Dampening pnematic problem
Hello I a have an sm 52-2 . my ink and damping roller are totally new. the setting of the rollers are as recommended by manual 100%. I am having unstable ink water balance during printing. how can i...
View Articleintermediate roller
what is the main function for the intermediate roller , application roller and when i should engage or disengage it. and if I'm getting ink on the water pan is it from this roller>????
View ArticleFONT MANAGEMENT UTILITY - What's good..what isn't??
Getting ready to implement a whole new workflow...which requires a whole lot of changes; principally a new OS and upgrades or replacement of a lot of software and utilities. Any suggestions on which...
View ArticleApogee v8 and FM Screening
Hi every body.. What i need to install or use FM Screening on my Apogee Workflow... i hear that need Cristal Raster 3.0 but this is old right and i not for version 8.0 of Apogge and CTP system? thanks
View ArticleEnergy unit
Hello to all, Please help me distinguish some units of UV CTP plate. As some brands show the imaging energy unit is mJ/cm2, some others is mW. Are they the same? As i know, W= J/s. And how about the...
View ArticleVersant 2100 Mixed Media Speed...
Has anyone else with a Versant, run a mixed media weight job? I am a little surprised at how slow it is. Our C75 is quite a bit faster. We are running 80# gloss book mixed with 80# gloss cover. On our...
View Articlemagenta
i always have this kind of problem... whenever i print magenta color.... prosentage of dumpening unit always high over 88%, sommetime over 95% dumpening unit setting as heidelberg standart setting......
View ArticlePre press Operators/Technicians and Sales
Morning everyone, What are your views on how is our industry evolving in the Pre press department, now a days with MIS and custom MIS systems integrated in our workflows should the Pre press operator...
View ArticleEquipment for Sale
We are purchasing several companies resulting in excess equipment. Below is a list of equipment for sale and a link that has all equipment pictures and pricing. Please call me or PM me if you are...
View ArticleHELP : Postcard compact printer..!!
Hello Experts, I am a young startuper totally new in the printing domain. I am currently on a project to print postcard and I am looking for the perfect printer. My conditions are : - 350 gsm - fast...
View ArticleDirect Inkjet CTP Plates
We recently purchased an Epson 7900. I understand that there are now new systems availible to image plates on this printer (EFI, Presstek). I'm intrested in this technology. Will this eventually...
View ArticleCheap 5000k Viewing Area
I recently installed qty25 4ft fluorescent bulbs over my color printing area. I used Phillips F32T8/TL950, a 5000k bulb with a CRI of 98. I went into this knowing that this wouldn't meet ISO 3664 but...
View ArticleRena Mach 5 and inkjet envelopes
I have been holding off the memjet bandwagon mainly due to smearing issues, Relyco is saying they now have an inkjet envelope that will solve this issue, has anyone tried it and have an opinion on it?...
View ArticleFilms
What machine or technology do you use for film output for silk screening? My old good Primesetter 74 is ready to die, all vendors ends up their setters. Any alternative? Plus and minuses?
View ArticlePadding Issues
Im having an issue with a padding problem and am wanting some input. We are putting a 70# enamel sheet printed one side and aqueous coated on top of 100 sheets of blue 70# text stock. The problem is...
View ArticleBlank pages Xerox Nuvera/Freeflow
I have a PS file that uses blank pages to account for the back of a simplex sheet. The job must run all duplex because the SW cannot deliver variable plexing commands (Duplex True and False). This...
View ArticleMac OS X 10.9 Mavericks and Zero K Fonts
Hi everyone, We store customer work on a Windows 2003 Server using ExtremeZ-IP 5 (yes it's old). Since upgrading to Mavericks, some fonts show as zero K when viewing them on Mavericks but have size...
View ArticleColour 550 Winkles on 90gsm matte paper
Hi all, I hope you could give me a hand to solve a problem: In our shop we run a Xerox Colour 550 with external Fiery RIP. Now I have to print some 24x45cm 90gsm matte paper sheets. I have some serious...
View ArticleStill having clamp issues with printmaster qm-46
The plate clamp to release the plate gets stuck in the middle of qm-2. The left side and right come out fine, but the middle is stuck so the plate breaks off and I have to dig and dig to get the rest...
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