Recent content by Infinity

First off, remember that MICR black isn't a "true" black. It will be more of a charcoal gray. AB Dick and Van Son both make a usable formula. Go ABD on sheetfed, VS if high speed or web. To get a general idea, run it just dark enough that you can smear it with a dry finger. You would be...

I bought 5 sets of the Craftsman setup for our web dept. With a bit in it it is 1.25". It works well for changing line-hole punches on our Diddes.

Craftsman, Kobalt and Pittsburgh (cheap Harbor Freight stuff, but they work) all have them.

Well, I have "discovered" something. Now that I am the lead guy over a press, me and my partner experimented with some roller settings. I am pointing fingers at the ink company, the fountain solution, and our roller supplier. We have some new roller specs (since all our presses....and...

It's something we're still dealing with. Hostmann admitted that their bases changed about a year ago. We did also have to change fountain chemistry as the stuff we used was discontinued. Now we use Varn Majesta 400. We have no way of testing ink thickness, but the breakdown occurs more...

We've been using Hostmann-Steinberg INKredible for most of our web duties (non-process). We've had some recent issues with it completely blinding to our plates. You can wipe the plates, and start again, and the image will look fine for 1000 or so, then it blinds again. You can stop the press...

Hi, I am Aaron, a web-press operator with 17 years of experience. I work for a tiny company that tends to supply very large ones. Our specialty is MICR encoded documents, but we're quickly expanding to other markets due to stagnancy in the banking industry.

All I can say is Amen.

We purchased a 1996 model. Mechanically, the thing looks real nice. We are chasing some electrical problems which may or may not be related. When in run mode, at around 600+ fpm, it will "sequence stop" itself. The buttons light, and the console shows it, too. My company is shotgunning...