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By adjusting the infeed on my original post I meant the adjustment that scews the sheet going into the folder. If gates are square and fold is crooked it should be adjusted using this instead of scewing the plates. This will insure the sheet is going into the folder straight. You might want...

Look at your lower fold plates and make sure they are in all the way. I have seen where one is slightly out and it can cause the problems you are describing. Also there should be etching in the fold plates that you can use to square the fold plates. Verify these are straight then with the...

Your post mention that you have been running the same ink for the last two weeks. Why the new ink. What ink are you running? A change in ink could be your problem

Havent used flint in many years but when we did I was not happy with it. They had three lines and each had some problems. Have you tried Superior? We are currently using the Van Son Vivid line. It is pretty good but I think it is a cheaper line. I like Superior. Had pretty good luck with...

Heidelberg sells an ink optimizer for their pre inking software. If you make a shift of more then 5 percent the optimization key will light up. You just press the button and it will re set your print curves for you. Problem is this program is around $5000

It is hard to explain but the dirty side is being cut off. The edge put into the cutter never gets trimmed. the stock with the dirty bevel side is spun 180 degrees and a couple thousands of the dirty side is being trimmed.

Distilled water has zero conductivity. That is why it is used in batteries. It will not allow electricity to flow. Fountain solutions have buffers that will put your conductivity to where it needs to be probably between 800 and 1500 micro mhos. Most tap waters have a conductance around 100...

Crestlines tend to have a problem with ink piling. We used to use alcohol substitute not as an alcohol replacement but as an anti piling agent. Sub is prone to emulsify the ink better. Try adding an ounce per gallon and see if that helps

This is how we used to do it. Trying to convince the new management is the problem. Our old program to cut 25x38 for our SM52 was 18.95 24.90 18.75 24.80 12.25 12.25 This would cut half the sheet Their program is 18.98 12.48 12.48 This would cut half the sheet. Bindery supervisor says it is...

The press wash you switched to a water misable? If so are you cutting it or running it full strength. That stuff full strength will really mess up rubber. I used to love the Ecolo clean. It was the only water misable that would not separate. Maybe try Varn V120 and mix 50/50 with water

Ozone filters dont catch it all but I dont think it is as bad for you as it is for the environment. Our indigo has the fresh laundry smell and that is what the technician is saying is ozone. I read here that any stock that has indigo ink on it can not be used for paper recycling and has to be...

I believe digital quality is cleaner. If particles from the paper damage the drum or other intricate parts of copiers and other digital printers there can be real serious problems. I have noticed this when running stocks like Hammermill color copy with solids. Our press operator feels most of...

Before we were acquired by another printing firm we used to cut our flolio sheets as follows. 25x38 would be 12.25x18.75 and 28x40 would be 13.75x19.75. Doing this would be a four sided trim to each press sheet. The new place does 25x38 to 12.48x18.98 only trimming off the wild dirty side...

Ozone is probably the only concern. We have been running indigos for years and have never had a health concern let alone any smells

Not cheap stuff. If my math is good that is $2.5/oz. Per pound the dryer charge would be $6.5 which would double the cost of the ink. Also mixing that to an ink that is already hard to hit density. Seems to me that would be like mixing 15 percent of transparent white to the ink. I will...

Offline varnish might burn the ink. Both inks are non coatable. Is speedy dry and ink additive or a water additive?

I run a GTO with an all color damp. I am having troubles getting dark blue inks mainly 2757 and 301 to dry running on either Linen cover or Lynx cover. I tried using 3 way drier with little success. Would a dryer like hydro cure or grapho work better? I am printing pretty heavy coverage and...

What press is this? If you have some printers pumice or Ajax will work try scrubbing the water rollers with pumice and a wet rag. Rinse this out real well then try printing again. If this shows no improvement I am guessing this is a duplicator like an AB Dick. Could be your clearance from...

Your lan connections are something that you are going to have to resolve between your IT person and HP. We have found the best thing to do is to try and run everything the same size. If you run 12x18 then switch to 13x19 chances are you will be changing blankets. As your operator gets better...

Usually forward rotation of the cylinders will free this condition. Try advancing the cylinder till you get an open clamp on the display. Open the clamp then advance with the inching button then the problem normally goes away