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Turns out it's the main pump thats gone and blown the fuses. £1000+ to replace Morgana are telling me. will have to look around for the pump, if anybody has any suppliers please speak up. Thanks

Good Afternoon All, Our Digi fold has lost its suction and drive to the the drum. Has anybody any ideas? I'm thinking a fuse but not sure which one. Thanks

Work a treat that Magnus, thankyou

Our polar 78 guillotine has gone slightly out of square, does anybody have instructions on how to square it back up? many thanks

We have error code 03 coming upon our alcosmart on the technotrans, any idea what the issue is? Thanks

Thanks RJ. Wasn't that badly priced really for the air bladder, 3 hours to fit.

We seem to have an air leak when the back edge clamp is opening, eventually it reaches full pressure and the clamp will open up and clamp the plate. Any idea? Thanks

We are currently running prinect v10 and have been offered an update to v12. The software is provided free but we are being quoted quite a hefty cost for the installation and training. Are there any major benefits for us going up to v12? Thanks

Personally i would say 36c is too hot, we never run ours above 32c and never have any problems. We always reduce the heat on the second pass as well.

If you don't mind me asking Bloodsaler, where are you based?

The company that i work for is currently looking at purchasing a KBA Rapida, has anyone had any experience on these machines or KBA in general? We have always been Heidelberg so i'm forward to see how they compare. Thanks.

They may of used 'drip off' on the previous job which would give a spot varnish effect. rich.

Thanks for the replys guys, the reason i asked the question is the way things are set up in the company i work for doesn't work in my opinion. Your replys so far are exactly how i would like to have things setup ie. Production scheduler ordering paper and stock been labeled as it comes in. The...

I would just be interested to know how other companies are setup with regards to there paper stock ordering, who does it? how far in advance is paper ordered? Also when the stock enters the building is it labeled up so people know what job is it for? Thanks

yes just using the first unit for dusting, black in the second. When we get running on the second side and get sheets without the slur the fit is spot on, there just doesn't seem to be any sequence to it when you look through the sheets.

Yes its a bit wavy, but it was wavy before we printed the first side. like i said in the original post we've printed lots of other jobs without a problem, its just this one stock.

Yes we have IR dryers usually set at around 32c. We've run it on both lays and it doesn't alter anything.

We have recently been printing a job on an SM52-5 that when backing it up we have been having problems with the image slurring/doubling, the job has run perfectly on the first side. The stock is 170gsm gloss (which is a good quality stock) and is set up work on turn, it has quite alot of...

Know how you feel mate, i start a 400,000 run tomorrow cmyk both sides and coated on cheap 100gsm silk,it's a 50,000 32pp A5 booklets on a SM52-5. We do them quite regular and i always learn something new, but its still a hard slog.

there are alot of places for bits to drop from on a SM52, if you dont look after it.