Electra XD Plates

[Paint]

Is anyone having issues with these?

Meaning seeing longer make ready times,
or once up to color seeing any color shifts
through out the run.

Having a harder time maintaining a good
ink/water balance on press, so as to achieve
a quality product, or holding color
through out the press run.

Having a harder time matching color proofs.

Or seeing any issues whatsoever with these plates.

Thanks

[QualityPrint]

Yes we are having similar issues but have had our kodak tech come in and check everything and said it was fine. We are also seeing toning on the plates during a makeready making ink and water balance a challenge. We are trying to remedy the problem by changing fountain solution this coming week so we will see. The unfortunate part is that we can not just throw a different plate into the processor to try it.

[Paint]

We have also have had Kodak reps in, and tried just about everything
you can think of. We were running a 887 finisher but they put us
on 850s finisher and had us cut it in half with water. We have had Kodak,
our ink manufacturer and our fountain solution people all here together
to try and figure this out. I think the general thought was the plate
was to acidic, as we wiped the plate with vinegar before we put them
on press and the performed much better.