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Naturally - rather safe than sorry :(

Just heard from our distributors - they confirm what Andrew is saying, as well as that the KM plant in Japan was not affected and is fully operational. They're thus not concerned about stock shortages.

I was thinking about this last night. Have e-mailed our distributor for feedback on their stock situation. I am going to double up on my own stock of toner / developer and fast-moving parts anyway. Call me an alarmist - at least I'll be a busy alarmist! :p

We work our make-readies and overs based on experience with the different finishing machines. Started a little excessive and brought it down to a real-life level within a couple of jobs. You may find it'll differ from one operator to the next as well (a good, measurable reason to pay some...

We used to do our business cards this way. Try using rubber-based offset inks (We had great results with Van Son)

I might be pedantic about this, but I like my paper to be cut on all 4 sides. That way, I know it is a) square b) cut clean on all edges. Given a sharp blade, I don't have difficulty with hickeys. In theory, they should be pretty much eliminated by properly fanning / knocking up of the paper. I...

As Tobias says, but it's no way the same quality as a good coated stock. Digimatte is best used as a spot varnish, to 'highlight' certain elements

It could be that the machine doesn't find the increase in size sufficient to accept a custom size (although the .375" on the short edge is substantial) You could trim your paper back to 12x18"?

I've not run into complications with digital prints and durability, but I suppose a long lifespan for our publications would be 2-3 years. The only issue would be toner coming off (smudging) due to insufficient fusing pressure / temperature. That can be controlled by making your printer aware...

I would've said 30mm is pretty small. If you can't live with a 30mm off-cut, you could consider improvising a wooden 'front guage' rather than using the backguage. Cut or have yourself a block of wood cut perfectly square and thicker than the maximum pile you would cut. You can then square this...

Hi MrKarter You are right in saying that it's a long way around. However, if final dimensions are critical, or the cover design calls for a precise cut relative to the design, it is the safer route.

You can check with a ruler, or make up 1 booklet and trim it to the marks. You'll soon see any incostistency and identify the offending spread.

You can print 2-up on SRA3, but remember that all the text and covers HAVE to be in register. One way to do this, is to do your imposition with double cuts of say 10mm all round. Your production steps are then: Print SRA3 Cut to A4 with crop marks (Centre cut between crop marks [5mm margin all...

Yes, indeed - the covers and the booklet need to be positioned in register - very important. If you do have a mis-register off the press, you can correct this by trimming the covers and/or text before stitching / folding. Because there is inevitably some 'bow' on the spine, one can't cut too...

Ideally, you would be printing oversize with score and trim marks. you can then score and stitch / fold oversize and trim the folded booklet back (3 sides) to your final size. It helps to stack your folded books overnight with a nice hefty weight on the spine to get them to lay flat before...

An easy work-around your problem, is to lay a piece of green-line board on top of your stack, which will help somewhat to 'flatten' the spines under the clamp. Using a 'knocking block' on the trim edge to hold the spines up against the backgauge also helps. If your machine has a false clamp, use...

It all comes back down to who will give the better service (Parts inventory, tech-machine ratio, training etc.) We went with KM and have no regrets. HOWEVER, being in South Africa, the situation could be drastically different to yours.

We've been running 2 KM6500's for two years now. Had very little difficulty with them, and quality is great. Truth be told, I use them as back-up for the Indigo 5500 and nobody has yet complained about colour or quality. I must say though that a monthly volume of only 15k might well lead to...

I was looking over creasing equipment at a local (South African) show recently. The Morgana distributors showed me their kit (nice!) but they also had a manual 1 or 2-position creaser. It's a desktop unit and quite laborious for all but the shortest runs. Cost was around R7000 for the A2 size...

ZeeBees, I'm currently shopping for a perfect binder (has to be PUR, as my ears are still ringing from a bad experience with coated stock from our Indigo and EVA adhesives). Going on price only, Morgana would get the nod. It's about half the price of the Horizons / Duplos and it does everything...