Revive offset

[Daisyhead]

Hi, we used Revive offset 120gsm as our house offset paper - no problems except the usual with offsets. We print 4/4 colour using a waterless Presstek 34DI press with IR dryer.

Recently we've had 3 jobs all on revive offset - 120, 140 and 250gsm and found that our inks wouldn't dry. One job on 120gsm we printed 1st side on a Friday. Back to it on Monday and we found that the whole lot had set off. Thinking it was us, we re-printed and the whole lot set off again all the way through the pile up to the top 5 sheets. Eventually we gave up and printed on another 120gsm offset 100% recycled and our inks dried just as we would have expected. The sheets of revive were still ink tacky (not rub off) 7 days later!

I know that Revive offset has moved its production to a new mill - has anyone else been getting these problems?

 

[Paultheprinter]

hi there,

ive always had issues with revive uncoated, set off and not drying but we used a fast setting ink and i always assumed it was incompatability betwen the two, all i could do was reduce ink weights, not the best soloution but it got us through.

Paul

 

[Daisyhead]

Hi Paul

Thanks for the comments, but Revive offset wasn't a problem before and now is. All the other offsets we use with the same inks are behaving as expected, just not this one!

Cheers John

 

[Albert Noel]

are you using any assisted drying? also, have you tried any additives to aid drying?