Can the plockmatic 350-M be run if i do not have a ricoh copier to attach it to?

[Rick]

Got a Plockmatic 350-m on auction. the video showed it binding with manual hand feeding but I can't get it to run and a techie says it is an inline machine.
The brochure says it can bind by hand while the copier is running other jobs but i want to bind off line.
Can it be done and what do i need to do to accomplish this?

 

[rcreveli]

We had one attached 350/500 attached to our 7110. We ran it with the machine powered off without a problem.

 

[Rick]

yes but we do not have a mahcine to connect it to. it currently will not stitch when we feed. did you ever run it detached form the ricoh?

 

[Ynot_UK]

The brochure isn’t clear on this point, it says you can hand feed collated sets whilst the Ricoh is running a different job at the same time. However that indicates the Ricoh is present.

Before we bought a Duplo booklet maker, whilst looking at various options, I would often see quite high spec “inline” booklet makers offered for sale very cheaply compared to their offline counterparts. I envisaged this was because the limitation was the manual feeding and we ended up buying a new machine in the end.

 

[SoggyWinter]

Page 12 of this operator's manual indicates that you need to turn stapling on

http://rfg-esource.ricoh-usa.com/oracle/groups/public/documents/service_manuals/rfg065023.pdf

Consider searching for a service tech manual or reaching out to a bindery equipment repair company and paying them a consulting fee to help you out.

 

[SoggyWinter]

The brochure isn’t clear on this point, it says you can hand feed collated sets whilst the Ricoh is running a different job at the same time. However that indicates the Ricoh is present.

Before we bought a Duplo booklet maker, whilst looking at various options, I would often see quite high spec “inline” booklet makers offered for sale very cheaply compared to their offline counterparts. I envisaged this was because the limitation was the manual feeding and we ended up buying a new machine in the end.

I think inline machines either need a bridge unit to connect to a digital press or a feeder to make it a full offline machine, so their usefulness is marginal, hence the lower price than an offline machine. There may be other limitations with inline booklet makers like software configs, sensors, etc compared with offline machines.

 

[gregbatch]

You don't have to manually feed sets into the machine. You run the precollated job from the top feeder. Set-up is in the control panel. You tell it how many sheets are in a set and it pulls that many sheets and binds them. Once you know how many sets fit in the feeder, you can break the job into lifts to speed things up.

Go to TOOLS (the little wrench and screwdriver symbol) from the main screen. That takes you to GENERAL SYSTEM SETTINGS > SHEET FEEDER

Set the sheet count, press start. It will count the books produced. Hit stop when you are done.

 

[gregbatch]

You also may want to contact Morgana-Plockmatic. The Morgana offline systems are Plocks with feeders. See if their VFX feeder can be used with your Plock.

VFX Feeder - Offline

plockmaticgroup.com

 

[kdw75]

You don't have to manually feed sets into the machine. You run the precollated job from the top feeder. Set-up is in the control panel. You tell it how many sheets are in a set and it pulls that many sheets and binds them. Once you know how many sets fit in the feeder, you can break the job into lifts to speed things up.

Go to TOOLS (the little wrench and screwdriver symbol) from the main screen. That takes you to GENERAL SYSTEM SETTINGS > SHEET FEEDER

Set the sheet count, press start. It will count the books produced. Hit stop when you are done.

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I am ashamed to say I never new you could do that. Quite a few times we have had pre-colated books run offset that we had one of our bindery people stand there and hand feed.

Thank you!

 

[rcreveli]

You don't have to manually feed sets into the machine. You run the precollated job from the top feeder. Set-up is in the control panel. You tell it how many sheets are in a set and it pulls that many sheets and binds them. Once you know how many sets fit in the feeder, you can break the job into lifts to speed things up.

Go to TOOLS (the little wrench and screwdriver symbol) from the main screen. That takes you to GENERAL SYSTEM SETTINGS > SHEET FEEDER

Set the sheet count, press start. It will count the books produced. Hit stop when you are done

This is a great feature, when it works. When the rollers on the cover inserter start wearing you'll get constant jams.

 

[LPD Joe]

Got a Plockmatic 350-m on auction. the video showed it binding with manual hand feeding but I can't get it to run and a techie says it is an inline machine.
The brochure says it can bind by hand while the copier is running other jobs but i want to bind off line.
Can it be done and what do i need to do to accomplish this?

We have one, with the 2 feed drawers, we expressly bought it and had it configured for stand-alone use.

 

[Shawnd]

We have one, with the 2 feed drawers, we expressly bought it and had it configured for stand-alone use.

Meaning you had a Ricoh tech come in and disable the need for it to be hooked up to a printer?

 

[LPD Joe]

We bought is as stand-alone. And, I apologize it is a PBM (plock book maker) 5050. with Morgana VFX Vaccuum Feeder, which has 2 drawers.

 

[LPD Joe]

It also has a square-edger