Anyone using Digital QuickStrip in their Apogee workflow?

[Jezza]

If so what's the printed quality like? I've been told it's bad and shown a sample that was horrible, however I'm not sure what I was looking at was produced with QuickStrip. Personally I can't see why there would be a reduction in quality.

Any info greatly appreciated.

[oxburger]

the quality is all dependent on the original files given (as with any job). I'm guessing if it looks bad, it would look bad on any system. Quickstrip just takes the ripped files and assembles them for output, so it would be dependent on the files provided as well as the rip settings for dpi/jpg/etc.

[Jezza]

Cheers Oxburger, panic is over. Just had a Sales twat not know anything and made me jump through a hope, if you know what I mean.

Surprisingly (?) after talking to the printer, Sales twat says I'm right. Imagine that... I have just managed to save one of my staff trying to impose 48 pages with a single page back up. Naturally saving the company a pile of cash and time so that we could get on with the 'next bag of thing' has done nothing for my reputation.

I find myself working for an Agency ruled by Designers who have little clue. And something called 'Process' is a mystery to them.

Rant over Thanks again

[mtnman]

We use DQS (digital quick strip) on 99% of our jobs. We will go with regular imposed flats sometimes if we are doing double burning at Printdrive. We running Sublima 210 line screening on our heatset webs and the qulity is outstanding, better than a lot of sheetfed printers we've seen.

[Jezza]

Cheers for that we got a proof back today, everything was lovely. I haven't got a clue what the sample I was shown was printed with, but my best guess is a potato