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Hi guys, Our 'Senior Team' have decided that we need colour management on our presses starting with our SM74 5 col. I have been trained with the Heidelberg Prinect system during my press training but our company never purchased it. So this appears to be along the same lines? Any information...

Hello everyone, We had a Heidelberg rep in recently and he quizzed me on our fount solution. Currently we use BMM 2 in 1 fount which is a 1 step fount (ran at 10-11% with good results). He told me that Heidelberg have developed their own 1 step fount which he claims can be ran at 3%. I'm just...

Hi everyone, We run a 5 col SM74 and have recently been printing a lot of scratch cards. Normally there are two ways of finishing the sheet ready for the latex. One is a UV varnish when the 4 col set has cured (24hrs). The other is using a release yellow behind the scratch off panel, this is...

Hi, I thought I would try a post to see if I can clear up a discussion/aurgument thats been ongoing on my shopfloor. I have been a Printer/Supervisor for 20 years and have ran everything from a platen (remember them!) to a brand new SM74. In this time I have used various inking and dampening...

Hi there, We have recently been approached by a rep who was singing the praises of a product called 2 in 1 fount by BMM Print. At the moment we run a 5 col SM74 using a Technotrans Beta D unit. Chemically we are using Saphira soft fount at 3% and IPA at 7.5% with a conductivity of around 1200...