Prepress Solutions

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Document Preflighting

When a page fails to RIP or needs to be resubmitted to your printing press, cost can rise quickly as they preflight and troubleshoot your documents. Before generating CTP files for proofing and press delivery, all native files are preflighted by an experienced prepress mechanic ensuring file accuracy, bleeds, trapping, spot colors, font accuracy, etc.

Document Alterations

DMGinc. handles document alterations of any complexity. Depending on workflow options, we can make text edits, image alterations, place silhouetted objects and if necessary pages and/or elements can be sent to our design team for complete reworking. DMGinc. works with every major desktop publishing application on both mac and windows platforms.

Contract Proofing (SWOP-Halftone)

DMGinc. uses a halftone, Epson-based, post-RIP digital proofing system. These contract digital proofs adhere to SWOP standards and are generated directly from your post-RIP CTP files and accurately represent color, moire, trapping, resolution and paper color (see below).

Laser Proofing

Although contract proofs are a necessary final product for color and CTP file accuracy, they may not be cost-effective for the early stages of publication production. These proofs are ideal for those with limited internal hardcopy proofing solutions and for those who will require large amounts of text edits or non-color changes prior to creating CTP files and contract proofs.

Soft Proofing

Although contract proofs are a necessary final product for color and CTP file accuracy, soft proofing is ideal for both the early and late stages of proofing. Users can view and approve their CTP files from any web browser or mark them for corrections and request new proofs. They can also compare correction lists from a previous proof to the current proof to ensure all corrections have been made.

Computer-to-Plate File Creation

Once native files have been preflighted, CTP files are generated using a Harlequin RIP engine and then carefully reviewed for accurate channel creation, trapping and element placement. The most common CTP files requested are PDFX1a due to their versatility, however DMGinc. can prepare nearly any form of digital, press-ready files accepted by high-end North American printers.

Paper Matching

For clients with color critical missions, special paper along with custom profiles can be utilized in our contract proofing system in order to simulate the paper stock used by your press.

Press Check

Our experts can also travel to your press location and perform the press check. There, we will match the press sheets to your approved contract proofs, make necessary inline adjustments and compromises and ensure quality of the finished product.