“In
recognition of your continued value as an esteemed partner in
the production of Blue Shield's marketing collateral, you have
been named Print Partner of Distinction for 2001. For the fifth
consecutive year, Patsons has earned this certificate as testimony
to your consistent adherence to quality, service and price performance.
Your help and guidance has been invaluable to the smooth production
of the many projects on which we have worked. It continues to
be a real pleasure to work with you.”
James H. Fraser,
Marketing - Creative Services
Blue Shield of California
Fast, Convenient
Pre-press at Patsons
From scanning to digital proofing to imagesetting, our state-of-the-art
electronic prepress is the nerve center of our facility. Our
prepress makes it possible for you to upload your files to the
Internet through our FTP site and view your proofs via PDF.
You may also submit your files on any of a wide range of electronic
media, including Iomega Zip disks or CD-ROMs.
Accepting files in all standard formats
Our prepress department can
work with Mac OS or Microsoft Windows files in all standard
formats, including:
• QuarkXpress
• Adobe InDesign
• Adobe Pagemaker
• Adobe Framemaker
• Adobe Illustrator
• Adobe Photoshop
Choosing
direct-to-film or direct-to-plate
Our top-of-the-line Agfa imagesetting system gives you the
option of transferring images directly to film or polyester
plate, depending on your preference.
•
Direct-to-film
Final pages are imaged in position in 8-up, 16-up,
or larger formats ready for plate making. This is
also called wide format imposition.
•
Direct-to-plate
This involves imaging directly to polyester plate
material. Traditional offset printing includes generating
film, “burning plates” by exposing metal
printing plates with the film, and mounting the
resulting plates on the offset press. Direct-to-plate
printing eliminates the film imaging step by imaging
directly onto the plate material.
