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Ditto ifelton's comments. You need to invest (quite heavily) in a pre-melter and PUR glue jets as the glue is pumped onto the book's spine and sides (As opposed to the EVA system whereby glue is applied via rollers. If you were to try to apply PUR glue through EVA rollers, your curing starts as...

It's not that you don't know how to do your job - it's more that you can't see the wood for all the trees. It often happens to busy people.

A good stash of Deutschmark for Bratwurst and Pilsener? :o

If the banding is in the direction of travel, you're probably looking at dirty / damaged coronas. If perpendicular to direction of travel, you need to look at the transfer belts. Very thick stock can also cause this, but clearance between stock and transfer belt can be adjusted to correct this...

OK, my 2c worth. Everybody calls me Rikkie. I started off in life as an apprentice diesel fitter (Cat earthmoving equipment), got into press engineering (don't ask how) and eventually was approached to head up an in-house print facility for the Development Bank of Southern Africa, which had then...

We solved the problem by placing a heavy magnet on top of the feed roller carrier when working with heavy coated stock. Works great!

;)During summer, my partner and I fish a lot (Black Bass and trout / yellowfish etc on fly). Come autumn (fall?) I pack the rods away and haul out my trusty rifles and become an avid hunter and reloader. Truth be known, I also hunt quite a bit during summer

URestrepo I think you're going in the right direction. You can still cut your teeth on smaller jobs, but at least you have a back-up on the bigger, more complex / critical stuff. As your in-house endeavours grow and become more ambitious, you will find that you will be wanting more equipment...

Don't forget to factor in plate cost, plate life, ink coverage and platemaker (CtP?) machinery cost and lifespan if you're going into that kind of detail. Once you've developed a formula (if indeed this is possible, without making it just as complicated as your MIS) :confused: be sure to...

Having said those nasty things about Indigo and letterheads, I have to say that it is a wonderful machine on appropriate work. Print quality on our 4 KM6500's approaches that of the Indigo, but it's really not quite there yet. The Indigo runs cheaper per click than the Bizhubs, but that's...

Be very careful of people selling the Indigo as a letterhead machine. we tried it on our 5500, but found the Indigo ink pulling off in the fuser of the printer. It's all about fusing temp in the printer which will overprint the indigo-produced letterhead. The moment that temp exceeds 150ºC...

That problem with the sheets skewing under the blade of your guillotine sounds like a dull blade.

Hi there Yoga Yes, by all means. A lot of publications, marketing material, internal committee documentation, stationery. basically just about everything an organisation with 1700 users needs to keep operating.

Maynardsayswhat makes a good point. The industry is just too diverse to point you in the right direction. What is it about print that tickles your fancy?

I run an inplant for a large Development Finance Institution, and I am often asked by our compliance guys to enter into a contract for large jobs which we outsource. I am very hesitant to do this, for the following reasons: 1) A contract generally constitutes the 'whole' agreement between the...

We use the Heidelberg (GTO) scoring wheel, left mounted on the 'L' shaped mounting arm. works great, but would be costly if you don't have a GTO standing around :D

Just goes to show how lousy service can ruin a great machine :(

Hi Rubydragon Firstly, I agree with keeping your finishing offline, if you have the facilities offline. I'm a great Océ fan, with one caveat - these machines don't enjoy standing around doing nothing - they must be kept busy to run at their best. We are currently running KM 1050's for the...

Firstly, let me make it clear that I'm a survivor from the old school. Formal and on-the-job training in press engineering, thrown into establishing an inplant and making it work. It was a wild ride at times, but great - a lifelong learning curve. Back to the point - how can one expect an art...

Hi Kiran, I guess if you're using PUR, where the glue thickness is set, you could simply calculate volume (LxHxD). With EVA, it's not going to be that easy. There are also some variables which need to be taken into consideration: 1. Are you side-glueing? 2. Spine thickness 3. Spine length 4...