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Thank you very much for your response. I'm still waiting for the answer from the local vendor. However, we would like additional info what our fellow printers are using. Regards. Larry

Hi, We are planning to monitor the gloss of our prints after applying a varnish from our 5th unit. With this, we are planning to purchase a gloss meter that can measure our paper with and without coating. We would like to know which angle should we use to effectively measure the gloss. Thank...

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Hi, We would like to know how much makeready time (until 1st OK Sheet) will it roughly take for a Heidelberg 102 perfecting (8c) and also for a Roland 700 (4c + 1). Both machines don't have auto ink preset functions. Color bars measured with manually with handheld densitometers. Thanks. Larry KSA

My apologies for not responding sooner. Our problem is put now. With your ideas we were able to spot the problem. After several checks we found 1 loose wire below the drum. We had this soldered and the machine worked perfectly. More power to you guys! Larry Sison Saudi Arabia

Hi, We received the following error in our Galileo VXT: Error Number: 00DC Description: Auto exposure failure Action Needed: Verify exposure settings and clean spin motor We already did what was recommended but the problem is still there, plates come out as totally black without any image...

You may also want to look into Techkon's SpectroPlate.. It's a great tool to measure plates and you can also use it to investigate press problems like doubling, slur, etc.

Hi Hessel. You may want to contact Carlo Van Spijker, European Technical Service Director News Ink of Flint. He's from Holland, as well. Working with Carlo are Wim Decaluwe (formerly of Ifra) and Paul Kellett (Blanket expert). I'm sure they will be able to tell you exactly what's causing...

Thanks akiyama_king and CD102. As previously mentioned we print back to back. We don't have (yet) the option to accept ink values from prepress. We have a calibrated LCD for softproof, and visually we decide and manually adjust the ink keys from the press console even before we start running...

Hi. But what if we don't have an ink preset and we print perfecting (8 units). Is it possible to have good copies within 200 sheets? Thanks. Larry

We still use dE76 when communicating color for both our press sheets and proofs. But I heard dE2000 may likely be the norm in the nearing future. dE2000 is already mentioned, though Informatively, in some ISO documentation. Larry P. Sison Ugra Certified Expert

Hi. We need to upgrade our PitStop Server 3 to the latest version. Anybody knows where we could order the software? We're a bit confused who to write to nowadays due to the recent merger. Thanks. Larry Sison Alyaum Newspaper Dammam, Saudi Arabia

Hi all. I wanted to verify whether our low-budget laser proofer can print according to ISO. So I printed and measured an UGRA Fogra CMYK Media wedge modified so we can measure it with our EyeOne Pro. Does anyone know how to make a PDF report in ProfileMaker's Measure Tool? I'm going in...

Re: Going Web Hi D_max, We have a KBA Continent web offset press with 8 (4c) tower and 2 monos. We run 4 newspaper titles as well as coated magazines. We use 1tower for commercial purposes wherein one web coated goes to heatset. If you're running both commercial and newspaper, make sure...

Re: Standard ink densities? Hi Gregg, IMHO, your standard densities can be can be of any value. As long as it gives you a color gamut that is big (hopefully bigger than ISO 12647-2) and that it is gray balanced, and that your CMYK solids are within Delta E of 5. Once you get your Delta E...