Commercial Prepress Print Services

Prepress

Hopkins Printing’s full in-house prepress department formats client provided artwork to become production ready. Our expert staff consistently uses the tools and procedures that made Hopkins Printing the first Qualified G7 Master printer in the world in both digital printing and screen printing. In addition, our prepress department offers several other value added services.

Color Proofs

Color proofs are necessary for all screen printing jobs because it provides a target and lets us watch for changes during the production run. Our standard procedure is to have a client approved color proof for every screen print job. We offer to print screened proofs and send for approval if one can’t be provided. Our screened proofs will show the tiny dot pattern details that will be seen in production from the screen mesh.

Color Matching

Hopkins understands the importance of getting the color right. We offer matching to a custom logo, Pantone color, or 4-color process image by way of screen or digital printing.

Material Profiling

Substrate color, white point, adhesion properties, screen mesh, resolution, and ink formulation all play a role in setting a particular material profile. Hopkins profiles your custom materials so that optimum color and printability are always achieved.

Layout

During prepress, Hopkins will setup all job layouts to reduce waste and improve production throughput. The solution to an optimal layout is sometimes adding another form instead of over producing parts.

Artwork Quality Control

Our prepress department reviews and ‘cleans up’ client supplied artwork for production. This includes connecting complete paths, trapping colors, smoothing unnecessary paths, adding bleed, applying color corrections, and making client updated changes.

Cutting Die Lines

Adding or modifying die lines for router or die cutting is common with display graphics. Our prepress department can modify your die line to fit your display perfectly.

Quality from the Start

At Hopkins Printing we see our company as a toolbox. We utilize the best pieces of equipment to do the job at the best cost and still meet the quality the project demands.

Our Capabilities include

At Hopkins Printing we see our company as a toolbox. We utilize the best pieces of equipment to do the job at the best cost and still meet the quality the project demands.

Estimating Department:

• Computer-generated to ensure consistency.

Scanning:

• Epson Perfection 2580 flatbed scanner.

Computer Work Stations:

• Macintosh Workstations (9) including Intel MacPro, iMac’s, Mac Mini, and PowerMac G4.

Supported Software:

• Adobe Acrobat
• Adobe Freehand
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
• Microsoft Office
• QuarkXPress

Server:

Dell PowerEdge R730 (Windows 2012) with 1 TB RAID storage.

Network:

HP ProCurve 1810-G high-performance Gigabit network switches (2).

Proofers

• (2) Epson P9000 8-up digital contract color proofer.*
• (2) TechSage SpinJet automated, dual-sided 8-up digital dylux proofer.

*Epson proofers are color calibrated to match press color via G7 methodology.

Platesetters:

• Agfa Avalon N8-90S 8-up thermal platesetter.
• Agfa Avalon N8-50E 8-up thermal platesetter.

FTP Site:

• With Over 500 GB of temporary storage.