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    Takofold 50M information

    Takofold Takofold The long straight springs on the BABS machine are actually piano wire. These are secured in holes on the mounting bar at the rear of the stapling head by a couple of grub screws and attached to the Rapid stapler through holes in two lugs sticking out of the sides (the springs...
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    Takofold 50M information

    Takofold Takofold On my machine there are coil springs running from lugs on the actual stapler unit to the mounting block which slides from side to side to alter position. At one time I used a BABS Booklet Maker - purely hand operated - which had the straight wire springs, again these were...
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    Takofold 50M information

    Takofold 50M Takofold 50M If it's any help, I have an ancient Takofold 100E model. It has two springs to each stapling head and these are essential to enable the heads to return upwards after being depressed when stapling. My model has a switch to knock-out the folding mechanism when only...
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    HP 5000 with Paper Plates Any Recommendations?

    Further to my earlier post. I was sent Myriad plates for a Xante platemaker for use on the HP5000 as a substitute for Omeaga Ultra plates (supplier assured me they were identical), but they are not and have caused major problems - image breaking up after a few impressions. Last week I tried...
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    HP5000 image positioning

    I am getting more jobs presented by customers as PDFs, but when I want to make a polyester plate on my HP5000 I cannot position the image in a suitable place for printing. I have tried all sorts, but it seems impossible to get it right. It is an even bigger problem when I receive a multi-page...
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    HP 5000 with Paper Plates Any Recommendations?

    I have used Omega Fast polyester plates for a few years, I understand that they have been replaced by Omega Ultra, but my supplier has provided Xante which I am told are the same. I had a few teething problems but the system is great.
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