Recent content by davarino

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    Describing color shift tolerance in layman's terms

    The simplest way to express this to the customer who is willing to accept that color can vary throughout a run and is often unmatchable from one process to another: Come up with a "show and tell". I used to use boxes (for identical hair coloring) purchased at 2 different stores to show the...
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    Hand foil stamper needed

    We are looking for a hand foil stamper machine. The kind that you could find in the back of a bookstore. Years ago I had a stamper, but it got “lost” in a move from one house to another. We have occasional requests for very short runs of foiling and specialty runs like foil stamping a logo on...
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    Letterpress genius sought

    Our thriving trade print shop is losing a letterpressman who is quite talented at foiling and embossing on our Kluges. (Only trade shop between Mexico and Phoenix, Arizona. GCC union. More than 10 employees.) He’s getting old and he just doesn’t want to drop dead at the feed table...
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    "Commercial Bindery Products" index tab cutter

    We bought a used (and operating) index tab cutter this week. Our machine maven is cleaning it, etc., and he's asked me if there is any documentation for it. I know the previous owner and his peccadillos... there is surely no documentation. The only real tracking information is a plastic...
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    Digital over runs. What do you do?

    It's OK to give away over-runs if you're willing always to give them away. (I don't think it's terribly intelligent, though.) I would rather be up front and say "We had an over-run of 500 pieces. Would you like to purchase the whole thing at the 1,000 price? And I'll give you a one-time 10%...
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    Morgana Digibook 300 XL Pro help needed

    We have purchased a used Digibook 300 XL Pro PUR perfect binder and the nearest dealer is unable to set up any training for several weeks. We would like to get this machine running as soon as we can. Does anybody know this machine? We are in a Southwestern US city that is somewhat off the beaten...
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    Looking to start a print business & need advice

    I've read through this thread and I suspect that until you could find a really good production person, you might want to approach this as a printing broker, using either a local trade print shop or possibly one of the national trade shops like 4over. Your solid capital investments would be...
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    Gloss Paper is GONE...

    We've had trouble with paper supply like everyone else, but a buddy of mine found a source for tons and tons (well, skids and skids) of Asian gloss, dull, and uncoated paper. We've been using them as a buffer for when our regular supplier is short.
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    Free-Dumb

    Very few people understand the price of "free". And all of the ramifications. It's due to ignorance, stupidity, or cupidity... or a combination of all three traits.
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    Case binding.

    We have a customer who needs runs of about 600 laminated-wrap PUR hardbound edition comic books half a dozen times a year. Trim size: 6.62" x 10.25" upright, 48 or 64 pages of 70# gloss book (100gsm). The books sell for a high price, so packaging and handling have to be impeccable. No mashed...
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    New B2 Format Digital Die Cutter from Duplo

    Heathy is referring to his post of 19 July: https://printplanet.com/threads/veloblade-digital-die-cutter-for-sale.291462/
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    Lamination and aqueous coating

    Is there a laminating person who can clear this up for me? I have been told by several binders and laminating shops that hot lamination over aqueous coating is not going to give a dependably good lamination job. Rather, they say it is better to not use aqueous coating at all. We prefer to use...
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    Is it time to raise prices?

    Yup. This is a phenomenon that has gone on for millennia. Eventually, if you don't change prices you will be making nothing... figure 3% a year on average is what your expenses increase. If you're cheap now, figure you'll be firmly in the hole within 10 years if you don't change prices or do...
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    Task Management software

    I tried Trello a few years ago and it had several problems that made me drop it after a few months. As I recall: It's VERY hard to extract data from it. Likewise with importing into it. (jSON is not for anyone but programmers.) I have an older OSX machine running Firefox as a browser, and the...
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    Toner Foiling Problem on Soft Touch Laminate - How to get rid of foil spots

    What do you mean by "too much corona"? Do you mean that there was too much of a static charge?

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