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The Importance of Ink Troubleshooting on Press

(News | New Products)

February 29, 2024, ... operating at the wrong temperature. Ink fountains should be set to 70 degrees Fahrenheit at minimum to create effective ink transfer. Another common issue with sheetfed printing is metering roller build-up, ...

Techkon USA Offers Print Color Control System

(News | New Products)

April 19, 2014, ... increased productivity, and consistent color quality. Product comprises hardware and software components that enable both automatic presetting of the ink fountains at the start of a press run as well ...

AVT & Nilpeter Collaborate on Integrated Technology

(Controls News)

October 08, 2013, ... recent development is a CIP3 pre-setting that converts digital job files and accurately pre-sets ink fountains on the press. With the new pre-setting, startup time and materials waste reportedly can be ...

Offset Printing | UBS Sees Cold Foil Applications Grow

(Carton Box)

April 01, 2013, ... for their packaging. Next week I am printing a job where we’re splitting the ink fountains to provide two different colors giving us nine colors on the package. Each side of the box will be different. ...

Revamped EPG Website Offers Benefits

(News | New Products)

May 23, 2012, With benefits that allow printers to get quotes, calculate ROI, and search products, EPG’s new website offers an updated design and easy access to data   CENTERBROOK, CT | EPG, a supplier of integrated ...

Materials

(Magazine)

May 31, 2002, ... that inks do not clog ink fountains. Powder-free inks are offered in multiple tack ranges, are suitable for a variety of substrates, and are fully recyclable. Next Generation of Biodegradable Plastic ...

Smurfit's New KBA Offset Press Capable of 12 Color

(News | New Products)

May 19, 2002, ... capabilities, says Smurfit, the use of split fountains [on the press] allows for up to 12 colors to be printed. According to Smurfit-Stone, other features of the press include: GMI Accusort II™ ...

Envelopes Extraordinaire

(Office Products)

January 30, 2002, ...  color-control console; a scanning spectrophotometer; and closed loop adjustment on the fountains. The JobPilot system allows you to store the information and retrieve it for the next makeready and to hav ...

Automated Sortation System Boosts Customer Satisfaction

(Magazine)

November 30, 2001, ... pressroom contains a large-format, eight-color Planeta press on which the company has printed 21 colors simultaneously by splitting the ink fountains. This press also includes a unit for applying high-gloss, ...

The Need to Know Drives Pharma Labeling Market

(Magazine)

December 31, 2000, ... face with the American convenience store. This leads to some strange juxtapositions--parking lots and plazas, freeways and fountains, skyscrapers and shanties--but they're not hard to reconcile in the context ...

Shorter Turnaround Time Drives Move to CTP

(Magazine)

January 31, 2000, ... rerun, the ink fountains automatically open to the settings from the previous run. Etheridge believes that return on investment (ROI) calculations are different for every company that considers a move ...

"Partnering" helps get press up to spee

(Magazine)

November 30, 1995, ... to be working fine. However, when operators began running at a production speed of 200 fpm, the ink fountains foamed up and quickly overflowed. Viking solved the problem and got the press up to speed with ...