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Old 01-28-2008, 11:09 PM
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I have just started working for a company running a 10 color 540SP. It has a roll converter as an addition. A very interesting press to run, I have never run anything sheetfed that would print 5 colors 2 sides before. The main drawback I have noticed so far is fit issues as all the roll stock is short grain. I will post more as I learn it's quirks.
im running one with out a roll and it still doesnt fit well (540sp) dont you love having to open all the gates after it slams down
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Old 01-29-2008, 04:26 AM
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im running one with out a roll and it still doesnt fit well (540sp) dont you love having to open all the gates after it slams down
Yep, we lovingly call it a "door party". Anything on 60# & lighter is a definite problem to fit, sheets or roll stock.
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Old 01-29-2008, 09:50 PM
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100# cvr doesnt fit with out streaching the plates. do you step the thickness of your perma packing and blanket packing if so how much or do you just use the program in prepress. hopefully that makes sense
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Old 01-30-2008, 04:38 AM
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100# cvr doesnt fit with out streaching the plates. do you step the thickness of your perma packing and blanket packing if so how much or do you just use the program in prepress. hopefully that makes sense
Anything over 70# text weight will fit pretty well, I am finding the sheet compensator is best used sparingly when trying to improve fit in the corners on the tail of the sheet. Turn it up too much & it will move the image forward in the center of the sheet, especially the magenta & yellow. We do not have the prepress program to adjust fit to compensate for sheet flair although I wish we did. I will check tomorrow to see how much we are stepping our packing & on which units. I do know our blanket packing is stepped at least 5 thousandths total between the units as we replaced a 2nd unit bottom (love those too lol) that was at 42 tonight. Replaced a top unit blanket the other night & the packing was at 37. On another note, is your sheet scanner a pain in the butt & slow as molasses?
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Old 01-30-2008, 09:30 PM
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it takes about 45 second to one minute to scan both sides of the sheet it slows down pretty bad when saving and exiting the color bar and press and ink screens. we were told to step ours like so

Plate cylinder 1 +.007 2 +.006 3 +.006 4 +.005 5 +.004

blanket cylinder 1 -.001 2 .000 3 .000 4 +.001 5 +.002

those are all over bearer
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Hey guys.

I run a 8-color speedmaster, but fed on a Komori 50" 4-color for a few years. I started drinking.

Our plant had 3 of them, and now replaced them with 4 MAN-roland 50" presses.

The Komori's printed sharp, and the dampening worked well...even while the rest of the press fell apart. We got about 10 years use from them.
doing the opposite myself, coming from a speedmaster to a lithrone thinking about taking up drinking! Big transition. How are those MAN Rolands?

From the Plastic Printer
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Old 02-22-2008, 09:14 PM
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doing the opposite myself, coming from a speedmaster to a lithrone thinking about taking up drinking! Big transition. How are those MAN Rolands?

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My co-workers really like the MAN's. I don't run one....I like a challenge .
Seems I usually have my hands full with perfecting on my 8 color. We are in the midst of testing new ink and etch/sub. and it seems printing has a few more challenges these days!

As for drinking...those fricken Komori presses got me started
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Old 02-24-2008, 04:39 PM
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My co-workers really like the MAN's. I don't run one....I like a challenge .
Seems I usually have my hands full with perfecting on my 8 color. We are in the midst of testing new ink and etch/sub. and it seems printing has a few more challenges these days!

As for drinking...those fricken Komori presses got me started
Alcohol is best used in the pressman I've found out with over 30 years in the trade.
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