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Prepress Technical Capability_

Prepress Technical Capability

Printlink has made a significant investment in the technology required to cover the whole range of our client's requirements.

Take a look at our prepress equipment and capabilities:

Printlink pre-press equipment includes:

• 8 x Apple Macintosh G4, 2 x G5
• 2 x PC Work Stations
• 3300 Digital Scanner for high resolution image scanning up to A2
• Agfa CTP (Computer to Plate) output for A3 - B1 plate output
• 2 x Agfa Sherpa for digital proofing for both high and low resolution proofing
• Agfa Sherpamatic for high resolution proofing
• Agfa Grand Sherpmatic for backed up low resolution proofs
• Flat Bed Scanning
• Docucolour laser proofing
• Facilities for archiving, storage and management of files

Our prepress capabilities include:

• Typesetting
• Standard layout and design services
• Scanning
• Imaging and colour correction
• Both Mac and PC workflow

Software Applications

The following list of applications is current at the time of publication; Printlink has a policy of continually updating and maintaining our applications in line with the needs of our clients.

This software is industry based and allows for prepress efficiency, if your files are generated in applications other than those listed, let us know in advance and we can work with you on this so as to achieve the best results.

We can accept files on CD, DVD, Zip and Jazz or by email - up to 100MB, or talk to us about setting up a FTP server for quicker, more secure file transfer or for extra high security material a VPN line.

Printlink also has a through working knowledge of Microsoft PC applications, talk to us about your requirements, and we can advise on the best practices.

Application	Versions	System	Used For
Macromedia Freehand	9/10/11, MX	Mac/PC	For vector based illustration, drawing objects, linearts
Adobe Illustrator	9/10, CS	Mac/PC	For vector based illustration, drawing objects, linearts
Adobe Pagemaker	6.5/7	Mac/PC	For publication or page layout
Adobe Photoshop	5.5/6/7, CS, CS2	Mac/PC	For pixel based image manipulation
Quark Express	5/6, 6.5	Mac/PC	For publication or page layout
Adobe InDesign	1.5/2/2.5 CS, CS2	Mac/PC	For publication or page layout
Adobe Acrobat	4,5,6,7	Mac/PC	For converting files into a portable document format
Pitstop		Mac/PC	For minor alterations to supplied PDF files