner 607-769-8111 David Jackson manager 607-331-5422 Dick Shelford Sunset Operations 607-331-5775 Patty Carlson Strategic accounts 607-331-5314 Suzie Bartholomew Strategic accounts 607-331-5314 Dave Satterly IR operations 570-882-0485 Ralph Begeal CSR 607-331-5572 Steve Mullen CSR 607-936-3186 Margaret Puffer CSR / mailing 607-936-3186 Rose Flatt Design 607-331-1555 Emily Colletta Design 607-331-7068 Judy Pruyne Design 607-331-5963 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Ed Pierce Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 5:48 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I do know Savin & Ricoh are the same but I'm not sure about Lanier. Ed Pierce Graphic Print & Communication Meridian MS 601-485-7088 ed@graphicprintersinc.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Michael Vogel Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:54 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** On 9/24/07, Cora Purvine wrote: > > Not a problem on my Lanier. Aren't Savin and Lanier the same boxes? -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2547 (20070924) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From cpurvine1 at cox.net Mon Sep 24 18:49:12 2007 From: cpurvine1 at cox.net (Cora Purvine) Date: Mon Sep 24 18:49:11 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers In-Reply-To: <00e101c7fef4$82665b90$5a01a8c0@fileserver> References: <98f5b19a0709241253o532fda6fm1e749dc5cb3e65c4@mail.gmail.com> <00e101c7fef4$82665b90$5a01a8c0@fileserver> Message-ID: <012401c7fefd$206528f0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> For a small shop, I am very happy with my Lanier. It is extremely dependable and now that they have it fixed so that I can do the heavy card stock like I was told I could when I bought it, I've got no complaints at all. I have never even calibrated it. It does it automatically itself. The machine that I had before this used to loose color, but this one never has, even when it says it is low on toner. I don't like the click charges, but have learned to charge accordingly. My customers also like the vibrant colors. I've had more than one comment on this. Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Ed Pierce Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 4:48 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I do know Savin & Ricoh are the same but I'm not sure about Lanier. Ed Pierce Graphic Print & Communication Meridian MS 601-485-7088 ed@graphicprintersinc.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Michael Vogel Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:54 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** On 9/24/07, Cora Purvine wrote: > > Not a problem on my Lanier. Aren't Savin and Lanier the same boxes? -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2547 (20070924) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2548 (20070924) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From kevin at abfprints.com Mon Sep 24 22:00:18 2007 From: kevin at abfprints.com (Kevin Danko) Date: Mon Sep 24 22:03:49 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] BTC Ascor Plate Burner Message-ID: <015001c7ff17$d405f780$1700a8c0@abf.local> Hey folks, we have gone totally CTP and are no longer using our BTC Ascor Plate Burner. It has a 5,000 watt light source and a vacuum frame size of 33 x 44. Anybody interested it and willing to give me $500.00 can have it!!! F.O.B. Rialto, CA 92376 Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms 102 N. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 Phone: (909) 875-7163 Fax: (909) 875-7971 www.abfprints.com E-Mail: kevin@abfprints.com From dennisdater at sbcglobal.net Mon Sep 24 22:10:07 2007 From: dennisdater at sbcglobal.net (Dennis Dater) Date: Mon Sep 24 22:11:22 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] BTC Ascor Plate Burner In-Reply-To: <015001c7ff17$d405f780$1700a8c0@abf.local> Message-ID: <20070925021121.00FD8BBDBF3@rb.enter.net> Kevin, Don't be too fast getting rid of it. I have been CTP for a year and a half. Several times we have had our CTP go down (various reasons), and we had to go back to negs and burn metal plates. I'm glad I kept it. Dennis Dater Allegra Print & Imaging 8037 Vickers Street San Diego, CA 92111 858-576-0100 or 619-696-6290 www.allegrasandiego.com dennisdater@sbcglobal.net -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Danko Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 7:00 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: [PrintOwners] BTC Ascor Plate Burner ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Hey folks, we have gone totally CTP and are no longer using our BTC Ascor Plate Burner. It has a 5,000 watt light source and a vacuum frame size of 33 x 44. Anybody interested it and willing to give me $500.00 can have it!!! F.O.B. Rialto, CA 92376 Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms 102 N. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 Phone: (909) 875-7163 Fax: (909) 875-7971 www.abfprints.com E-Mail: kevin@abfprints.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1027 - Release Date: 9/24/2007 11:27 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1027 - Release Date: 9/24/2007 11:27 AM From bherion at bucksdigital.com Tue Sep 25 06:57:24 2007 From: bherion at bucksdigital.com (Bob Herion) Date: Tue Sep 25 06:58:33 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Re: Running coated paper on digital color In-Reply-To: <20070924222941.8A9E3BBD350@rb.enter.net> References: <20070924222941.8A9E3BBD350@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <7.0.1.0.2.20070925065457.0329c478@bucksdigital.com> At 06:29 PM 9/24/2007, you wrote: > > The question for our members: Do you also have these problems or is this > > an isolated case? Especially interested in various other brands of > > copiers. Xerox-Canon-Minolta I've had experience on many brands of machines and have found the stock makes more difference than any other factor in modern technology. The brand of coated stocks I have found to work best (currently on Xerox equipment) is the Futura line. The brand that has performed least successfully has been Fortune. Hope that helps. Bob Herion - Ask me about variable data printing on our iGen3's Bucks Digital Printing v.215.579.4200 f.215-579-9510 90 Walker Lane Newtown, PA 18940 www.bucksdigital.com From mail at myprinter.biz Tue Sep 25 06:58:26 2007 From: mail at myprinter.biz (mail@myprinter.biz) Date: Tue Sep 25 06:58:39 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers In-Reply-To: Message-ID: Gestetner and Alfio (?) are also owned by Ricoh and are substantively the same copiers. Dan Sir Speedy Printing Center 5845 Hollywood Boulevard Hollywood, FL 33021 t 954.962.1309 f 954.962.1366 dan@myprinter.biz www.myprinter.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Dan Flatt Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 6:32 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Ricoh manufactures and owns Lanier and Savin. They are all the exact same machines. Dan Flatt vp/ owner Multi Media Services 11136-40 River Road Corning, NY 14830 main 607-936-3186 CELL 607-331-7217 PLEASE CALL MY CELL FIRST! Fax 877-684-3043 www.mmsny.com Isn't it time that you had a business printer printing for your business? Other contacts: Rick Bartholomew owner 607-769-8111 David Jackson manager 607-331-5422 Dick Shelford Sunset Operations 607-331-5775 Patty Carlson Strategic accounts 607-331-5314 Suzie Bartholomew Strategic accounts 607-331-5314 Dave Satterly IR operations 570-882-0485 Ralph Begeal CSR 607-331-5572 Steve Mullen CSR 607-936-3186 Margaret Puffer CSR / mailing 607-936-3186 Rose Flatt Design 607-331-1555 Emily Colletta Design 607-331-7068 Judy Pruyne Design 607-331-5963 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Ed Pierce Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 5:48 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I do know Savin & Ricoh are the same but I'm not sure about Lanier. Ed Pierce Graphic Print & Communication Meridian MS 601-485-7088 ed@graphicprintersinc.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Michael Vogel Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:54 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** On 9/24/07, Cora Purvine wrote: > > Not a problem on my Lanier. Aren't Savin and Lanier the same boxes? -- Michael Vogel Sir Speedy Printing 9 Research Drive Milford, CT 06460 tel 203-877-1231 fax 203-878-2679 mv.sirspeedy@gmail.com www.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== Read not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to criticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2547 (20070924) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From villageprinting1 at aol.com Tue Sep 25 10:49:54 2007 From: villageprinting1 at aol.com (villageprinting1@aol.com) Date: Tue Sep 25 10:50:54 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers In-Reply-To: <012401c7fefd$206528f0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> References: <98f5b19a0709241253o532fda6fm1e749dc5cb3e65c4@mail.gmail.com> <00e101c7fef4$82665b90$5a01a8c0@fileserver> <012401c7fefd$206528f0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> Message-ID: <8C9CD9A77FC6C74-444-ABA7@webmail-db16.sysops.aol.com> Cora....Ditto! I had same problems with my unit.? They actually replace just about every piece inside the guts, before a technician decided on changing feed rollers on bypass tray.? Oh wow!? It worked he said after how so much $$$$ they spent.? Oh yeah, my click charges are up there to.? Like you my click charges are?13? a?a piece,?is nothing to sneeze at, but?my customers dont complain about my charges or quality. Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax www.printing-n-graphics.com -----Original Message----- From: Cora Purvine To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Sent: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 6:49 pm Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** For a small shop, I am very happy with my Lanier. It is extremely dependable nd now that they have it fixed so that I can do the heavy card stock like I as told I could when I bought it, I've got no complaints at all. I have ever even calibrated it. It does it automatically itself. The machine that had before this used to loose color, but this one never has, even when it ays it is low on toner. I don't like the click charges, but have learned to charge accordingly. My ustomers also like the vibrant colors. I've had more than one comment on his. lass Act Printing and Foil ora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 801 W. Juno Ave. ichita, KS 67215-1742 h/Fax: 316-522-0733 purvine1@cox.net ww.ClassActPrinting.biz -----Original Message----- rom: printowners-bounces@printweb.org mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Ed Pierce ent: Monday, September 24, 2007 4:48 PM o: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' ubject: RE: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I do know Savin & Ricoh are the same but I'm not sure about Lanier. Ed Pierce raphic Print & Communication eridian MS 01-485-7088 d@graphicprintersinc.com -----Original Message----- rom: printowners-bounces@printweb.org mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Michael Vogel ent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:54 PM o: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only ubject: Re: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** On 9/24/07, Cora Purvine wrote: Not a problem on my Lanier. ren't Savin and Lanier the same boxes? - ichael Vogel ir Speedy Printing Research Drive ilford, CT 06460 el 203-877-1231 ax 203-878-2679 v.sirspeedy@gmail.com ww.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== ead not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to riticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon ______________________________________________ rintOwners Discussion List ost: PrintOwners@printweb.org nfo: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _________ NOD32 2547 (20070924) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. ttp://www.eset.com ______________________________________________ rintOwners Discussion List ost: PrintOwners@printweb.org nfo: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _________ NOD32 2548 (20070924) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. ttp://www.eset.com ______________________________________________ rintOwners Discussion List ost: PrintOwners@printweb.org nfo: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com From villageprinting1 at aol.com Tue Sep 25 11:15:13 2007 From: villageprinting1 at aol.com (villageprinting1@aol.com) Date: Tue Sep 25 11:16:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Help Message-ID: <8C9CD9E0185D3B0-BD4-194@webmail-db16.sysops.aol.com> Is there any equipment that is out there that we can print envelopes with.? We do maybe 10,000 a month.? My location is strictly digital.? I presently use BCE & it takes sometimes 5-6 business days for black ink.? I don't want to go back to owning a press, even though I love the smell of ink & dont have the space for it.? Anyone have any knowledge of Meteor DP PRO desktop printer? Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax www.printing-n-graphics.com ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com From kellycrom at gmail.com Tue Sep 25 11:41:18 2007 From: kellycrom at gmail.com (Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics) Date: Tue Sep 25 11:42:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Help In-Reply-To: <8C9CD9E0185D3B0-BD4-194@webmail-db16.sysops.aol.com> References: <8C9CD9E0185D3B0-BD4-194@webmail-db16.