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Do you mean the URL doesn’t work, or the name of the company doesn’t show?

@@miketheprintman when I add the organization, first and last name disappears on QR

@@tharindushanaka1990 check and make sure you’ve still got commas between the coded elements. I don’t have the file in front of me at the moment, but I believe each section of code has be separated by a comma. I can double check later.

@@miketheprintman I just got into bed. I will try tomorrow again. are you able to send me the template is much appreciated.

@@tharindushanaka1990 you should be able to download the excel file from the link in the description.

I should do a full video on it, but basically on a fiery unit you go into the media tab. From there you have a mixed media set up box where you can set up either each sheet to pull from a different drawer, or a range of sheets. I think I will try and do a full video.

@@miketheprintman I actually know how to get there but when I try to use it it never work lol a video would be wonderful thanks

Or a video showing your tips for fiery settings

I’ll see what I can do. Stay tuned.

27ft. from one end to the other.

Agreed 100%

It’s possible, but I wouldn’t recommend doing it all the time. Do you often print NCR in color?

If you have the software, of course doing it this way is not the way to go, but not all shops can afford a $5,000 a year software suite like Kodak Preps. I've worked for various size shops over the years and some places are small and have to do things manually, unfortunately.

Understood. Yeah, I'm in the US, so all my measurements are imperial until we come to our senses and change. But as always, ask away if you need help.

@@miketheprintman Finally got it!! What a timesaver this will be with XMas card designing coming up!!//Thanks again. Take care

@@carlloos4340 Awesome. Glad it will be helpful for you.

Sometimes, honestly it's just faster to impose directly in InDesign than to use Fiery. I like it because I can place multiple cards together on the same layout.

I just did a video on how to separate the cut line from the artwork: ua-cam.com/video/QIZ33V7JoW0/v-deo.htmlsi=XN6PNGwbK0H69PRh

I viewed your video on exporting a separate file but arent 4-6 registration dots required to run the cuts. Thanks

@@stanw205 It depends on the cutter. Some need barcodes, some need tick marks, some are dots. Are you doing the actual cutting yourself, or sending to a print shop? If you're sending it out, I would let them add those marks, no need to do it yourself.

You can certainly use illustrator to do the design work and then bring it into InDesign to apply the layout, grommet marks, etc. If the file is all vectors then it shouldn’t bog down the computer too much. However if it contains images, you make sure those images are not full 300dpi files. For a 30x10 banner probably 125-150 dpi is more than enough. That should help keep the file size down.

@@miketheprintman I currenly have been using illustrator for all big banners. Hence wanted to know if separate elements I can make in illustrator and then combine all in indesign and design the banner in indesign itself, all objects and effects added to illustrator, and imported to indesign as separate objects assets. how would that work out...?

@@rohanthe123456 For me I always use InDesign for my file assembly. Illustrator is fine for creating the graphics you're going to use, but I like using InDesign for the text and to assemble the file together before sending to press. I would recommend doing it that way. It may save you some time in processing the file.

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True. The problem is that you’re trying to have one step for two different processes. This example is trying to keep RGB and CMYK the same, which is impossible. However the point is to try and be as close as possible. The best solution is always to use PANTONE colors for print when possible.

@@miketheprintman I don't know. So many pantone colors are well out of the gamut of CMYK and even some wide-gamut devices, don't know if its always worth the trouble. And pantone themselves can be inconsistent between books, and have colors who's difference is less than the tolerance of the printers. Eddy Hagen's written a ton about getting past Pantone which is interesting.

@@danselzer good points, but unfortunately most of the industry still uses Pantone as their good standard, and what the customer wants they get. I often find that I’m setting up a file with incorrect colors and then trying to match to a hard copy sample that has the supposed Pantone color way off. It’s never easy in this business, even if try to maintain the highest level of standards.

Do you mean the QR is readable after merging?

@@miketheprintman yes, which seems to be obvious, but at my first time I thought I did something wrong, but not 😅

@@miketheprintman one more thing. In your code (google sheet cell), there is an extra comma after ",G2," like >> ",G2,",

@@balazskeisz I will check that and fix it. Thank you.

@@balazskeisz I checked the code and it seems like everything is in working order. Did you download the latest file from the link the the description of the video?

Glad it was helpful!

Xerox Versant 280.

Ricoh c9200.

It depends on your model of cutter. Most require a specific spot color name, but it depends on the software you are using.

Yeah, I did it as an experiment, not sure it worked that well. Oh well.

No problem, glad it helped.

Right on. Glad it helped. It’s super useful for very specific examples for certain customers. I always hate doing repeat work, so this speeds up the process.

@@miketheprintman That is so true. Keep posting you are doing a great job😄

Just right click anywhere in that area and it will pop up with a list of different options you can pin to that tool bar.

@@miketheprintman is there a way to remove all objects and just keep text on the page? Trying to copy paste to excel while keeping format of the cells and such.

@@chriscash782 just run both the delete and the path function and you’ll be left with text only. However if you have cell borders that are paths those will be deleted as well.

@@miketheprintman basically I’m looking at credit card statements and want to be able to copy all transactions date, description and amount and paste into excel but on a regular document when pasting into excel it will either change the lengths of the cells and override the normal format or also drag images and such with it. What would be the easiest way to do this?

