Digital Prepress

Our prepress department is staffed with first-rate experts in the digital prepress field. Having both printing-related expertise as well as extensive knowledge in layout design application software, they have what it takes to get your job on press accurately and on time. Their technical problem-solving capabilities can be counted on to come through for you and your project when you need it most.


Digital PrePress Equipment

State-of-the-art Macintosh & Windows Production Workstations

Proofing Systems:

  • Epson 7600 & 9600 proofers / EFI software
    Our proofing system has been carefully calibrated to match our press output by highly respected industry color experts     Rods and Cones. You can be confident our proofing output will be as close a match to 4-color printing as modern technology will allow.

Computer To Plate:

  • Heidelberg / Creo Trendsetter 3230 Thermal Platesetter

Color Scanning:


Software

Screen Trueflow workflow

Programs:

We use current versions of the following software as they become available:

  • Adobe InDesign
  • Adobe Illustrator
  • Adobe Photoshop
  • QuarkXpress
    as well as:
  • Macromedia Freehand
  • Adobe Pagemaker

Trapping & Imposition:

  • All trapping is done using the source application and/or using "in RIP" trapping.
  • All imposition is performed using Flatworker.


File Submission Guidelines

When supplying a disk to O'Dell printing, we ask that you provide the following:

  • Completed PrePress Input Form (supplied by O'Dell)
  • Composite laser print of file
  • For multiple colors, a laser print of each color
  • A copy of disk contents ("print screen of disk contents")
  • All fonts used -- both printer and screen fonts
  • All linked graphics
  • Assembled mockup, if applicable

Accepted Media:

  • CD Rom
  • DVD
  • Zip: 100Mb or 250Mb

Misc. other media: please inquire.

Scanning:

Types of originals:

  • Transparency
  • Reflective Art

Maximum format for originals:

  • 12" x 18" for reflective art
  • 11" x 17" for transparency

Scaling:

  • Max Resolution: 8150dpi 48 bit color depth

Color correction is available at an hourly rate


Archival Policy

O'Dell Printing will return disks in the manner in which they were received,
unless instructed otherwise. Customers may supply an additional disk for
copies of changes made to files. There is a fee for this service.

Archived files are stored for six months, limited to final versions
(no background files are stored).
Contact the Account Representative for archiving beyond the six-month period.