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Installing the Dongle Driver on Mac OS X 10.9.x and above

Posted on December 17, 2013 by jason

Serendipity Blackmagic, Megarip and Veripress were affected by a Sentinel dongle driver error that caused an operating system crash when attempting to run the Server on Mac OS X 10.9 and above. A new Mac OS X 10.9+ compatible dongle … Continue reading →

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Softproofing setup using Press Agent & Bookfilter

Posted on October 17, 2013 by jason

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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Serendipity Polling Agent will not install on Windows XP/Server 2003

Posted on September 26, 2013 by jason

Users of Serendipity Blackmagic/Veripress 5.4+ will now find that the current version of the Serendipity Polling Agent will not install or start as a service on a Windows XP / Windows Server 2003 system. The reason being, in order to … 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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