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Kompac Toning Issue Kompac Toning Issue Generally toning on a Kompac unit is a chemical problem. Either PH or a contamination issue, If it suddenly appears without having changed your settings. A build up of blanket wash or bad emulsified ink can cause this problem. A way of telling is too...

Drum Issue Drum Issue I agree with Luke and Easiprint's posts. We had a 5000 running about 50k - 70k per sheets per month 310gsm board mainly, and I would need to replace a drum ( mainly the yellow from memory) every 30k - 40k. I would also check the environment. If you have a CTP or Film...

Thanks Acronut, Rena contacted me within hours of the the above message being posted, and are sending samples. I think the unit has huge potential, dependant on the quality. Shows what a valuable resource this Website is.....

Elaborating Elaborating 10-15 Years ago you could purchase a 4-5 Colour Press or any Equipment for that mattter, (Heidelberg, Komori etc.) and the machine would hold its resale value reasonably well, you could almost add it to your retirement fund. Now the second hand market is flooded with...

All previous posts seem to paint a similar picture and vision of the future in printing, and after selling up in 2009 after 17 years in the Industry, I am of the same opinion. My main observation is that the GFC has speed up that rate of change. While Offset Machinery prices go through the...

Delamination off Xerox 700 Print Delamination off Xerox 700 Print Firstly the Xerox 700 uses EA Toner which has a Polymer Wax Dispersent in the Toner. It does not use Fuser Oil. ( To the best of my Knowleadge ) Xerox don't like to make it known??? but they do have available a special profile...

Rena 5 Envelope Printer Product Sellability Rena 5 Envelope Printer Product Sellability Has anyone seen the print quality of this machine? Does it produce a digital/offset quality sellable result? From everything I have read and watched on the net, it seems to be a possible QM46 2 Killer...

DC5000AP Stock Weights DC5000AP Stock Weights We had a DC5000AP for 2 years, it was a pretty reliable machine, easily capable of making decent income in a stand alone or hybrid situation like we did. ( In Australia ) We ran about 3k SRA3 Commercial 350gsm each day on the 5000AP and had no...

I am running a DC5000AP / Creo CX50 RIP ( 110,000 Clicks ) and we are starting to get intermittent sheets out of register across the sheet ( Short Scan? ). We mostly run 300gsm SRA3 board and dress all sides of our stock prior to printing and have very few jams. It's probably 1 every 100 - 200...

Digital Imaging vs Offset Imaging Digital Imaging vs Offset Imaging We run a DC 5000AP with a Creo CX50 RIP where low quality and small (size) images print muddy compared to offset plates. You have to design your work to suit digital, hi res images, slightly thicker type when reversing out of...

QM46-2 Washup QM46-2 Washup I use Varn V120 80/20 water, it washes up pretty good.

QM46-2 Rego QM46-2 Rego I run Poly Plates out of a DPX (GTO Size with a Trim and a Punch Down to 505mm x 340mm ). I have seen this also from time to time and have put it down to the heat generated within the roller system heating the blanket ( or the plates themselves ) causing a size change...

Imo Imo In Australia things are still reasonably good. Smaller companies that have a low overhead model will be fine, other companies where they have a high overhead are starting to struggle, margins are dropping to stay competitive and costs are rising so it's definitley getting tighter. We...

QM46-2 Dampaning Issue. QM46-2 Dampaning Issue. Al is correct, check all the roller settings in PU2, I would bet it is on the non opertor side as well. The damper setting should be on 1 at all times. There is a bearing on the side of the damper unit that fails due to no oil and lots of...

Registration Issues & the CED Registration Issues & the CED With regard to registration on all machines, are companies "dressing" stock on all 4 sides. We purchase our most stocks in IPS ( 910mm x 650mm ) and trim inhouse. Coming from 4 Colour offset presses we have always trimmed the stock...

Lamination Issues Lamination Issues We tested the DCX 5000 and the DCX 700 extensively and the lamination was more than acceptable. We purchased the DCX 5000AP which with the right Creo profile was noticably less glossy than the DCX 5000. initialy tested. ( Acceptable Gloss, Faster...

Mitsubishi Plate Mitsubishi Plate In Australia, Heidelberg is one of the distributors of Mitsubishi Poly Plate. Last year (around August September) the Mitsubishi Plate Material changed specification slightly, without any notification to DPX owners. ( Heidelberg are a bit of a Dinosaur in...

Poly Plate Chemical Lifespan Poly Plate Chemical Lifespan I hope I'm reading your post correctly, you have changed all the variables on the press, have you changed the chemicals in the Poly Platesetter? We have a DPX and if you don't mix up fresh chemical's and top up the replenishment...

Corel 12 Banding Issues Corel 12 Banding Issues Corel Version 12 had some issues with a number of it's features. ( Go to Untitled Document for updates ) One way around this problem is to convert the vignette to a 800dpi tif image and see if it will RIP this way. Looks low res on screen but...

Sorry to continue to drag this thread for so long.....but. We are a Commercial Offset Printer with no digital at the moment, and estimating initialy to move 60k - 90k impressions per month to digital. We are ready to purchase and have tested both the 5000AP and the 700 and have found the print...