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I had seen it a while back, I'm glad I was able to track it down again. Its really neat to see how things were done when printing was a craft and not a commodity.

Ha ha ha. I sooo know how that feels. We used to name our Xerox production equipment after ex-employees, and their corresponding traits. If you were a hard worker, you might get a DocuColor named after you. It sounds funny, but I think it worked out quite well. In a room full of production...

This video features the old school way of edge edge painting. U.S. Government Printing Office: The Bindery - YouTube

We bought one of the first solid ink machines 3 or 4 year ago as a pilot from Xerox. I think they had to replace the print head 3 times before we got one that would work right. The technology in the ColorQube is much better now. Its neat for some projects, but for most things, its not really...

I would be very careful of running anything from a solid ink machine through finishing equipment. The ink lifts off and sticks to plastic and rubber rollers, causing ink transfer and marks in non printed areas. We've tried running some in the past, but the marks and having to clean all the...

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I don't think you will find this an easy question to answer. One thing to consider is does the machine pay for itself in a month? I've seen shops that produce high end laser prints that print only a few thousand sheets a month, but more than pay for the machine. I've also seen shops that do...

Short answer Yes. Long answer, still yes, but with an explanation. As was pointed out, it has to do with fuser temperature. Fuser temperature is related to the melting point of the toner, which is designed by the manufacturer. The lower the melting point of the toner, the less energy and less...

There really isn't a whole lot inside an electric motor to go wrong, so chances are it might be a simple fix. Unless something really bad happened, like the winding melted or a bearing sheared off, it should be repairable. If you know anyone in oilfield maintenance, ask them where they send...

If you can run them long edge wise it's easier and you will get better registration. Short edge is fine for 1 or 2 color, but as there is little gripper space, the tail end can move back and forth a little causing reg from tower to tower to be tricky. If you can get a slightly compressible...

Can you save as a PDF in Illustrator and InDesign. If yes, then something must be wrong with Photoshop. If no, then the Acrobat might be the culprit.

Since my background was computer engineering before I got into printing, so I think I can add some insight to this discussion. Cloud software is great. You don't have to upfront purchase any large software packages, as most cloud software you can "rent" on a monthly basis. You don't have to...

On my old Lino 560 the settings from the RIP do over ride the front panel settings for right reading wrong reading emu up and down. Are you dropping into a hot folder or printing like a printer? I'm not sure how that would make a different, but it might. You can Check Vlad's suggestion, but I...

I still have an old 560 lying around, so hopefully I can be of some help. First question is did it suddenly stop ripping fast and slow down, or is it always this way? Are you sending it PDF version 1.3 or Postscript files? Postscript is different from EPS (Encapsulated Post script) and the rip...

I have run poly plates on a Chief 117 before, and they run quite well. If you do not have a Kompac dampening unit, I would recommend getting one. The poly laser plates run a little better with a Kompac. I've run up to 10,000 impressions with a poly plate, and it runs just fine. Its definately...

That pretty much rules out the fuser if it changes sides. Was this a new box of plates that it started happening with, or a new plate supplier? Sounds almost like there was something on the plate thats keeping it from fusing properly.

Fusers can go bad in several ways. A fuser is essentially a heating element, and when they start to go bad they often will not produce even heat. Also, if the rollers are wearing uneven or getting hard they can cause un-fused spots. These HP printers were not designed to run thick stocks like...

The only issue I see in using an inkjet vs a thermal or laser blueprint printer is an inkjet will run if it gets wet. If that's not an issue for you, any wide format inkjet should work fine. The HP DesignJet series are real workhorses. What's nice on the HP is you can replace individual heads...

For your average user that will work, but there are software packages available for both Mac & Win that can remove that password in seconds. I had to do this for a customer one time that did indeed own the files, but there graphic designer had left, and they didn't know the password to a 300+...

I think your problem has happened to every designer a time or two. Best thing to do is create a PROOF wording layer in photoshop, then when you save as a PDF make sure to not include the layers and flatten the image. That way the file is useless if they try to take it somewhere else. I've seen...