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    milling of offset ink

    kind of embarrassed to ask this question after being a pressman for 40 years, but some of the things we don't talk about in my work place is THE INKS... I know some of the basic's of offset ink, but always want to learn more, could some of fellow lithographers explain why we mill our inks , what...
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    security inks

    having problem with coin reactive in.. after about 6000 sheets the back row of the plate goes blind, makes no difference if it is 6,9,12,16 up on sheet, the back row goes blind .. we are not baking or plates in an oven,( will this help)... normal blankets,0.78 bottcher, ro water with bottcher...
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    dot gain

    running man Roland 700 40 inch 6/c with tower coater. Using superior uv inks ,0.16 c1s Everest stock.. interdeck in between last printing unit and coater, then lamps at the end. basic printing pharmaceutical cartons.. on uv inks is there an average dot gain % that is universal.. I know less is...
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    backside printing,, should we concern ourselves with load temp..

    just wanting to know what the rest of the printing trade thinks of taking a temp reading on every load of backside uncoated 3 light coverage stock. running no heater on a extended delivery, small loads..
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    uv blankets

    we have hired a new pressroom manager. after using bottcher blankets that are uv and conventional friendly , he wants us to use uv blankets that are 4 years old rest them... which means he wants us to soak the canvas side of the blankets with a uv solution which will swell the blankets up and...
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    defect free pharma cartons

    been working for this company for 38 years, was sold to another company called clondakin.. same customer's same pricing, same machines , but different Q,A team. we are printing or trying to print with zero defects.. we are throwing away thousands of cartons with a flaw as small as 1mm...
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    rejuvenating used blankets has any one tryed this remarkable claim that this company

    looking into trying to let this company rejuvenate some mashed, rubber pulled out of the blanket..my question has anyone got this desperate to try this and if so what was the results..my boss says we must cut costs. so he thinks this will work.this 36 yr pressman is very skeptacle . any feed...
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    clondalkin

    has there anyone who has ever heard of a company called clondalkin..if so what is there history in the offset printing world..
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    c1s board

    can any one here answer my question on c1s 0.14up to 0.24pt board.. where do the printers in europe or other over seas countries get there stock from, and is there stock better in quaility than the usa or canada .tks kbarz
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    avt inspection

    looking for information about avt printvision/orion. this machine will inspect printed ,die cutted cartons ready to put in gluers and ship..they say defect free(color varation,hickes,reversed out copy,dry up, missing copy, etc)does anybody know of this machine it is made in the far east..any...
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    man roland packing

    heres the question ,man roland 300 7 color perfects between 1 and 2. we use the press for straight line printing. a bit of a dispute among workers as to what the press should be packed to on the blankets... been running the press for 6 years going 0.02 over beares, now we are told this should...
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    web press info

    looking to find info on alprinta web press. maximum machine speed-457/min(1500 ft/min)read where there is only 1 in north america. manufactured by muller-martini. looking for any info on this machine, good ,bad or indiffrent

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