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    Suprasetter calibration for Saphira Eclipse Processless plates

    The Saphira/AGFA Eclipse plate was designed to be single use. But we do have 1-2 customers saving and reusing plates with this product. But as Magnus59 said , the time wasted cleaning, gumming and bringing the plate back with no issues. Outweighs the time and cost to reimage a fresh plate with...
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    CP85 cleaning unit makes weird noise.

    Are you using a G&J CP85 your brushes look like this: Remove one brush at a time and see if the noise gets better or worse. Swap the brush positions and see if the noise gets any better or worse. Swap the white blocks on the opposite end and see if it gets any better or worse. Then check and...
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    Polyester plates

    Most poly is AGFA Setprint or Mitsubishi SDP and is repackaged by many resellers. Mitsubishi Chemistry has to be mixed ACT(1:1) and STAB(3:1) and the AGFA Setprint Plus comes premixed. With your scratches are you using paper or poly backed plates and then what thickness plate 4-8mil. Can the...
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    Saphira Violet plate issues - fading, not taking ink, etc.

    How old is the processor? What are your replenishment rates set to? 170ml/m2 and 50ml/hr are recommended. Do you get any errors on the processor during normal operation? Have you check the grounding to the 2 stainless steel rollers in the DEV section? When is the last time you cleaned the DEV...
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    Conductivity of Fountain solution

    First you need to see where you are with your water and your current fountain solution mix ratio. Take a sample of your water source and measure the conductivity by itself. Then mix a measured gallon of your working fountain solution by hand. Use a measured gallon of water then add the...
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    AzuraTS plates coming out "dirty"

    Be sure when you run the brush scrub/adjustment you are setting it on the thinnest material you will be using. So if you run 12, 8 and 6 mil plates the scrub test should be done on the 6 mil plate. I have not seen any issues over a number of installs where it would damage any thicker plates you...
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    plate scumming

    After answering the following questions you should be pointed in the right direction: Does the problem happen just after you have (A) rebatched the processor(fresh chemistry) or (B) after a couple weeks of use? A, then it is NOT replenishment rates, try adjusting the processor settings to the...

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