Yeah I agree that the sweep's way to high and as a consequence he's chasing the ink with the water until he has an emulsified mess in the train....
A loose blanket will do it as well. Tighten them to specs with a torque-wrench.
If you have more than one unit you might try printing a 40% screen on the first unit and the solid on the second. And brand new blankets hide...
Ever send a new feeder operator to go get some half-tone dots from prep? Or send him toward another press with a styrofoam cup full of MRC? The...
This is an expensive debacle waiting to happen IMHO. Have the artist pick a pantone color and do a fifth color.
Yeah I remember putz pomade....haven't used it in years. Good suggestion. I'd forgotten all about it. I remember that the unit will wear out...
Thanks for the reply Lucky I'll give it a shot.
We "tried" some new varnish. You can probably guess the rest. My 4th unit is now a scabby nightmare of dried, cheap-*** varnish - chemically...
Trust me.....re-using plates is a silly idea. The time it takes to get a gummed plate (especially an old one) to even ink up is more than the cost...
Thanks Luke, I'll talk to the ink company and give it a shot. How does the gloss varnish dry?
Thanks for the replies!!! OK, from what I've read : Alcohol makes it worse. No problem there, we haven't been able to run alcohol and Rosos in...
spike....thanks for the reply. I already reduce the varnish, that's just good practice. I've found you can run less and less is better. As for...
IMHO it's kind of dumb to mix that much ink. You've got to buy the base colors anyway, so why not have the ink company mix it for you? You also...
I run alot of solids with full varnish on ten-point C1S- sometimes short grained- cheap-assed stock. When it dries it distorts and curls up into a...
