POLY PLATE OPTION FOR HEIDELBERG PRINT MASTER

[lcrampsey]

I am looking for affordable options on a plate processor for my Heidelberg print master. Preferably poly plates or something similar. Our runs are usually small.

 

[MacTwidget]

I bought and used one of these for about 10 years. Great machine as long as you keep up on your maintenance, which isn't that bad.

 

[rcreveli]

We had an AB-Dick 2340 at a previous job, it ran from the early 2000's until it was decommissioned last year. We used it with Heidelberg, AB-Dick, Ryobi, Multi and Davidson presses. The downside is you have to deal with plate chemistry.

 

[PricelineNegotiator]

RipIt Speedsetter 300E has worked incredibly well for us. Highly recommend for impressions up to ~10,000.

Erick at Pressman's Pride refurbishes them and we've had almost zero issues since we bought ours 5+ years ago. He also sells the consumables for at a great rate.

Pressman's Pride - Chemgon, Ink, Commercial Printer Supply, Pressroom Supplies

Quality commercial pressroom supply and equipment sales and service. Used Ripit systems, parts and service. Expert Computer to Plate products and workflow. All major brands of chemicals for commercial printers. Processor parts and service. Film, Plates and chemistry, deletion and addition pens...

www.pressmanspride.com

 

[ctptech]

dpx system or dpx2 .ive got loads of users. perfect for printmaster 505 x 340 with punching.

 

[cmack]

I bought and used one of these for about 10 years. Great machine as long as you keep up on your maintenance, which isn't that bad.

FYI: You can not buy new ECO units from Mitsubishi anymore. They quit importing them from Japan.

 

[ctptech]

Mitsubishi are selling a poly ctp called the Dpx Fredia . It’s supplied brand new and with warranty.

 

[presswizard]

Does anyone know if they are any dood? Our DPX2 quit imaging on us, lasers won't fire, black plates coming-out

 

[presswizard]

good, sorry autocorrect not correct

 

[ctptech]

Does it think it’s completed the plate . Is the spinner carriage moving across the plate . It’s unusual as normally when they fail it’s a silver plate or extra long 550mm reset plate . Are there any errors ? . It’s possible it could be the laser diode on all the time. If you double click the job in the input queue and change exposure to 10 and rerun the plate is there a difference. The diode unscrews from the laser tube and is a fibre optic cable that runs to the main board . Not too expensive. Where are you located ?

 

[KJHiggins]

The company I work for used to have a DPX platemaker. We got rid of it due to lack of parts. We are now using Cron CTP. They are brilliant.

CRON : H Series All-in-One Thermal CTP