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <029501c7ff8a$84bb36e0$6d01a8c0@KELLY> I looked at the Meteor at Graph Expo. It was a bit impressive in that it's a toner based color digital machine that can run pretty much anything from envelopes to plastic. I think the price tag was about $140,000 without the envelope feeder. Have you considered something like a RISO, or one of the other small duplicators? I know that Ricoh has a similar machine(to the riso) called the Priport(they were touting being able to run 100 envelopes for $6.00 in 5 minutes), and I believe Standard also has the same kind of machine. Kelly Crom Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. We've Moved!!! 2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 Plymouth, MN 55441 New Phone: (763)231-6970 kellycrom@gmail.com www.applied-graphics.com > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of > villageprinting1@aol.com > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:15 AM > To: printowners@printweb.org > Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Help > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Is there any equipment that is out there that we can print > envelopes with.? We do maybe 10,000 a month.? My location is > strictly digital.? I presently use BCE & it takes sometimes > 5-6 business days for black ink.? I don't want to go back to > owning a press, even though I love the smell of ink & dont > have the space for it.? Anyone have any knowledge of Meteor > DP PRO desktop printer? > > Tommy Melendez > > Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. > 3612 E. Tremont Avenue > Bronx, N.Y. 10465 > NAQP Member #1031539 > 718.904.7760 > 718.892.2315 Fax > www.printing-n-graphics.com > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free > AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From cpurvine1 at cox.net Tue Sep 25 11:35:15 2007 From: cpurvine1 at cox.net (Cora Purvine) Date: Tue Sep 25 11:42:21 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Help In-Reply-To: <8C9CD9E0185D3B0-BD4-194@webmail-db16.sysops.aol.com> References: <8C9CD9E0185D3B0-BD4-194@webmail-db16.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <007901c7ff89$abd11fc0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> I have a table top Samsung that does good envelopes, but you can only put a few in at a time. It is a laser printer and it doesn't wrinkle the back of the envelope, but 10,000 would keep someone busy for a very long time Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of villageprinting1@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:15 AM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Help ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Is there any equipment that is out there that we can print envelopes with.? We do maybe 10,000 a month.? My location is strictly digital.? I presently use BCE & it takes sometimes 5-6 business days for black ink.? I don't want to go back to owning a press, even though I love the smell of ink & dont have the space for it.? Anyone have any knowledge of Meteor DP PRO desktop printer? Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax www.printing-n-graphics.com ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2549 (20070925) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From championprinting at yahoo.com Tue Sep 25 11:42:33 2007 From: championprinting at yahoo.com (Ted Gelletly) Date: Tue Sep 25 11:44:35 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Help/Digitally Printed Envelopes Message-ID: <440334.55777.qm@web38903.mail.mud.yahoo.com> There are plenty of envelope wholesalers, but if you want them done quickly and professionally, I'd look for a local printer. I wouldn't be surprised if there is one on this list that contacts you privately. I would forget about digitally printed envelopes (at least for the time being). It is also proper list etiquette to give us a clue of the type of help you need in the subject line. Good luck. Ted Gelletly Champion Printing 5401 New Expansion Drive Eldersburg MD 21784 410-795-6464 ext.4 Fax 410-795-6488 ted@championprintingonline.com ----- Original Message ---- From: "villageprinting1@aol.com" To: printowners@printweb.org Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 11:15:13 AM Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Help ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Is there any equipment that is out there that we can print envelopes with.? We do maybe 10,000 a month.? My location is strictly digital.? I presently use BCE & it takes sometimes 5-6 business days for black ink.? I don't want to go back to owning a press, even though I love the smell of ink & dont have the space for it.? Anyone have any knowledge of Meteor DP PRO desktop printer? Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax www.printing-n-graphics.com From cpurvine1 at cox.net Tue Sep 25 12:04:44 2007 From: cpurvine1 at cox.net (Cora Purvine) Date: Tue Sep 25 12:05:44 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Help In-Reply-To: <029501c7ff8a$84bb36e0$6d01a8c0@KELLY> References: <8C9CD9E0185D3B0-BD4-194@webmail-db16.sysops.aol.com> <029501c7ff8a$84bb36e0$6d01a8c0@KELLY> Message-ID: <008301c7ff8d$ca2d3360$6601a8c0@corapurvine> We had the Priport JP8000 and loved it. It would run any kind of envelope with no scrap. It was very economical to run, but the registration was not right on. If the colors don't touch you would probably be Ok. We even got the slave that is a two color machine, but IKON never could get it set up for us as the tech hadn't had any training yet, so we sent it back because the trial period was almost up. It was a 600 DPI machine so the screens printed fine. Sometimes when I scanned an image you had to watch and make sure there wasn't any residue or it would pick that up and print it too. The colors are also transparent so that was an issue also if a color overlapped. We printed from the computer and had 9 colored drums to choose from. It also does great on carbonless forms and remittance envelopes. We even printed the coin envelopes without any problems. On color jobs or spot colors is where this machine excels!!! We even printed paper bags Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:41 AM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] RE: Help ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I looked at the Meteor at Graph Expo. It was a bit impressive in that it's a toner based color digital machine that can run pretty much anything from envelopes to plastic. I think the price tag was about $140,000 without the envelope feeder. Have you considered something like a RISO, or one of the other small duplicators? I know that Ricoh has a similar machine(to the riso) called the Priport(they were touting being able to run 100 envelopes for $6.00 in 5 minutes), and I believe Standard also has the same kind of machine. Kelly Crom Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. We've Moved!!! 2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 Plymouth, MN 55441 New Phone: (763)231-6970 kellycrom@gmail.com www.applied-graphics.com > -----Original Message----- > From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org > [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of > villageprinting1@aol.com > Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:15 AM > To: printowners@printweb.org > Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Help > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Is there any equipment that is out there that we can print envelopes > with.? We do maybe 10,000 a month.? My location is strictly digital.? > I presently use BCE & it takes sometimes > 5-6 business days for black ink.? I don't want to go back to owning a > press, even though I love the smell of ink & dont have the space for > it.? Anyone have any knowledge of Meteor DP PRO desktop printer? > > Tommy Melendez > > Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. > 3612 E. Tremont Avenue > Bronx, N.Y. 10465 > NAQP Member #1031539 > 718.904.7760 > 718.892.2315 Fax > www.printing-n-graphics.com > ______________________________________________________________ > __________ > Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! > - http://mail.aol.com _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2549 (20070925) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From kevin at abfprints.com Tue Sep 25 12:04:44 2007 From: kevin at abfprints.com (Kevin Danko) Date: Tue Sep 25 12:10:27 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] BTC Ascor Plate Burner In-Reply-To: <20070925021121.00FD8BBDBF3@rb.enter.net> References: <015001c7ff17$d405f780$1700a8c0@abf.local> <20070925021121.00FD8BBDBF3@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <007201c7ff8d$cb431030$1700a8c0@abf.local> Dennis, we don't even use film any more. All of our files are digital and if my CTP went down I would still have to send files to anther vendor to have plates made. We have had our Screen CTP device for 2 years without any downtime. I need more floor space for my new KM 1050 and KM 6500!!! Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms 102 N. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 Phone: (909) 875-7163 Fax: (909) 875-7971 www.abfprints.com E-Mail: kevin@abfprints.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Dennis Dater Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 7:10 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] BTC Ascor Plate Burner ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Kevin, Don't be too fast getting rid of it. I have been CTP for a year and a half. Several times we have had our CTP go down (various reasons), and we had to go back to negs and burn metal plates. I'm glad I kept it. Dennis Dater Allegra Print & Imaging 8037 Vickers Street San Diego, CA 92111 858-576-0100 or 619-696-6290 www.allegrasandiego.com dennisdater@sbcglobal.net -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Kevin Danko Sent: Monday, September 24, 2007 7:00 PM To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Subject: [PrintOwners] BTC Ascor Plate Burner ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Hey folks, we have gone totally CTP and are no longer using our BTC Ascor Plate Burner. It has a 5,000 watt light source and a vacuum frame size of 33 x 44. Anybody interested it and willing to give me $500.00 can have it!!! F.O.B. Rialto, CA 92376 Kevin Danko Advantage Business Forms 102 N. Riverside Ave. Rialto, CA 92376 Phone: (909) 875-7163 Fax: (909) 875-7971 www.abfprints.com E-Mail: kevin@abfprints.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1027 - Release Date: 9/24/2007 11:27 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1027 - Release Date: 9/24/2007 11:27 AM _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From QKCONSULT at aol.com Tue Sep 25 12:19:23 2007 From: QKCONSULT at aol.com (QKCONSULT@aol.com) Date: Tue Sep 25 12:21:09 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Help Message-ID: In a message dated 9/25/2007 11:43:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kellycrom@gmail.com writes: I looked at the Meteor at Graph Expo. It was a bit impressive in that it's a toner based color digital machine that can run pretty much anything from envelopes to plastic. I think the price tag was about $140,000 without the envelope feeder. Have you considered something like a RISO, or one of the other small duplicators? I know that Ricoh has a similar machine(to the riso) called the Priport(they were touting being able to run 100 envelopes for $6.00 in 5 minutes), and I believe Standard also has the same kind of machine. Kelly Crom Kelly, I would be interested in a few more of YOUR observations on this device. Since the company is located here in Melbourne, and has in fact been around on the fringes for 10-15 years, I would be interested in more details. I have written the company but would also like input from you. God, like so many in the industry, I would like to discover a device that could replace the traditional offset presses that most of us still rely upon. John Stewart Q. P. Consulting, Inc. Featuring - _"Print Shop For Sale"_ (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) by Larry Hunt & John Stewart 2110 S. Dairy Road West Melbourne, FL 32904 321-727-2442 Fax 321-727-2166 Cell: 321-794-6259 _www.quickconsultant.com_ (http://www.quickconsultant.com/) "Winners analyze, losers rationalize." ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From jdowning at libertygrouponline.com Tue Sep 25 13:20:58 2007 From: jdowning at libertygrouponline.com (Joy Downing) Date: Tue Sep 25 12:24:47 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Security RX/Medicaid Prescription Pads Message-ID: <009501c7ff98$708a1d40$1401a8c0@JOY2> Was just informed by the State Medicaid Director that in Kentucky the Medicaid Prescription Pad guidelines are the same as the level #2 Narcotics Prescription Pads.This goes into effect October, 01, 2007. Just thought I would share this, I don't know about the other states and their guidelines. Joy Downing The Liberty Group Bowling Green, KY jdowning@libertygrouponline.com From cpurvine1 at cox.net Tue Sep 25 12:37:35 2007 From: cpurvine1 at cox.net (Cora Purvine) Date: Tue Sep 25 12:38:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Help In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <009101c7ff92$61162da0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> Too bad John has blocked all my emails and won't get the information I sent Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of QKCONSULT@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 11:19 AM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] RE: Help ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** In a message dated 9/25/2007 11:43:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kellycrom@gmail.com writes: I looked at the Meteor at Graph Expo. It was a bit impressive in that it's a toner based color digital machine that can run pretty much anything from envelopes to plastic. I think the price tag was about $140,000 without the envelope feeder. Have you considered something like a RISO, or one of the other small duplicators? I know that Ricoh has a similar machine(to the riso) called the Priport(they were touting being able to run 100 envelopes for $6.00 in 5 minutes), and I believe Standard also has the same kind of machine. Kelly Crom Kelly, I would be interested in a few more of YOUR observations on this device. Since the company is located here in Melbourne, and has in fact been around on the fringes for 10-15 years, I would be interested in more details. I have written the company but would also like input from you. God, like so many in the industry, I would like to discover a device that could replace the traditional offset presses that most of us still rely upon. John Stewart Q. P. Consulting, Inc. Featuring - _"Print Shop For Sale"_ (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) by Larry Hunt & John Stewart 2110 S. Dairy Road West Melbourne, FL 32904 321-727-2442 Fax 321-727-2166 Cell: 321-794-6259 _www.quickconsultant.com_ (http://www.quickconsultant.com/) "Winners analyze, losers rationalize." ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2549 (20070925) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From char at themasterspress.com Tue Sep 25 12:49:41 2007 From: char at themasterspress.com (Charlene Sims) Date: Tue Sep 25 12:50:50 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Help In-Reply-To: <8C9CD9E0185D3B0-BD4-194@webmail-db16.sysops.aol.com> References: <8C9CD9E0185D3B0-BD4-194@webmail-db16.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <010b01c7ff94$16f73190$0b01a8c0@CharXP> Tommy we have a couple of people that do it on a DI. Fast and inexpensive for short runs. Do you have a fellow printer or 4-color printer you can outsource to that has a DI ch Charlene Sims The Master's Press, Inc 14550 Midway Road Dallas, Tx 75244 972/458.8758 * 972/387.0046 * fax 972/404.0317 char@themasterspress.com www.themasterspress.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of villageprinting1@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 10:15 AM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Help ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Is there any equipment that is out there that we can print envelopes with.? We do maybe 10,000 a month.? My location is strictly digital.? I presently use BCE & it takes sometimes 5-6 business days for black ink.? I don't want to go back to owning a press, even though I love the smell of ink & dont have the space for it.? Anyone have any knowledge of Meteor DP PRO desktop printer? Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax www.printing-n-graphics.com ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From gordwatt at xoxocyberprint.com Tue Sep 25 12:52:22 2007 From: gordwatt at xoxocyberprint.com (Gordon Watt) Date: Tue Sep 25 12:54:42 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Help In-Reply-To: <8C9CD9E0185D3B0-BD4-194@webmail-db16.sysops.aol.com> References: <8C9CD9E0185D3B0-BD4-194@webmail-db16.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <20070925165344.XTSS10687.orval.can.rogers.com@D3YN3DB1.xoxocyberprint.com> The DC12 has an attachment to run # 10 envelopes which may or may not work very well. We do short runs of 9 x 12, 10 x 13, and 12 x 18 envelopes on ours although it is a bit of a pain. Gordon Watt Xoxo Toronto At 11:15 AM 9/25/2007, you wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >Is there any equipment that is out there that we can print envelopes >with.? We do maybe 10,000 a month.? My location is strictly >digital.? I presently use BCE & it takes sometimes 5-6 business days >for black ink.? I don't want to go back to owning a press, even >though I love the smell of ink & dont have the space for it.? Anyone >have any knowledge of Meteor DP PRO desktop printer? > >Tommy Melendez > >Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. >3612 E. Tremont Avenue >Bronx, N.Y. 10465 >NAQP Member #1031539 >718.904.7760 >718.892.2315 Fax >www.printing-n-graphics.com >________________________________________________________________________ >Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL >Mail! - http://mail.aol.com >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From asinger at microformat.net Tue Sep 25 13:39:54 2007 From: asinger at microformat.net (Aaron Singer) Date: Tue Sep 25 13:41:31 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Security RX/Medicaid Prescription Pads References: <009501c7ff98$708a1d40$1401a8c0@JOY2> Message-ID: <00c701c7ff9b$1583ee50$7901a8c0@ABSPromotions.local> Per the Federal Medicaid Board, any state that has existing legislation on the books requiring tamper proof pads for prescription can use the existing paper and is compliant with the new Federal Medicaid laws. Aaron Singer Document Security Specialist Micro Format - Secure Guard 830-3 Seton Ct. Wheeling, IL 60090 800-333-0549 Fax (847) 520-0197 asinger@microformat.net For more information visit us at www.paper4printers.com or www.secureguardpaper.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joy Downing" To: "Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only" Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 12:20 PM Subject: [PrintOwners] Security RX/Medicaid Prescription Pads > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Was just informed by the State Medicaid Director that in Kentucky the > Medicaid Prescription Pad guidelines are the same as the level #2 > Narcotics Prescription Pads.This goes into effect October, 01, 2007. Just > thought I would share this, I don't know about the other states and their > guidelines. > Joy Downing > The Liberty Group > Bowling Green, KY > jdowning@libertygrouponline.com > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From VillagePrinting1 at aol.com Tue Sep 25 14:05:26 2007 From: VillagePrinting1 at aol.com (VillagePrinting1@aol.com) Date: Tue Sep 25 14:06:53 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Help Message-ID: Hello there again Charlene. I have my ex-partner that can produce all the work I can give him. It's unfortunate that he is unreliable. I do have access to a 2 color AB Dick 9810 free. Just didn't want to go there. Then I have to purchase a platemaker & so on. I'm at that (2 x 4) theory right now. Banging some heads. Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From cpurvine1 at cox.net Tue Sep 25 11:03:38 2007 From: cpurvine1 at cox.net (Cora Purvine) Date: Tue Sep 25 14:14:03 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers In-Reply-To: <8C9CD9A77FC6C74-444-ABA7@webmail-db16.sysops.aol.com> References: <98f5b19a0709241253o532fda6fm1e749dc5cb3e65c4@mail.gmail.com> <00e101c7fef4$82665b90$5a01a8c0@fileserver><012401c7fefd$206528f0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> <8C9CD9A77FC6C74-444-ABA7@webmail-db16.sysops.aol.com> Message-ID: <007101c7ff85$40b4ea40$6601a8c0@corapurvine> Tommy, I have to pay .09 per each 8.5x11 color sheet, double for 11x17" and .012 for each 8.5x11 black & white, double for 11x17. I find that at about 500 sheets on the coated paper, 100# CS2, that the machine seems to get hot and it starts to jam, but if I wait a few minutes and leave the machine open to cool down, it starts running again for another 500 without a hitch. That is only when I am running the second side on 100# CS2 full bleed. Does yours do this? Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of villageprinting1@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 9:50 AM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Cora....Ditto! I had same problems with my unit.? They actually replace just about every piece inside the guts, before a technician decided on changing feed rollers on bypass tray.? Oh wow!? It worked he said after how so much $$$$ they spent.? Oh yeah, my click charges are up there to.? Like you my click charges are?13? a?a piece,?is nothing to sneeze at, but?my customers dont complain about my charges or quality. Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax www.printing-n-graphics.com -----Original Message----- From: Cora Purvine To: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' Sent: Mon, 24 Sep 2007 6:49 pm Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** For a small shop, I am very happy with my Lanier. It is extremely dependable nd now that they have it fixed so that I can do the heavy card stock like I as told I could when I bought it, I've got no complaints at all. I have ever even calibrated it. It does it automatically itself. The machine that had before this used to loose color, but this one never has, even when it ays it is low on toner. I don't like the click charges, but have learned to charge accordingly. My ustomers also like the vibrant colors. I've had more than one comment on his. lass Act Printing and Foil ora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 801 W. Juno Ave. ichita, KS 67215-1742 h/Fax: 316-522-0733 purvine1@cox.net ww.ClassActPrinting.biz -----Original Message----- rom: printowners-bounces@printweb.org mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Ed Pierce ent: Monday, September 24, 2007 4:48 PM o: 'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only' ubject: RE: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I do know Savin & Ricoh are the same but I'm not sure about Lanier. Ed Pierce raphic Print & Communication eridian MS 01-485-7088 d@graphicprintersinc.com -----Original Message----- rom: printowners-bounces@printweb.org mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Michael Vogel ent: Monday, September 24, 2007 2:54 PM o: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only ubject: Re: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** On 9/24/07, Cora Purvine wrote: Not a problem on my Lanier. ren't Savin and Lanier the same boxes? - ichael Vogel ir Speedy Printing Research Drive ilford, CT 06460 el 203-877-1231 ax 203-878-2679 v.sirspeedy@gmail.com ww.eSirSpeedy.com ==================================== ead not to accept nor to deny nor to agree nor to riticize or condemn but to weigh and consider. ~ Lord Bacon ______________________________________________ rintOwners Discussion List ost: PrintOwners@printweb.org nfo: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _________ NOD32 2547 (20070924) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. ttp://www.eset.com ______________________________________________ rintOwners Discussion List ost: PrintOwners@printweb.org nfo: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners _________ NOD32 2548 (20070924) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. ttp://www.eset.com ______________________________________________ rintOwners Discussion List ost: PrintOwners@printweb.org nfo: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners ________________________________________________________________________ Email and AIM finally together. You've gotta check out free AOL Mail! - http://mail.aol.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2549 (20070925) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From VillagePrinting1 at aol.com Tue Sep 25 14:15:16 2007 From: VillagePrinting1 at aol.com (VillagePrinting1@aol.com) Date: Tue Sep 25 14:16:26 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: Help Message-ID: When you say a bit pain in the ( Y ) are you saying there is a lot of jams? Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From VillagePrinting1 at aol.com Tue Sep 25 14:19:45 2007 From: VillagePrinting1 at aol.com (VillagePrinting1@aol.com) Date: Tue Sep 25 14:21:20 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Running coated paper on digital color copiers Message-ID: No I had feeding problems that sometimes it will move around ?" so when you would run second side they wouldn't line up properly. Now I clean the rollers every so often. I do have a problem trying to run blue. I get purple most of the times. I don't know how to calibrate it. If anyone can help there would be nice. Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Tue Sep 25 14:56:41 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Tue Sep 25 14:56:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] large format mounting and laminating In-Reply-To: <008301c7ff8d$ca2d3360$6601a8c0@corapurvine> References: <8C9CD9E0185D3B0-BD4-194@webmail-db16.sysops.aol.com> <029501c7ff8a$84bb36e0$6d01a8c0@KELLY> <008301c7ff8d$ca2d3360$6601a8c0@corapurvine> Message-ID: <8B434E12-70AB-4049-8A4F-065A1A94453D@falconprintandcopy.com> We just got a HP Z6100 in to test for a month. We're either going to go with this, or the new Epson 9880 which comes out next month. We need to set up some kind of mounting and laminating system, and cost aside, I really don't think we have room for a proper laminating and mounting machine. I've heard mixed reviews, and know very little about, self-adhesive mounting, and cold laminating, that don't require any machines. Has any one had any experience (positive or negative) with these? Thanks in advance. Regards, Borzou Borzou Azabdaftari Falcon Print and Copy 1921 Gallows Road Suite 150 Vienna, VA 22182 t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 borzou@falconprintandcopy.com From scott at usacolor.com Tue Sep 25 15:16:13 2007 From: scott at usacolor.com (scott) Date: Tue Sep 25 15:17:34 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] large format mounting and laminating In-Reply-To: <8B434E12-70AB-4049-8A4F-065A1A94453D@falconprintandcopy.com> References: <8C9CD9E0185D3B0-BD4-194@webmail-db16.sysops.aol.com> <029501c7ff8a$84bb36e0$6d01a8c0@KELLY> <008301c7ff8d$ca2d3360$6601a8c0@corapurvine> <8B434E12-70AB-4049-8A4F-065A1A94453D@falconprintandcopy.com> Message-ID: <46F95E7D.7080600@usacolor.com> the self adhesive works well for us, beats overspray. we pay about $7 for a 32x40 board. Never had good luck with cold lamination. Hot laminate works ok if your pressures are set right. we run a hp5500 Scott Balsiger, President USA Color Printing Inc. www.usacolor.com 791 Manhomen Dr. Bemidji, MN 56601 800-759-9126 218-759-9126 218-759-2883(fax) 218-556-5505(cell) Borzou Azabdaftari wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > We just got a HP Z6100 in to test for a month. We're either going to > go with this, or the new Epson 9880 which comes out next month. We > need to set up some kind of mounting and laminating system, and cost > aside, I really don't think we have room for a proper laminating and > mounting machine. I've heard mixed reviews, and know very little > about, self-adhesive mounting, and cold laminating, that don't > require any machines. Has any one had any experience (positive or > negative) with these? Thanks in advance. > > > Regards, > > Borzou > > > > Borzou Azabdaftari > Falcon Print and Copy > 1921 Gallows Road > Suite 150 > Vienna, VA 22182 > t.703.442.0124 > f.703.442.0134 > borzou@falconprintandcopy.