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just one follow-up question on the paper-savings - i see how a gapless blanket would reduce waste but wont there always be a gap on the plate cylinder? (hence still waste?) or are there gapless plates too?

Thanks a lot for those thorough explanations! Henry, does that mean that the matter of short/long grain is not mentioned for Goss newspaper presses (like the colorliner) as these are all printed long grain? (based on the difficulties with paper reels you mention...)

Thank you Rich and Erik, makes a lot more sense now!

Hi John, thanks for the quick response; my question about offset machine built arose from looking at the data sheet of the Goss Sunday 4000 commercial press, where different specifications for long and short grain are mentioned (please see below for more detail) Given that I was curious how...

Hi, two questions that are bugging me :) 1.) why does the paper cut (short vs. long grain paper) have an effect on weboffset machine built? On the Goss website for example, the same machine Sunday 4000 has different speeds for long grain (up to 45,000iph) and short grain (up to 60,000 iph)...

Hi, im trying to get a better understanding of offset printing technology but currently struggle to find a "nice" explanation of gapless vs. conventional printing ( a topic I heard in an interview that unfortunately didnt go into detail - the Goss Sunday was mentioned as an example) and hope...