Many reasons why it would be difficult but the most compelling reason is that it just takes longer to scan a hi rez on a drum scanner than a low rez on a desktop scanner. Our process is very deadline driven...minutes will count in the end. The other reason is there would be about 50%...
Ahhh if it was only that simple but I think accounting will question my Amex charges relating to the outside "contractors". I can see it now..."What's this charge for landfill disposals..."
I guess I'm not explaining it right.
The art department scans a photograph at what ever size/orientation they deem necessary using a desktop scanner. They hand the prepress department a layout showing the image in the layout but also giving them the original photograph to rescan with a drum...
Thanks. The issue is that there is a low rez image scanned by the art department on a desktop scanner so they can do their layouts...meanwhile the prepress department makes a drum scan and create a low rez OPI file to replace the one done at the art department. So no matter how careful they...
We are considering replacing Quark with InDesign at our weekly magazine. Besides a load of other issues, we have one extension in Quark that our prepress operators love and I can't find a replacement for it in ID. It was formerly a Scitex extension called Two-point, and what it did was allow...
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