Recent content by Bagfoot

I have run invisable white on sheetfed and web offset. It was an ink that we would mix with opaque white to match a 70 lb gloss stock it ran very well, but it was a pain getting everything clean.

I agree, I've been in this industry for 40+ years mostly as an operator. I have enjoyed watching the change...I started out on a letterpress web and then to sheet fed offset and on to heatset web and now back to sheet fed.. What a difference 70s equipment compared to todays. lithographic offset...

Are you sure you are marking in the dryer? Could it be from an angle bar or on the former?

I think there is a company in Milwaukee that has an 80" Rapida 205 there name is Kuban Nicholson I think.

Hi, been a member for a while thought it was time to introduce myself. I started in this industry 42 years ago, started working on a 60" letterpress web, didn't thikn i would finish the week...worked on 1-2-4-6 col sheet feds and a heatset web offset. To say I've seen this industry change is a...

Heard one I have not heared before in a meeting for a new press..."a gnats eyelash" thats what I call close register!

Also, make sure everyone on the crew knows what their responasble for durring the make ready...the most expensive copy on a web press is the first copy you save. Durring a run don't assume anything..look at everything all of the time, over the long haul you will catch something that will pay off...

I recall back in the 1980s Bakker Perkins had an ink ducker system very simmilar to this...it had its problems....

Before you buy a web press I hope you have more work for it than just the one customer, even a small web press can do a lot of work in a short amount of time. If you are getting a web make sure you can fill it up with work. jm

Whenever streaks show up, go back to basics first. Make sure roller settings are correct, make sure they are the correct durometer, check the impression is correct and throws on solid, make sure your packed correctly and everything is tight, then check for a bearing problem.

Frank Romano and I have walked some of the same carpet over the years...I always enjoyed seeing the next generation of presses and new equipment. But this year the show had a different feel to it. I think the young generation of pressman will never understand the skill it is to run a press, the...

I was there today, sad, sad, sad, I've been this industry for since 1972, the first show I attended was print 74. This show has no offset presses at all, was able to get info on some consumables, but heck, could have done that without wasting time at a dull show.

Make sure that any zero spots have the water cut back to minimum, just enough to keep the plate clean. Also make sure that the turbo is clean and calibrated to get optimum performance out of its shutters.