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    Makeready Sheets

    make-ready sheets make-ready sheets I am a pressman & formerly worked in folding carton industry,Standard for a 6-c job was 300 sheets or less .Any respectable pressman should have a basic repeat job ready to go in 300 sheets.Or at least damn close.Work in metal decorating industry now & waste...
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    Patching Blankets

    roland 800 roland 800 Yeah the roland 800 was the press i learned the trade on , plant had 2 of them newest around 96 or so. .The whole piggyback concept not very pressman friendly.not a bad running press though.I work in the metal decorating industry now, running a kba liking the inline...
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    Patching Blankets

    patching coating blankets patching coating blankets I ran a roland 800 with a tower coater printing folding cartons & we often patched smashed blankets with masking tape, always from inside the blanket & always tore the straight edge off of the sides of tape never had a problem.The cost of...
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    Do IR lamps help ink dry?

    Funny i have been in printing 22 years and until last month had never heard offset referred to as set-off.We had a prisco tech in the plant & he was using the term set-off ,new to me also--------------
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    Curious about Costs

    Most cost saving methods are rather obvious scheduling of work,same colors for multiple make readies ,having materials staged & ready to go etc. One way to save paper is to build books to use for make ready,save the waste from a commonly used sheet size & build books with maby 9 waste sheets & 1...
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    Curious about Costs

    I ran a folding cartons on a roland 800 55 in. 6-color up until 2008 worked 20 years & plant closed.Printing on metal now,not much different than paper.As for your question i know it depends on the type of work& stock .Does the box need to be glued,windowed or both/recycled stock averaged...
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    Komori L-640 - Packing moving under blanket

    pressure pressure Make sure pressure is correct. If older press with mechanical gauges, they could need re-setting.
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    Delivery Chain Lube Cycles

    On a man roland the delivery greasing is also set under main console by what looks like a timer mechanism. Was located near other similar timers for different functions of the press,trick 4 us was knowing which was which.timers looked obvious numbered face with adjustment hands.good luck
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