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HP has given us a loaner HP 5600 until all of the issues are worked out on our 10000. I cant do impositions with smart stream because it creates .impp files instead of .imp. I downloaded imp creator and can create the imposition files and save them on the 5600 but they wont come up on the ticket...

I created a base template to use for various impositions that we use. I call this test. What I notice is when i click on imposition template and insert my file that I created in smart stream all my settings go away. Settings like slug line, slug line placement and content, auto gutters and...

Our Indigo DFE is in a different room then the machine. We are using a virtual computer to emulate the DFE. My question is in the vitual computer can you down load acrobat reader and use it? This whole system is kind of awkward and we dont want to mess it up by trying to do something that...

I have just taken a new postion with a company here in Minnesota to run an HP 10000. The drop 3 upgrades were just finished a couple of weeks ago. I have a background with HP5500,3050 and 2000. My understanding of this machine is that it is so unlike other Indigos that previous experience is...

I am not sure where to post it so I am putting it here feeling that more people in this area are familiar with a densitometer. Just curious when you do a full calibration what do you use for the black patch. Normally we would only use the white but it asked if our optics changed when trying to...

I have noticed a ghosting problem on the main unit of my quick master. I am guessing it is a latent image from one of my rollers but am unable to find anything wrong with my stripes. Form rollers are only about 6 months old and the transfers and ductor are about 2 years old. The symptom on my...

I have been working with Indigos as a production manager for 10 years. I am familiar with the Indigo 2000,3050 and now the 5500. Our main operator left a week ago and I am currently the new operator of this machine. Indigo says that a color build of over 260 percent is bad and it will scratch...

Formerly we were a small offset and digital print shop of about 25 people doing about 3 million dollars a year. We currently acquired another printing facility and now we are 85 employees including 40 inch offset down to duplicator and digital (Indigo 5500) and wide format and are now doing...

This has been ongoing for the last year but has gotten much worse in the last month. Usually I notice it when I try to scew the unit two plate and I hear a hiss and I lose all my air pressure (guage drops to zero) I have to close the piston that allows me to scew the plate and wait for the...

I am running a SM52 5 color with coater. Regular conventional screening at 175 I have minimal dot gain mainly in the black unit. I am running KCMY units 2 thru 5. We use a hybrid screening called Specta and this is run at 300 dpi. I gain heavily on the Black Specta unit (unit 2) where a 75...

About a year ago we had a G7 master come to our facility to do the certification process. I am a press operator so I dont want to get too technical so here is my issue. About two months ago our main press operator left (SM52 2006 with pre inking software) and did the re certification for our...

We are looking at buying a used press and have found this machine to be for sale. I am curious if anyone here is familiar with it. Is it good is it bad. The machine is 6 color with an anilox coater and has ink temp control with a sheet scanner. My biggest worry is with Man Roland bankruptcy...

I have had an ongoing issue with this press for over 5 years. The 3/2 vacuum valve gets dirty after about 10000 impressions and I have to take it apart and clean it with a rag then re grease. The worst stock for this is 60 lb grain short. There is black residue around the rubber gaskets...

Anybody have numbers for rollers for this press. I had bottcher do them for me 5 years ago and the ink forms were fine but they do not sell the correct water forms. They had to sell me the outer roller and I had to tear apart my old cores and use the internal parts and it was not pretty. This...

We are going through G7 training. The trainers Xrite 528 has the Delta E settings under color instead of match and want to set ours the same way. By doing this we will not have actual LAB values but delta E values for L, A and B. Their thinking is nobody in North America uses LAB. I am...

We may be getting an older Astro for our Quick master. I am curious what you do to the side guides on the press. I am guessing you have to open them all the way on the feeder to fit the feeder but then the delivery joggers are all the way out. Is there a trick to this or is the way to Jury Rig...

We have a 2004 SM 52. Some of our jobs have a very low amount of ink to print and I find it difficult to maintain ink densities. We have multiple options 1 Short ink train 2 full ink train 3 integrated water 4 segregated water Will using the short ink train and having the water segregated...

I have a QM46/2. On printing unit 1( above the delivery) the tail of the plate will not clamp down all the time. I have adjusted the loading spring to 10 mil. It appears there is something else out of alignment. any help would be appreciated. I have a 40 plate change job to run tomorrow and...

We just got in 10000 cougar smooth #10 white regular windows and noticed they had Neenah labels on the cartons and boxes. Is Domtar taking over the world?

I have an 11 year old Quick master that is having problems with the feeder. Sometimes it will quit rising and not achieve the pre set height so I do not get a flashing production light. I usually have to lower it about a 1/4 inch then it will go to the correct height. I mainly notice it when...