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That's quite possible RGPW - it'd had a complete roller replacement (by an indy dealer) before I bought it, so who knows if they got it right. I also had the form roller on PU1 replaced but this was a used roller from another machine (all we could get a short notice), so that's another anomaly...

Thanks to Chuck for the diagram - and thanks for the info STW, I'm in the UK though.

I didn't actually, thanks Al.

Thanks Cmac, we tried that but didn't get the adjustment required, not sure if there's a specific sequence the nips should be adjusted in (presuming one impacts the other). The manual's diagram (attached) doesn't seem to match our system - is our system modified? Or is the manual perhaps for a...

I've attached a pic of this if it helps? Does anyone else have this circlip pin setup? A related issue I'm having, when I ink up the dampening system the ink is being stripped off the metering roller which is leaving me with too much water.

I've got a QM46-2 and have been having problems with the PU1 damp unit since day one - I've got all the nips for the distribution, metering & form rollers at 2mm. However, in the manual there's an adjustment screw (page 159, section 4.4, diagram 9, screw #2) for the damp roller at the top -...

Thanks Steve and Vlad for the info, very helpful.

I stand corrected then! Must be a very low key movement, nothing like the noise of the chains pulling and cogs turning when the plates are running! Is there anything in the imaging section that's needs maintenance, for future reference?

Thanks for the reply Steve - when I mean 'idle' I mean the machine is on but not out-putting any plates. This is when the squeak occurs - are the tank mechanicals really running at this point? I assumed there was some sort of cylinder constantly rotating for the imagesetter side, and it was...

I've got an old Dpm2340 - had it about 5 years and must confess, I've never serviced it in any way other than a bit of oil on the chains (doesn't get a huge amount of use). Recently, I've noticed there's a periodical squeak from the machine whilst it's sitting at idle (every 10 seconds or so...

Holy thread revival Batman! :D We went for a 6500 in the end, only been using it a few weeks and not really done anything serious on it yet. The quality is very good...but I'm finding speed is an issue. To get it running on heavy stock, the settings are slowing it down pretty severely - you're...

Saso - do you mean an additive at our end or the manufacturers? RPG - it's coated both sides.

Kaoticar - the thickness is pretty much the same as previous stock and the press is set for maximum impression. It's definitely litho work Freeman.

It's wasn't UV'd or Aqueoused - is there any other sort of seal that could have been applied?

Was wondering if anyone could advise - we had postcards manufactured by a 3rd party, which we later overprint. For our latest batch we went with a new coated stock, however, it's causing major problems with overprinting, specifically weak patchy print (not to mention the fact it doesn't seem to...

Ah, ok, thanks Bill - consider it disabled then!

Hi Bill, Yes, but as mentioned I've managed to get it out-putting - would disabling the generic printer entries at this point serve any purpose? Status manager still won't run (even under compatibility mode) so it'd be nice to get that back but I'm assuming it's looking for entries in the...

Hi Vlad, Yes, as mentioned, the NT system is running 5.3. I don't think I'll go as far as upgrading the software (guessing that would be pretty expensive and it's not really necessary) - and afterall, I do have it running on XP, just minus the status manager. Was thinking about this and going...

Thanks for the reply Richard - had a little more playing about and edited the post above. I downloaded the exposure sheet from presstek site and have plates outputting at 500 exposure. The install of the software was a little haywire tbh - I've got 2 cds with seemingly different versions. The...

Was hoping someone could help me with these issues - we've got a DPM2340 but it runs off an ancient Win NT RIP (Harlequin RIP 5.3 rev 4a). I had the bright idea of trying to install the software onto a newer machine in order to network it but it's given me no-end of problems! After literally a...