Print Quality Solution, Conveyor Belt Repair, Paper Story Time
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- What a great week in the print shop. I am not getting much sleep due to my kids, but I am getting a lot done in the print shop. First I hang out with my daughter for the morning while I print envelopes. I really enjoy teaching. Then I discovered the conveyor belt on my Challenge CMT 330 three knife trimmer stopped working. I suspected the motor was bad, but quickly found that a wire was broken and could easily be repaired.
Next I had problems obtaining a high quality print on some new uncoated label stock. Took a few tries but found that increasing the second transfer pressure solved the problem and we were off to the races printing labels! Thanks for watching and have a great week!
🙂You are more than the nicest Printer in America. It was nice that you had a little helper doing big things. Someone is better than no one!
Thank you!
@@justaprinter You are welcome my encouragement. Happy Printing and Happy Keyboarding!
Good kid, I'm glad you're helping your Dad 💐
Us too!
Adorable kid! Seeing the hard work and skill her Dad puts in to provide for her and the family is an important thing to instill. Work/Input = the life you want.
You are a smart man!
I was going to post that same sentiment :)
So was I! She's adorable
I am a digital printing worker from China. I really fell in love with your working environment when I saw your equipment. It is difficult to purchase a lot of equipment due to tariffs and charging standards. I really envy you! In my 15 years in the business, repair tools have never left my hands!
Yes, repairs are frequent in this business. Thanks for commenting!
That is daddy's little girl!!! Such a great dad to engage with her at the workplace.
I'll teach her how to work and have fun! :)
Your daughter is such a cutie! I'm 45, my daughter is now 16... Oh how I miss those days :) Take every chance you get to spend time and do stuff with her time flies so darn fast...
Will do! Thanks for the tip!
Hey! I love your working environment. I am from Delhi, India. We have 1x C6000, 1x C1085, 2x PRO1100, 1x Accurio6120 and more. Repairing myself half the time is passion and need both. Keep up the spirit and keep sharing more videos.
Awesome! Glad you like the videos!
I always worked as a graphic designer, and I never could enjoy of the rest of the process of my works. Now I recently started to work as graphic designer, but in a small digital press, and I'm really enjoying so much doing all kind of stuff until see the final product. Searching for light in some trouble we had I found you here in your channel sharing your experience. You rock man, now you became my idiol. So good professional. Congratulations for your lovely kid too... My idol, man.
Yes, the best designers have a full knowledge of the entire printing and finishing processes. Glad you like the channel!
Nothing like going into work on your pink wellies! 👍
Right?! She has it made!
I have just showed my 3 yo daughter your video and she says „wow this looks like us“ if she is there she always helpes me with putting paper in and out
Thats great to hear!
Back in my working days, I was a software analyst/salesman for Xerox, Danka, Ikon and PBMS. You run the type of shop that I would feel comfortable in, I really miss the old "Clicks and Clunks of the printers. Keep teaching, your good at it and I can't wait to see your Daughter running her own press! (buy her a little 10ppm HP printer and make up a small job for her)
Thats a great idea to involve the next generation, thanks!
Big ups on troubleshooting things yourself! I’m the same way. No patience to wait on a tech. If you know how your machines work, you should be able to fix most basic issues. Killer job!
Agreed! Besides, its fun to fix things yourself.
Sadie is so cute! Hope mom and baby are still doing well. Feel better soon!
She is recovering nicely. Thanks!
So mama got busy with new commer and the kido is at your disposal!!!!🥰🥰🥰🥰
You got it!
Great vid, nice to see you having help, she’s doing great as a helper, how much you paying her lol. Cheers 🥂
LOL, quiet, she doesn't know about money yet. :)
Love your videos .. seeing somebody doing the same thing as myself is great :) Also love your tips and tricks with the Konicas. (2x 6136P, 3x 3070, 1x C14000)
We also have problems with Papier here in Austria, purchasing department just orderd 10 Pallets of DIN A4 80gsm (8.3 x 11.7) what we usually don't use but its better to have something ;)
Wish you all the best and keep printing :)
Awesome! Thank you! You certainly have a similar setup to me. I'd love to hear your thoughts on the 14000.
