THE TYPE FACTORY

THE TYPE FACTORY
Who are we?
The Type Factory has more than 30 years experience in all things prepress. Our reputation is built on client satisfaction.
We deliver excellence through skilled, quality conscious tradespeople using state of the art equipment and software.
Try us. We are confident you will not find a better prepress service.
Geoff Shadbolt
Managing Director
How can we help?
Alan Kerr (left) and Daniel Shadbolt have in-depth industry knowledge and complete understanding of the special qualities on offer at The Type Factory.
- Colour Management
- Colour match of products to proof
- Solutions for turning poorly designed or presented files into a printing success
- Maintaining deadlines
Email Alan on alan@typefactory.com.au
or Daniel on daniel@typefactory.com.au
THE TYPE FACTORY

The Type Factory is a company that has more that 30 tears of experience in all things prepress. Our reputation is built on client satisfaction
We deliver excellence through skilled and quality conscious tradespeople using our state of art prepress facility. Try us. We're confident you won't find a better prepresa service.
Geoff Shadbolt Managing Director

Alan Kerr and Daniel Shadbolt can help you with:
- Colour management
- Colour match of products to proofs
- Solutions for turning poorly designed files into a printing success
- Maintaining deadlines through better communication with you and your customer
- Indepth industry knowledge
- The best service in town
Our services . . .
- Computer to plate – (CtP)
- Computer to film – (CtF)
- High-end scanning
- Blackmagic ISO compliant digital colour proofs
- QuickCut – Digital advertisement placement
- Typesetting – layout and design
- Desktop Publishing
- Digital colour printing
- Print management
News . . .
The Type Factory is one of the first companies in Australia to install FujiFilm XMF next generation workflow system.
Fuji's XMF workflow uses the latest Adobe PDF Print Engine (APPE) which incorporates a JDF database. Some of the advantages of XMF for our customers are:
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Processing native PDF files
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Transparency and layers handled natively
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XMF has a direct connection to CS5 and QuarkXpress 8
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RGB images automatically converted to CMYK without quality or colour loss
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CIP4 (provides emailed file direct to press for automatically setting of ink ducts)
Request a Quote
Employment . . .
Unfortunately there are no positions currently available at the moment. Please feel free to email your resume to geoff@typefactory.com.au for future employment opportunities.
Contact us . . .
Street Address:
129-131 Bouverie Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053
Postal Address:
PO Box 583, Carlton South, Victoria 3053
Phone: (03) 9347 9922 – Facsimile: (03) 9347 9622
Hours: Monday to Friday 8.00 am til 6.00 pm
Email: prepress@typefactory.com.au
www.typefactory.com.au – www.typefactory.tel
ABN 50 007 221 043
Computer to plate . . .
Using a combination of the FujiFilm XMF Workflow, Dainippon Screen Thermal Recorder unit and FujiFilm positive thermal plates, we have created an unbeatable computer-to-plate solution for you.
The advances we offer our clients are:
- At 200 lpi screen we can hold a 1 to 99 dot
- Stochastic Screening
- Inline punching for most presses
We cater for plate sizes from:
324 mm x 370 mm x 0.15 mm
through to 830 mm x 660 mm x 0.3 mm.
Computer to film . . .
Using FujiFilm XMF Workflow, we output your files to our high-speed FujiFilm Luxel F9000 multi-laser imagesetter, which uses a inverted internal drum – guaranteeing quality and registration.
We can output your film in negative or positive to a maximum size of 1100mm x 925mm run at a resolution of 2438 dpi.
The Type Factory is able to output film using the traditional AM screen or FujiFilm Stochastic Screening.
Digital proofing . . .
The Type Factory is using the industry's leading proofing software – 'Blackmagic' – which creates a RIPPED data proof.
Blackmagic stitches separated ripped files together, and then outputs to our high-end
Epson 9900 digital proofers to create a printer's proof. This is a true data integrity proof. We daily check the calibration of Blackmagic to maintain our ISO compliant colour standards.
Once the proof has been approved, the original ripped data files are then released to be output to films or plates.
Typesetting . . .
Using the latest Indesign (CS5), Quark Xpress 8, Illustrator and Photoshop programs our Mac experts can produce whatever you want quickly and professionally.
Whether it's artwork for: annual report, company stationery, newsletter, newspapers or a magazine, we believe we're the best desktop publishers in town.
Quickcut . . .
QuickCut is an online advertising agency delivery and management service. Advertisments can be delivered to one or more publications around Australia or New Zealand.
Advertisments can be checked at any time to verify that the publisher has received the job. All press adverts are preflight checked to publisher's specifications prior to electronic delivery.
Digital colour printing . . .
The Type Factory has installed a powerful professional digital press solution
"BizHub Pro 6501".
For printing on demand the BizHub Pro is capable of near offset-print quality with inline finishing.
