Comments on: The history of prepress http://www.prepressure.com Prepress, printing, PDF, PostScript, fonts and stuff... Tue, 21 May 2013 16:10:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Dale L http://www.prepressure.com/prepress/history#comment-436196 Dale L Wed, 21 Nov 2012 18:56:20 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/the-history-of-prepress#comment-436196 Best replacement for Kenex? I've spent 15 years in printing prepress. I'm now using my Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign and color knoledge in a different field of retail decor manufacture. We are a large user of wide format and direct to substrate printing equipment. So the world of printing prepress applies here very much. Kenex MTM system was mentioned above. Old users of this system know it is antiquated. Users also know it was so good at what it did, it didn't matter what it looked like. It just was so good at gathering all the relevant data in a company to organize and cross reference it. Now I'm in a semi different field, we have been using a debacle of a MTM system that I won't even go into its perils. Even though, I don't work in a prepress shop anymore, the Kenex system would be perfect for the manufacturing environment I am working in. Since Kenex is no longer in business, there MUST be a good suitable replacement, right? I looked at PrintSmith, but it is so specific to a printing company with printing presses, paper sizes, bindery, etc that it would just not fit a company with all the different departments we have. Here's a list: Project Management, Estimating, Design, Prepress/ Product Development, Digital Imaging, CNC Router, Carpentry, Metalwork, Paint, Final Assembly, Crating/ Shipping. I could see the Kenex system keeping the data from all these departments organized and cross referenced very well. Best replacement for Kenex?

I’ve spent 15 years in printing prepress. I’m now using my Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign and color knoledge in a different field of retail decor manufacture. We are a large user of wide format and direct to substrate printing equipment. So the world of printing prepress applies here very much.

Kenex MTM system was mentioned above. Old users of this system know it is antiquated. Users also know it was so good at what it did, it didn’t matter what it looked like. It just was so good at gathering all the relevant data in a company to organize and cross reference it.

Now I’m in a semi different field, we have been using a debacle of a MTM system that I won’t even go into its perils. Even though, I don’t work in a prepress shop anymore, the Kenex system would be perfect for the manufacturing environment I am working in. Since Kenex is no longer in business, there MUST be a good suitable replacement, right?

I looked at PrintSmith, but it is so specific to a printing company with printing presses, paper sizes, bindery, etc that it would just not fit a company with all the different departments we have. Here’s a list: Project Management, Estimating, Design, Prepress/ Product Development, Digital Imaging, CNC Router, Carpentry, Metalwork, Paint, Final Assembly, Crating/ Shipping.

I could see the Kenex system keeping the data from all these departments organized and cross referenced very well.

]]> By: Saif http://www.prepressure.com/prepress/history#comment-406949 Saif Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:32:46 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/the-history-of-prepress#comment-406949 Can anyone help me with the top 10 global companies in pre press consumable market. Also for US, Germany, China and Japan if possible. Can anyone help me with the top 10 global companies in pre press consumable market. Also for US, Germany, China and Japan if possible.

]]> By: Prepress Printer http://www.prepressure.com/prepress/history#comment-190886 Prepress Printer Sat, 31 Mar 2012 12:13:56 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/the-history-of-prepress#comment-190886 This has to be very useful for me. Who knows where technology of prepress will develop in the next 5-10 years from now but it is good to know history. This has to be very useful for me. Who knows where technology of prepress will develop in the next 5-10 years from now but it is good to know history.

]]> By: Anna http://www.prepressure.com/prepress/history#comment-103800 Anna Tue, 27 Sep 2011 09:06:07 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/the-history-of-prepress#comment-103800 I started on a Pressleader 5000 and Tandberg to typeset text which was sent to Linotype 300 imagesetter to go on bromide which was then pasted onto the page - the codes we used were: upward arrow to open the code; s (single column); 1 (Times regular)followed by ] to close the code - as it was for newspaper we only had the one typeface. By the end myself and a colleague had worked out how to take the bromide back to give single column typing in a double column ad and to roll it back again to give a fancy border - the code was fairly long for that. Then in 1986 I started on a Mac Plus. I still have copies of the first versions of Illustrator and Freehand that I used and the whole program fits on an old floppy disk and in 1989 I went onto Quark. It's amazing how far the technology has come since then as I can also remember 4 colour planning, contacts, cromalins and so on. I started on a Pressleader 5000 and Tandberg to typeset text which was sent to Linotype 300 imagesetter to go on bromide which was then pasted onto the page – the codes we used were: upward arrow to open the code; s (single column); 1 (Times regular)followed by ] to close the code – as it was for newspaper we only had the one typeface. By the end myself and a colleague had worked out how to take the bromide back to give single column typing in a double column ad and to roll it back again to give a fancy border – the code was fairly long for that. Then in 1986 I started on a Mac Plus. I still have copies of the first versions of Illustrator and Freehand that I used and the whole program fits on an old floppy disk and in 1989 I went onto Quark. It’s amazing how far the technology has come since then as I can also remember 4 colour planning, contacts, cromalins and so on.

