It's been a long time since I made roller adjustments on my 9870. Seems like it's a very simple adjustment. If you take off the side covers and...
Are you referring to the impression cylinder grippers?
That's not a very heavy machine. I would use very hard oil resistant material.
Anyone know how to change the language display? Ours is stuck in German.:confused:
Yep, good one John. The first week on my new five color helper's job in 1970, the pressman sent me to the plate and stripping dept. to borrow the...
I'm pretty sure he's talking about the factory continuous dampener. That thing was a nightmare before a new rubber compound straightened out the...
As far as Kompac vs Dahlgren; Kompac is a totally automatic water application. Dahlgren requires adjustment. My shop runs both. Kompacs on two...
Landscape rules, however, there is something to be said for portrait press' ability to run less expensive cut sheet sizes... Straight from the...
I concur. Problem was it took six years to solve the problem.A lot of frustration, wasted time and paper!!!!!!!!!:mad: I now run uncoated card...
You need to get rid of it ASAP.:D Just kidding. I tried one out in 1998, but ended up getting a Ryobi 3302.
In 1970 the printing company where I worked in Atlanta had the pressroom and bindery seperated by a freight elevator. The pressroom was on the...
In the early 70's I was a helper on a Miller 38 5 color. The pressman was walking around the press by the fountain solution tanks looking for the...
Maybe slow the press speed down to give more time for the ink to set before too much weight gets on top. Anything to use less powder.
One good thing about stream feeding is the sheet reaches the headstops at a much slower speed than single sheet feeding. About AB Dicks: I have...
You probably know this...for heavy coverage: run max or almost max ink fountain roller stroke to help mill out the ink. Run the press on the slow...
That looks like a good idea, but increased plate wear might be a consideration. About 25 years ago I added oscillating rider rollers to both of...
I thought it might be interesting to hear some.:) I'll go first... While trying to get my ink strength up on an old single color Solna, I...
About pricing... A new printer came to my town and tore me up with his cheaper prices. He quoted a trade job for me and I asked, "How can you...
They sure are selling cheap on ebay. I almost bought one in 1998, but backed out because of water control problems. When the water was working...
I run blanket patches when possible(using spray mount adhesive {spray the patch away from the press to avoid a mess}). If I have to run a full...
