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    Versant 280 Splotchy/Mottled Color on Heavy Stock

    I used to have a similar problem at our previous location. Next time this happens, try this little test which I used to use: Heat up the sheet by printing a tiny black dot on the page (outside of the print area) and then put the same sheet through again but this time with your CMYK image. I used...
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    Versant 280 Splotchy/Mottled Color on Heavy Stock

    I use a V80 so I'm not sure what the equivalent setting is on the V280 but change the paper type setting to Embossed or Cast Coated at the heaviest paper weight.
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    Konica vs Xerox?

    Just to let you know, Xerox are discontinuing the Versant 80 at the end of 2024. I think this might make it harder to get parts/consumables
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    Xerox Versant 80- Purchase?

    I queried this and have been told by our dealer that end of life for Versant 80 is end of 2024 (I'm based in North London)
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    Advice please - flaking toner when guillotining a solid edge which is face down

    This has been an ongoing problem for years which is why Xerox added the fly wheel. Slowing the machine down using the NVM method is what I do to eliminate the band lines for Cyan, Magenta and Yellow but I've been told by my Xerox engineers that there isn't a solution for eliminating the black...
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    Advice please - flaking toner when guillotining a solid edge which is face down

    I've just tried putting a 305gsm Uncoated sheet with Solid Black through the guillotine and it's come out very clean. This now leads me to thinking that as mentioned by 'tngcas' and 'TJ Printer', there is too much give in between the glued sheets. I'm going to try printed the 2 sides on thinner...
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    Advice please - flaking toner when guillotining a solid edge which is face down

    Wow!!!! I've understood all of your solutions and am going to give each one a try but I must admit, I like number 5!!!
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    Advice please - flaking toner when guillotining a solid edge which is face down

    I actually ran this job in slow mode due to the solid blue leaving CMY lines and since you mentioned it, do you know of any solution to get rid of the black banding line.
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    Advice please - flaking toner when guillotining a solid edge which is face down

    I've had a look and no it's not grain related. It looks the same on all 4 sides
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    Advice please - flaking toner when guillotining a solid edge which is face down

    Good shout!!! I've tried the silicone spray with the new blade but I might try gluing 2 printed sheets of 200gsm to a 350gsm centre sheet with a hotter fuser and slower speed. Thanks
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    Advice please - flaking toner when guillotining a solid edge which is face down

    Hi all you experts out there. I've printed a menu on my Xerox Versant 80 toner based digital press which is 2 sheets of 350gsm Silk. Both sheets have a solid blue background and they are then duplex glued back to back and after 24 hours I guillotine to A5. Front side looks excellent with nice...
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    Polar 78 Blade Change instructions

    Don't know if this helps but attached is a PDF showing knife change for my Polar 66.
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    Morgana Digifold Mk1 Error Code - rhF

    When I'm about to put some sheet through for creasing on my Morgana Digifold Mk1, I put the feed on switch down and get a message on the display with the letter 'r', this disappears very fast and then a 'h' appears this disappears very fast again and then 'F' appears but nothing else happens. I...
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    Xerox PrimeLink C9065 white toner underlay

    I've been looking into this myself and have come across the following: https://www.ghost-white-toner.com/ The SRA3 machine printed in Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and White in 1 pass. Black is made up of CMY. There is also an option for neon CMY which can be used when printing on transfer paper, ready...
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    Xerox v80/180 color tuning?

    When I have this kind of problem, I run the sheet through my V80 twice. I heat up the paper by running the sheets with a blank image and then running it again straight away with the image on.
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    Copy / Paste - getting hyphenated words

    Which software program are you talking about????????
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    Xerox Versant 180 Mystery

    I have a versant 80 this has has happened to me before. This first thing you need to understand is how a sheet of paper is turned over when printed 1 side only as either face up or face down. First pic shows you which door you need to open and the 2nd pic shows you the door for the duplexer...
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    Xerox Versant - Color shift from left to right side of print

    On the Xerox touch screen do the following: Tools > Setup & Adjustments > Density Uniformity Adjustment > Semi Auto Process using scanner. Then follow the on screen instructions
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    Short Run Carton Packaging Production & Printing

    If you're going to score/crease cartons, make sure you do some tests on different thicknesses of material. Based in the UK, I produce short run carton packaging by printing on my Xerox toner based digital press and cut & crease on my Duplo PFiBlade B3. We had a look at the Graphtec F-Mark when...

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