Recent content by Kostagh

Hello! We have a MAN ROLAND R205 sheet fed offset. We're getting a recurrent error message (which apparently is not fatal, since confirming it lets us continue using the machine). The message reads: WFR ON/ OFF FAULT. I believe that WFR is an acronym for Water Fountain Roller. But what does the...

Arts and crafts... by the numbers! Arts and crafts... by the numbers! Printing SHOULD be a by-the-numbers trade... However, due to a series of factors, it is a craft and often even becomes a form of art.. Let me explain. I believe that most of those that work in printing have had their share...

Putting it into one short word, as well said above, no! I had the same problem when printing for Orange (the mobile phone company) on a wet offset press. We had to use spot colour or otherwise there would be no "orange" in the Orange logo. Forget trying CMYK. Use spot. If it's a valued customer...

I for one still don't get it... I for one still don't get it... What exactly do you mean by "best care of CTP plates"?!?! Do you mean how do we tend to or store our plates? Which ones? The raw plates, before exposure or finished ones?!? Or maybe you mean "preferred type of plate"??? Please be...

As far as I can make it the technology seems quite reliable. First of all, the product BORON CLS BOND does not aim at modifying the properties of the lubricant. Instead, it achieves a very hard coating on the metal surface of the parts involved (regardless of metal in question), coating that...

I'd presume that M/R means Machine Runs (works). Our distinguished colleagues presumably refer to the number of printing works they are producing within a normal day on their machines. English not being my native tongue, allow me to appologize for the eventual mistakes. On the other hand, I can...

I'm in printing business since the end of the '70's. Ever since 1980, I've been hearing this mumbo-jumbo about the disappearence of newspapers. I am confident that we'll still have newspapers a long time since now. Why?! It's easy! As an information support, the newspaper needs minimal knowledge...

Did a lot of scratch offs several years ago (2001-2004). Used to offset varnish them (matte offset varnish) and then apply scratch off using screen printing. Good consistent results each time. Product was a kind of instant win lottery card applied on label of consumer goods (canned vegetables).

Hi! We're using Journal Fount M-K, from Varn on a MAN UNISET 75 with turbo dampening. Plates are FUJI negative polymer Brilia LP-NNW. Exposition is made using a brand new (installed dec.2008) Fuji Luxel V8 HS machine, capable of outputting a maximum of 100 plates per hour. Coldset inks from...

Hi. I started almost 30 years ago as a mechanic for printing equipment. The company I worked for produced sheetfed presses, guillotines, platens, tipesetting machines and other. Later after graduating university with a diploma in engineering , I climbed the ladder up to Design and Development...