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REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE... Again (rev.b)

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From: jack
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 1998 00:00
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Okay... SECOND TIME AROUND...
I don't need people pointing somewhere else for answers (they DON'T HELP!) (if you can help, please do; don't call me names, don't suggest that we're dumb, don't slag my mom, etc, etc) PLEASE remember that SOME FOLKS ISP'S cant "reach" the Corel Newsgroups, etc, etc). 

We appreciate the idea that this problem may originate in the RIP.
Any assistance that we can give to you will be returned.
THANKS to anyone who can help us FIX THIS PROBLEM!

Okay; we got the newest patch for Corel 8. We run a Win 95 machine on an
NT network to a Harlequin RIP to an AGFA 9800. SO WHY DOES COREL NOT
OUTPUT SCREENS PROPERLY? Yes, I'm sure I'm doing something wrong too,
but just SHOW me what I'm doing wrong someone PLEASE! One graphic is
supposed to come out green (PMS 341 to Process; yes we know the routine) and its ending up teal. I think its fabulous Corel has tried to do something about Colour Management. But could they be a tad more EXPLICIT? There is nothing wrong with the RIP nor the densitometer we use to measure whats happening on the film. Quark can do this. PhotoShop can do this, etc, etc...

I'd like Corel to try and remember that most of its users are people who
try to push the limits of what their software was supposed to do. And
unfortunately a lot of service bureaus have turned away Corel users for
problems like this in the past. Its very (VERY!) frustrating for those
people with years of experience in prepress to waste manhours and film
trying their best to help their clients; only to continually run into
these problems.

I recall an article about 6 months ago in Corel magazine (on the back
page) that more or less said "if your service bureau sniffs about
outputting Corel files, go somewhere else". Grab some hubris pal! Nobody
wants to turn away customers, but if Corel can't educate or listen to
those people it relies upon to support the claim "The Choice of
Professionals"; its shelf life and value to the prepress profession is
limited indeed.

ANYWAY... this rant is the result of two days of frustration and NO
HELP. I want to output a 12x18" document to our imagesetter (from Corel
8 on Windows 95 on an NT network to a Harlequin RIP and an AGFA
imagesetter- 150 LPI RRED 4 Plates, C,M,Y,K). I want the screens to come
out properly and I don't want to "insert a bloody disk" to have to do
it. Can someone please TELL ME HOW and I won't bother you again.
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From: jackNOSPAM@rmedia.net (jack)
Subject: REQUEST FOR ASSISTANCE... Again (rev.b)
Date: 1998/08/12
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