Color Printing Forum

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

Komori Printing Press Forum - Komori Lithrone, Spica, Sprint

Ryobi Printing Press Forum

KBA Printing Press Forum - KBA Genius, Performa, Rapida

MAN Roland Printing Press Forum

Mitsubishi Printing Press Forum

One color, one color + t-head, shared blanket, and true two color sheet-fed offset presses

Offset printing inks

Coated and uncoated papers for offset printing.

Discussion of UV Offset Printing Issues, Equipment, Tips & Tricks

Web-fed Offset Presses

Conventional and digital CTP platemaking

Direct Imaging Offset Printing Presses

HP Indigo ElectroInk digital presses

Xerox toner-based color laser digital press

Xerox digital production presses such as the new Color 800/1000 digital press

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.

MGI Digital Presses such as the Meteor

Other Production Digital Presses

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

Selection, configuration, setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Fiery RIPs.

Splash, CREO, OEM, software, and other RIPs

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

HP Edgeline line-inkjet digital printers (CM8060/CM8050 multifunction devices)

Riso Forcejet line-inkjet digital printers (such as the HC5500)

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

Low-cost per print digital duplicators

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

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.

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.

Introduce yourself, enjoy friendly discussion with fellow printers, and network with print professionals in adjacent markets and print industries.

Print job postings. Post press positions and temporary job availability, and print positions sought / print-industry talent available.

General discussion about running a printing business: economics, marketing, investment, and other aspects of the business-side of printing.

Discussion of internet outsourcing options and experiences. Direct advertising is not permitted unless in response to a question.

Color Printing Forum News, Announcements, and a place for suggestions for new Color Printing Forum sub-forums.

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