*

Recent

« previous next »
Pages: 1 2 3 [4]   Go Down

Author Topic: How easy/difficult is it to set up a new plate size in DynaStrip?  (Read 22278 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline born2print

  • Post count: purtygood
  • Supreme Ninja
  • ***
  • Posts: 12560
  • Gender: Male
Re: How easy/difficult is it to set up a new plate size in DynaStrip?
« Reply #45 on: August 31, 2015, 03:52:02 PM »
 :lmao:
Logged
The blues is from a time when men were not supposed to cry. So they let the guitars cry for them.

Offline Fontaholic

  • What fresh hell is this??!
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 651
  • Gender: Male
Re: How easy/difficult is it to set up a new plate size in DynaStrip?
« Reply #46 on: September 01, 2015, 01:05:15 PM »
Well, the other place's printing plates arrived today -- so far, so good...

Naturally the pressman had a backhanded compliment: "Hey -- look at this! No scum buildup like on the plates you used to run..."

Asshat.

Cheers,
John the Fontaholic :drunk3:
Logged

Offline Farabomb

  • #NoLivesMatter
  • Supreme Ninja
  • ***
  • Posts: 17259
  • Gender: Male
  • Wait, what?
    • My other job
Re: How easy/difficult is it to set up a new plate size in DynaStrip?
« Reply #47 on: September 01, 2015, 01:12:24 PM »
My AGFA clean out unit does that as well when it's toward the end of the cube. The main pressman just cleans it after hanging the plate. The operator that run the press sometimes... you would think I raped his wife and threatened his life if the plate isn't perfectly clean. We yell for a bit then he goes and cleans it off after he hangs the plate.
Logged
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

Quote from: Ear date=1459965256 link=msg=278846
Quote from: Farabomb date=1459964381 link=msg=278844
It's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
I once knew a plus-sized girl and this pretty much describes teh secks. :rotf:
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
         —Benjamin Franklin
My other job

Offline Fontaholic

  • What fresh hell is this??!
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 651
  • Gender: Male
Re: How easy/difficult is it to set up a new plate size in DynaStrip?
« Reply #48 on: September 02, 2015, 11:01:17 AM »
Well, the tech's been to the new plate shop and programmed in our two plate sizes for them, so hopefully everything goes smoothly now...

:rotf:

Cheers,
John the Fontaholic :drunk3:
Logged

Offline Farabomb

  • #NoLivesMatter
  • Supreme Ninja
  • ***
  • Posts: 17259
  • Gender: Male
  • Wait, what?
    • My other job
Re: How easy/difficult is it to set up a new plate size in DynaStrip?
« Reply #49 on: September 02, 2015, 11:01:56 AM »
I'm sure it will.

You're fucked.
Logged
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

Quote from: Ear date=1459965256 link=msg=278846
Quote from: Farabomb date=1459964381 link=msg=278844
It's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
I once knew a plus-sized girl and this pretty much describes teh secks. :rotf:
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
         —Benjamin Franklin
My other job

Offline Fontaholic

  • What fresh hell is this??!
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 651
  • Gender: Male
Re: How easy/difficult is it to set up a new plate size in DynaStrip?
« Reply #50 on: September 02, 2015, 11:16:46 AM »
Quote from: Farabomb link=msg=271739 date=1441206116

I'm sure it will.

You're fucked.


I'm glad YOU'RE sure!

Guess I'd better go check the condom and lube selection in the meantime...

Cheers,
John the Fontaholic :drunk3:
Logged

Offline Farabomb

  • #NoLivesMatter
  • Supreme Ninja
  • ***
  • Posts: 17259
  • Gender: Male
  • Wait, what?
    • My other job
Re: How easy/difficult is it to set up a new plate size in DynaStrip?
« Reply #51 on: September 02, 2015, 11:51:52 AM »
Highlight the bottom of that post.  ;D
Logged
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

Quote from: Ear date=1459965256 link=msg=278846
Quote from: Farabomb date=1459964381 link=msg=278844
It's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
I once knew a plus-sized girl and this pretty much describes teh secks. :rotf:
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
         —Benjamin Franklin
My other job

Offline Fontaholic

  • What fresh hell is this??!
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 651
  • Gender: Male
Re: How easy/difficult is it to set up a new plate size in DynaStrip?
« Reply #52 on: September 02, 2015, 12:25:53 PM »
Quote from: Farabomb link=msg=271742 date=1441209112

Highlight the bottom of that post.  ;D


It's like I'm psychic or something!

