Question:  Currently we are looking at spending $20,000 on modifying an older web to be able to handle 49” rolls rather than just 40” rolls. The question is what the benefits are, is it worth it and what are the considerations?

 

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Question:  We had a major customer complaint on a digital post card. The damage in the mail was extensive. We did apply a gloss coating. Our president says we are not at fault. Is he right?

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Question:  How do I properly test for streaking and what can I do to address streaks? My pressman says it is a mechanical streak.

 

Answer:  There are many types of streak

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Question:   Some basic questions:

1.       Is solvent OK to use to clean my hands of UV ink?

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Question: A supplier recently suggested we use plastic ink knifes rather than metal ones. Is this something I should look at?

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Question:  My pressmen are telling me they have to wash blankets far more often now that we have a UV press than a conventional press. The issue seems to be outside of the paper area. There is also a buildup of cured ink on the impression cylinder that takes quite a bit of time to remove. Are there any workarounds?

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Question:  Currently on our ink shelves we have process color from six different ink companies. We have strong Magenta, sharp printing Magenta, low tack Magenta, dark Magenta, customer X Magenta, and on and on. Same thing for the other colors as well. What should we be using?

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Question:  Recently I had a long talk with my supervisor regarding measurement of dot gain and all he wants me to look at is the 50% dot. Is this right or wrong?

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Question:  We are printers of products that are sensitive to counterfeiting. The regulating body is asking us to keep exact counts on sheets. We have tried weigh counting and this is not good enough.

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Question:  We have been making some “Top of the Line” color proofs and the time and expense are significant.  What can be done? Are the ink...Read More

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Question:  We are having hot spots and what looks to be halation on our CTP plates. We recently switched plates and CTP unit and the problem arose. Can you explain why?

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Question:  We have several old, single color presses that we print what we feel are very high quality jobs. We had a person in to check our print quality and he found that the bearers are not touching on all the single color presses. Is this something I should be concerned about?

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