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Minimise Cutting for Nested Jobs

Posted on October 14, 2013 by jason

The Nesting feature of Serendipity Blackmagic/Megarip/C5 is designed to automatically arrange queued jobs to best use the space available on the printer media, minimising waste. In some cases however, this can make printed jobs time consuming to cut. Version 5.4.01+ … Continue reading →

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Configuring a FUJIFILM Workflow XMF (PGSQL) RIP

Posted on September 2, 2013 by jason

This article explains how to configure a FUJIFILM Workflow XMF 5.5+ (PGSQL) RIP setup in Serendipity Blackmagic/Veripress 5.4+, allowing it to poll the PGSQL database and the XMF/genstore/ for proofing jobs. It is assumes Workflow XMF and it’s PGSQL database … Continue reading →

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Understanding Special Colour Attributes

Posted on July 15, 2013 by jason

Blackmagic and Veripress users have the ability to apply various attributes to special colours in order to simulate actual printed results, especially in the packaging industry. For example a foil which is printed on top is set to a knockout … Continue reading →

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Pagesetup Pool Decision Algorithm

Posted on July 11, 2013 by jason

When does the Pagesetup Pool decide which Pagesetup the job will process on ? As the job is about to start Imaging, the server inspects the pagesetup pool configuration and the current job queue. It then assigns an appropriate pagesetup … Continue reading →

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Paper Profiles for Canon “Printer Screening” Drivers

Posted on May 17, 2013 by jason

Blackmagic and Megarip include manufacturer printer screening or (HTM – half tone module) drivers as part of printer output suites provided with the software. Printer screening drivers utilise manufacturer designed LUTs (look up tables) specific to individual media, resolution and … Continue reading →

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