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 Offset Printing Press Forum Offset printing presses | ||||
 | Sheet-fed process-color offset presses, 4-color, 5-color, 6-color, and more advanced press setups. |  | 28 | 120 |
| Heidelberg Printing Press Forum - Heidelberg Speedmaster, GTO, GTO-S, Printmaster, SORMZ, MO, KORS/KORD, SORDZ, KARA, TOK | | 24 | 108 |
| KBA Printing Press Forum - KBA Genius, Performa, Rapida | | 4 | 10 |
| Komori Printing Press Forum - Komori Lithrone, Spica, Sprint | | 14 | 73 |
| Ryobi Printing Press Forum | | 4 | 6 |
| True two color sheet-fed offset presses | | 51 | 232 |
| Coated and uncoated papers for offset printing. | | 5 | 13 |
| Web-Presses (1 Viewing) Web-fed Offset Presses | | 4 | 7 |
| Conventional and digital CTP platemaking | | 2 | 3 |
| Direct Imaging Offset Printing Presses | | 18 | 89 |
| Digital Printing Press Forum Dry-toner-based laser imaged heat-set production, larger format, and web presses. | ||||
| Canon imagePRESS natural gloss digital press | | 17 | 92 |
| Production digital dry-toner 14x20 color presses | | 6 | 18 |
| Web fed electro-photographic dry toner based imaging presses. | | 4 | 7 |
| Xerox toner-based color laser digital press | | 5 | 15 |
| Color Laser Printer & Color Copier Forum 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. | | 28 | 132 |
| Discussion specific to Xerox DocuColor copiers and multifunction printers | | 11 | 32 |
| Discussion specific to Konica Minolta bizhub and co-branded multifunction color laser printers | | 1 | 2 |
| Xante Illumina Digital Color Printers (known for printing ability on heavy stocks) | | 3 | 26 |
| Discussion specific to Ricoh Aficio and other Ricoh color laser equipment | | 1 | 4 |
| Discussion of other production color laser printes, copiers, and production multifunction devices. | | 7 | 18 |
| Normal stock and specialty media to get the most out of current laser dry-toner printing processes | | 11 | 27 |
| RIP Forum RIP selection, configuration, and optimization | ||||
| Selection, configuration, setup, maintenance, and troubleshooting of Fiery RIPs. | | 5 | 11 |
| Splash, CREO, OEM, software, and other RIPs | | 3 | 8 |
| Small Color Laser Printer Forum 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 | | 10 | 30 |
| Desktop and specialty small-format color laser printers | | 8 | 23 |
| Line Inkjet Printers Line inkjet digital ink high-speed production and multifunction printers. | ||||
| Indigo line inkjet digital printers | | 1 | 1 |
| HP Edgeline line-inkjet digital printers (CM8060/CM8050 multifunction devices) | | 5 | 13 |
| Photographic & Fine Art Printers Giclee fine art, photographic, and short-run printing. | ||||
| Roll-fed 24", 36", 44", 60" and larger wide-carriage inkjet / giclee printers | | 7 | 12 |
| 17" Wide-Carriage Inkjet / giclee printers which include both sheet cassette/tray and roll feeding capability | | 15 | 42 |
| 13" carriage and smaller inkjet / giclee printers | | 8 | 16 |
| Photographic Dye Sublimation and gloss thermal printers | | 1 | 3 |
| CIS systems to print larger volumes of prints at reduced cost on inkjet printers. | | 2 | 5 |
| Photographic, fine art, and specialty coated and uncoated inkjet media | | 4 | 12 |
| Digital Duplicator Forum Ink based digital duplicators | ||||
| Low-cost per print digital duplicators | | 2 | 6 |
| Print Finishing Forum 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) | | 12 | 23 |
| Trifold, bifold, z-fold, barrel fold, cross fold desktop, floor, friction and air folders | | 9 | 18 |
| Electric and hydraulic paper cutters (baum, polar, mbm, triumph, other), stack trimmers, guillotine, and specialty paper cutters | | 13 | 49 |
| Gloss Coatings (1 Viewing) UV, Aqueous, and other gloss coating options. | | 6 | 47 |
| Mailing procedures, equipment, and other distribution concerns. | | 1 | 3 |
| Perfect Binding, Hard Cover Book Binding, and other Book Bindery Discussion | | 2 | 6 |
| Color Printing Marketplace Post color printing and finishing equipment for sale or wanted. | ||||
| Offset & Digital Presses for sale (1 Viewing) Multi-color Offset Presses, Offset Press Equipment, Direct Imaging, and Digital Production Presses for sale | | 96 | 156 |
| Trimmers, cutters, folders, scoring machines, mailing equipment, and coating equipment wanted and for sale. | | 25 | 29 |
| Computer equipment, proofing and color profiling equipment, plate makers, direct computer to plate systems wanted and for sale. | | 6 | 10 |
| Color copiers and production color laser printers for sale. | | 5 | 8 |
| Large format inkjet and other shot-run large format printers for sale. | | 1 | 2 |
| Color Printing Workflow and Prepress Prepress workflow, layout, graphics, computer hardware and software. | ||||
| Workstation, CPU, Storage, Monitor, Network, and other computer hardware selection, configuration, troubleshooting, and optimization. | | 5 | 14 |
| DTP, vector and raster Graphics software, and prepress software. | | 6 | 17 |
| Color profiling , custom profiles, and software and hardware color management issues. | | 4 | 8 |
| Color Printing Forum 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. | | 25 | 69 |
| General discussion about running a printing business. | | 11 | 52 |
| Discussion of internet outsourcing options and experiences. Direct advertising is not permitted unless in response to a question. | | 3 | 13 |
| News, general discussions or questions about the Color Printing Forum itself. | | 4 | 8 |
| Print Wiki (2 Viewing) Collaborative Community Article Database and Print Glossary | | 82 | 83 |
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