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    Huber - A little slow

    http://blog.hubergroup.com/pioneering-for-eco-friendly-fountain-solutions/ Interesting to read Huber thinks they are one of the first companies to offer an ecologically safe fountain solution in which they brought to market in 2018 Shock horror they are actually admitting butyl glycol isn’t...
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    Hi fidelity printing / micro dots

    Having an interesting discussion the other day with a friend regarding hi fidelity printing and the ability to transfer and hold micro dots from plate - blanket - substrate and what is the current limiting factors that make this process difficult for some to achieve. His thoughts were that even...
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    Some light reading for those who care

    http://www.lia.com.au/images/WaterHardness%20Part%20I%20and%20II.pdf Interesting reading for those who care. This possibly dispels the myth that if your town water is hard you need reverse osmosis or deionized water.
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    Digitally optimised paper - Xerox & others

    Interested to hear feedback from other offset printers regarding this digitally optimised paper from Xerox being used for offset printing. The powers to be have now chosen this as our house stock for all coated ranging from 130gsm up to 350 gsm gloss & silk to be used for offset printing...
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    Hyplus 100 MSDS Chemical stability listed as Unstable

    Currently looking over MSDS for a variety of ink sets and noticed that under the # 10 chemical stability & reactivity information section. Toyo Hyplus 100 says chemical stability "Unstable". Near every other ink MSDS I've seen says either "stable" or "stable under normal operating conditions"...
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    Ink manufactured in India

    Whats the go with some of the large ink companies having their ink manufactured in India? Is it the same quality product it once was when manufactured in Europe / Japan etc ? Or is it manufactured in India at a cost. Equaling shit in shit out, or do they still use high quality raw materials &...
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    Water form gear removal

    The shinohara runs the following dampening system Chrome roller in the fount water tray picks up the water Metering roller is high up on the chrome roller and meters the amount of fount that makes it through the nip Water form roller goes onto the chrome roller when water forms go onto the...
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    Ink & Consumables Sales/Technical rep's or only Sales

    The Rep's that do the rounds in this industry or are the first point of contact for the ink & consumables companies. Do you believe they should have the ability to offer both sales & technical support, or only sales with the ability to have a technical adviser within that company help solve...
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    Polyester plates

    Does anyone know if polyester plates from different manufacturers are in fact different or manufactured from the same factory, IE mitsubishi ? Also wondering if some polyester plates are better then others, i.e.. have more grain, better print latitude ? We use dotprint 2 plates which I assume...
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    Coal seam gasification

    Interesting to hear peoples thoughts on coal seam gasification. There is a real push for the use of natural gas over coal... but coal seam gas seems far from natural when you look into it. We are 5th Generation of a rural farming area with parts declared protected national parks. Many hundreds...
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    Technical paper: Ink - Fillers used in ink

    A goot technical read for those that care: http://publications.theseus.fi/bitstream/handle/10024/38070/ellila_bariumsulfate_inks.pdf?sequence=1
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    Anchor FS functions in lithography - A good read

    A good read for those that are interested Anchor The function of fountain solutions in lithography: http://www.industrycortex.com/tracking/outgoing_click/1010710735/datasheet-profile-download
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    Tips & ideas for a sustainable pressroom

    For the companies that have introduced sustainable practices in their pressroom, would you care to share some tips & ideas that others could look at implementing. If it is something that you have implemented that you believe gives you an advantage over your opposition then understandably this...
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    Hi solids ink sets

    The term high solids or 100% solids in relation to ink sets what does it mean? Is it a simple term that reflects that the ink contains zero petroleum solvent or is there more to it ? You see some ink sets that have less then 3% VOC not using the term high solids, others with less then 3% voc...
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    Fount systems cleaner's mostly water

    I know of one fount systems cleaner that is sold as a concentrate, every other MSDS for fount system cleaner's I have viewed contain water up to 90%. Come on really, is this the manufactures taking the piss or what? . Why the need to sell - ship a product which is nearly all water ? Other then...
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    Varn Natural wash

    Varn chemicals & Saphira are the same yes? Looking at the Varn Natural wash, it is listed as Varns environmental wash - Please review the TDS & MSDS. I'm a little slow, but could someone please point out environmental ingredients, and the vegetable based ingredients. TDS...
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    A small test

    Can you tell me what this means & which would be classified as the most suitable. Possibly it means jack & I've just wasted a small period of my time. Today I had eight small glass jars with lids & four different brands of fountain solution. I partly filled four jars with each concentrated...
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    Alcohol free fountain solution & IPA limits

    Always wondered what are the reasons for having an IPA % limit with most alcohol free/reduced fountain solutions. Usually it will say run IPA between 0 % - 5%. Do not exceed 5% IPA Interested to know the reasons behind this. Regards..
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    Eco marketing

    For the pressrooms that have made the move to environmental practices, do you list this in your marketing material? The only bit of eco marketing we do is the tiny SGP logo on our product.... I suggested that we could either print a DL flyer that should be despatched with every job or handed...
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    Small % dots & inks ability to transfer

    This is not a we need help thread. Perhaps the ink techs could shed some light onto this subject. An inks ability or not to hold/print a small % dot, why do some cmyk inks print incredibly small dots yet others fail to transfer. In the last 12 months we have run several ink sets on our machine...

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