Recent content by archetype

No hits yet? I will ask this question. Are you referring to a type of scanning intrument for open or closed loop measurement of press sheets?

I agree with scooter. IPA breaks down surface tension, essentially making your water wetter than it was before. Unfortunately alcohol also breaks down ink in the rollor train causing it to emulsify prematurely and eats away at pigments causing dryback and fading of the ink. Glycol and...

There are lots of factors to consider, just for conventional rollers. I can only speak from a sheetfed standpoint so here it goes: From my experience Botcher rollors print great but have a shorter livespan, about 25 million. Rotodyne print ok and have a long lifespan, about 50 million. Acorn...

Hello! Far as perfectbinders go we recently purchased a Heidelberg Eurobinder, works great and tripled the output over the Borg. The Borg was a fine machine but became too slow for our business. Either one does a good job and can be ran by a single operator but neither has inline trimming...

We had the INX tech and the YUPO rep. in the shop late yesterday afternoon. Did some tests and burned up some free paper.(Always fun) We went with the INX Harddri Fade resistant paired with emerald jrz and 10% alcohol. Same paper, same powder, same problem. Increased the IR output to 115...

It is a G.P.O. job. That is their stock requirement.

I got some info from the INX ink rep that stated that the Toyo TSP 400 was the same as the INX S/C 400 which is now called Harddri. It is their ink they recommended for plastics, foil, reflective, and so on. I have a YUPO rep coming in on monday to try to get things in line. We go to press...

I now work in an all coventional shop that prints on yupo synthetic stock.They had previously done short run of a couple hundred sheets and pulled them out of the delivery 50 at a time. We started doing runs of 8000-10000 heavy 4/4 and it has been a disaster. We built racks to rack them 50 at...

Wouldn't a standard density also depend on what kinds of proofs you use? For example, if you have and inkjet proof and a KA proof, they rarely match each other because they use totally different methods of color reproduction and simulated gain. Also, I was under the impression that TVI was not...

I used to run a 1996 sm102 8 color with two perfectors. One after the second unit and one after the fourth.

One press is a 1996 speedmaster 74 five colorwith cpc 1-03 and the other is a 1999 cd 102 4 color with cp2000. The consoles do not have the ability to save multiple curves. As far as cost savings, if I go from one medium coverage job to the next on gloss stock I can read in the card, run about...

I have used the printguard plus jackets with very good results on both SM74 and SM102. At $260 each it is a minimal investment. Less than $3000 to do all the t1 and t3 on a 5 color press. I have had terrible luck with super blues. I felt that they marked the sheet everywhere uniformly which...

When I started at my current shop they had the prepress data available on flashcards but the pressmen didn't use it because it was so far off. I adjusted the curves on the consoles of the press and they come up pretty close. The trick to it is that the press has one curve. I set it for medium...

Hello, I am new to this forum but am a very experienced sheetfed pressman. I have ran 5,6,8 color Heidelbergs. All ranges of U.V. inks and coatings. I have a lot of experience in 4/4 perfecting, Hexachrome, you name it. Paper, board, synthetics. I feel that I have a lot of valueable...