Hi,
I was wondering if anybody could help me out with a issue I am having at the moment.
I have been back at work for since last Monday after 10 days off, Since then I have got a serious issue with small holes randomly appearing in solid area's. The kit i am using is the Plate rite 2055 VI attached to a IGP processor, now these holes are dotted around the plate and can be from 0.2mm to 0.8mm and they are dotted around randomly and never in the same place twice.
We have tried everything, the first thing we thought is it could be a bad batch of Fuji LP-NV plates so I tried another box and the problem is still there, then I tried another box with a different batch number still no different. I then got a Fuji engineer n and he tried a couple of things like turning up the laser power and still nothing. I have since had another engineer in to clean all the optics in the platesetter which was done and still the spots are there. Now today I have thought enough is enough im going to change plate brand to Kodak and you guessed it there still there. Now we have had Screen, Fuji and Kodak engineers in and they are seriously stumped but in the mean while we have press downstairs stood still.
I have ruled out the processor and im 99% sure this is a Plate/Platesetter issue. Before Christmas it was working fine and now its not.
Has anybody ever experienced this problem before or any ideas what it could be.
Many Thanks
Scott
I was wondering if anybody could help me out with a issue I am having at the moment.
I have been back at work for since last Monday after 10 days off, Since then I have got a serious issue with small holes randomly appearing in solid area's. The kit i am using is the Plate rite 2055 VI attached to a IGP processor, now these holes are dotted around the plate and can be from 0.2mm to 0.8mm and they are dotted around randomly and never in the same place twice.
We have tried everything, the first thing we thought is it could be a bad batch of Fuji LP-NV plates so I tried another box and the problem is still there, then I tried another box with a different batch number still no different. I then got a Fuji engineer n and he tried a couple of things like turning up the laser power and still nothing. I have since had another engineer in to clean all the optics in the platesetter which was done and still the spots are there. Now today I have thought enough is enough im going to change plate brand to Kodak and you guessed it there still there. Now we have had Screen, Fuji and Kodak engineers in and they are seriously stumped but in the mean while we have press downstairs stood still.
I have ruled out the processor and im 99% sure this is a Plate/Platesetter issue. Before Christmas it was working fine and now its not.
Has anybody ever experienced this problem before or any ideas what it could be.
Many Thanks
Scott