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At Rods and Cones, we live and breathe color. Under the Cone is where we share our knowledge and expertise from over 25 years of experience with those who share our passion.
October 13, 2022
How are different printing processes matched via G7?

G7’s success was so spectacular for GRACoL workflows, that G7 methods were tested on other workflows such as SWOP. Managing gray so carefully paid dividends in SWOP workflows and in other workflows as they were tested. Today, a series of printing conditions has been defined in a new standard, CGATS 21-2 (ISO PAS 15339). This […]

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October 13, 2022
About GRACoL7

1. What is the difference between GRACoL, GRACoL7, and G7? GRACoL is a set of specifications for commercial printing developed by the GRACoL committee, a member of IDEAlliance GRACoL7 is the latest version of these guidelines And G7 is the methodology used to meet these specifications 2. What is a traditional press standard based on? […]

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May 28, 2024
Make a PDF From an Illustrator File in Enfocus Switch | Jason's Tech Tips

Let's make a workflow that'll make a PDF from an Illustrator file. Create a new flow, we'll call it PDF Illustrator, and always an incoming and outgoing folder, and in between I'm just gonna put the Adobe Illustrator app. What I want to do is just tell it to save as a PDF. So we'll save it, we'll […]

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May 21, 2024
Use Enfocus Switch to Automate Preflight – Jason's Tech Tips

Howdy folks, it's Jason from Rods and Cones. Let me show you something cool about Switch. Today, let's show you automated preflight. First, we're going to create a new flow and we'll go ahead and name this preflight. All flows start with a folder. This is where the jobs you're going to test are going […]

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