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Software detection of abnormally rising temperature at Primary Fixing Roller Sub Thermistor, when the Primary Fixing Roller Sub Thermistor detects the temperature that exceeds the specified value range for 1 second continuously. 1. Check if the Primary Fixing Roller Sub Thermistor is...

Sometimes (most times) when you're folding digitally printed material you can get toner cracking on the edges. Creasing prevents the cracking and gives you a really nice clean fold. It would be a shame to have someone print a nice tri/bi fold brochure and have horrible cracking on the edges...

Do the Duplo and Tec use IR heating to help dry the coating? If not, then that may explain why they need the extra length. Did you look at the Graphic Whizard machines? They're short like the kompac machine.

I never looked at duplo, and only mildly at tec. I've looked at brochures for both, and they look like fine machines, but we do a lot of very short runs (10-100 sheets) and the super fast cleanup, and only adding coating as needed is what appealed to me. I suppose if you're doing a run of 500+...

I looked at the EZ Koat 15 at Graph Expo 2012 and again at Print 2013. Both times I really liked the machine. What I like is that the cleanup is fast. The coating sits between two rollers and you can fill it with a syringe. Cleanup is just a matter of using the included vacuum hose to suck out...

The feed path is now more of a "v" shape to accommodate the transfer of toner from the transfer belt to the sheet. Next, they're going to need to add some curl correction to the fuser/finisher end of the machine.

Has anyone tried it out yet? I got a demo of a machine and I like that they added a transfer belt which "fixed" the issue of paper coming in contact with the drums. I also like that they built in some transfer voltage adjustments to account for lower humidity environments. Justin

You can't just "skip" one of the fusers on an imagepress because it's having image problems. That said, I almost never have problems with my primary fuser (lower weight stocks and half the job of heavier/coated stocks) and my techs taught me how to replace the secondary fusing roller so if I...

Don't quote me, but it looks like it's the IC 305 Fiery Rip Have you checked Ebay? There are several available.

Sounds like you're saying there aren't many benefits to upgrading to the new Oki's. At the very least, do the straight shooter envelope feeders work with it? How does the paper not touch the drums on these new machines? Is there an additional image transfer belt inside them?

Sometimes I feel like the last guy still using Quark, but the thought of transitioning over 5,000 quark files to inDesign is terrifying.

I believe the answer to your either/or question (top coating vs adherence) is: yes. I've been purchasing my canon ink from inkjetcarts.us but Van Son is now selling aftermarket Canon ink, so you have a few reputable choices.

I've got a Canon ipf8000s and a Mimaki 60" printer. My 2 cents: The canon is more user friendly (it's like the interface was designed by a mom) and the mimaki interface was designed by an engineer. Canon ink is MAD expensive compared to my Mimaki ink. I had to switch to aftermarket ink on my...

Craig: What's the smallest envelope you reliable run? That paper path looks like a nightmare for small envelopes.

Every morning and sometimes throughout the day we run a process we call "SAC" (as in a Sack of potatoes) S.hading Correction (on the machine using my es1000) A.uto Gradation (on the machine) C.alibration (done using the 34 random patches from the rip with my es1000) Shading Correction is a...

If you want to get into the printing business (even on a limited basis) then pick something bigger than the $4,000 little printers you're talking about. If we already determined that (probably) $.25 of the cost is postage, and the card is around $0.15, how much money would you have to save to...

Getting a bulk mail permit is easy. But the mailings themselves are more involved. When you buy the mailing list, you have to generate the intelligent mail barcode which is a combination of information you provide (the mailer) and information from the address list (zip code). Once the...

Does the $0.40 include postage? If yes, the $.40 may be a little high, but not horrendous. If you're saturating an area (every address on a postal route) then the postage could be as low as about $.19 each. If you're just kind of sending them a little here and a little there, it could be about...

I learned this in business school: If Machine A is only functional 80% of the time and Machine B is also only functional 80% of the time, your total equipment reliability is only 64%. That's low. (We all take the risk that both machines won't go down simultaneously) Perhaps the Indigo is...

If you're happy with the KM, why not just add a second one? Could you eliminate the second shift and all those labor hours with 2 machines? Can you pay cash or do you have to finance? If you add the HP, what happens to the KM? Sell it? return it? HP buys it out? Do you forecast your business...