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Old Technology Old Technology Hi there, the company I work for purchased a Shinohara 75 VP and without going into too much detail it's not something our pressmen would recommend. The main comment was that it was like going back in time 20 years as far as the technology went. Feeder, ink...

Completely agree with Morning Flight. Quite a few years ago when I was working In NZ my company made a list of all out clients who were excessively high maintenance, they would grind you on price and then wait nearly 3 months to send you a cheque. The company politely informed said clients...

iMac iMac I've got a iMac 2.8 GHz with the old Intel Core 2 Duo with a modest 4 gigs of RAM, we run Prinergy Connect, Preps and all the usual Adobe products and have no problems what so ever. I imagine your new and improved Mac will fly. J

Thumbs up Thumbs up Big thanks to you Gordo for your very funny take on the industry. Everyone needs to poke a little fun to stay sane. J

Calendars Calendars Calendars are always fun. We had on error that made it to press where December was still 2009 instead of 2010. That one went through 3 people and made it to press, pressman caught it thankfully. Another batch did go out with the word Calender on the front cover . . .I'm...

Lotem 800 Quantum Lotem 800 Quantum I've worked with a Lotem 400 and currently a 800 Quantum. They are quite solid machines. We were running Sword Excel plates with consistent and excellent results. We had 13 different plate sizes running through the 400 (crazy). As for service I'm quite...

My first question to you would be what version of Prinergy are they on? I'm lucky and happen to be in Creo/Kodak's back yard in Burnaby BC and have the latest version of Prinergy Connect. Version 4 and up has two RIPS, the old Adobe CPSI and the new Adobe PDF Print Engine. The new PDF RIP...

Re: Users of Kodak Thermal Direct plate, please reply! Hi Chris, we were using the Thermal Direct plates for about 6 months, just too many problems. I never encountered the metallic issue that John was referring to but we are more of a short run shop anyway. They wash up on the press fine, we...

Re: Cleaning hot spots on kodak thermal plates appstro, I'm getting hotspots as well but generally just on my smaller Hamada and AB Dick plates, the larger Komori plates are no problem. I find that constantly cleaning the drum keeps it down to a minimum. Any small bit of lint or dust will do...

Re: Users of Kodak Thermal Direct plate, please reply! Hi Chris, we actually ended up switching to Sword Excel, processor and all. We found that the plates were too light sensitive, impossible to proof or read with any sort of densitometer, scratched easily and really didn't carry water well on...