For Print Shops
Prepress and Colour Management, Without the Overhead of a Full-Time Hire
Most shops don't have a dedicated prepress and colour specialist on staff, and when volume spikes, even the ones that do end up overloaded. That's when small errors turn into wasted material, missed deadlines, and costly reruns. B42 acts as your on-demand technical department, only when you need it.
Services:
Prepress and technical file review (preflight)
Colour management and ICC profiles
Colour proof control and storage
PDF and RIP workflow optimization
File finalization for any print process, offset, flexo, digital, screen printing, large format, and more
Cutting dies and finishing, packaging, labels, CNC files, spot varnish, hot stamping, embossing
Imposition, trapping, bleed, and PDF/X
File organization and standardization
Technical training for prepress operators
Monthly retainer support and on-demand file review
With close to 30 years split between working inside print shops and bridging agencies and production, we know exactly where files break down, and how to catch it before it costs you.