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From VillagePrinting1 at aol.com Tue Sep 25 15:38:39 2007 From: VillagePrinting1 at aol.com (VillagePrinting1@aol.com) Date: Tue Sep 25 15:39:43 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] large format mounting and laminating Message-ID: I have the same problem when it comes to laminating & Mounting. What I found is that 95% of our work doesn't require lamination. When we do have to we drive to the nearest location & spend a whole not less than having a unit of our. Mounting we do in-house, we buy packages of foam core & corrugrated plastic sheets. There are easy to place against a wall. And we are at a need for space so we save there also. Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From VillagePrinting1 at aol.com Tue Sep 25 15:40:36 2007 From: VillagePrinting1 at aol.com (VillagePrinting1@aol.com) Date: Tue Sep 25 15:42:12 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] large format mounting and laminating Message-ID: Scott I always wanted to try self adhesives. Are they easy to place. Will the piece come off easy for slight adjustments? And where do you get your supplies? Tommy Melendez Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. 3612 E. Tremont Avenue Bronx, N.Y. 10465 NAQP Member #1031539 718.904.7760 718.892.2315 Fax _www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com From kellycrom at gmail.com Tue Sep 25 15:45:11 2007 From: kellycrom at gmail.com (Kelly Crom at Applied Graphics) Date: Tue Sep 25 15:45:16 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Meteor DP40 digital color WAS RE: Help In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <031901c7ffac$96fed790$6d01a8c0@KELLY> John, Honestly, I only took a short look at the Meteor color machine. I was really more interested in their UV coater. That said, the Meteor DP40 looks like it runs just under 40 8.5x11's/minute(17 12x18/minute), so it's no real speed demon. The fact that it can run envelopes, plastic(PVC, polyester, vinyl), and up to 300gsm paper stocks, could be a real plus vs. other toner based machines. It doesn't have any kind of output tray, but rather they had it setup to drop the output(from a very short conveyor) out to a portable electric jogging table(I didn't really like that idea) I saw a demo machine they had running at the show that was printing 4C envelopes with variable data - could be good for smaller direct mail markets. It is driven by a Fiery RIP/Command Workstation, so it is a familiar front end to most of us. From what I overheard one of their reps giving a demo at the show, I think he said it was priced around $140,000, and I didn't hear anything about service rates, clicks, etc. The rep I was talking with at the show made it sound like MGI has a "strong" base of customers in Europe(primarily France), and are just beginning(in the last year or 2) to try and get in our market(U.S.). If you click on their "customers" tab at their website www.mgi-usa.com, you see a list of European companies, so they really don't seem to have a strong enough customer here to want to throw out a name or two. Kelly Crom Applied Graphics Associates, Inc. We've Moved!!! 2405 Annapolis Lane N, #250 Plymouth, MN 55441 New Phone: (763)231-6970 kellycrom@gmail.com www.applied-graphics.com > > Kelly, > > I would be interested in a few more of YOUR observations on > this device. > Since the company is located here in Melbourne, and has in > fact been around on > the fringes for 10-15 years, I would be interested in more > details. I have > written the company but would also like input from you. God, > like so many in the > industry, I would like to discover a device that could replace the > traditional offset presses that most of us still rely upon. > > > John Stewart > Q. P. Consulting, Inc. > Featuring - _"Print Shop For Sale"_ > (http://www.printshopsforsale.net/) > > by Larry Hunt & John Stewart > > 2110 S. Dairy Road > West Melbourne, FL 32904 > 321-727-2442 Fax 321-727-2166 > Cell: 321-794-6259 > _www.quickconsultant.com_ (http://www.quickconsultant.com/) > "Winners analyze, losers rationalize." > > In a message dated 9/25/2007 11:43:44 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, kellycrom@gmail.com writes: I looked at the Meteor at Graph Expo. It was a bit impressive in that it's a toner based color digital machine that can run pretty much anything from envelopes to plastic. I think the price tag was about $140,000 without the envelope feeder. Have you considered something like a RISO, or one of the other small duplicators? I know that Ricoh has a similar machine(to the riso) called the Priport(they were touting being able to run 100 envelopes for $6.00 in 5 minutes), and I believe Standard also has the same kind of machine. Kelly Crom From DanF at MMSNY.com Tue Sep 25 16:04:16 2007 From: DanF at MMSNY.com (Dan Flatt) Date: Tue Sep 25 16:02:04 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] large format mounting and laminating Message-ID: Why don't you try the Colorspan 5400 series UV printer? It does rigid and doll stock and doesn't need lamination. We have the 9800 uvx and love it. Low cost to operate. Dan Flatt vp/ owner Multi Media Services 11136-40 River Road Corning, NY 14830 main 607-936-3186 CELL 607-331-7217 PLEASE CALL MY CELL FIRST! Fax 877-684-3043 www.mmsny.com Isn't it time that you had a business printer printing for your business? Other contacts: Rick Bartholomew owner 607-769-8111 David Jackson manager 607-331-5422 Dick Shelford Sunset Operations 607-331-5775 Patty Carlson Strategic accounts 607-331-5314 Suzie Bartholomew Strategic accounts 607-331-5314 Dave Satterly IR operations 570-882-0485 Ralph Begeal CSR 607-331-5572 Steve Mullen CSR 607-936-3186 Margaret Puffer CSR / mailing 607-936-3186 Rose Flatt Design 607-331-1555 Emily Colletta Design 607-331-7068 Judy Pruyne Design 607-331-5963 -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Borzou Azabdaftari Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 2:57 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: [PrintOwners] large format mounting and laminating ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** We just got a HP Z6100 in to test for a month. We're either going to go with this, or the new Epson 9880 which comes out next month. We need to set up some kind of mounting and laminating system, and cost aside, I really don't think we have room for a proper laminating and mounting machine. I've heard mixed reviews, and know very little about, self-adhesive mounting, and cold laminating, that don't require any machines. Has any one had any experience (positive or negative) with these? Thanks in advance. Regards, Borzou Borzou Azabdaftari Falcon Print and Copy 1921 Gallows Road Suite 150 Vienna, VA 22182 t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 borzou@falconprintandcopy.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From digitalgraphics at sbcglobal.net Tue Sep 25 16:07:53 2007 From: digitalgraphics at sbcglobal.net (Chris Barton) Date: Tue Sep 25 16:06:57 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] KM C6500 Owners Question In-Reply-To: <20070925193945.651B3BC0782@rb.enter.net> References: <20070925193945.651B3BC0782@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <002201c7ffaf$c2171200$6401a8c0@Chris> So we've had the 6500 for a month now and our electric bill went up $300.00....the tech told my staff to leave it on 24/7, that it goes into sleep mode so don't shut it down, even on the weekends.....what are other owners doing? Are you guys shutting it down at night and on weekends? Don?t know how much of the increase in electricity usage is from when it's running and from when it's sitting....but I need to try to lesson it.......so....what are you guys doing? Thanks Chris Barton Digital Color Graphics, Inc. 3209 W. Warner Avenue Santa Ana, CA 92704 (714) 241-8443 www.digitalcolorgraphics.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1030 - Release Date: 9/25/2007 8:02 AM From scott at usacolor.com Tue Sep 25 15:54:54 2007 From: scott at usacolor.com (scott) Date: Tue Sep 25 16:10:02 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] large format mounting and laminating In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46F9678E.8060707@usacolor.com> Just as easy as spray mounting, we get them from a company called mathison - from fargo nd Scott Balsiger, President USA Color Printing Inc. www.usacolor.com 791 Manhomen Dr. Bemidji, MN 56601 800-759-9126 218-759-9126 218-759-2883(fax) 218-556-5505(cell) VillagePrinting1@aol.com wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > >Scott I always wanted to try self adhesives. Are they easy to place. Will >the piece come off easy for slight adjustments? And where do you get your >supplies? > >Tommy Melendez > >Village Duplicating & Graphics, Inc. >3612 E. Tremont Avenue >Bronx, N.Y. 10465 >NAQP Member #1031539 >718.904.7760 >718.892.2315 Fax >_www.printing-n-graphics.com_ (http://www.printing-n-graphics.com/) > > > >************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > From richard at weprintcary.com Tue Sep 25 16:43:50 2007 From: richard at weprintcary.com (Richard Cobb) Date: Tue Sep 25 16:45:07 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] KM C6500 Owners Question In-Reply-To: <002201c7ffaf$c2171200$6401a8c0@Chris> References: <20070925193945.651B3BC0782@rb.enter.net> <002201c7ffaf$c2171200$6401a8c0@Chris> Message-ID: <46F97306.6070703@weprintcary.com> We turn ours off at night by the top button only. That puts it into sleep. $300 extra? Heat wave? Global Warming? Richard Cobb Allegra Print & Imaging 1155 Kildaire Farm Road Cary, NC 27511 919-468-3334 fax 919-468-3880 The Future of Printing is Here Helping Businesses Find Ways to Enhance the VALUE of Their Print Communications! Chris Barton wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > So we've had the 6500 for a month now and our electric bill went up > $300.00....the tech told my staff to leave it on 24/7, that it goes into > sleep mode so don't shut it down, even on the weekends.....what are other > owners doing? Are you guys shutting it down at night and on weekends? Don?t > know how much of the increase in electricity usage is from when it's running > and from when it's sitting....but I need to try to lesson > it.......so....what are you guys doing? > > Thanks > > Chris Barton > > > > Digital Color Graphics, Inc. > 3209 W. Warner Avenue > Santa Ana, CA 92704 > > (714) 241-8443 > > www.digitalcolorgraphics.com > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1030 - Release Date: 9/25/2007 > 8:02 AM > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Tue Sep 25 16:53:20 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Tue Sep 25 16:53:11 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] large format mounting and laminating In-Reply-To: <46F95E7D.7080600@usacolor.com> References: <8C9CD9E0185D3B0-BD4-194@webmail-db16.sysops.aol.com> <029501c7ff8a$84bb36e0$6d01a8c0@KELLY> <008301c7ff8d$ca2d3360$6601a8c0@corapurvine> <8B434E12-70AB-4049-8A4F-065A1A94453D@falconprintandcopy.com> <46F95E7D.7080600@usacolor.com> Message-ID: You have no idea how happy this is making me. Scott, how are you currently doing your hot laminating? Regards, Borzou -------------- next part -------------- www.falconprintandcopy.com t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 On Sep 25, 2007, at 3:16 PM, scott wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > the self adhesive works well for us, beats overspray. we pay about > $7 for a 32x40 board. Never had good luck with cold lamination. Hot > laminate works ok if your pressures are set right. we run a hp5500 > > Scott Balsiger, President > USA Color Printing Inc. > www.usacolor.com > 791 Manhomen Dr. > Bemidji, MN 56601 > 800-759-9126 > 218-759-9126 > 218-759-2883(fax) > 218-556-5505(cell) > > > > Borzou Azabdaftari wrote: > >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> We just got a HP Z6100 in to test for a month. We're either going >> to go with this, or the new Epson 9880 which comes out next >> month. We need to set up some kind of mounting and laminating >> system, and cost aside, I really don't think we have room for a >> proper laminating and mounting machine. I've heard mixed >> reviews, and know very little about, self-adhesive mounting, and >> cold laminating, that don't require any machines. Has any one >> had any experience (positive or negative) with these? Thanks in >> advance. >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Borzou >> >> >> >> Borzou Azabdaftari >> Falcon Print and Copy >> 1921 Gallows Road >> Suite 150 >> Vienna, VA 22182 >> t.703.442.0124 >> f.703.442.0134 >> borzou@falconprintandcopy.com >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> >> > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From scott at usacolor.com Tue Sep 25 17:30:50 2007 From: scott at usacolor.com (scott) Date: Tue Sep 25 17:32:07 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] large format mounting and laminating In-Reply-To: References: <8C9CD9E0185D3B0-BD4-194@webmail-db16.sysops.aol.com> <029501c7ff8a$84bb36e0$6d01a8c0@KELLY> <008301c7ff8d$ca2d3360$6601a8c0@corapurvine> <8B434E12-70AB-4049-8A4F-065A1A94453D@falconprintandcopy.com> <46F95E7D.7080600@usacolor.com> Message-ID: <46F97E0A.9070907@usacolor.com> a laminator from USI. I think its a 42" model. we run 38" 3 mil thru it. if it needs to be thicker we either run it twice or change rolls Scott Balsiger, President USA Color Printing Inc. www.usacolor.com 791 Manhomen Dr. Bemidji, MN 56601 800-759-9126 218-759-9126 218-759-2883(fax) 218-556-5505(cell) Borzou Azabdaftari wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > You have no idea how happy this is making me. Scott, how are you > currently doing your hot laminating? > > Regards, > > Borzou > > > > www.falconprintandcopy.com > t.703.442.0124 > f.703.442.0134 > > > On Sep 25, 2007, at 3:16 PM, scott wrote: > >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> the self adhesive works well for us, beats overspray. we pay about >> $7 for a 32x40 board. Never had good luck with cold lamination. Hot >> laminate works ok if your pressures are set right. we run a hp5500 >> >> Scott Balsiger, President >> USA Color Printing Inc. >> www.usacolor.com >> 791 Manhomen Dr. >> Bemidji, MN 56601 >> 800-759-9126 >> 218-759-9126 >> 218-759-2883(fax) >> 218-556-5505(cell) >> >> >> >> Borzou Azabdaftari wrote: >> >>> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >>> >>> We just got a HP Z6100 in to test for a month. We're either going >>> to go with this, or the new Epson 9880 which comes out next >>> month. We need to set up some kind of mounting and laminating >>> system, and cost aside, I really don't think we have room for a >>> proper laminating and mounting machine. I've heard mixed reviews, >>> and know very little about, self-adhesive mounting, and cold >>> laminating, that don't require any machines. Has any one had any >>> experience (positive or negative) with these? Thanks in advance. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Borzou >>> >>> >>> >>> Borzou Azabdaftari >>> Falcon Print and Copy >>> 1921 Gallows Road >>> Suite 150 >>> Vienna, VA 22182 >>> t.703.442.0124 >>> f.703.442.0134 >>> borzou@falconprintandcopy.com >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PrintOwners Discussion List >>> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >>> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> >> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > From soneal at conestogadpi.com Tue Sep 25 18:20:08 2007 From: soneal at conestogadpi.com (Shawn O'Neal) Date: Tue Sep 25 18:22:04 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] large format mounting and laminating In-Reply-To: <46F97E0A.9070907@usacolor.com> Message-ID: <012201c7ffc2$3e226bd0$b506a8c0@CopierComputer> We have the 42" usi laminator and spray mount posters off an HP inkjet. For qty jobs we have a Raster Printers flatbed UV machine that will print right to the foamcore, plastic,wood glass etc. Shawn O'Neal - General Manager Conestoga DPI Digital Printing & Imaging ph. 717.389.0350 fx. 717.306.4495 www.conestogadpi.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of scott Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 5:31 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] large format mounting and laminating ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** a laminator from USI. I think its a 42" model. we run 38" 3 mil thru it. if it needs to be thicker we either run it twice or change rolls Scott Balsiger, President USA Color Printing Inc. www.usacolor.com 791 Manhomen Dr. Bemidji, MN 56601 800-759-9126 218-759-9126 218-759-2883(fax) 218-556-5505(cell) Borzou Azabdaftari wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > You have no idea how happy this is making me. Scott, how are you > currently doing your hot laminating? > > Regards, > > Borzou > > > > www.falconprintandcopy.com > t.703.442.0124 > f.703.442.0134 > > > On Sep 25, 2007, at 3:16 PM, scott wrote: > >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> the self adhesive works well for us, beats overspray. we pay about >> $7 for a 32x40 board. Never had good luck with cold lamination. Hot >> laminate works ok if your pressures are set right. we run a hp5500 >> >> Scott Balsiger, President >> USA Color Printing Inc. >> www.usacolor.com >> 791 Manhomen Dr. >> Bemidji, MN 56601 >> 800-759-9126 >> 218-759-9126 >> 218-759-2883(fax) >> 218-556-5505(cell) >> >> >> >> Borzou Azabdaftari wrote: >> >>> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >>> >>> We just got a HP Z6100 in to test for a month. We're either going >>> to go with this, or the new Epson 9880 which comes out next >>> month. We need to set up some kind of mounting and laminating >>> system, and cost aside, I really don't think we have room for a >>> proper laminating and mounting machine. I've heard mixed reviews, >>> and know very little about, self-adhesive mounting, and cold >>> laminating, that don't require any machines. Has any one had any >>> experience (positive or negative) with these? Thanks in advance. >>> >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Borzou >>> >>> >>> >>> Borzou Azabdaftari >>> Falcon Print and Copy >>> 1921 Gallows Road >>> Suite 150 >>> Vienna, VA 22182 >>> t.703.442.0124 >>> f.703.442.0134 >>> borzou@falconprintandcopy.com >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> PrintOwners Discussion List >>> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >>> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >>> >>> >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> >> > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners begin 666 Shawn O'Neal (soneal@conestogadpi.com).vcf M0D5'24XZ5D-!4D0-"E9%4E-)3TXZ,BXQ#0I..D\G3F5A;#M3:&%W;@T*1DXZ M4VAA=VX@3R=.96%L("AS;VYE86Q 8V]N97-T;V=A9'!I+F-O;2D-"D]21SI# M;VYE References: <20070925193945.651B3BC0782@rb.enter.net> <002201c7ffaf$c2171200$6401a8c0@Chris> Message-ID: <6.2.3.4.2.20070925163325.02b8a108@mail.andrewsblueprint.com> Power save (button on screen pad) at night. Everything off on the weekends. I didn't notice a big change in power usage when ours went in. I'll be taking a closer look at our bills. Nancy At 01:07 PM 9/25/2007, Chris Barton wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > >So we've had the 6500 for a month now and our electric bill went up >$300.00....the tech told my staff to leave it on 24/7, that it goes into >sleep mode so don't shut it down, even on the weekends.....what are other >owners doing? Are you guys shutting it down at night and on weekends? Don't >know how much of the increase in electricity usage is from when it's running >and from when it's sitting....but I need to try to lesson >it.......so....what are you guys doing? > >Thanks > >Chris Barton > > > >Digital Color Graphics, Inc. >3209 W. Warner Avenue >Santa Ana, CA 92704 > >(714) 241-8443 > >www.digitalcolorgraphics.com > >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1030 - Release Date: 9/25/2007 >8:02 AM > > >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners Nancy Thomsen Andrews Blueprint, Inc. 269 Griffin St. Salinas, CA 93901 831-424-0331 Fax 831-424-7485 Fax www.andrewsblueprint.com From newtone at cox.net Tue Sep 25 21:46:52 2007 From: newtone at cox.net (Newtone) Date: Tue Sep 25 21:47:26 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] KM C6500 Owners Question In-Reply-To: <6.2.3.4.2.20070925163325.02b8a108@mail.andrewsblueprint.com> Message-ID: We turn on the KM6500 at night and leave the Fiery on. Once a week or so, we reboot the Fiery (It is just a WinXP box, Fiery even has access to the windows updates etc. BTW, we just got our first PM today at about 190,000 copies. I was amazed at how contaminated the yellow toner unit was. Instead of yellow, it was yucky brown. Just like ink contamination across a T-head on the press. Be careful about calibrating. Last week we had a tech calibrate the Fiery with his ES1000 densitometer. Suddenly our copies went very highly saturated. Even after the PM, color was over saturated. Today's tech restored the default color setting in Command Workstation4 and everything seems great. There seems to be two calibrations, the KM6500 itself and the Fiery. We love our machine. Here in San Diego, we are fortunate to be serviced by one of the highest rated Konica Minolta centers, and our service techs are great! We do not do full color press work in house, and so our click charges are less than outsourcing to local 4-color trade shops on runs even up to 5000. Bob Newton Town & Country Printers, Inc. Santee, CA -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org]On Behalf Of Nancy Thomsen Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2007 4:36 PM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only; printowners@printweb.org Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] KM C6500 Owners Question ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** Power save (button on screen pad) at night. Everything off on the weekends. I didn't notice a big change in power usage when ours went in. I'll be taking a closer look at our bills. Nancy At 01:07 PM 9/25/2007, Chris Barton wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > >So we've had the 6500 for a month now and our electric bill went up >$300.00....the tech told my staff to leave it on 24/7, that it goes into >sleep mode so don't shut it down, even on the weekends.....what are other >owners doing? Are you guys shutting it down at night and on weekends? Don't >know how much of the increase in electricity usage is from when it's running >and from when it's sitting....but I need to try to lesson >it.......so....what are you guys doing? > >Thanks > >Chris Barton > > > >Digital Color Graphics, Inc. >3209 W. Warner Avenue >Santa Ana, CA 92704 > >(714) 241-8443 > >www.digitalcolorgraphics.com > >No virus found in this outgoing message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1030 - Release Date: 9/25/2007 >8:02 AM > > >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners Nancy Thomsen Andrews Blueprint, Inc. 269 Griffin St. Salinas, CA 93901 831-424-0331 Fax 831-424-7485 Fax www.andrewsblueprint.com _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1030 - Release Date: 9/25/2007 8:02 AM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.30/1030 - Release Date: 9/25/2007 8:02 AM From bgallagher at nbn.net Wed Sep 26 08:34:07 2007 From: bgallagher at nbn.net (Bob Gallagher) Date: Wed Sep 26 08:35:06 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] KM C6500 Owners Question In-Reply-To: <002201c7ffaf$c2171200$6401a8c0@Chris> Message-ID: On 9/25/07 4:07 PM, "Chris Barton" wrote: ....the tech told my staff to leave it on 24/7, that it goes into We turn ours off every night and over the weekend. Our tech recommended that. Occasionally someone forgets to do it, but we haven't noticed any increase in the electric bill. Check our new website Bob Gallagher Gallagher Printing, Inc. 601 W. Main Street Palmyra, PA 17078 717-838-1527 1-888-838-1527 Fax 717-838-5715 http://www.gallagherprint.com An Adobe Service Provider A Microsoft Publisher Provider Member, Adobe Solutions Network From k_graham at hotmail.com Wed Sep 26 10:05:24 2007 From: k_graham at hotmail.com (k_graham@hotmail.com) Date: Wed Sep 26 10:07:32 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Copier life expectancy -Canon Ir5000, IR6000 References: Message-ID: If anyone has or had a Canon IR5000 or Canon IR6000 can you tell me what copy count you actually got out of it or what it is up to. I got just over 2,000,000 on mine but was wondering if people had got 3, 4, 5, or more million with or without drum replacement which I think is due at about 3 to 4 million when the copier has had adequate preventive maintenance service. Thanks Ken Graham From goodway at goodwayprintcopy.com Wed Sep 26 11:09:18 2007 From: goodway at goodwayprintcopy.com (Goodway Print and Copy) Date: Wed Sep 26 11:12:24 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Copier life expectancy -Canon Ir5000, IR6000 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <011e01c8004f$36108d90$660000c8@LeslieXP> I have 4 million- they just did some kind of overhaul - works great- Our 550 has over 5mil Leslie McDonald GOODWAY PRINT & COPY INC. 15121 Ventura Blvd. Sherman Oaks, CA 91403 Phone:(818) 783-5172 Fax:(818)783-8649 goodway@goodwayprintcopy.com www.goodwayprintcopy.