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    IML Printing on Conventional Sheetfed Offset

    Years ago By accident we found an ink that dried on synthetics. We had 20000 sheets of stickers to run. At that time we were using A&S summitec - HD version which was duct fresh for all our jobs which was their hard dry version of summitec. Stupidity I didn’t realise the sticker was synthetic...
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    Huber - A little slow

    http://blog.hubergroup.com/pioneering-for-eco-friendly-fountain-solutions/ Interesting to read Huber thinks they are one of the first companies to offer an ecologically safe fountain solution in which they brought to market in 2018 Shock horror they are actually admitting butyl glycol isn’t...
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    Ink Is The Greatest.......

    Give me ink over toner anyday. A job printed with ink was always reprinted and solution rectified if gas ghosting occured - digital toner gloss ghosting job goes out the door. A job printed with ink was not acceptable if the screens looked mottled - digital toner it goes out the door A job...
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    Any Landa press news?

    Interesting, wasn’t sure the truth or not. Referring to the dot it had been explained that at total rated speed the dot was no longer a round dot but slured Which reduced quality. Im not knocking the technology simply wondering if there was any truth. Any technology that see’s a good...
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    Any Landa press news?

    Is there any truth relating to the fact when their presses were running at drupa they were set to run in perfect mode, with 1 side already printed offsite and they weren’t actually running live jobs so they could then show the machine running at rated speed. I was told they were having a...
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    Blotchy printing

    1) have the plates previously had that slight blotchy look to them? Your picture shows an uneven colour on the plate dot. 2) Has the operator loaded fresh ink in, washed up and started water dials below scum point? Your press sheet dot looks like serverly emulsified ink which can easily be...
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    New Press Install - Fuji Xerox Iridesse

    No their exact words in relation to the above was, the hardest part for an offset printer moving onto digital is getting an understanding of what quality levels are allowed and printed on digital compared to what normally would be flagged and not printed until rectified on offset. Those...
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    New Press Install - Fuji Xerox Iridesse

    True. I was told pre training to take my offset head off and put a digital frame of mind relating to what normally wouldn’t be excepted on offset is let go on digital. That was interesting to hear especially when they had been talking up how good it was compared to offset. Dont get me wrong...
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    New Press Install - Fuji Xerox Iridesse

    That’s hilarious
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    New Press Install - Fuji Xerox Iridesse

    I’m sorry, I should have said in my opinion from running both offset and iredesse these are my findings. When Im promised an outcome quicker and better then offset with perfect registration then I need to call a spade a spade. Not gloss things over. Please post up the Specs to show registration...
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    New Press Install - Fuji Xerox Iridesse

    Print some heavy solids on linen or embossed stock then print the same on a sheet fed machine. U then tell me which one looks better. Don’t say it’s commercially acceptable so good enough. Iredesse allows for 1 mm back up tolerance and greater then that on long sheet. Many a times they struggled...
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    Prepress vs Press Finger Pointing (Plate Remakes)

    Interesting to hear someone else outputs your plates. I have to output my own plates, clean the machine etc. Worse still being polyester they don’t simply output on top of each other and will turn into a jumbled rolled up mess so you need to routinely check them. I don’t mind out putting plates...
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    New Press Install - Fuji Xerox Iridesse

    Iredesse prints poorly on textured stock, in fact it struggles on any stock that isn’t a super smooth coating. Registration is a concern & forget running a job back through to spot gloss special areas due to this issue. It has its place in the market but a lot of areas that leave you...
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    UV ink ?

    Just because a product is marketed as more environmental or “green” doesn’t necessarily ensure it is actually any better for the environment or the users health. This is a photo of a product in a pressroom marketed as “environmental “yet look at the safety warnings. There seems to be a trend...
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    UV offset production

    Erik. Increasing water dial levels above what’s needed can cause the water to travel up to the ink ducter & ink duct which certainly does stop the ink from transferring from ink duct to roller train correctly. I can see that a system that has the ability to force ink into the roller train...

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