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    File Transfer

    In your case volume as well as value.
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    Perfect binders- what's the best?

    We have 2 Horizon BQ270. Good, but a lot of electronics. Check price of spares also
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    Help please : What are various boxes in a pdf

    If there is a crop box in a pdf file with say 4 pages. And I send this file for offset printing, what box/size will the imposition software (preps or other) pick up for imposition / printing /offset plate? crop box or media box? And, is media box always equal or larger than crop box?
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    Help please : What are various boxes in a pdf

    Newbie question. I Wish to know about various boxes in a pdf. Media, crop, trim, art and bleed. Googling has not helped, just one line cryptic answers same as names. 1) Can someone tell the significance and usage of these boxes? 2) If I am making a portrait book whose final size after cutting...
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    Paper or digital—What’s your preference?

    I prefer paper. Helps me read better, make notes, tick mark and authorize bill payments for my accountant
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    Anyone Faxing these days?

    We disposed off our fax a few years back. We weren't receiving any.
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    Leibinger mechanical print head alternatives

    We use Leibinger printheads for numbering papers to make duplicate books. They are excellent. However, we need more numbering heads. But, our cost considerations prevent us from buying more. Are there any good alternatives?
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    Laminating a digital print problem

    We do book binding and finishing, sometimes small quantities. We many a times need to digitally print a book cover and do hard book binding. We find that laminated digitally printed covers delaminate, especially after binding. We do thermal lamination 24 micron or so. Can anyone suggest a...
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    Drip off process and equipment

    Thanks everyone. I seem to have understood dripoff somewhat. Now, anyone with any feedback whether drip off can be done on a screen printing equipment alongwith coating and uv tunnel? ​​​​​​
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    Drip off process and equipment

    Lithocrafter, it is becoming clearer to me now though not fully. Once I got dripoff and uv done with a coating guy on covers, not on offset. He has screen printing type uv unit where he screen prints uv inks and passes through uv curing tunnel. I had supplied him offset printed, matte BOPP...
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    Industry Bleed Standard

    We are book binders. We ask, but do not insist, for 5mm to take care of folding errors and creep. Any binders here?
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    Drip off process and equipment

    Thanks DeltaE. We are looking for offline equipment i.e not a part of or attached to an offset. How is drip off achieved? To achieve a different texture what changes are needed in an offline machine. I am a newbie.
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    Drip off process and equipment

    One of my clients is asking for a spot UV and Drip off coating with a fine texture on a package box. I can outsource spot uv. However, I don't have source for Drip off. I am not aware of the process for the Drip off and am a newbie for Drip off. Can anyone help me by telling what is the process...
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    Cover a bit too loose w perfect binder

    I also see your covers have waves. Covers should be flat. Scoring the spine and hinge about 6mm improves quality greatly.
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    Polar 92 CE manuals

    We have an old Polar guillotine 92 CE. We do not have manuals. We are desperately looking for its manuals including user manuals, parts list, wiring, service and any other manuals. Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks and best regards.
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    Manuals needed for Polygraph sewing machines

    We have 2 Polygraph thread book section sewing machines model 381. They are quite old. One is chain manual feed ( We have removed chain system and feed directly on saddle) the other direct feed on saddle model. We are desperately looking for manuals, operating and parts and service, whatever...
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    Foiling trouble on black pvc coated paper

    Ifelton, you are genius. I have now ordered some foils for trials. Meanwhile, I got my job with another foiling person. He successfully did it, though I don't know how. Thanks for guidance.
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    Foiling trouble on black pvc coated paper

    Thanks Ifelton Another foiling person told me that cylinder foiling machines like converted Heidelberg are more forgiving than flat bed because contact area between die and substrate is less at any given moment. Anyone having this experience? ​​​​​​I am waiting for more foils.

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