Recent content by Leo Caproni

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Shinohara Co. Ltd. has closed it's doors Shinohara Co. Ltd. has closed it's doors I was informed that on July 8th, 2011, Shinohara Japan terminated all of it's employees and shut down all operations in Japan. I reconfirmed this information with several reputable business associates in Japan...

Shinohara bankruptcy Shinohara bankruptcy :( Unfortunately, I heard that Shinohara Machinery Co. Ltd. has filed for bankruptcy as of January 11, 2011 in Japan. According to Japanese newspapers, their debt is around 7,800,000,000 Japanese Yen which is approxiamtely US$93,000,000.00 and they...

Shinohara manual Shinohara manual Hello CMCRhonda, Are you looking for the operator or part manual? Have you tried contacting Shinohara USA in Elk Grove Village, Illinois? If they can not provide what you need try contacting Shinohara Shoji K.K. in Japan through their web site at...

Ilumina 502 Ilumina 502 Hello kerbau78, Since I don't know what country you are located in it is difficult to give you an answer as which vendor of the OKI print engine will provide the best support. In the USA, PSI Engineering (www.psiengineering.com) also sells this product under a different...

What four color press to buy What four color press to buy Hi Jotterpinky, Since i don't know what part of the USA (I'm guessing here) your printing company is located, it is difficult to steer you in any one direction because of the after sales service support is an important part of any...

Only tap water??? Only tap water??? I saw the contraption that Shinohara was using at Graph Expo. It was a product from a Japanese manufacturer that claimed that you can use only tap water, run it through their equipment and out comes dampening solution that works. If that system works, did...

GTO or Ryobi 3302 GTO or Ryobi 3302 In terms of speed of makeready the Ryobi should be equipped with an aftermarket ink fountain from Kompac called I believe a Kwik Kolor that has levers to set in key position rather than knobs. The dampener should be something like a Accel Crestline or a Varn...

Re: ICP anti mark cylinder film Hi Luke, Thanks for the attaboy but I can't take credit for that idea. It was shown to me about twenty six years ago by the operator on a Fuji 65IIP (early name for the Shinohara press brand) in Florida who was having marking issues on the single diameter...

Re: ICP anti mark cylinder film Hi Luke, ICP film is pricey and does require cleaning to take off dried ink as well as it wears out in areas. What I used to find that worked well is to buy sticky-back weather stripping material that you seal around the edge of doors to keep out drafts. You jog...

Re: About Ryobi 582H Ryobi made a 562 Perfector but never a 582 in a Perfector. The 582 has one large double diameter impression cylinder and for a Ryobi perfector it would need a single-double-single transfer cylinder configuration between the first and second units (impression cylinders) so...

Re: Hamada B452A Mark II Hi Pat, As far as I know, the press has not been placed into another shop yet. I totally agree that there is a whole host of products that can make or break a press's performance and I am sure that Heidelberg made sure that their press worked fine but that does not...

Re: Hamada B452A Mark II Hi Macman, I would only like to say that the end user who had the Hamada B452 was in the United States and not identify the end-user and dealer to stay away from any legal issues. My story is the honest to god truth and the press was removed after roughly 8 months and...

Re: Hamada B452A Mark II Sonny, I have a customer who had a Hamada B452A Mark II and returned it after about 8 months. The CIP3 feature never worked correctly even though the manufacturer and dealer spent a lot of time working on it. Solids were weak and the density dropped off visibly from...

Re: Soft Touch (feel) Aqueous Coating Hi, Contact Harris & Bruno at 916-781-7676 and ask for Tom Gambell who is in charge of anilox roller applications and should be a good resource for your problem.