@@chriscash782 Unfortunately unless the text you are copying is formatted in the exact same way you probably won't be able to directly copy and paste it into excel without issues. Even if you delete all the other information off the PDF and just have text, it probably won't copy over correctly into individual cells like you want it to. You may have to just copy and paste chunks of data at a time to make it work. Sorry, I too wish there was a simple way to do this. You can either buy a plugin for Acrobat or look to see if there is some free solution online where the PDF will be converted to an excel file. Might be a mixed bag as far as results go, however.

Working on it! Hopefully one day soon. Start up money is hard to come by sometimes. Thanks for watching.

Glad it helped.

That can be true with some designs. I don’t do a ton of straight design work myself, but if I do, I usually try and use vectors when possible #1 and if it’s a heavy image type banner I usually drop the dpi to 150 or 100 depending on the size. They look pixelated up close, but from afar they look fine. Thanks for watching.

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My pleasure!

Are you referring to the layout of the cards on the sheet?

That is correct. The die line would have to be vector. If your customer supplied a file with a die line as a raster or bitmap then it would just part of the image. You’d either need them to resend or do some kind of removing in photoshop.

Go to tools -> print production -> preflight. When that window opens you’ll see three icons in the center of the window. The wrench icon is for fix ups. When you have it selected in the upper right of the window it should say options with a drop down selector. From there you click “create fixup” and you’ll find the built in Adobe preflight fix up profiles. Let me know if that helped.

@@miketheprintman Thank You Mike, Found it!!//Now I can continue with the tutorial

As far as I know the c9200/9500 have the color calibrator built in. I wasn’t aware that there was even an option not to have it. Personally I think it’s a great feature of the machine and worth whatever price you have to pay for it. I have heard some stories that the Km 14000 had some growing pains when they first released it, but I’m sure they worked them out by now. My money would’ve on the 9500 though. Ricoh makes great machines.

There are 2 “Optional” quality control features with the 9500. 1. Image Quality Monitor- Checks for imperfections in print 2. Auto Color Diagnosis - this automatically corrects color when in production. Maybe your 9200 already has this in its build.

@@johnmcadams4738 Those could be new features. I know on the 9200 there is a built in scanner that auto detects image quality and will attempt to fix imperfections in the prints. The c9500 has probably improved on that feature, so that could be what that is. Either way, I don't see how having that could be a downside.

I know that toner squares are applied to the image belt and the densities are scanned read and adjusted but if you want the printed image itself read and adjusted to the RIP image that is where the optional feature of Auto Color Diagnosis comes into play. My sales rep on this area says he never sells these 2 options because of how good the machine is w/out them.

Well if that’s the case I would forgo getting that unit. Unless you’re trying to become G7 certified or have a lot of customers that require super accurate color.

Right on. Stay tuned, tonight I’m doing a follow up with a way to automate it even further.

Check out my latest video. I did a set up where you automate the whole process. Good for doing multiple banners and multiple sizes all at once.

I wish I could. I try to make these videos as ways to help others learn, but it’s nothing formal. Are you needing help with training?

@@miketheprintman i own a moving company and want to change get in to printing .. i saw your comment making 50k a week it really wanted me to take this serous

@@KWANTlZE Ah. Well it's definitely doable, but I work for a well established company that's been in business for over 25 years. That number has been built up over time. It is certainly achievable, however, it just takes a lot of hard work selling your services. On top of that it is a very technical business, so there is a big learning curve. I'd be happy to give pointers on where to start, what next steps in establishing business are, etc. John my Patreon, it's free, that is a much easier place to chat back and forth.

@@miketheprintman thnak you bro

just joined

Thank you.

Happy to help. Please sub if you haven’t already and give a share and a like.

Glad it helped!

#1, make sure you have all your static elements on the master page, not on page 1 of the document. The multiple record layout looks at all items on the page, so if you have crop marks it will think you're trying to make those multiple as well. #2, make sure you don't have any large text boxes because InDesign will think you don't have enough room to place multiple records on one page. Hope that helps.

First off, thanks for watching, glad the preflight is helpful for you. 2nd, yes, you can apply multiple fixups at once using the action wizard in Acrobat. I'm actually going to be doing a new video either today or tomorrow that will show how to use multiple preflights at one time. However, until then, search out Acrobat Action Wizard online and you should find some good information on it.

See my latest video for how to apply multiple fixups in Acrobat: ua-cam.com/video/ACKNII3wHKQ/v-deo.html

That's a great catch. I forgot to put a "n" before "TEL" in the phone number part of the excel file. That's what caused it to not read properly. I just updated the file on the Google Drive, feel free to redownload and test again. Thanks for catching that. One small character missing and the whole thing blows up on you.

@@miketheprintman dude. Awesome thank you.

Thanks. I think the reason I did so well is that I had a lot of older videos that get quite a few views. It just took so freaking long to get to 4,000 watch hours. I appreciate the comment. Keep making your videos, I've been watching since the beginning.

Don't know. That script has been around forever, so maybe the developer is no longer around. I agree thought, that would make the script damn near perfect for placing PDFs.

That's the plan! Thanks for watching.

Dude, I agree 100%. I was going to be happy with like $10 in a month at first. Over $100 is awesome. Just keeps me motivated to stay at it.

Awesome, thank you!