]]> By: Laurens http://www.prepressure.com/prepress/history#comment-99453 Laurens Sun, 18 Sep 2011 09:19:57 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/the-history-of-prepress#comment-99453 It is difficult to comment without knowing what 'use' means. - If it means that you'll refer students to these pages, that is obviously fine. The more visitors, the merrier. - If you intend to reuse content in your training material, a reference to the original source would be appreciated. - I will take action when people copy content to their own web site. It is difficult to comment without knowing what ‘use’ means.
- If it means that you’ll refer students to these pages, that is obviously fine. The more visitors, the merrier.
- If you intend to reuse content in your training material, a reference to the original source would be appreciated.
- I will take action when people copy content to their own web site.

]]> By: Wade Slater http://www.prepressure.com/prepress/history#comment-99317 Wade Slater Fri, 16 Sep 2011 21:03:21 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/the-history-of-prepress#comment-99317 I would like to use this as a resource for a prepress class I instruct with your permission. Red River College WPG, MB. It is perfect for the history component. Please advise, thx. Wade I would like to use this as a resource for a prepress class I instruct with your permission. Red River College WPG, MB.

It is perfect for the history component.

Please advise, thx.

Wade

]]> By: neri http://www.prepressure.com/prepress/history#comment-99008 neri Wed, 14 Sep 2011 07:27:43 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/the-history-of-prepress#comment-99008 @Gustavo: it is really enthusiastic to listen and to learn from old stories. it is as if I am traveling from time. Kudos from sharing it was us, I hope to listen more from you :-) @Gustavo: it is really enthusiastic to listen and to learn from old stories. it is as if I am traveling from time. Kudos from sharing it was us, I hope to listen more from you :-)

]]> By: Fred Smith http://www.prepressure.com/prepress/history#comment-94138 Fred Smith Tue, 02 Aug 2011 08:11:56 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/the-history-of-prepress#comment-94138 I started in printing in 1960 with lead composition, went into camera, conventional color separation and stripping. Got into Scitex Pixet and Imager II in 1986. Loved swapping out Barco monitors and huge disk drives. Wace Phoenix had one of the largest Scitex installations, 2 Pixets, 2 Imagers, 14 disks, Eray, Raystar, and Dolevs. We upgraded to 3 Prismaxes and 2 Prismas and went from tape to optical disks. In 1995 we went to MAC 9500s and dropped Scitex. I've worked on Intel MACs and PCs feeding files to digital presses. Things HAVE changed since Linotype and Ludlow. I started in printing in 1960 with lead composition, went into camera, conventional color separation and stripping. Got into Scitex Pixet and Imager II in 1986. Loved swapping out Barco monitors and huge disk drives. Wace Phoenix had one of the largest Scitex installations, 2 Pixets, 2 Imagers, 14 disks, Eray, Raystar, and Dolevs. We upgraded to 3 Prismaxes and 2 Prismas and went from tape to optical disks. In 1995 we went to MAC 9500s and dropped Scitex. I’ve worked on Intel MACs and PCs feeding files to digital presses. Things HAVE changed since Linotype and Ludlow.

]]> By: vp ahmed http://www.prepressure.com/prepress/history#comment-88856 vp ahmed Thu, 23 Jun 2011 15:59:54 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/the-history-of-prepress#comment-88856 It became very useful to me. Thanks for great information. It became very useful to me. Thanks for great information.

]]> By: Ryan http://www.prepressure.com/prepress/history#comment-80124 Ryan Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:57:19 +0000 http://www.prepressure.com/library/the-history-of-prepress#comment-80124 im a graphic design student and this has been so helpful. thanks! im a graphic design student and this has been so helpful. thanks!

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