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of k_graham@hotmail.com Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 7:05 AM To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Subject: [PrintOwners] Copier life expectancy -Canon Ir5000, IR6000 ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** If anyone has or had a Canon IR5000 or Canon IR6000 can you tell me what copy count you actually got out of it or what it is up to. I got just over 2,000,000 on mine but was wondering if people had got 3, 4, 5, or more million with or without drum replacement which I think is due at about 3 to 4 million when the copier has had adequate preventive maintenance service. Thanks Ken Graham _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From cpurvine1 at cox.net Wed Sep 26 13:26:47 2007 From: cpurvine1 at cox.net (Cora Purvine) Date: Wed Sep 26 13:27:50 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] KM C6500 Owners Question In-Reply-To: References: <002201c7ffaf$c2171200$6401a8c0@Chris> Message-ID: <00a601c80062$6ae385f0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> I like your new website Bob. I am deciding whether I need one or not since I am so small and if it would pay for itself.....: ( Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Bob Gallagher Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 7:34 AM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] KM C6500 Owners Question ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** On 9/25/07 4:07 PM, "Chris Barton" wrote: ....the tech told my staff to leave it on 24/7, that it goes into We turn ours off every night and over the weekend. Our tech recommended that. Occasionally someone forgets to do it, but we haven't noticed any increase in the electric bill. Check our new website Bob Gallagher Gallagher Printing, Inc. 601 W. Main Street Palmyra, PA 17078 717-838-1527 1-888-838-1527 Fax 717-838-5715 http://www.gallagherprint.com An Adobe Service Provider A Microsoft Publisher Provider Member, Adobe Solutions Network _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2552 (20070926) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com From bgallagher at nbn.net Wed Sep 26 15:07:03 2007 From: bgallagher at nbn.net (Bob Gallagher) Date: Wed Sep 26 15:08:22 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] KM C6500 Owners Question In-Reply-To: <00a601c80062$6ae385f0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> Message-ID: On 9/26/07 1:26 PM, "Cora Purvine" wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I like your new website Bob. I am deciding whether I need one or not since I > am so small and if it would pay for itself.....: ( > Websites for printers. Mike Stephens. After a lot of checking, it came out on top. Check our new website Bob Gallagher Gallagher Printing, Inc. 601 W. Main Street Palmyra, PA 17078 717-838-1527 1-888-838-1527 Fax 717-838-5715 http://www.gallagherprint.com An Adobe Service Provider A Microsoft Publisher Provider Member, Adobe Solutions Network From dvmonto at optonline.net Wed Sep 26 15:45:52 2007 From: dvmonto at optonline.net (David Monto) Date: Wed Sep 26 15:47:00 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] International Mail Postage Question Message-ID: I sent this question to the other "list" a few days ago and only got one answer from Hal. I thought I would send it to the "mature" list as all the other one is concerned about is discussing WWII! We are doing a newsletter & mailing for a client. There are approximately 5000 pieces, finished size 8.5 x 11. 180 of them are international (All over, Korea, England, Japan, Germany, etc.) and I have determined that the postage on each will be $2.70. The question I have is, how do I affix postage to each international piece? Post Office drones want to sell me individual stamps that will total $2.70. I do not see us using 6 or 7 stamps to total this amount. Wisdom of this list suggested we get rid of our meter last year so I cannot use a meter tape. So how would you affix postage for these newsletters? -- David V. Monto Sir Speedy Printing 1837 South Road Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Phone:845-298-8898 Fax: 845-298-8537 email: dvmonto@optonline.net www.sirspeedy.com/wappingersfalls Sir Speedy has added mailing services to our capabilities! Let's talk about your next project....perhaps, we can save you some time and Money on your next mailing. From jgross at techiowa.com Wed Sep 26 16:10:01 2007 From: jgross at techiowa.com (John Gross) Date: Wed Sep 26 16:10:58 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] International Mail Postage Question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <000001c80079$3860f420$1e00000a@tech.local> Lick 'em and stick 'em or find a friend with a meter. I'll be your friend if you buy me a beer and don't regale me with how wonderful business is! John A. Gross Technigraphics, Inc. PO Box 1846 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 jgross@techiowa.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of David Monto Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 2:46 PM To: Printowners Subject: [PrintOwners] International Mail Postage Question ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I sent this question to the other "list" a few days ago and only got one answer from Hal. I thought I would send it to the "mature" list as all the other one is concerned about is discussing WWII! We are doing a newsletter & mailing for a client. There are approximately 5000 pieces, finished size 8.5 x 11. 180 of them are international (All over, Korea, England, Japan, Germany, etc.) and I have determined that the postage on each will be $2.70. The question I have is, how do I affix postage to each international piece? Post Office drones want to sell me individual stamps that will total $2.70. I do not see us using 6 or 7 stamps to total this amount. Wisdom of this list suggested we get rid of our meter last year so I cannot use a meter tape. So how would you affix postage for these newsletters? -- David V. Monto Sir Speedy Printing 1837 South Road Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Phone:845-298-8898 Fax: 845-298-8537 email: dvmonto@optonline.net www.sirspeedy.com/wappingersfalls Sir Speedy has added mailing services to our capabilities! Let's talk about your next project....perhaps, we can save you some time and Money on your next mailing. _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners From sos at olympus.net Wed Sep 26 16:19:19 2007 From: sos at olympus.net (Dan Huntingford) Date: Wed Sep 26 16:19:31 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] International Mail Postage Question References: Message-ID: <02ce01c8007a$85460db0$0300a8c0@DANIEL> I do > not see us using 6 or 7 stamps to total this amount. Wisdom of this list > suggested we get rid of our meter last year so I cannot use a meter tape. > > So how would you affix postage for these newsletters? ======================= I'd run them through my meter. If you don't have a meter, find someone who does and use it. We have people come in to use ours on occasion. We just charge them whatever postage they use and hope they appreciate it. Dan Huntingford SOS Printing 2319 Washington Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 sos@olympus.net (360) 385-4194 Fax (360) 385-5860 From si at ria.net Wed Sep 26 16:18:31 2007 From: si at ria.net (Doug Shelton) Date: Wed Sep 26 16:22:51 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] International Mail Postage Question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <200709262021.l8QKLTU23024@plus50.host4u.net> At 03:45 PM 9/26/2007, Dave Monto wrote: >Post Office drones want to sell me individual stamps that will total >$2.70. I do >not see us using 6 or 7 stamps to total this amount. Wisdom of this list >suggested we get rid of our meter last year so I cannot use a meter tape. > >So how would you affix postage for these newsletters? Maybe 3 of the 90c Hagatna Bay stamps currently on sale? http://tinyurl.com/68m5/90c.htm Doug -- Doug Shelton Superior Impressions, Inc. Toledo, Ohio mailto:si@ria.net From rstor at copycats.com Wed Sep 26 16:24:21 2007 From: rstor at copycats.com (Robert Stor) Date: Wed Sep 26 16:26:47 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] International Mail Postage Question In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <46FABFF5.6070204@copycats.com> Click 'n ship from the post office This may make sense: https://sss-web.usps.com/cns/landing.do or http://www.usps.com/shipping/label.htm Bob Stor Copycats New York, NY 212-557-2111 x20 www.copycats.com David Monto wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I sent this question to the other "list" a few days ago and only got one > answer from Hal. I thought I would send it to the "mature" list as all the > other one is concerned about is discussing WWII! > > > > We are doing a newsletter & mailing for a client. There are approximately > 5000 pieces, finished size 8.5 x 11. > > 180 of them are international (All over, Korea, England, Japan, Germany, > etc.) and I have determined that the postage on each will be $2.70. The > question I have is, how do I affix postage to each international piece? Post > Office drones want to sell me individual stamps that will total $2.70. I do > not see us using 6 or 7 stamps to total this amount. Wisdom of this list > suggested we get rid of our meter last year so I cannot use a meter tape. > > So how would you affix postage for these newsletters? > > From bjohnson at nemont.net Wed Sep 26 16:52:09 2007 From: bjohnson at nemont.net (bob johnson) Date: Wed Sep 26 16:52:48 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Quark 7.3 Message-ID: Why does it take so long for QuarkXpress 7.3 for the MAC take so long for it to save, just about 10 seconds for a simple job? just curious. Bob Johnson BJ's Printing From jgross at techiowa.com Wed Sep 26 17:12:19 2007 From: jgross at techiowa.com (John Gross) Date: Wed Sep 26 17:13:14 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: small format scanning In-Reply-To: <02ce01c8007a$85460db0$0300a8c0@DANIEL> Message-ID: <000001c80081$ecae82a0$1e00000a@tech.local> What are some charging to scan to PDF 20,000 documents. Of course there is a hand charge for preparing the documents and any returning to the previous state. I would probably do this on copy machines in otherwise down time. John A. Gross Technigraphics, Inc. PO Box 1846 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 jgross@techiowa.com From andy at CedarBusinessCenter.com Wed Sep 26 17:14:07 2007 From: andy at CedarBusinessCenter.com (Andy Flamm) Date: Wed Sep 26 17:15:22 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] large format mounting and laminating In-Reply-To: <8B434E12-70AB-4049-8A4F-065A1A94453D@falconprintandcopy.com> References: <8C9CD9E0185D3B0-BD4-194@webmail-db16.sysops.aol.com> <029501c7ff8a$84bb36e0$6d01a8c0@KELLY> <008301c7ff8d$ca2d3360$6601a8c0@corapurvine> <8B434E12-70AB-4049-8A4F-065A1A94453D@falconprintandcopy.com> Message-ID: We started out using spray mount and self-adhesive, but neither worked well for us. Spray mount was messy and a health hazard, and self-adhesive was tricky to position and our heavy coated posters did not adhere securely. We finally bought a ProSeal 44" mounter/laminator which uses heat-activated boards and laminating pouches. It works much better. It really helps to be able to position the print and then run it through the machine rather than having just one shot for positioning. We have a 5 x 7.5' table dedicated to mounting/laminating. If our volume were higher we would look at a "real" laminator to cut costs, but for us the ProSeal seems right. We buy supplies from USIdealers.com. Good luck! Andy Flamm On 9/25/07, Borzou Azabdaftari wrote: > > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > We just got a HP Z6100 in to test for a month. We're either going to > go with this, or the new Epson 9880 which comes out next month. We > need to set up some kind of mounting and laminating system, and cost > aside, I really don't think we have room for a proper laminating and > mounting machine. I've heard mixed reviews, and know very little > about, self-adhesive mounting, and cold laminating, that don't > require any machines. Has any one had any experience (positive or > negative) with these? Thanks in advance. > > > Regards, > > Borzou > > > > Borzou Azabdaftari > Falcon Print and Copy > 1921 Gallows Road > Suite 150 > Vienna, VA 22182 > t.703.442.0124 > f.703.442.0134 > borzou@falconprintandcopy.com > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > -- Cedar Business Center--Printing, Mailing & More Since 1983 345 Cedar Street, Suite 256 Saint Paul, Minnesota 55101 651-293-3904 voice 651-293-3905 fax andy@CedarBusinessCenter.com www.CedarBusinessCenter.com From dvmonto at optonline.net Wed Sep 26 17:28:00 2007 From: dvmonto at optonline.net (David Monto) Date: Wed Sep 26 17:28:49 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] International Mail Postage Question In-Reply-To: <46FABFF5.6070204@copycats.com> Message-ID: On 9/26/07 4:24 PM, "Robert Stor" wrote: > Click 'n ship from the post office Not an option. We are not going to enter 180 addresses one at a time! The mail is already addressed. Need a reasonable way to affix postage. -- David V. Monto Sir Speedy Printing 1837 South Road Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Phone:845-298-8898 Fax: 845-298-8537 email: dvmonto@optonline.net I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong. - -- Abraham Lincoln From tufelkinder at gmail.com Wed Sep 26 17:35:00 2007 From: tufelkinder at gmail.com (Walt) Date: Wed Sep 26 17:35:37 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] International Mail Postage Question In-Reply-To: References: <46FABFF5.6070204@copycats.com> Message-ID: <84f70d5e0709261435n3aec2b7s9074464b92eaed74@mail.gmail.com> Can you use a labeler to affix the stamps? That's what we do on some mailing... Walt Mercersburg Printing Mercersburg, PA http://mercersburg.net 800-955-3902 tufelkinder@gmail.com -~ Many people would sooner die than think; In fact, they do so. -- Bertrand Russell From jim at visaliaidea.com Wed Sep 26 19:42:24 2007 From: jim at visaliaidea.com (James Laber) Date: Wed Sep 26 19:43:22 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: International Mail Postage Question In-Reply-To: <20070926211315.B50D6BC44BF@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <025701c80096$e4303c80$5501a7c0@visaliaidea.local> The last time I was at the front counter of the post office they could create and print postage strips for the required amount that were much like meter tapes. Did they get rid of this service. It used to be the way they put postage on all parcels. Jim Laber Idea! Printing & Graphics Inc 1921 E Main St Visalia CA 93292 559-733-4149 X118 Fax: 559-636-3690 jim@visaliaidea.com http://www.visaliaidea.com/ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:45:52 -0400 From: David Monto Subject: [PrintOwners] International Mail Postage Question To: Printowners Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I sent this question to the other "list" a few days ago and only got one answer from Hal. I thought I would send it to the "mature" list as all the other one is concerned about is discussing WWII! We are doing a newsletter & mailing for a client. There are approximately 5000 pieces, finished size 8.5 x 11. 