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    % Web Breaks?

    Hello PrintPlanet, I was wondering if any of the heatset web offset printers can provide any stats on % web breaks? Using older Butler zero speed vertical festoon splicers. Better still, how long are you down before you restart saving and how many feet did that take? Most common basis weight is...
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    Business Suite of Productivity Apps

    The world has options and choices! A good homework assignment for students is to fill out this table.
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    College Print Program Eliminated

    I'm sad to inform that Erie Community College (SUNY Erie) in Buffalo, NY has eliminated their Graphic Communications Technology program (2 year Associates Degree). For 15 years I taught their 3 levels of press lecture & labs. Prior to Covid, we had about 24 freshmen students. After Covid, we...
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    Other Names for Spot Color

    I want to show new printing students a list of other common names for SPOT color. Solid Fountain Special Custom Corporate Logo Brand Pantone PMS others.....? Order list?
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    Delta E'00 l:c:h weighting factors

    Delta E'00 allows the weights for l:c:h to be customized. What setting/condition are you using?
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    Ink Fountain Metering - Ball Movement?

    Hi Industry, educator wanting to correctly inform students (terms & definitions) about different types of press ink metering systems, mostly for sheetfed offset litho. I know some webs, like coldset newspaper are ductorless. Specifically, would like to create a list showing how global ink sweep...
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    Dutone-Screen Angles-Color Flashing

    Hi Industry, just want to share with you a lab project we did in academia. Students printed a Duotone with dot-on-dot 45/45 angles, Moire with 45 & 50 angles, and Rosette with 45 & 65 angles. Used trigonometry to calculate screen angles, arctan(rise/run). Attached is a .doc with photos and a...
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    Impo Layout Term - on-out-up?

    Regarding imposition layouts, are these 3 terms, on-out-up, synonyms? Can they be used interchangeably or do they have different meanings in different context? Steve Suffoletto
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    Types of Color Variation

    I'm developing content for a lecture for my Graphic Arts/Printing college students at Erie Community College near Buffalo, NY. Your feedback is welcome. Steve Suffoletto
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    Consecutive sheet density variation?

    Attached is a document (14 pg PDF) showing raw data analysis (Excel) and initial results from a simple test recently performed at Erie Community College (Buffalo, NY) School of Visual Communications and Technology and Graphic Arts Printing. It investigates the amount of solid black ink density...
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    Students Proofing Pantone

    Students proofing Pantone 14 base colors.

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