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Prepress

Prepress services: Peace of mind for businesses and creative professionals.

 

Whether your project calls for offset litho printing or is more conducive to a smaller run digital press, nothing is more important than solid prepress management to send your print project off on the right foot.

We work diligently with creative professionals, print production artists, project managers and others authoring print documents. And it doesn’t matter if you’re on a Mac or PC system or both.

When you work with one of our prepress services managers, you partner with someone who truly cares about your project — no matter how big or small. Here are some of the steps we take to get your project started right:

  • Proofreading for spelling and typos
  • Make sure photos and graphics are in proper formats
  • Perform color separations for two- to four-color printing
  • Check to ensure all fonts come through okay
  • Check layout guides, formatting and document size for errors

At Carlson Print Group, we’re always updating our equipment so that our customers enjoy state-of-the-art technologies and the newest printing techniques.

Here is a sample of some of our prepress capabilities:

  • Mac & PC Workstations. All Major Software Titles including the most recent versions of Adobe Creative Suite & Quark
  • Color Proofing. Epson 9800 Wide Format Inkjet Printer and Fuji FinalProof Halftone Contract Proofing
  • Prinergy Workflow System with Synapse InSite Soft Proofing. PDF workflow with inline trapping software (online remote soft proofing available)
  • Fuji Javelin Luxel T9800 Computer to Plate System. Automated loading and punching up to 32 plates an hour
  • Challenge Champion 305-XT Cutter. Our 30.5" programmable paper cutter sets the standard in reliability, precision and speed.
  • CAD/CAM We offer structural design of packaging and three-dimensional projects using modern Artios Design Software as well as a Kongsberg Sample Table for specialty and customized projects.

Give us a call today at 952-886-3400 and we’ll put you in contact with one of our prepress management specialists.