Recent content by jrrowellprinting

Back on Track Back on Track Anytime someone tells you that changing the chemistry should be seamless... is completely worthless! We are back to Agfa chemicals and plating and printing happily now. Thanks for your replies. I was told that the issue is not having a Heidelberg tech here to...

Color Calibration Color Calibration I was once told that the only true way to match what you see on your monitor to what your printer is printing is to follow these steps: 1. Run your color calibration on you printer. 2. Print what you want printed just once. 3. Bring the printed version...

Worked with both Brands not actual models Worked with both Brands not actual models Not sure if this helps, but I worked with all 3 (Cannon, Ricoh, and KM) brands and have always been a bigger fan of Cannon. Never had trouble with maintenance and the quality was always the best out of every...

Currently going back to Agfa Chemicals Currently going back to Agfa Chemicals Thanks for posting your reply. Just thought I would update. We decided that since we have been down we would switch back to the Agfa chemicals to at least hopefully get something printed. What we have figured...

batch processing in adobe acrobat professional batch processing in adobe acrobat professional You could use the "batch processing" tool which is under >advanced >document processing in Adobe Acrobat Professional 8 (don't know about more recent versions) You would need to know how to write...

I have been online researching what I thought was a unique issue that we had never seen before here, but alas I found an old post from December 2009 that was posted by myself: http://printplanet.com/forums/prepress-workflow-discussion/20370-plates-not-holding-ink-properly Let me outline what...

Clean Hoses Did not work Clean Hoses Did not work OK so the verdict with the hoses is that the first two sets of plates came out looking beautiful, but the third set has a spot where the image looks cloudy (lighter than it should), or with the same inconsistent dark and light areas that I...

Cleaning the Hoses Cleaning the Hoses We replaced the chemistry before we heard back from a tech on this. Replacing the chemistry did not help the problem. The 50% are coming out at 50% so we don't think it is the setter, although what the heck do I know?!. We are currently cleaning all the...

We use Agfa LAP-V plates run through a Raptor Pro85s plate processor that is badly in need of new rollers. My co-worker keeps the machine clean, but lately we have had the issue where the plates come out looking not so great with a wavy look to them - for example on the left of the plate the...