I just tried to get 5 carton of yellow American Eagle Canary 8 1/2 x 11 and my supplier was completely out of any kinda of Canary. I was able to get it from another supplier, only bad thing the price was higher. And I just got notice from suppliers that prices are going up agian on cut sheets and envelopes. Here we go agian! Like I always tell people a printers life is full of change. Stay safe brother!
Yup, 2022 will be a year to remember!
Congrats on the new addition! I have a question, or maybe suggestion? It would be amazing if you made a video discussing how you’ve amassed your clients and built up your printing business. Just curious as a beginner printing business.
Thanks for the idea! I'll see what I can do.
Absolutely adorable
Thanks!
One more interesting Video from the best UA-cam printing chanel of the world! :)
I just saw your issues with label media. Have you ever thought about die cutting the labels yourself? Four years ago I bought an Graphtec CE6000ASF and can highly recommend it. Small machine for die cutting labels and also card stock. I gained a lot of customers with having the opportunity for die cut labels and small packaging. Maybe this is something for you, too.
As always: best greetings from Germany to you and your cute tiny trainee.
Yes, I have thought about one of those machines or even an old Kluge letterpress. It sure would be a handy machine and I know it would gain a few more jobs because people occasionally request it. I'll continue thinking about that....
I love this job. I would love to work with you.
I enjoy it too!
Dan if you print digi window envelopes do you have to use the envelope fuser? What about regular envelopes with no window? I can run either on my Oki 9650 without changing the fuser. Nice seeing the future generation of printers.
Yes, I need to use the envelope fuser for any and all envelopes.
@@justaprinter now I am glad I bought the Oki 9650 with the envelope feeder and conveyor. I got under $2k in it all including buying all new belts and rings for the feeder. Taken a few jobs to run on it to get it dialed in but running better with each job as I get used to setting it up. No special fuser to swap and it is easy to maintain.
very sweet
Thanks!
I would take the Fiery off and remove the cover and blow out all the dust in and around the pcb and cpu. Also blow out the dust from the Fiery power supply too. That should make a big difference. If not, then your Fiery Hard Drive might be on its way out. Make sure you have the Fiery System Software and do a Fiery backup.
Thanks! I'll have to try this!
Great video, nice to see the young ones helping out, what does CPM Down mean?
CPM down lowers the print speed by only feeding one sheets at a time instead of running 2-3 sheets through the print engine at a time.
CPM=Copies per minute
I have a similar KM digital press, a 2060. I can not get it to deliver #10 envelopes to the receding delivery tray. It only will use the stationary bin above it. What setting did you use to get it to work like yours? Also, we communicated earlier about the registration problem I've been having with the image shifting up and down on the paper. The servicemen and another KM representative was at my shop today. They replaced the entire mechanism that transports the paper through the imaging area and fuser. The problem persisted still. I told them it has to be a software or electrical issue since they've replaced practically every mechanical part and control board they could. Their next solution is to bring me a used 2070 and replace the entire unit. This has been going on for the past two months. It's really frustrating. Thanks again for the great videos.
My printer just allows me to print envelopes to the receding tray. You should be able to select it in the finishing options of the firey. That is frustrating about image shift. Hopefully another machine will work flawlessly.
After hearing about your paper issues as well as others including mine I wonder if we could pool together and do a paper co-op and if it would solve any paper problems for us little guys trying to complete with the buying power of the big guys buying up everything? Like to hear your thoughts on this Dan
Yes, that had crossed my mind. I figure either way, paper mills are probably currently unable to fulfill and order, but I'd still consider this. We would have alot more buying power combined!
@@justaprinter I'd love to form a co-op for paper buying power as well as consumables and parts too for the digital presses.
The bustled Fiery - maybe its CPU might be running hotter that what it's supposed to run at, which in turn causes it to thermal throttle = reducing overall system performance. Might be a good idea to clean its cooler and replace the thermal interface material. I would recommend the Noctua NT-H1. In my experience, it will last a good 5 years before you notice any performance degradation, temperature wise.
Thanks for pointing me in this direction. I am restocking thermal paste for me.
@@justaprinter I also left this comment on your newest video but for some reason, UA-cam seems to be auto-deleting it:
Dan, the thermal pad won't cut it in this case - this is usually used to thermally interface things like memory chips or VRMs to their respective heat sinks. There are some high performance graphite pads for CPUs I think, but there is absolutely zero reason to use this over a good thermal paste, like the Noctua NT-H1 that I recommended to you previously.