We are able to print on a variety of stocks including coated papers from 80 gsm up to 300 gsm.
The digital colour press specialises in short runs for: business cards, annual reports, magazines, raffle tickets, certificates and variable data documents.
FTP site 'Job-NET-xpress' . . .
We have created our own FTP Job ticketing service called Job-NET-xpress.
Job-NET-xpress is a web-based job submission service that enables work to be submitted to The Type Factory online 24/7.
Using your Internet browser (Safari for Mac or Explorer for PC), you can upload your job details and files directly to our server. Maximum file
size is 2 gb.
What information do we collect?
We collect information from you when you register on our site, subscribe to our newsletter, respond to a survey or fill out a form.
When ordering or registering on our site, as appropriate, you may be asked to enter your: name or e-mail address. You may, however, visit our site anonymously.
What do we use your information for?
Any of the information we collect from you may be used in one of the following ways:
To personalise your experience
(your information helps us to better respond to your individual needs)
To improve our website
(we continually strive to improve our website offerings based on the information and feedback we receive from you)
To administer a contest, promotion, survey or other site feature
To send periodic emails
The email address you provide for order processing, will only be used to send you information and updates pertaining to your order.
Note: If at any time you would like to unsubscribe from receiving future emails, we include detailed unsubscribe instructions at the bottom of each email.
How do we protect your information?
We implement a variety of security measures to maintain the safety of your personal information when you enter, submit, or access your personal information.
We offer the use of a secure server. All supplied sensitive/credit information is transmitted via Secure Socket Layer (SSL) technology and then encrypted into our Database to be only accessed by those authorized with special access rights to our systems, and are required to?keep the information confidential.
After a transaction, your private information (credit cards, social security numbers, financials, etc.) will not be kept on file for more than 60 days.
Do we use cookies?
We do not use cookies.
Do we disclose any information to outside parties?
We do not sell, trade, or otherwise transfer to outside parties your personally identifiable information. This does not include trusted third parties who assist us in operating our website, conducting our business, or servicing you, so long as those parties agree to keep this information confidential. We may also release your information when we believe release is appropriate to comply with the law, enforce our site policies, or protect ours or others rights, property, or safety. However, non-personally identifiable visitor information may be provided to other parties for marketing, advertising, or other uses.
Third party links
Occasionally, at our discretion, we may include or offer third party products or services on our website. These third party sites have separate and independent privacy policies. We therefore have no responsibility or liability for the content and activities of these linked sites. Nonetheless, we seek to protect the integrity of our site and welcome any feedback about these sites.
Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act Compliance
We are in compliance with the requirements of COPPA (Childrens Online Privacy Protection Act), we do not collect any information from anyone under 13 years of age. Our website, products and services are all directed to people who are at least 13 years old or older.
Online Privacy Policy Only
This online privacy policy applies only to information collected through our website and not to information collected offline.
Terms and Conditions
Please also visit our Terms and Conditions section establishing the use, disclaimers, and limitations of liability governing the use of our website at www.typefactory.com.au
Your Consent
By using our site, you consent to our online privacy policy.
Changes to our Privacy Policy
If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will update the Privacy Policy modification date below.
This policy was last modified on 01-02-2011
Contacting Us
If there are any questions regarding this privacy policy you may contact us using the information below.
www.typefactory.com.au
P.O Box 583 Carlton South
Melbourne, Victoria 3053
Australia
geoff@typefactorty.com.au
+61 03 9347 9922
Website Terms of Use
Welcome to our website. If you continue to browse and use this website, you are agreeing to comply with and be bound by the following terms and conditions of use, which together with our privacy policy governing The Type Factory’s relationship with you in relation to this website. If you disagree with any part of these terms and conditions, please do not use our website.
The term The Type Factory or ‘us’ or ‘we’ refers to the owner of the website whose registered office is 129-131 Bouverie Street, Carlton Vic 3053. Our company’s ACN is 007 221 043. The term ‘you’ refers to the user or viewer of our website.
The use of this website is subject to the following terms of use:
- The content of the pages of this website is for your general information and use only. It is subject to change without notice.
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