Temperature of the room your platemaker is in

[Farabomb]

I will assume that most have your platemakers in an isolated room. Maybe it's in with you in prepress, maybe a dedicated room. If you can please bring in or maybe read the thermostat in the room and give me the ambient air temperature. I'm curious since I've been having issues that only manifest when there is a major temperature swing. I walk in in the morning and it's downright cold. All the metal is cold to the touch, including the plates.

[DPSprint]

Ours is now in the main factory but it is temp controlled, 20-22degree celcius... we did used to have it in non air con area but it was never that cold luckily, more likely to suffer from too much heat than cold.
Generally they are known to operate better in temp controlled situation. Just like paper, that was always a huge issue in the old factory, paper too damp from cold usually.

[Ear]

Ours is in a controlled room too... between 70-75f all year. Platesetters and computers in general do not like wild temp and humidity swings. 

[Santa]

It can be as cold as 58 and as high as 75.  No humidity control.  Big cinder block walled room with a wall air conditioner and heating vent. They slip my meals through the bars in the windows.

[born2print]

We have climate control in prep, but it's outta control. I have to wear a puffy coat year-round. I look like Jack Nicholson at the end of The Shining.

[DigiCorn]

Ask anyone who wears glasses what it's like to go from cold outside to warm inside. That's what happens to the laser inside a platesetter.

[born2print]

What is it that you throw-away the outside, then cook the inside...
then you eat the outside and throw-away the inside?

Spoiler

Corn on the cob

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[Possum]

Our platemaker is in the room with the thermostat. It's currently 70 degrees, but it's set to 55 at night. I have to heat up the room before I can make a plate (or cool it down in the summer). Humidity control?  

Summer is even more interesting. We can't get the room cool enough that the machine doesn't beep and tell me to make it cooler.

[Ear]

Mine will give a temp warning if it hits 81 in the room. 

And Corn is right... I've had the power go out in summer and winter and have the platesetter take 2 hours because of "condensation on the lasers", which is the error it gave. And this is the west coast, FFS.... can't imagine being in a more humid region with no environment control.

[David]

ours is just outside my room, on the other side of a wall with big glass windows, 70º most days.
 :cool:

[Joe]

Controlled temp room here. Stays about 68° year round.

[Tracy]

I live in San Diego :laugh:

[Tracy]

Just Kidding, I don't really need too much heat, maybe a couple weeks in the Winter
Summer I need Air, I try not to let it get above 76

[DigiCorn]

Corn is right...

I think I found my new signature. Respect muh authoreteh!

[Ear]

Lucky ducky. It was 18 degrees f at the bus stop this morning.... it's a hazy 39 right meow.