The bearing on the fan seems to have completely seized. You can try removing the fan and re-lubricating it but it's more hassle than it's worth. Just remove the old cooler and note the CPU model etched on the CPU IHS - EFI uses standard desktop Intel CPUs. For example, it could read something like "3570". If you google "Intel 3570", the first result is going to be from Intel's website and scrolling down a bit, it will name the socket that is uses (for this case, it is LGA1155). If you find the socket your CPU uses, just search for "LGA1xxx CPU cooler" and buy one that you will think fit in the Fiery - the mounting screws are standard, all you have to worry is the volume of actual the cooler.
If you would like to test the hard drive, you can disconnect it from the Fiery and then connect with either with a USB/SATA bridge (I think it uses 2.5" HDD - that's the smaller variant used by laptops etc, 3.5" won't work as they need more power than what a typical USB port can offer) or directly to a computer with a SATA power/data cable and check its health with a utility like CrystalDiskInfo (free) or HDDSentinel (paid).
@@orestes29 Thanks! Yes, I'll be replacing that thermal pad with the right stuff as soon as it arrives. Thanks for all this other great info too!!!!
good helper
Absolutely!
Which color profile do you use for printing colored book cover? Because inDesign files I send are in good resolution but my trade printer send me somehow blurry and pixelated color printouts...
Color profile shouldn't lower print resolution. Export a PDF for print and make sure your images are linked and at least 300 dpi for raster and 1200 dpi for vector. If you do that and they still send low quality back its their problem. You could email me your PDF and I'll look at it. justaprinterman@gmail.com
Cute kid. Youngsters learn much faster. They are receptive. All the best for your throat and health. By the way which binder is this?
Thank you! CP Bourg 3002 is the binder.
We're still struggling to get 8.5 x 11. We ordered a truck load to be delivered 3 weeks ago. It never showed up. It has been reset to next week and we are only getting a couple skids, not a truck load. What really hurts is that all our work is contract-priced per page, including paper. So when paper prices soar or we have to switch to more expensive stock, we cannot recoup the difference. In other words, we are now running work that costs us more to produce than we get paid for it. This is not sustainable.
Oh man, yes, that is a problem for sure! Hope you guys can figure something out!
Cute assistant maybe she could recommend which Konica is best for my needs.
Some day!
Hi i had just add sublimination printing to my shop expanding to t shirt cushions mugs and may more stuff to print apart for having the konica minolta both colour and black and white around, soon be buying a skycut plotter bro its expansion mode on for my shop
Thats exciting! Good luck securing work for those machines!
Hello dear hope you are fine am looking for accurioshine 101 KM have you ever worked on it if so let me know about this please...Thanks in advance
No I have not. I'm assuming its just a fuser that re-heats the prints.
@@justaprinter actually a kind of overprinting, 3D selective varnishing
I would like to expand to using commercial printers and cutters. I'm not sure where to start and want to educate myself more on the machines I'll need. Are there any websites to educate me more or someone I can contact?
There are several printing publication that you can subscribe to and read online. Besides that, keep watching my channel. :)
@@justaprinter thanks!!
Love your channel. Hope to develop a good digital printing setup. Just a question, how many years do you usually run your printers before upgrading? Thank you!
For me, I like to run the presses until there is another solution that is more cost effective. Many manufacturers will want you to replace a press in 4 years. My 1200 Pro is over 10 years old and still runs like a champ.
@@justaprinter Wow 10 years is awesome!! Unfortunately in our country, service for machines tends to get difficult once it goes past the 5 year mark.
@@powgraphicdesign7568 Same here, Konica stopped my service contract about a year ago and I've been fixing it myself. We will see how long it goes.
Good luck sir! Eagerly waiting for new episodes!
Hi, I'm from Venezuela. It's not easy to buy a photocopier here because it's very expensive. I'll start with a color Ricoh MP C2550. It is for making self-adhesive Litho labels.
According to your experience, how many impressions per day can this machine hold?
I would like a better one but it is very expensive. Of pride, the Ricoh 5100 arrives here in Venezuela, but its price is high in my country.
