Challenge Model 20 issue
I have a Challenge Model 20 with a manual clamp and it has been great since I bought it used except for two issues. When cutting tall stacks of uncoated card stock that is more than 12" wide, the blade...
View Articlemilling of offset ink
kind of embarrassed to ask this question after being a pressman for 40 years, but some of the things we don't talk about in my work place is THE INKS... I know some of the basic's of offset ink, but...
View Articleupdate a packaged indesign package?
I have a wedding invitation I was working on. I packaged everything as I normally do when its ready to go out for proofs. There were some small changes as well as some font changes. Is there a way for...
View ArticleRich Blacks to Pure Black
I've been corresponding with someone met via forums similair to this one and have gone beyond my expertise. Effectivly it started as a band-aid approach to where - The person assembles a larger (book)...
View ArticleShop humidity
Can someone please lead me in the right direction as far as keeping some humidity in the press room during the winter. What are you guys using? My paper seams to be giving me a lot of problems within...
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Agfa Avantra Imagesetter Spinner Motor $1200 CAD
Agfa Avantra 30/ 30E Imagesetter Spinner Motor $1200 CAD Shipping Extra Please contact parts@armyaservices.com Attached Images Spinner Motor.jpg (47.9 KB)
View ArticleThis Printer Sucks.. What Printer Should I Get Instead? Duplexing Postcards.
I just purchased the okidata C711dn because the specs read what it can duplex up to 220gsm, it can't.. when it does.. horribly misaligned even without duplexing on multiple card stock media. works...
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Split pages in half de-imposing
Hey people, Im here again with another question, I seen a video of Pitstop (VIDEO min 3.56) and I tried and triend, and I never got it :/ Somebody has idea how I can make that? I using this pdf file....
View Articleamatuer spot colour question
is printing spot colour tints of the same pantone colour workable? that is, laying down a percentage (be it 100%, 10% or anything inbetween) of a specified spot colour, and adding tints of various...
View ArticleAnchor points not showing
This seems to have started happening since I upgraded to Illustrator CC. On some documents the anchor points are hidden when i have selected the object or path with the Direct Seletion Tool. The appear...
View ArticleRubber roller Nip width
Hi For the rubber roller what is the formula which we can use to determine the nip strip width? We have rollers with different diameter. SO on the basis of diameter what formula can be applied?
View ArticleSynthetic Stock and Xerox 700
What settings have you used to get 10mil synthetic/waterproof stock to run without getting tons of artifacts around the copy?
View ArticleCutter dust/rough edging?
I have an old challege manual cutter in my shop. I use it for a lot of small jobs because I can make some really precise cuts when I have manual control of the blade. I've used this machine for...
View ArticleLotem 800 Failed Laser??
Hi All Anybody out there know how to tell if we have a failed laser on a Lotem 800V We are experiencing lines on the plates which show up on the print we have slowed down the drum speed which has...
View ArticleGuillotine Error Message Cut 2000
Hi, I'm not sure if I'm posting in the correct area, so forgive me if not. I have a guillotine - equivalent to the Formax Cut-True 22S (http://www.formax.com/pdf/Cut-True%2...p%20Manual.pdf) - just...
View ArticleAcrobat Excessive Screen Redraw
I have Acrobat 9 Pro (yes, I know it's old) installed on a MacPro (Mac OS 10.6.8) with lots of memory. It seems that when working with a PDF with a lot of content (lots of images for example), clicking...
View ArticleCanon Pixma Pro9000 - Switched Colors; Red prints as Yellow and vice versa
So out of nowhere my printer started printing red as yellow and yellow as red. So, instead of printing yellow where it should, it is printed red. No idea how this happened and I've spent the last...
View ArticleUSPS Price Increase/Full Service IMB
Since many of you (US Domestic) print AND mail, we probably should have a separate category for all things postal. Since we don't at this time (although I'm recommending it), I'll use the "lounge"...
View ArticleWhat can do to separate the file on to 2 colors
Hi guys, a question to a pre-press gurus: Lets say I have a file, red and black, it could be saved as PDF from word or made in past as 2 color job but CMYK, How can I manipulate it that some parts of...
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Prinergy Administrator Connection Problem
Hi thr, How you guys doing , hope you guys fine, i got some problems with my prinergy administrator, it shows my connection with server always unavailable, i tried both file transfer protocol (HTTP)...
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