180 of them are international (All over, Korea, England, Japan, Germany, etc.) and I have determined that the postage on each will be $2.70. The question I have is, how do I affix postage to each international piece? Post Office drones want to sell me individual stamps that will total $2.70. I do not see us using 6 or 7 stamps to total this amount. Wisdom of this list suggested we get rid of our meter last year so I cannot use a meter tape. So how would you affix postage for these newsletters? -- David V. Monto Sir Speedy Printing 1837 South Road Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Phone:845-298-8898 Fax: 845-298-8537 email: dvmonto@optonline.net www.sirspeedy.com/wappingersfalls Sir Speedy has added mailing services to our capabilities! Let's talk about your next project....perhaps, we can save you some time and Money on your next mailing. From sgfinke at fuse.net Wed Sep 26 21:33:49 2007 From: sgfinke at fuse.net (Scott and Gail Finke) Date: Wed Sep 26 21:23:28 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: International Mail Postage Question In-Reply-To: <025701c80096$e4303c80$5501a7c0@visaliaidea.local> References: <025701c80096$e4303c80$5501a7c0@visaliaidea.local> Message-ID: <96162E4A-D823-48B6-91B2-A35F6A2495AE@fuse.net> Last time I sent a package the P.O. lady put stamps on it. I was looking for the tape thing too. I asked if they had one and the lady said no, but I figured it was just the branch. Of course, this is the same agency that didn't know when the postage- paid envelopes would be available after the rate hike, didn't have a way to order them, and didn't know how many they would get in when the envelopes did come in. Sigh. I'll be heading back to WWII now... Gail Finke - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Brentwood Printing & Envelope, Inc. 8630 Winton Road Cincinnati, OH 45231 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (513) 522-2679 Fax 522-2692 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - info@brentwood-printing.com www.brentwood-printing.com On Sep 26, 2007, at 7:42 PM, James Laber wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > The last time I was at the front counter of the post office they could > create and print postage strips for the required amount that were > much like > meter tapes. Did they get rid of this service. It used to be the > way they > put postage on all parcels. > Jim Laber > Idea! Printing & Graphics Inc > 1921 E Main St > Visalia CA 93292 > 559-733-4149 X118 > Fax: 559-636-3690 > jim@visaliaidea.com > http://www.visaliaidea.com/ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:45:52 -0400 > From: David Monto > Subject: [PrintOwners] International Mail Postage Question > To: Printowners > Message-ID: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII > > I sent this question to the other "list" a few days ago and only > got one > answer from Hal. I thought I would send it to the "mature" list as > all the > other one is concerned about is discussing WWII! > > > > We are doing a newsletter & mailing for a client. There are > approximately > 5000 pieces, finished size 8.5 x 11. > > 180 of them are international (All over, Korea, England, Japan, > Germany, > etc.) and I have determined that the postage on each will be $2.70. > The > question I have is, how do I affix postage to each international > piece? Post > Office drones want to sell me individual stamps that will total > $2.70. I do > not see us using 6 or 7 stamps to total this amount. Wisdom of this > list > suggested we get rid of our meter last year so I cannot use a meter > tape. > > So how would you affix postage for these newsletters? > > -- > David V. Monto > > Sir Speedy Printing > 1837 South Road > Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 > > Phone:845-298-8898 > Fax: 845-298-8537 > email: dvmonto@optonline.net > > www.sirspeedy.com/wappingersfalls > > Sir Speedy has added mailing services to our capabilities! Let's > talk about > your next project....perhaps, we can save you some time and Money > on your > next mailing. > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From zapit at zapcolor.com Wed Sep 26 22:01:54 2007 From: zapit at zapcolor.com (Eugene Montanez) Date: Wed Sep 26 22:07:22 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Cardstock speed on Xerox 260? and how many copies In-Reply-To: <20070926211315.B50D6BC44BF@rb.enter.net> References: <20070926211315.B50D6BC44BF@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: Does anyone have the speed slowdown rates on the newer 260 when running 12x18 cardstock? Also how many copies per month on the 240.250/260's? > Eugene Montanez ZAP Printing & Graphics 127 Radio Rd Corona, CA 92879 951-734-8181 Zapit@zapcolor.com From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Thu Sep 27 08:44:13 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Thu Sep 27 08:43:50 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Quark 7.3 In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <0DBBA93F-E3AF-4A51-AEE4-DB4A4B0FFD6D@falconprintandcopy.com> Cause it sucks. Honestly. I'm trying to roll everything we have over to InDesign, and use a InDesign plug-ing called (simply) Q2ID, that allows InDesign to open any Quark file. Even our Quark 7.0 files, open faster in InDesign than they do in Quark. I can double click the Quark file, wait as I go to InDesign, browse out to the location, and open that same file. It will be open and converted to InDesign in less than half the time it takes Quark to open its own file. Its ridiculous. Borzou Azabdaftari Falcon Print and Copy 1921 Gallows Road Suite 150 Vienna, VA 22182 t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 borzou@falconprintandcopy.com On Sep 26, 2007, at 4:52 PM, bob johnson wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Why does it take so long for QuarkXpress 7.3 for the MAC take so > long for it to save, just about 10 seconds for a simple job? > just curious. > > Bob Johnson > BJ's Printing > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From digitalgraphics at sbcglobal.net Thu Sep 27 12:13:13 2007 From: digitalgraphics at sbcglobal.net (Chris Barton) Date: Thu Sep 27 12:12:44 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: PrintOwners Digest, Vol 25, Issue 75 In-Reply-To: <20070926211315.ABA79BC44BE@rb.enter.net> References: <20070926211315.ABA79BC44BE@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <003001c80121$4eaf02a0$6401a8c0@Chris> Hey, would someone be kind enough to email me issue 75 (Digest Version) as for some odd reason I only got the first couple of responses in it and the next couple were directed to me and they weren?t "there" odd...... Thanks Chris Barton info@digitalcolorgraphics.com Digital Color Graphics, Inc. 3209 W. Warner Avenue Santa Ana, CA 92704 (714) 241-8443 www.digitalcolorgraphics.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of printowners-request@printweb.org Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 2:13 PM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: PrintOwners Digest, Vol 25, Issue 76 Send PrintOwners mailing list submissions to printowners@printweb.org To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to printowners-request@printweb.org You can reach the person managing the list at printowners-owner@printweb.org When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of PrintOwners digest..." ***** This is a PrintOwners List Digest ***** Today's Topics: 1. RE: KM C6500 Owners Question (Cora Purvine) 2. Re: KM C6500 Owners Question (Bob Gallagher) 3. International Mail Postage Question (David Monto) 4. RE: International Mail Postage Question (John Gross) 5. Re: International Mail Postage Question (Dan Huntingford) 6. Re: International Mail Postage Question (Doug Shelton) 7. Re: International Mail Postage Question (Robert Stor) 8. Quark 7.3 (bob johnson) 9. RE: small format scanning (John Gross) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 12:26:47 -0500 From: "Cora Purvine" Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] KM C6500 Owners Question To: "'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only'" Message-ID: <00a601c80062$6ae385f0$6601a8c0@corapurvine> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" I like your new website Bob. I am deciding whether I need one or not since I am so small and if it would pay for itself.....: ( Class Act Printing and Foil Cora & Bernie Purvine, Owners 5801 W. Juno Ave. Wichita, KS 67215-1742 Ph/Fax: 316-522-0733 cpurvine1@cox.net www.ClassActPrinting.biz -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of Bob Gallagher Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 7:34 AM To: printowners@printweb.org Subject: [PrintOwners] KM C6500 Owners Question ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** On 9/25/07 4:07 PM, "Chris Barton" wrote: ....the tech told my staff to leave it on 24/7, that it goes into We turn ours off every night and over the weekend. Our tech recommended that. Occasionally someone forgets to do it, but we haven't noticed any increase in the electric bill. Check our new website Bob Gallagher Gallagher Printing, Inc. 601 W. Main Street Palmyra, PA 17078 717-838-1527 1-888-838-1527 Fax 717-838-5715 http://www.gallagherprint.com An Adobe Service Provider A Microsoft Publisher Provider Member, Adobe Solutions Network _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners __________ NOD32 2552 (20070926) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com ------------------------------ Message: 2 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:07:03 -0400 From: Bob Gallagher Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] KM C6500 Owners Question To: "printowners@printweb.org" Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" On 9/26/07 1:26 PM, "Cora Purvine" wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I like your new website Bob. I am deciding whether I need one or not > since I am so small and if it would pay for itself.....: ( > Websites for printers. Mike Stephens. After a lot of checking, it came out on top. Check our new website Bob Gallagher Gallagher Printing, Inc. 601 W. Main Street Palmyra, PA 17078 717-838-1527 1-888-838-1527 Fax 717-838-5715 http://www.gallagherprint.com An Adobe Service Provider A Microsoft Publisher Provider Member, Adobe Solutions Network ------------------------------ Message: 3 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:45:52 -0400 From: David Monto Subject: [PrintOwners] International Mail Postage Question To: Printowners Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII I sent this question to the other "list" a few days ago and only got one answer from Hal. I thought I would send it to the "mature" list as all the other one is concerned about is discussing WWII! We are doing a newsletter & mailing for a client. There are approximately 5000 pieces, finished size 8.5 x 11. 180 of them are international (All over, Korea, England, Japan, Germany, etc.) and I have determined that the postage on each will be $2.70. The question I have is, how do I affix postage to each international piece? Post Office drones want to sell me individual stamps that will total $2.70. I do not see us using 6 or 7 stamps to total this amount. Wisdom of this list suggested we get rid of our meter last year so I cannot use a meter tape. So how would you affix postage for these newsletters? -- David V. Monto Sir Speedy Printing 1837 South Road Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Phone:845-298-8898 Fax: 845-298-8537 email: dvmonto@optonline.net www.sirspeedy.com/wappingersfalls Sir Speedy has added mailing services to our capabilities! Let's talk about your next project....perhaps, we can save you some time and Money on your next mailing. ------------------------------ Message: 4 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:10:01 -0500 From: "John Gross" Subject: RE: [PrintOwners] International Mail Postage Question To: "'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only'" Message-ID: <000001c80079$3860f420$1e00000a@tech.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Lick 'em and stick 'em or find a friend with a meter. I'll be your friend if you buy me a beer and don't regale me with how wonderful business is! John A. Gross Technigraphics, Inc. PO Box 1846 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 jgross@techiowa.com -----Original Message----- From: printowners-bounces@printweb.org [mailto:printowners-bounces@printweb.org] On Behalf Of David Monto Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2007 2:46 PM To: Printowners Subject: [PrintOwners] International Mail Postage Question ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** I sent this question to the other "list" a few days ago and only got one answer from Hal. I thought I would send it to the "mature" list as all the other one is concerned about is discussing WWII! We are doing a newsletter & mailing for a client. There are approximately 5000 pieces, finished size 8.5 x 11. 