Greetings and many successes in your channel. Is very good. I don't know how to speak english translated with google
the old rule of thumb is to take the manufacturers rated copies per month and divide it by 4 and you'll have an idea of the true maximum amount of copies it can sustain. But even that number is not a number you want to run through it month after month. I had a Ricoh 5100, good machine but if you run 40,000 a month you can expect 3-4 service calls a month on it.
I can run about 200,000 clicks a month through a konica c3070. I'm assuming the Ricoh would be similar.
@@justaprinter okay I understand. thank you very much friend
Ive seen those controllers take an hour or more to boot up. They act goofy when they get old.
Good to know.
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Thanks!
Im interested in buying a small print shop I manage but it doest seem like a great time to invest with this paper situation. Plus it would also be cheaper to build a new business rather than buying an existing one. What's your advice for someone looking to make the next move? Thank you
Depending on how you look at it, it might be a great time to buy. If the current owner is done with the struggle you might be able to buy for a lower price. If you need to borrow money, interest rates are very low. Buying an existing business should get you a list of customers who already need print. That being said there is probably less risk in slowly starting up your own business, paying cash as you can afford it. That would be the safest way.
@@justaprinter thanks for your opinion on this! The part that worries me is that the business already comes with debt from trying to survive the pandemic. Basically if i buy
the business I buy into the debt wich is the part I don't like. Also debt is about twice the asset value.
@@djzelus With numbers like that, stay away.
My Printing Volume is around 50k pages per month which type of printer will suite my need with best print quality?
A Konica c3070 would be fine. So would any other comparable Xerox, Ricoh or Canon. Make sure you buy a printer that can be serviced in your area.
Can u please tell me about Konica Minolta c4065....I am planning to buy it....is it god machine
I don't have any experience with it, but I'm assuming its just a newer version of what I am running. I have not heard anything bad about them.
Man I’m jealous. I can’t get good help to save my life. 😀
LOL. I hear ya!
Mike! Dan said you run Ricohs? I'm considering a couple of the production devices. Would you recommend? Any watch outs? I've been talking to Heidelberg. We've had much more luck and better service through them so far.
@@laurengearhart9947 Hi Lauren. I'm very happy with Ricoh. We've been with them for about 12 years now and never had any issues. I currently run a Heidelberg Versafire EP, which is the c9200 rebranded. We get extra support from Heidelberg which is nice, but the same Ricoh techs service our machine. My only gripe I have is running envelopes because you have to open the flaps before running. Other than that, great machines, great service, easy to operate and maintain on your own. Can't complain. Let me know if you have specific questions, I'm happy to help.
@@miketheprintman that's amazing! Must be amazing machines to stick with the brand that long. Thanks so much for the input. We're looking at the exact same model. I'd love to see one run so trying to find one in central pa area here in the near future that someone's willing to let me gawk over 😊. If I think of anything I'll surely reach out! Thanks again!!
Hey Dan!
advise on the reliability of color Konica Minolta? starting from 6500.
And what can you say about 8000 ?
The 6500 is a nice starter machine. The newer 1070, 2070, 3070 are better. Stay away from the c8000, that was a bad model. It had problems with transfer and fusing.
@@justaprinter Thank you
Do you know anything about the konica km1-e?
Yes, they are great machines with very good print quality. I would love one if I have an extra million dollars! They are one of the few large format inkjet presses that will duplex.
There's where all the accent opaque went 😂
Haha, I haven't been able to order accent for months!
Buy a crimping tool at Home Depot for like 15.00 bucks.
Yes, I have one somewhere.....
If you have cash get all the materials you can so you can maintain your business.
Yes, I'm buying up whats available.
@@justaprinter Look overseas, shipping may be costly, but with the Canadian Trucker and US Truckers not being able to cross the board, it may be your only option soon. Good luck, your inventive and will find a answer. One thought - Have you ever thought about buying a used Web Laser Printer with roll feed? Some are on the market right now.
Hi sir
Hello!
@@justaprinter you from sir
FYI Glenn Beck is looking for local print shops to reprint his current book. Checkout his UA-cam video for additional information.
Yes! I had three customers contact me about that yesterday. I sent him an email, we will see what happens. :)
Thumbs up! I would have a look at that not-so-nice green outer transportbelt @ 6'35" ;)
I know. Its been bad for over a year. I'm just seeing how long it lasts. I should order one to have on hand when it fails, but I'm not even sure that belt is necessary. Time will tell, I'll be sure to tell everyone! :)