(Probably "something"...)

Cheers,
John the Fontaholic :drunk3:
Logged

Offline Fontaholic

  • What fresh hell is this??!
  • Hero Member
  • *****
  • Posts: 651
  • Gender: Male
Re: How easy/difficult is it to set up a new plate size in DynaStrip?
« Reply #53 on: May 17, 2016, 12:25:27 PM »
Have I told you guys the latest?

The place that's been running our plates for us, ran out of the larger size plate we use.

Rather than order more of the correct size plate, Da Boss decides we'll just go back to using the output company's plates (which are larger and wider than the ones we use).

This means that in order to get the positioning my pressman wants, the platemaker has to be "tricked" into running our jobs on bigger/wider plates while still using the profile for our smaller plates. (Does this explanation even make sense??)

Consequently, we get plates where the artwork is approx. 1/2" to 5/8" off center, and the pressman has to trim the plates down so the artwork is centered...

Cheers,
John the Fontaholic :drunk3:
Logged

Offline Farabomb

  • #NoLivesMatter
  • Supreme Ninja
  • ***
  • Posts: 17259
  • Gender: Male
  • Wait, what?
    • My other job
Re: How easy/difficult is it to set up a new plate size in DynaStrip?
« Reply #54 on: May 17, 2016, 01:31:05 PM »
Minority engineering.

Why do it right when you can fuck it all up.
Logged
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

Quote from: Ear date=1459965256 link=msg=278846
Quote from: Farabomb date=1459964381 link=msg=278844
It's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
I once knew a plus-sized girl and this pretty much describes teh secks. :rotf:
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
         —Benjamin Franklin
My other job

Offline Joe

  • Master of Nothing
  • Administrator
  • Ninja Warlord
  • *****
  • Posts: 38188
  • Gender: Male
    • B4Print.com
Re: How easy/difficult is it to set up a new plate size in DynaStrip?
« Reply #55 on: May 17, 2016, 02:02:19 PM »
As long as it is the pressman that has to cut them down I don't see a problem with this method. :evil:
Logged
Mac OS 10.14.6 Mojave | Prinergy 8.2 | Adobe Creative Cloud 2019 | Two Luscher XPose 160 CTP units

I'm Sorry I Hurt Your Feelings When I Said You Were Stupid. I Honestly Thought You Already Knew

Offline Ear

  • Fiya wata
  • Supreme Ninja
  • ***
  • Posts: 16314
  • Gender: Male
  • Nice Marmot, Man
Re: How easy/difficult is it to set up a new plate size in DynaStrip?
« Reply #56 on: May 17, 2016, 03:30:09 PM »
I run plates for a couple of small shops and the occasional newspaper that has the platesetter die. They never have the exact same size so they end up cutting plates. i try to imposition their plate size to one corner and add trim marks so they only have to cut 2 edges. My platesetter is too big to even load a GTO plate... I have a couple of GTO shops that cut from my Heid SORKZ plate 21x24".

Once, a local paper lost their RIP for a couple days and I ran over 100 plates for their daily runs. They didn't want to mess with cutting so we told them we could use one of our paper cutters and charge them for a blade sharpening. They were okay with that, so we just reserved one cutter for plates for a couple days. Still not fun cutting metal plates on the paper cutter. Leaves some scary edges.
Logged
"... profile says he's a seven-foot tall ex-basketball pro, Hindu guru drag queen alien." ~Jet Black
Pages: 1 2 3 [4]   Go Up
« previous next »