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    What can you tell me about Monigraf ink systems?

    We have an opportunity to purchase some additional units for one of our web presses that are equipped with Monigraf ink keys. We're a Perretta shop front to back, so I don't have much background on Monigraf. What is the consensus (or is there one) about which one is better and which one I should...
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    Matchprint Virtual 5.2 vs. Snow Leopard?

    I recently installed Matchprint Virtual v 5.2 at a customer's site. They are running it on a dual Xeon processor Intel Mac Pro with system 10.6 (Snow Leopard). The software installed fine, and the calibration was successful. When I opened a page in Smart Review to demonstrate, however, in red...
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    Varnish Film Thickness

    I am trying to document a procedure to ensure that we are applying enough varnish to our sheetfed press sheets. It is based on using a Starrett ink-film thickness gauge and reading the results. The gauge goes from 0 to 2 thousandths of an inch. What should I be shooting for? -OR- Is there a...
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    Ink tacks for 38# SC-A Paper

    We print a bi-weekly publication on a heat-set web on Verso 38# SC-A stock. The ink-set we use now on this stock is a 9.5 uni-tack series from Alden & Ott. It seems to work OK, but we have problems picking now and then, specifically in the Black. We have another series of Black ink with a tack...
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    Spinflow 100 paper feed problem

    I am using a Spinflow 1000 (HP 1050C+ chassis) for two-sided imposition proofing. It has developed a bad habit over the last couple of weeks of dropping the lead edge of the roll out right before a proof begins to print. Once we reload the roll, the front side prints, it flips, and the back side...

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