The prepress technicians are in direct contact with the clients during the production period; they are the ones receiving and processing your files. Les Presses du Fleuve garantees you the help of a devoted, high preformance team. Whether it is processing your images, creating pdf files or assisting with technical issues, they are able to help and give you adequate information about the optimization of your files.
Our equipment is compatible with all operating systems to help facilitate the processing of your files.
How do you send us your files? By FTP. To do so, you will be given a username and password for ftp.pressesdf.com by your representative. We will also suggest you use an FTP client; Fetch for MacIntosh users, and CuteFTP for PC users.
Fetch can be downloaded from: http://fetchsoftworks.com/ (15 day free trial, 25$ to buy.)
CuteFTP can be downloaded from: http://www.cuteftp.com/cuteftp/ (30 day free trial, $40 to buy)
For plate imaging, Les Presses du Fleuve uses two imaging processors (CTPs) that image plates directly from the computer. The use of CTPs limit the handling of plates before they are put on the press, which translates to a much faster process.