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    Buying a small offset press for home use

    Can you see this guy trying to talk his wife into letting him put this thing in the family's garage? Honestly dear, it followed me home. Can I keep it please, I'll feed and clean up after it. Please, please? huh, huh, what yah say honey. Pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ?:D
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    Buying a small offset press for home use

    Are you dreaming? Very much so my friend. Go with the high end digital machine, you'll be better of in the long run. Also, you just need to get one person in your neibourhood pissed off at you over noise or the smell and you'll have to deal with your friendly neibourhood bylaw inspector. Neather...
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    Color constant inks

    Our salesman brought in the order which asked for 4 colour process and one spot colour PMS Cool Gray # 11 on our house gloss text stock. Our ink company matched the colour and sent proofs and ink. Our salesman contacted the customer to have him sign off on the proofs, and was told to just run...
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    Color constant inks

    Too many variables involved. Also, a lot of people don't understand colour or how ink and paper can react. I had one customer who rejected a job because the colour did not match his PMS guide. We asked him to bring this copy of the guide with him for the rerun. This guy shows up with his PMS...
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    Pressroom Hours

    Bet the office people got a increase. :)
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    what would you do if you werent printing

    After 30 plus years in the printing trade, I think that if was to start over I'd go to Cooking School.
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    Toning on Heidelberg DI Classic - 3rd unit!

    I agree with nhprinter and will add this. If you have access to a Infrared Thermometer check the roller temps and the blanket cylinder temps as well in the toning unit and one other that is not toning. Your problem could be the chillers not ink.
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    Sun Chemical Ink dispenser program

    And if you believe that, I've got a bridge in Brooklyn that I'm selling. Cheap. :) Seriously, There's always a catch with Sun. I've been dealing with them on and off for 30 plus years and I only deal with them when I absolutely have no other choice. They give zero service if you run into...
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    Sun Chemical Ink dispenser program

    Yes, GSE makes dispensers for paste inks. There is an other company that makes paste ink dispensers out of Chicago called BEK Systems Inc. They manufacture cooling and dampening systems as well. I've seen one of their dispensers in operation and it worked quite well. How large of a ink batch are...
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    Sun Chemical Ink dispenser program

    I haven't heard of this program from SunChemical, but what I do know of their dispensers and software is this, their dispensers are second class to anything being offered by GSE Dispensing out of Charlotte NC. What ink system are you printing with? Water Base flexo, Solvent Base flexo or...

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