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    Ryobi 3302 intermittently skewed feeding

    Glad to hear you found your solution. Fwiw I spent a lifetime with the lightweight springs. Perhaps text weight would not curl up against them as opposed to the heavier set. For the last three years in a new shop they basically insist on the heavy springs. I can't win all my battles so that is...
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    Engine compression

    Adaptive cruise control is pretty cool. I think cruise control should be mandatory on highways. I'm curious if my Chevy has that spark to start feature or uses the starter. I think I'll Google it. ​​
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    Changing Blankets on Itek 975 PFA / Ryobi 3200 PFA

    I'm going to disagree with the idea of packing. I have 20 years with the 975 but not the pfa model. (I have peers who have had this machine forever.) pfa is perfector correct? Blanket to blanket for impression, no true impression cylinder. Because of the blanket to blanket impression they, to...
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    Need help with TAC in 2 color printing.

    I wouldn't say it is okay for the T-Head to touch the parent press ink but it is common. Ideally they would not. Run a few (hundred or thousand) jobs and have to stop and wash-up midway or twice during a run and it will make more sense. Let's clarify Tack - It is Tack, not TAC. (TAC is reserved...
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    Need help with TAC in 2 color printing.

    The edge of a plate always never runs clean and will lay ink at the plate edge on the blanket. This ink is not transferred to the printed sheet - it is outside the sheet area. The build up of ink will migrate to the other print unit - the T-Head will pick up the parent press color and vice...
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    Need help with TAC in 2 color printing.

    It is far more common to reduce tack than increase it and you should be able to get a tack reducer (or increaser) from your ink supplier. Start at a dozen drops if it is a liquid; a jellybean size if it is gel for an amount if ink to allow a quarter inch bead along the ink fountain. As there is...
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    Noob in over his head. Ancient Cutter and no experience...

    Not sure about that...a lift (of cards) at both ends of the clamp? The blade comes down at an angle and the sideways sweep of the blade should be into the stack, not pushing it away from the side of the bed. Put another way, if the blade sweeps down and right, the stock should be in against the...
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    Internal SCSI hard disk of RIP Star 400

    Having (two) an Accuset 1000 in use for years I asked this question and was told the drive cannot be cloned. I did not understand why; perhaps it involves "may have an Aga propietary file system". In these forums Vlad_Canada may have the answer, but I would suggest calling the fellow here -...
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    bad register

    Yes, it is possible to have bad register between colors in digital printing.
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    Layout software help

    Spec's like the OP's make me cringe at the ubiquity of "free estimates". We've all been there; 'nuff said.
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    Bizhub c6501 stops periodically

    On my 6501 it was typically a problem with the receding stacker going too far down (with lightweight stock), or the LCT failing to properly forward a 14pt/300+gsm.
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    6x9 envelope

    The horse is out of the barn, so to speak, but if this is a common scenerio having the flaps open would have made this a "single pass" run. You can open flaps pretty quickly holding a lift in one hand and sliding/nestling (from the sealed edge) singles under the next flap. Kind of tough to...
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    6x9 envelope

    There's a good chance you can buy open flap envelopes. I know for certain #10's are available open flap (from Western States Envelope).
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    Ink drying on un-coated stock...

    Cleaning the impression cylinder with solvent? - stop. IMO the residue from solvents increases the cylinders affinity for ink; I did it for years. The guy I worked with cleaned the cylinder with Pro-3 (?) fountain concentrate and had much less, if no problem, with build up on that cylinder. It...
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    Indesign CC 2015 seperation preview not showing ink makeup?

    Trash, Replace, Reset, or Restore the application Preferences
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    Anyone have experience with a Rosback 880 perfect binder?

    We've had a Rosback 880 (?) PB running for roughly 30+ years. Aside from having the grinding blade sharpened, I haven't seen it serviced in the 20 years I've been in the same building. . We don't do a ton of Perfect Binding, but have been a trade bindery for 30+ years. The cycle time on the...
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    problem with double sheets

    Is the bail bar in place? AB Dick has a lightweight and heavyweight bail bar. Move the Bail Bar forward (for lightweight stock, back for heavy stock). Snug up the back-stop (at the back of the pile).
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    Digital printing and varnishing

    You would need to UV coat, not varnish.
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    How can I add spot color in photoshop?

    Wouldn't trapping be applied as in any other scenerio, at the RIP? If you built a trap into a PS file which was later scaled the trap would be incorrect.
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