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blanket wash and water on a press rag, along with lots of elbow grease. Im assuming your cylinders are chrome. You could also try the above mentioned stuff with a well soaked press rag with a scotchbrite pad wrapped around the rag.

Black printer was a common term here in the northeastern U.S. Another term you don't here very often anymore, and its related to the "black printer" terminology, is PROGS. Used to be SOP to pull PROGS upon completion of every press run. These would be placed in the job ticket along with all...

has your printer suggested to you that you allow them to make color corrections? My guess is that it would be their first choice that they do all proofing and color corrections.

Im with dabob on the sharp line being a problem imaging the gradation. If you've tried everything mentioned with still no luck Id suggest that you replace any transparent white in the inks formula with opaque white. If there is no white in the formula you might try adding some anyways. Ive...

Its the protection of ordinary citizens to be the first and foremost responsibility of any government. When we begin to place the rights of non citizens above the rights of citizens a countries society begins to fragment. You need look no further than Europe to see how globalization has been...

my understanding is that in his most prolific songwriting days, Syd Barret wrote enough material to keep Pink Floyd in music long after his meltdown. Ill have to look at my vinyl copy of Dark Side to see who gets the credit. Imagine that.... ive still got a vinyl collection!!!

was that Waters or Gilmor that wrote that line?

my first home computer was a Commodore 64. Ask anyone under the age of 35 if they remember pay phones.

loved the smell of the red lacquer. Also remember how important it was to know when to stop developing the plate. One too many figure 8 wipes with the sponge would start wiping the image off.

Bob, thats exactly what Im talking bout. Im tired of being careful, and censoring myself. One of the best things ive found about retirement is that I don't have to anymore.

In the litigious society in which we currently live, all one would have to do is to PERCEIVE some form of discrimination. Depending on the ACLUs current caseload, or even just a young attorney, looking to make a name for themselves, a case could be made. All sorts of evidence could be found, or...

If you were to just "price the job out of the market" be sure that the quote leaves no paper trail. I can see a scenario like that, being used as evidence in a bias lawsuit, where now the contention becomes... you've overpriced your work because your biased against ___________s. Just fill in the...

NONE of the cmyk inks used for printing 4 color process, are part of the formula for mixing any spot PMS colors. Process black could be substituted for PMS black in a pinch with the understanding that the process black will lack the neutrality of the PMS mixing black. Process black usually has a...

Not for nothing D but I seem to remember a day when the scenario you describe was par for the course, with many of the consumable venders, both small and large. At least thats the way it OFTEN was in the market where I came of age in the industry. But then it was NYC Im talking about, where...

Considering all the problems associated with calcium buildup in presses rollers, its beyond me why anyone would want to tempt fate, by printing a substrate which is composed mainly, of the very substance that gives us so much trouble. Perhaps there may be some day when this new fangled printing...

Id be willing to bet that engineering a double delivery to do as I mention, would not be the limiting factor. My guess would be that Komori would not prioritize that feature more from a cost standpoint.

sorry I confused the opacity issue with the blocking issue. I still stand by my original suggestion of a bad roll when sheeting. Do you know if the paper was a direct mill purchase, or was it purchased through a paper merchant who upon delivery to them in roll form converted it to sheets for...

Andrea, you came here looking for solutions to a problem. You were offered input from 2 different sources that you chose to reject. I suppose you will not be happy until you hear just what you want to hear. Perhaps if you keep asking you will eventually get the answer you want.

Delta is correct. 5 sheets are insufficient for the purpose of registration on a multicolor job. It takes at least 10 to 15 sheets, just to sheet off the previous image position. Then there is the issue of registration variance as the press speed changes from start up speed to running speed. I...

something I'm curious about.... Did you run this job on a press with closed loop color control? I recall you talking about the variations in papers opacity. If there was a lot of variation in papers opacity from sheet to sheet, that could have made for color control through closed loop inking to...