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Black Point Compensation (version 6.0+)

Users may periodically find that the dark areas of a photographic print appear murky and lacking shadow detail when compared to the digital source image. The Black Point Compensation feature is useful when printing images from large gamut sources such … Continue reading

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Softproofing setup using Press Agent & Bookfilter

This guide is intended as a checklist used to configure Veripress to softproof publications defined by planning files and loaded using a press console. It is not a tutorial and assumes a general working knowledge of Veripress functions and applications. Press … Continue reading

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Configuring a FUJIFILM Workflow XMF (PGSQL) RIP

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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Waiting for Correct Media – QueueManager job status

Submitted jobs are not printing and are listed in the QueueManager with a status of ‘Waiting for Correct Media’. Why? Answer: The Output queue (printer) to which the jobs are being sent has a Media assigned it different to the … Continue reading

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Understanding Special Colour Attributes

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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