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Welcome to the Printing Press & Color Printer Forum
Offset printing presses
Sheet-fed process-color offset presses, 4-color, 5-color, 6-color, and more advanced press setups.
Heidelberg Printing Press Forum - Heidelberg Speedmaster, GTO, GTO-S, Printmaster, SORMZ, MO, KORS/KORD, SORDZ, KARA, TOK
KBA Printing Press Forum - KBA Genius, Performa, Rapida
Komori Printing Press Forum - Komori Lithrone, Spica, Sprint
Ryobi Printing Press Forum
True two color sheet-fed offset presses
Coated and uncoated papers for offset printing.
Web-fed Offset Presses
Conventional and digital CTP platemaking
Direct Imaging Offset Printing Presses
Liquid electroink digital presses
Indigo line inkjet digital printers
Dry-toner-based laser imaged heat-set production, larger format, and web presses.
Canon imagePRESS natural gloss digital press
Production digital dry-toner 14x20 color presses
Océ VarioPrint, ColorStream, and VarioStream digital presses
Web fed electro-photographic dry toner based imaging presses.
Xerox toner-based color laser digital press
Medium - High Volume Color Laser Machines offered under service / maintenance / supplies contracts for graphic, business, and production
Discussion specific to Canon CLC color laser copiers, Color ImageRunner and Canon ImagePress color printers.
Discussion specific to Xerox DocuColor copiers and multifunction printers
Discussion specific to Konica Minolta bizhub and co-branded multifunction color laser printers
Xante Illumina Digital Color Printers (known for printing ability on heavy stocks)
Discussion specific to Ricoh Aficio and other Ricoh color laser equipment
Discussion of other production color laser printes, copiers, and production multifunction devices.
Normal stock and specialty media to get the most out of current laser dry-toner printing processes
RIP selection, configuration, and optimization
Selection, configuration, setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Fiery RIPs.
Splash, CREO, OEM, software, and other RIPs
Retail Color Laser Printers for small-volume or specialty use not offered under service / supplies / maintenance contracts
Discussion about Xerox Phaser, Minolta QMS, HP Laserjet 5500, 9500, 8500, Canon Color ImageClass, and other color laser printers
Desktop and specialty small-format color laser printers
Line inkjet digital ink high-speed production and multifunction printers.
HP Edgeline line-inkjet digital printers (CM8060/CM8050 multifunction devices)
Giclee fine art, photographic, and short-run printing.
Roll-fed 24", 36", 44", 60" and larger wide-carriage inkjet / giclee printers
17" Wide-Carriage Inkjet / giclee printers which include both sheet cassette/tray and roll feeding capability
13" carriage and smaller inkjet / giclee printers
Photographic Dye Sublimation and gloss thermal printers
CIS systems to print larger volumes of prints at reduced cost on inkjet printers.
Photographic, fine art, and specialty coated and uncoated inkjet media
Ink based digital duplicators
Low-cost per print digital duplicators
Coating, trimming, cutting, scoring, folding, booklet-making, book-binding, mailing.
Horizontal and tower collators, booklet stitcher, folder, trimmer systems and collator-booklet maker systems (Bourg, Duplo, MBM, Plockmatic, Standard, Horizon, other)
Trifold, bifold, z-fold, barrel fold, cross fold desktop, floor, friction and air folders
Electric and hydraulic paper cutters (baum, polar, mbm, triumph, other), stack trimmers, guillotine, and specialty paper cutters
UV, Aqueous, and other gloss coating options.
Mailing procedures, equipment, and other distribution concerns.
Perfect Binding, Hard Cover Book Binding, and other Book Bindery Discussion
Post color printing and finishing equipment for sale or wanted.
Multi-color Offset Presses, Offset Press Equipment, Direct Imaging, and Digital Production Presses for sale
Trimmers, cutters, folders, scoring machines, mailing equipment, and coating equipment wanted and for sale.
Computer equipment, proofing and color profiling equipment, plate makers, direct computer to plate systems wanted and for sale.
Color copiers and production color laser printers for sale.
Medium and Large format inkjet and other shot-run large format printers and plotters for sale.
Prepress workflow, layout, graphics, computer hardware and software.
Workstation, CPU, Storage, Monitor, Network, and other computer hardware selection, configuration, troubleshooting, and optimization.
DTP, vector and raster Graphics software, and prepress software.
Color profiling , custom profiles, and software and hardware color management issues.
Color Printing Forum community and open discussion
Introduce yourself, enjoy friendly discussion with fellow printers, and network with print professionals in adjacent markets and print industries.
General discussion about running a printing business.
Discussion of internet outsourcing options and experiences. Direct advertising is not permitted unless in response to a question.
News, general discussions or questions about the Color Printing Forum itself.
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