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My first choice when it comes to digital toner machines is Canon. Followed closely by Konica. I WANT to like the Ricoh - I sold Ricoh and Canon production machines for a while - But the Ricoh just doesn't hold up. The Xerox, without the Fuji gear inside isn't so great these days either. Sharp...

Add coverage to the non-printing area. Either a tint or a few solid shapes in roughly the same coverage as the live area. if the work is centered on your 40" sheet, have your pre-press tech add coverage to the left and right of the art. You can keep your density lighter than usual on these areas...

Oh boy - what a tricky color that's going to be. Unfortunately I don't have it in my formula guide either. You can order a chip from pantone for not too much money - you can build a chip sheet for 22 bucks USD - but of course theres the time to wait for them to arrive. You can use the LAB values...

I've seen both in action (with more hands-on litho exp) - honestly the Gravure looks much simpler. just an ink tray, analox cylinder and the RotoG-plate cylinder. Not to say this employer's could be much different. But for the web presses we were running (label printing) it looked pretty easy...

Well, your Delta a* (Red to Green) and your Delta b* (yellow to blue) are well enough off to present a visual difference. Do you know what Delta formula the measurement device is using? I feel like you should be a Delta E of 2.5-3.5 based on those numbers. At least using delta E 2000, DE of...

Your density measurements wont be true to what the press is producing with an overprint. The press probably has a certain density target that you're looking to hit, say 1.2 for cyan (whatever the case may be) - you may be at the 1.2 , but with the overprint maybe it's measuring 1.5 - a new...

Martin is generally correct, just to add to the above in the event you're printing digitally. Your digital press maybe have a calibration process which would be similar to the linearization mentioned above (or below, i forget how the thread works). This process will measure your individual...

Would you like to share the print machines you've found? I can't really say how popular or in demand this is, or will be really. Packaging in general is seeing a lot of growth, but i cant say that applies much to short run workflows. If the devices are affordable perhaps smaller print shops and...

Modern day rendering intents do a decent job of converting. Just make sure it's set to Photographic (or Perceptual) if you're going from RGB to CMYK, and a Colorimetric Intent for CMYK to other CMYK spaces. The transfer voltage or secondary bias shouldn't change that dramatically though. It will...

At a glance, It looks like a transfer voltage issue. Just to be clear, the purple-duller looking print has the correct color? However, lacks the shine you're looking for? And both prints came out of the same machine? I'm sorry for all the questions, but you say photographic images look better...

Are These envelopes paper envelopes? or synthetic material? Is the material white? or another color? If they are any color other than white, you'll need a machine that can print a white underprint. What's your budget for a print machine? So far, your overall volume is on the low side. Unless...

You will need to manually choke the white in the file. Set your other inks to overprint. Or you can choose to spread your over printing inks.

Try shutting down both the workstation and the plate maker. Then reboot/power on the platemaker. wait several minutes and power on the workstation. as mentioned above make sure you have a static IP address set on the plate maker, and that it's not randomly drawing IP's . This sounds silly, but...

It is quite possible. Among other issues the cold might cause to the heads. However, there's no way to fully purge the print head. Removing the heads is a challenge in itself, as they're spring loaded into the nozzle assembly. Many a printer have tried to replace their own print heads, only to...

I have no idea what a snowbird is. Never heard of it. Generally speaking I'd pack the body of the Epson as it is - assuming it will be put back into use on arrival.

The image transfer belt (or roller) isn't cleaning itself properly. It could be the unit/belt itself, or the cleaning assembly that needs replacing. After a while the transfer belt (or roller, not too familiar with that machine in particular) grow coarse, holding onto toner, and unable to accept...

It's not the GMG software. I can say that much. GMG is the best product I have ever used for color mapping. Keep in mind you'll have to map your digital presses to the weakest link in the chain. Wider gamut machines will have to downsize to meet the lower ones. Also all machines much be at a...

Depends on the order I suppose. Often it's between 40 and 60 dollars US. Most of our orders these days are large enough, and consistent enough that we just include the epson if our customers want one. If you're a smaller operation, and have invested in color mapping software (GMG, EFI, Etc) - I...

3000 copies as in 3000 completed catalogs - or 3000 impressions equaling, say, 300 books? 3000 books, at 16 or so impressions a book, would be more than it can handle for sure. Plus The booklet maker is going to be quite slow for large production runs. 50 books, sure - but 150 books is going to...

I would start with the chrome rollers. De-calcify and desensitize. It's also possible that need replacing if badly damaged. If that doesn't resolve it (assuming the chrome rollers are in good shape) I would look into chemistry (start with simple pH and conductivity test) look into the mix ratio...