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    Offset press and ink left in the cold? Is this bad?

    A year ago I had all new rollers put on a AB Dick press. That and a bunch of oil based ink was left in a garage with no heat. Its a shack like a garage with no heat at all which can be minus 25 at times since its canada. Can this wreck the ink and rollers? Or when it thaws out will it be fine...
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    Need help with TAC in 2 color printing.

    I am going to be doing 2 color printing with a t head and the colors may come into contact a bit. I was told I need to have a higher TAC in the first color. How do I add TAC? Or is it that you don't add TAC but you instead lower it in the second color? And will this also effect a slight shade...
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    How to pantone color match spot colors on colored paper?

    How do you pantone color match spot colors on colored paper? For instance say all these spot colors are printed on a very light blue printed paper, the colors won't show up the same color as if they were on white paper which would make it easy to pantone color match. How would you go about it if...
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    Difference between positive plates and negative plates?

    Most metal plates are made with negatives of course. But can anyone with experience who has used positive metal plates burnt with positive film tell me what the differences is? Obviously its easier to proof a positive then a negative so I assume everyone would do positive plates but they don't...
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    AB dick 360 registration?

    I only want to hear from an ab dick 360 operators. Can you tell me what the regular registration gap is for an ab dick 360? For instance if I print 10,000 pages of lines or text and take that same paper and put it back through to print the same text and lines over it how much will it be off in...
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    Help... Process camera vs imagesetter

    I understand image setters are easier and process cameras are outdated. But I have a question only for people who used to use process cameras. I would really love as much feedback as possible from people who have used process cameras back in the day. Say we have a high detailed fine line black...

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