How fast do you run?

Do you guys run your presses at or near full speed? I never have
with older equipment and the last shop I was at we never ran an
SM-74-6 over about 11.

I get on a good run and will get up to 14ish. Kinda scary but it goes
well. Of course water catches up to me and I have to juice the hell
out of it and/or stop and wipe down the meters.

What do you think of running near full speed?

 

Depends on the job and the press... on the 9985 (3302)... he runs 6000 - 7000 for quality.... 10000 (max) for a low coverage, not too important registration job....

 

On coated paper -speed not less than 12.On UV press about 10.

 

We run A komori LS 29 six color with chamber coater 90 % of our jobs are full coverage with coating , coated 1 side sheet and we run 15.000 sheets per hour always .

 

That sounds about like my press, Glenn, chamber coater and all. Good to see someone else is running fast...

 

run my little qm-46 at full speed for 90% of the jobs I do....I run mostly envelopes these days ..and even those are starting to go on the digital press.....

 

I run my GTO52-2 at about 5000 sph. Faster run causes minor sheets misregistration. It is very slow press for today's standards. Print quality is comparable to hi-tech presses, but makeready and print speed is way to low. I need to replace this press with modern 4-colour one - as soon as there will be ready new building for my shop.

 

It depends on who's chasing me.

 

LMAO jetscreamer! Couldn't agree more.
I run plastic exclusively...mostly very short runs. So I poke along at 7 to 8 grand. Generally run 14 to 20 jobs a day. Keeps the bindery buried...which is always my goal.