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  1. ashwini singh

    Specs for a 4 Color Press

    Hi Planning to go with a new 4 color press and wanted some opinions on 1)LED vs Conventional. Led apart from costs of ink seems to have the following in its favor : · Instant drying · Better color gamut · Great on uncoated and plastics Is there anything I am missing here ? 2) Display...
  2. ashwini singh

    Any solutions for a quality hard case unit with shorter quantities

    Hi We have a book printing unit in New Delhi, India . Our current problem is space and volume because of which we cannot install a big casing in machines ( even used ) as we don’t have that volume and don’t have space because we are in the middle of the city. We currently use semi automatic...
  3. ashwini singh

    Black and White Printing on Offset - never cracked this subject

    Thank You, We are doing a machine proofing to see both results i.e. CMYK and Tritone. The confusion which i know face is the tones of the Greys or Blacks used in the tritone , for instance do i use 1 black and two warm greys or do i use a black a dark grey and a lightish grey. Fingers crossed...
  4. ashwini singh

    Black and White Printing on Offset - never cracked this subject

    Hi Guys, what would be the best way to print a high quality black and white coffee table book. I know softwares and editing can go upto any extent, but i am getting CMYK edited images from the agency and not much can be done in pre press. Printing black and white in CMYK always has the magenta...
  5. ashwini singh

    6 Color UV or 7 Color UV press

    Hi, we have been planning a shift to UV printing and packaging from a conventional 4 color commercial printing unit. i recently had a visit from an printing engineer who has been recommending the 7 color UV presses which can print CMYK + RGB to produce a huge color gamut. Also that 6 color...
  6. ashwini singh

    Is it wise to consider a second hand UV press ?

    Yes you reply helps. Thank you for your thoughts, they have been most valuable. I am setting up my meeting with the seller and keep everyone posted.
  7. ashwini singh

    Is it wise to consider a second hand UV press ?

    Hi Thanks a lot for your reply. there were quite a few gaps in my understanding and this conversation gives it a good direction to start from. As for the press in talk Please find a bit more details on the machine : Preset Plus Extended Delivery X2 Non Stop delivery Anti Static Device advanced...
  8. ashwini singh

    Is it wise to consider a second hand UV press ?

    Hi All , having run a commercial printing unit , we are considering getting into commercial Uv printing and for that are considering a CD 74-6+LX-F second hand having run 8.5 million impressions. We have purchased second hand machine in the past and have succesfully run them and are considering...
  9. ashwini singh

    Sheets Warping after Online coating

    Thank You. Shall i do some experimenting with this combination of coating and water ?
  10. ashwini singh

    Sheets Warping after Online coating

    Hi, My name is Ashwini. we have been facing a lot of problems while online coating on our cd 74L. After printing the sheets tend to warp and develop waves due to which our hardbound books are not closing properly. We have seen the same jobs being printed by other printers without these waves...
  11. ashwini singh

    konica c 6000 problems with 90 gsm gloss art paper

    yes it gets stuck . the engineers are saying the machine is warming up and we cant use front and back in one go. We have to manually print one side and then changes sides. Absolutely amazed in KM's claim that they run 64 gsm - 300 gsm..
  12. ashwini singh

    konica c 6000 problems with 90 gsm gloss art paper

    Hi i am having problems running any gloss art paper below 130 gsm on my konica minolta c 6000. not even 100 gsm , the service engineer says that 130 gsm and above works. This is ridiculous as the machine states 64 gsm - 300 gsm(sales) on art paper, does anyone have any experience or input on...
  13. ashwini singh

    Gold Silver .. metallic printing techniques

    Thanks Guys, i did run into eckart print solutions , they are very expensive and i did not see a remarkable difference in its luster than offset ink. It was more metallic no doubt but not even close to foil or screen print. Running a double pass i.e. 200 % gold helped a bit , but screen...
  14. ashwini singh

    Gold Silver .. metallic printing techniques

    Hi My name is Ashwini and we have been trying to print gold and silver on jobs for a while and frankly have not been able to get even decent results. The color output is so bland and after coating the shine of these metallic colors goes. I have tried multiple inks and tried but can see only a...
  15. ashwini singh

    a good Web to Print solution presently

    Thanks again Brendt. We have a mid size offset commercial orunt house where we have 3 Heidelberg presses c74 lx = cd 102 4c = sorz. apart from adding digitial where we would like a webtoprint we would also like to extend the services to offset as well for our clients. We are looking for a...
  16. ashwini singh

    a good Web to Print solution presently

    Thanks a lot for your reply. I was looking at page flex but haven't heard from them after mutilple mails, i will look up four 51 for options. The idea is to build a complete web to print solution by next year same time which will be integrated to our offset as well as digital and all work shall...
  17. ashwini singh

    a good Web to Print solution presently

    Hi we were planning to invest in a web to print solution and have been confused with so many demos and sites that it is now all very confusing. We would like to start with a b2b store we can cater to our clients and then go to the store front option. could anyone help me with some good tried...
  18. ashwini singh

    how do i figure out what kind of dot shape to use where?

    what is the basic way to start planning jobs by just a glance that what kind of dot and screen ruling should be used. ofcourse the paper would be known to us.
  19. ashwini singh

    Post riping pdf or jpegs or tiffs

    Hi, we are recently using heidelberg ctp and workflow. We have installed a software where we take out our plots/proofs after ripping for approval where we avoid all possibilities of errors happening while ripping. All errors are recognised at the plot stage only leaving us care free that any...
  20. ashwini singh

    What course can i pursue to gain indepth knowledge of the pre-press

    Hi, I wanted to educate myself on the pre-press front and was thinking of doing a short 1-2 year course on the subject. The idea is to learn how to manage and print good images, i.e. our clients here so many times submit bad quality images which we have seen other people improve to a great...

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