Spot dull varnish combined with spot UV
Suppose you have to print a checkerbord and your customer wants all the red squares to have a dull varnish and all the black squares to be UV. They supply artwork that has a spot dull varnish layer...
View Articlehow should jobs progress through Prepress departments?
I am wanting to know what steps a job goes through before it goes to press in other shops. I started working for my present employer about 18 years. In 'the old days' art was built on computer and...
View ArticleNeed help in Kodak preps 6 and prinergy 6 & 7 regarding Layering for Die cut
Hi Everyone, I am new in prinergy 6 and preps 6 & 7 but worked in Heidelberg till prinect 2012 and meta dimension 2012 for good few years. On prinect there is a feature called layer that I used to...
View ArticleInput - Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity
We are a small to medium-sized digital print, fulfillment, and bindery shop. 90% of our work consists of very complicated, regulary scheduled, daily and weekly jobs, which, required us to write...
View ArticleJust a friendly "hello"
It's been a couple of years since I've posted anything. I took over the mailing and digital print department at my employer after being in prepress for 16 years. I'm still alive and doing great. Nice...
View ArticleCustomer Service Coordinator at EMT International, Inc. in Green Bay WI
EMT International designs and manufactures the latest in high tech digital web printing equipment and is a leading supplier of web finishing solutions to the digital and commercial printing industries...
View ArticleCustomer Service Manager at EMT International, Inc. in Green Bay WI
EMT International designs and manufactures the latest in high tech digital web printing equipment and is a leading supplier of web finishing solutions to the digital and commercial printing industries...
View ArticleField Service Technician at EMT International, Inc. in Green Bay WI
EMT International, Inc. was founded in the 1930s as a small tool and die shop. Today, EMT designs and manufactures the latest in high tech digital web printing equipment and is a leading supplier of...
View ArticleNew Standard Horizon RD-4055 Rotary Die Cutter Selected A MUST SEE ‘EMS Award...
The New Standard Horizon RD-4055 Die Cutter has been selected as a 2014 MUST SEE ‘EMS Award Winner, and will be premiered at Graph Expo in Chicago, September 28 – October 1 in Standard Booth 1923. MUST...
View ArticleCan A 150-Year-Old Printing Company Go High Tech?
R.R. Donnelley Plunges Into Developing Market for Printed Electronic Parts. An interesting article in the Wall Street Journal -- worth a read.
View ArticleHow to calculate conventional plate making cost?
Hi I have bought a BasysPrint UV Setter, so it didn't install right now. Probably, it is required 1 week to install it. I am in printing market and needs to sell conventional plates but i have no idea...
View Articlebanding in latex vs UV inkjet
A Ricoh salesman was very honest with us about the issue of banding in latex wide format, suggesting that tight temperature and humidity controls in the space as well as heating controls in the printer...
View ArticlePSI LM3655 Supplies for Sale
1 Cyan Image Drum 1 Yellow Image Drum 5 Cyan Toner Cartridges 5 Magenta Toner Cartridges 5 Yellow Toner Cartridges 7 Black Toner Cartridges Make Offer mailing@oldtrailprinting.com
View ArticleLooking for someone with 60" x 80" press
We are looking for a printer with a 60" x 80" press. Should be able to run 5 color and do multiple UV coatings. Thanks in advance for any leads you can give me.
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printing very thin paper on J75 problem
I am trying to print a job on a very light weight bond stock. I do not have the exact info on the paper, its stuff we have had sitting around for a long time with no package. It is lighter then...
View ArticleHow can you tell if something is printed? ie/ Flexo, Offset or Gravure
Hi, I was wonderding what are the key giveaway methods of telling if something has been printed either by a Flexo, Offset or Gravure press? I know some things are way more obvious than others, like a...
View ArticleReplacement suggestions for Triumph 4810
We have an old Triumph 4810 cutter in our in-house print shop that has bitten the dust. Other than the brand new Triumph 4810D, does anyone have any suggestions on a comparable cutter?
View Articlelotem 400 error
Please find enclosed error details for your information Left side tail end corner getting thin lines appearing in image area and also in non image areas. The drum getting vibrate on completion of 83%...
View Articleoffset Invisble security ink required
We want to import invisible security ink (which is seen as yellow in UV light) for import to India. Can forum members advise of any contacts / company which can send to us the same.
View ArticleXerox versant 2100 or KM bizhub c1100 or Ricoh c901 or canon 7011vp?
I do packaging samples and other high value printing with flatbed ink jets and other large format devices. I'm looking to add a digital press to my lineup so I can print some of my stuff up to 350 gsm...
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