I'd run not walk. We had a client who we had done business with for years. They owed us $18,000 and needed a $2,000 job done. We asked for payment of past due invoices as well as the $2,000 up front. Had no idea they were going bankrupt. They did a Chapter 11 reorganization 30 days later. The...
My TE plates sit out in full light before processing and after. I have the same engine imaging them so, it's either bad plates, bad laser set up, bad gum, bad clean-out unit or combination, but you should not be having light sensitivity.
You can pick up a used Bostitch Saddle Stitcher for under 1K US. It's a hand feed and you will have to book trim three sides after on a guillotine. We've used ours for 20 years. Mostly for jobs under 500.
I'll be honest I had no idea what pressure seal pieces were. But being curious I googled it and found this on a manufacturers page. May be an explanation. Talks about humidity and a shelf life.
MY C7110X has a 5th station. White/Clear/Neon Pink/Neon Yellow/ and a black light UV for security. It's our first true digital and we have been loving it.
I have found that the "glitter Cannon" works best. The initial air blast clears away the light contaminants and then the glitter acts as a "scrubbing" agent to get out the really heavy stuff.
Working on a patented version myself so...shhhh...
I have something similar to this. I cut about 80 plates a year on it....aluminum .006 1,200 would take a few days as it's manual. Kicker is it says it only does up aluminum plate up .004
https://www.mybinding.com/foster-keencut-advanced-rotary-cutter.html
Don't Know of a supplier in your neck of the woods but you can widen your search by including Agfa Azura plates they are the same as the Saphira which is repped by Heidelbergh.
In the past we purchased roll labels from Scratch Card Printer & Scratch Off Label Supplier: Scratch Off Systems and hand applied. I believe they can be machined on as well if it's a large run.
On the back of each plate there is an alphanumeric code. After the first letter there is a "<" symbol. I was told (2005/2006?)that this is the grain direction and we should always load our plates consistently in the same direction. For the last 9-10 years we make sure that arrow always points to...