Recent content by inkinveins

How can this odd pattern being described in the original post be press related, only a novice like yourself would relegate this issue to one specific press manufacturer, it sounds somewhat similar to a form of dry up. Since most sheetfed printing press manufacturers deliver ink and water in...

Is any one out there running convertible perfectors with double coaters, ( manufacturer is irrelevant ) and if so is it U.V. Or conventional, my question is do u have any issues with waterbased coating and the latter down unit impression cylinders, if you are running one you will know what I am...

Erik, You are correct, my math was wrong, I was just throwing generic numbers out there to demonstrate a crude example of the speed compensation. Since a ratio of 150 would would increase the total set value by 50 % at maximum speed, yes 50 plus 25 ( 50 /2 )would equal 75, so it tells me there...

Ink Fountain speed Ink Fountain speed Erik, Komori's ( and I am sure other presses too ) are equipped with speed compensation for the fountain roller. As I am sure you know, they call it " Ratio ". for simplicity of math, I will give you an example of a sweep or set of 50 and a ratio of 150...

Greedy Greedy Wow, you sure are asking for the moon. I would say you should look into a Heimorishi, with a dash of KBA thrown in there. I think all Press manufacturers pretty much do all the same ***** maybe some do certain things better than others, but there will always be compromises. Are...

James Mason, Is this a U.V. phenomenon or does it happen with conventional ink ?

Komori is very friendly perfector Komori is very friendly perfector KomoriOz, Having worked on numerous Komori perfectors from LS 10-40 P to the exact one you are talking about ( albeit a LS 629 P ). I found them extremely user friendly and of excellent print quality. Bottom side marking, even...

We need to ask ourselves what is Picture framing ? It is the result ( for whatever reason ) of the dampener's inablity to completely clean the non-image area of the plate. Granted where the paper is the ink will actually be transferred to the substrate in virtually non-visible microscopic spots...

Komori service has always been good to me Komori service has always been good to me I find that hard to believe that Komori service themselves said that they would not come out to diagnose an electrical problem, They have a service dept., that's what they do. As a Komori user myself, I have...

If short runs and amount of m/r's is what you are looking for, I believe Komori is the route you should go, They were the pioneer in AMR ( automatic make ready ). Since the market started to make a turn into shorter runs and quicker turnaround times, Komori focused on integrating this into their...

There is absolutely no reason, why you can't run a 5-color press w/coater, without using the coater. It is like saying you can't run a 1 color job on a multi-color press. Do you honestly think that a press manufacturer would engineer a press in this fashion, give me a break !!!!

It's called bounce dryer shts. try it sometime, drape a couple of shts. on the feedboard behind the brush wheels.

I did not perform the test as originally outlined, but in my attempt through other R and D, I stumbled upon the fact that wash out occurs at the ductor, ( Believe me, to my disbelief ). This is compatible with what Eric find in a previous post A brief synopsis of my findings goes as such ...

Barring the recent recall on the Toyota braking issues, we all know that Japanese made products are built to last. I believe this also holds true with their printing presses. Very little maintenance with superior results. Dot reproduction is almost a non-issue these days with CTP manipulation...

I think the only true standard is linear, It is the only way plates can be output on a level playing field, beyond that it is only consumables. It is my belief that we are going backwards trying to curve plates to accomodate an unlimited array of consumables and substrates to acheive the...