180 of them are international (All over, Korea, England, Japan, Germany, etc.) and I have determined that the postage on each will be $2.70. The question I have is, how do I affix postage to each international piece? Post Office drones want to sell me individual stamps that will total $2.70. I do not see us using 6 or 7 stamps to total this amount. Wisdom of this list suggested we get rid of our meter last year so I cannot use a meter tape. So how would you affix postage for these newsletters? -- David V. Monto Sir Speedy Printing 1837 South Road Wappingers Falls, NY 12590 Phone:845-298-8898 Fax: 845-298-8537 email: dvmonto@optonline.net www.sirspeedy.com/wappingersfalls Sir Speedy has added mailing services to our capabilities! Let's talk about your next project....perhaps, we can save you some time and Money on your next mailing. _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners ------------------------------ Message: 5 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 13:19:19 -0700 From: "Dan Huntingford" Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] International Mail Postage Question To: "Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only" Message-ID: <02ce01c8007a$85460db0$0300a8c0@DANIEL> Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original I do > not see us using 6 or 7 stamps to total this amount. Wisdom of this > list suggested we get rid of our meter last year so I cannot use a meter tape. > > So how would you affix postage for these newsletters? ======================= I'd run them through my meter. If you don't have a meter, find someone who does and use it. We have people come in to use ours on occasion. We just charge them whatever postage they use and hope they appreciate it. Dan Huntingford SOS Printing 2319 Washington Street Port Townsend, WA 98368 sos@olympus.net (360) 385-4194 Fax (360) 385-5860 ------------------------------ Message: 6 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:18:31 -0400 From: Doug Shelton Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] International Mail Postage Question To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Message-ID: <200709262021.l8QKLTU23024@plus50.host4u.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed At 03:45 PM 9/26/2007, Dave Monto wrote: >Post Office drones want to sell me individual stamps that will total >$2.70. I do not see us using 6 or 7 stamps to total this amount. Wisdom >of this list suggested we get rid of our meter last year so I cannot >use a meter tape. > >So how would you affix postage for these newsletters? Maybe 3 of the 90c Hagatna Bay stamps currently on sale? http://tinyurl.com/68m5/90c.htm Doug -- Doug Shelton Superior Impressions, Inc. Toledo, Ohio mailto:si@ria.net ------------------------------ Message: 7 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:24:21 -0400 From: Robert Stor Subject: Re: [PrintOwners] International Mail Postage Question To: Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only Message-ID: <46FABFF5.6070204@copycats.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Click 'n ship from the post office This may make sense: https://sss-web.usps.com/cns/landing.do or http://www.usps.com/shipping/label.htm Bob Stor Copycats New York, NY 212-557-2111 x20 www.copycats.com David Monto wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > I sent this question to the other "list" a few days ago and only got > one answer from Hal. I thought I would send it to the "mature" list as > all the other one is concerned about is discussing WWII! > > > > We are doing a newsletter & mailing for a client. There are > approximately 5000 pieces, finished size 8.5 x 11. > > 180 of them are international (All over, Korea, England, Japan, > Germany, > etc.) and I have determined that the postage on each will be $2.70. > The question I have is, how do I affix postage to each international > piece? Post Office drones want to sell me individual stamps that will > total $2.70. I do not see us using 6 or 7 stamps to total this amount. > Wisdom of this list suggested we get rid of our meter last year so I cannot use a meter tape. > > So how would you affix postage for these newsletters? > > ------------------------------ Message: 8 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 15:52:09 -0500 From: bob johnson Subject: [PrintOwners] Quark 7.3 To: printowners@printweb.org Message-ID: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Why does it take so long for QuarkXpress 7.3 for the MAC take so long for it to save, just about 10 seconds for a simple job? just curious. Bob Johnson BJ's Printing ------------------------------ Message: 9 Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:12:19 -0500 From: "John Gross" Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: small format scanning To: "'Discussion List for Printing Business Owners Only'" Message-ID: <000001c80081$ecae82a0$1e00000a@tech.local> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" What are some charging to scan to PDF 20,000 documents. Of course there is a hand charge for preparing the documents and any returning to the previous state. I would probably do this on copy machines in otherwise down time. John A. Gross Technigraphics, Inc. PO Box 1846 Iowa City, Iowa 52244 jgross@techiowa.com ------------------------------ _______________________________________________ PrintOwners Discussion List Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners End of PrintOwners Digest, Vol 25, Issue 76 ******************************************* No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.31/1031 - Release Date: 9/26/2007 12:12 PM No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.31/1031 - Release Date: 9/26/2007 12:12 PM From digitalgraphics at sbcglobal.net Thu Sep 27 12:14:43 2007 From: digitalgraphics at sbcglobal.net (Chris Barton) Date: Thu Sep 27 12:14:16 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] RE: PrintOwners Digest, Vol 25, Issue 75 In-Reply-To: <20070926211315.ABA79BC44BE@rb.enter.net> References: <20070926211315.ABA79BC44BE@rb.enter.net> Message-ID: <003101c80121$8459df10$6401a8c0@Chris> Crap! I just sent the whole digest in my response......Doh! Sorry! Chris Digital Color Graphics, Inc. 3209 W. Warner Avenue Santa Ana, CA 92704 (714) 241-8443 www.digitalcolorgraphics.com No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version: 7.5.488 / Virus Database: 269.13.31/1031 - Release Date: 9/26/2007 12:12 PM From prtquick at eos.net Thu Sep 27 13:03:26 2007 From: prtquick at eos.net (Scott Finke) Date: Thu Sep 27 12:37:29 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Quark 7.3 In-Reply-To: <0DBBA93F-E3AF-4A51-AEE4-DB4A4B0FFD6D@falconprintandcopy.com> References: <0DBBA93F-E3AF-4A51-AEE4-DB4A4B0FFD6D@falconprintandcopy.com> Message-ID: <2752e5e00b3f1b62f2128122892dac6a@eos.net> Does that plug-in come with ID2? ID3? We have countless problems with the newer Quark printing to our rip. I have two: an old version 6.5 that runs fine, the Quark 7 is a real time-eater for us. Scott Finke - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Visit us in our new location! Brentwood Printing & Envelope, Inc. 8630 Winton Road Cincinnati, Ohio 45231 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Phone: (513) 522.2679 Fax (513) 522.2692 Email: info@brentwood-printing.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - www.Brentwood-Printing.com - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Send us your file at: http://www.brentwood-printing.com/servicecenter/send_file.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Quick. Quality. Printing On Sep 27, 2007, at 8:44 AM, Borzou Azabdaftari wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > Cause it sucks. Honestly. I'm trying to roll everything we have over > to InDesign, and use a InDesign plug-ing called (simply) Q2ID, that > allows InDesign to open any Quark file. Even our Quark 7.0 files, > open faster in InDesign than they do in Quark. I can double click the > Quark file, wait as I go to InDesign, browse out to the location, and > open that same file. It will be open and converted to InDesign in > less than half the time it takes Quark to open its own file. Its > ridiculous. > > Borzou Azabdaftari > Falcon Print and Copy > 1921 Gallows Road > Suite 150 > Vienna, VA 22182 > t.703.442.0124 > f.703.442.0134 > borzou@falconprintandcopy.com > > > > On Sep 26, 2007, at 4:52 PM, bob johnson wrote: > >> ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> Why does it take so long for QuarkXpress 7.3 for the MAC take so long >> for it to save, just about 10 seconds for a simple job? >> just curious. >> >> Bob Johnson >> BJ's Printing >> _______________________________________________ >> PrintOwners Discussion List >> Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >> Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > From swiftyprinting at mac.com Thu Sep 27 12:51:31 2007 From: swiftyprinting at mac.com (Chuck) Date: Thu Sep 27 12:53:03 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Quark 7.3 In-Reply-To: <2752e5e00b3f1b62f2128122892dac6a@eos.net> References: <0DBBA93F-E3AF-4A51-AEE4-DB4A4B0FFD6D@falconprintandcopy.com> <2752e5e00b3f1b62f2128122892dac6a@eos.net> Message-ID: On Sep 27, 2007, at 1:03 PM, Scott Finke wrote: > Does that plug-in come with ID2? ID3? > > We have countless problems with the newer Quark printing to our rip. > > I have two: an old version 6.5 that runs fine, the Quark 7 is a > real time-eater for us. Are we talking Intel Machines or Power PC machines? Quark on our Intel is much quicker than our PowerPC. Chuck Pappas Arlington Swifty Printing 1386 Massachusetts Avenue Arlington, MA 02476 781-646-8700 www.arlingtonswifty.com From borzou at falconprintandcopy.com Thu Sep 27 13:12:34 2007 From: borzou at falconprintandcopy.com (Borzou Azabdaftari) Date: Thu Sep 27 13:12:17 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Quark 7.3 In-Reply-To: References: <0DBBA93F-E3AF-4A51-AEE4-DB4A4B0FFD6D@falconprintandcopy.com> <2752e5e00b3f1b62f2128122892dac6a@eos.net> Message-ID: We run CS3 on an Intel machine. I'm on Quark 7.0 though, the update keeps failing for some reason. The Q2ID plug-in is good for CS2 or CS3, and has saved us SO much time. The only problems in formatting are with text wrap, but those are easily fixed. Here's the link if you're interested: http://www.markzware.com/q2id/store_usa.php Regards, Borzou -------------- next part -------------- www.falconprintandcopy.com t.703.442.0124 f.703.442.0134 On Sep 27, 2007, at 12:51 PM, Chuck wrote: > ***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > On Sep 27, 2007, at 1:03 PM, Scott Finke wrote: > >> Does that plug-in come with ID2? ID3? >> >> We have countless problems with the newer Quark printing to our rip. >> >> I have two: an old version 6.5 that runs fine, the Quark 7 is a >> real time-eater for us. > > > Are we talking Intel Machines or Power PC machines? > > Quark on our Intel is much quicker than our PowerPC. > > Chuck Pappas > Arlington Swifty Printing > 1386 Massachusetts Avenue > Arlington, MA 02476 > 781-646-8700 > www.arlingtonswifty.com > _______________________________________________ > PrintOwners Discussion List > Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org > Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > From smc at sorrentomesa.com Thu Sep 27 14:30:58 2007 From: smc at sorrentomesa.com (Scott Cappel) Date: Thu Sep 27 14:34:13 2007 Subject: [PrintOwners] Quark 7.3 In-Reply-To: References: <0DBBA93F-E3AF-4A51-AEE4-DB4A4B0FFD6D@falconprintandcopy.com> <2752e5e00b3f1b62f2128122892dac6a@eos.net> Message-ID: <200709271833.l8RIXM3b079915@i2bnetworks.com> If you're running 7.0 on a an Intel Mac you're running under emulation and that's why its a dog. 7.01 was the first version ported for the Intel Mac so I would see about why the update is not taking. That would be a big issue for me. S. At 10:12 AM 9/27/2007, you wrote: >***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** > > > > >__________ NOD32 2554 (20070926) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >http://www.eset.com > >We run CS3 on an Intel machine. I'm on Quark 7.0 though, the update >keeps failing for some reason. > >The Q2ID plug-in is good for CS2 or CS3, and has saved us SO much >time. The only problems in formatting are with text wrap, but those >are easily fixed. Here's the link if you're interested: > >http://www.markzware.com/q2id/store_usa.php > > >Regards, > >Borzou > > > > > >__________ NOD32 2554 (20070926) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >http://www.eset.com > > > >www.falconprintandcopy.com >t.703.442.0124 >f.703.442.0134 > > >On Sep 27, 2007, at 12:51 PM, Chuck wrote: > >>***** This is a PrintOwners List Message ***** >> >> >>On Sep 27, 2007, at 1:03 PM, Scott Finke wrote: >> >>>Does that plug-in come with ID2? ID3? >>> >>>We have countless problems with the newer Quark printing to our rip. >>> >>>I have two: an old version 6.5 that runs fine, the Quark 7 is a >>>real time-eater for us. >> >> >>Are we talking Intel Machines or Power PC machines? >> >>Quark on our Intel is much quicker than our PowerPC. >> >>Chuck Pappas >>Arlington Swifty Printing >>1386 Massachusetts Avenue >>Arlington, MA 02476 >>781-646-8700 >>www.arlingtonswifty.com >>_______________________________________________ >>PrintOwners Discussion List >>Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >>Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners >> > > > > >__________ NOD32 2554 (20070926) Information __________ > >This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. >http://www.eset.com > > >_______________________________________________ >PrintOwners Discussion List >Post: PrintOwners@printweb.org >Info: http://rb.enter.net/mailman/listinfo/printowners > > > > >__________ NOD32 2554