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Do they make blanket washers for the ABDick 9800 series? It would need to fit with a t-51 on.

The Kompac and Crestline are both continuous dampening systems and not integrated into the inking system (with a separate form roller). It's good because you should have less toning and ink emulsification. But I have heard some people say they love the original system. The OEM water system is...

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Hello Rowenf, I'm not sure there are too many 'true' oil based inks out there, but none the less, a lot of good inks are there and even better now that they are a "hybrid". I use Gans on a 9850 it considered a stay open "oil base". It will scum over after a couple of days. Are you still...

Hello Jaime and CMYK, The help was greatly appreciated. I took the end of the form roller adjustment apart and the divets had a lot of grease. I think part of it was dried in the holes. I cleaned it all up and realized the end was acutally put on too tight. It's now has a slight bit a play and...

Hello all, First I want to thank anyone who reads and/or responds to this puzzling issue I have with my Townsend T-51 Colorhead for the ABDick 9800 series. I was working on adjusting the forms according to the manual I was able to level the rollers just fine, but after I tried to increase the...

Hi Kevin, I feel your pain, but the ABDick form adjustments are much easier than the t-51 colorhead that attaches to that press. There are two long screws on those adjustments, a top and a bottom. The bottom is not the adjustment even though one might think it is. The top (the long screw with...

The weight of the idler rollers will not set the forms correctly. You must turn them with the adjustments.