Prepress

 

Amidon Graphics has a full service prepress department featuring:

 

Computer-to-plate and output

Reflective, transparency, and copydot scanning.

High resolution color proofs and two-sided position proofs.

 

We accept files created with all major design software, including QuarkXPress, InDesign, Illustrator, Photoshop, and PDF files

 

You can send us your files on CD, DVD, DVD-RAM, floppy, or Zip disk

 

If you'd like to save some time and send your files over the internet you can use either email or FTP. Email is fine for smaller files, but FTP
is preferred for files over 5MB. We request that you compress your files to either a .sit(x) or a .zip file.

 

Our email address is: prep@amidongraphics.com

 

Prepress Equipment

 

SOFTWARE: QuarkXPress (7.3 and earlier) Adobe PageMaker (7.0 and earlier) Adobe InDesign (CS4 and earlier) Adobe Illustrator (CS4 and earlier) Adobe Photoshop (CS4 and earlier) Macromedia FreeHand (MX and earlier)

WORKSTATIONS: 3 - Mac Pro quad-core 2.666hz Xeon with 2GB RAM
1 - PowerMac dual 2GhzG5 2GB RAM

REMOVABLE MEDIA: CD-R DVD-ROM DVD-RAM Zip 100 and Zip 250 3.5” Floppy Disk

SCANNER: Epson Expression 1640XL - 2400 dpi 48-bit flatbed scanner with Seurat copydot software

WORKFLOW SOFTWARE: Nexus from Artwork Systems

PLATESETTER: Fuji Dart “S” - up to 4000 dpi with fully automated three cassette changer Screen PlateRite 4000

PROOFER: ImpoProof/8000 HP Designjet Z2100 Proofer driven by ORIS Color Tuner Pro Epson Stylus Pro 10000 - 1440 dpi up to 44” wide roll Epson Stylus Pro 7600 - 2880 dpi up to 24” wide roll

ELECTRONIC FILE TRANSFER: prep@amidongraphics.com ftp.amidongraphics.com

* Amidon Graphics always has the latest versions of software. We also keep previous versions on hand if needed for backward compatibility.