Capabilities: Prepress

Our equipment for prepping, proofing, and getting your job ready to run is state-of-the-art, and the people who operate it are even better. Our workflow is all digital and very precise. With our direct-to-plate system, we output plates digitally. Our processes even factor in the particular press you’re printing on and the stock you’re using when generating the plates. At GAC, what you see is what you get. We pioneered and perfected Kodak Staccato™ 10 and 20 micron screening technology in the U.S.
Staccato™ offers incredible detail and the equivalent of up to 600 or 300 lines per inch respectively. Staccato™ screening can achieve superior ink density, and simply unbelievable color.

Prinergy Connect Workflow
Integrated Macintosh, Windows environment
Art Works System Nexus Workflow

6x–Assembly workstations
Each with Mac Dual G5’s and 23” Cinema displays

Plating
Kodak Trendsetter 3244 Auto Loader
Kodak Trendsetter/Spectrum
Kodak Thermoflex 5280
DuPont 4260 FAST plate processor
DuPont 4280 solvent plate processing

Flexoprep
Our Flexoprep Operations pioneered the use of CTP for
flexography on the west coast, and is a market leader in
providing pre-media solutions to the packaging markets.

Proofing
Kodak Spectrum Proofers
EPSON 9880 high quality inkjet proofers
Hewlett Packard 5500 (2) large format inkjet printers
Kodak Synapse InSite internet soft proofing

Color Department
Hell Chromograph S3400 drum scanner
Linotype Circon flatbed scanner
Color workstations (3), with MacPro’s, 30” Cinema displays