I'm glad you made these videos to preserve the art and science that was running a press. I spent 10 years running a press. This was a nice little walk down memory lane.
50 years and 8 months and 4 days when I retired running a newspaper printing press and still love and watch the videos there's no presses that has the sound of a Goss printing press running a top speed the sound of the folder making a specific sound like a fine-tuned engine running
That is the weirdest inking system I've ever seen on a litho press.I worked an Urbanite with a micrometric roller and a straight blade ink fountain, which was odd because of the micrometric when typical offset litho will use an ink ductor and straight or segmented fountain, but they always had ink keys. Modern presses are actually getting rid or the ductor and using something very similar to the micrometric metering roller, but that newsliner looks more like a flexo ink system with a doctor blade.
I don't understand the small plate layout. We accomplished the same goal with single plates and the plate was full width of the plate cylinder and that kept the cylinder clean. The plate room was responsible for the layout of the pages on the plates.
The plates at the plant I worked at were scanned in the plateroom and the readings were loaded into the color control on the press. This was supposed to help on the makeready and startup. It was pretty good as long as everything was kept reasonably clean and calibrated.
5 years later and we still have presses for now. The plant I work at downsized from 2 webs to 3 sheetfeds but still going strong for the time being. Never being able to see the webs run, a video like this is golden. Thanks man
WoW..... i think i will stick to 8 unit or 5 unit 4 colour presses ,,2 plates per unit lmao....ribbon setup much easier ...that shit would take some getting use to....
Haha was thinking the same thing. Like could they possibly in any way make it more confusing and complicated?? Just setting up the plates for the next makeready is a big ordeal...no thanks.
The computer technology added to the press makes the operation easier to manage than doing guesswork. This is my first closeup of a newspaper production. This show is great.
Hello. Have you done a lot of Plate to Blanket, and Blanket to Blanket cylinder setting, on your press? I Did a unit on our Community tower unit today. I was just wondering if you check the settings yearly, or if a bad web wrap happens?
Originally they were scheduled to be done yearly, but we've come to the agreement that that's not necessary. We currently only check them when we feel there's an issue.
I mss this job. Making pasters, webbing up, washing blankets, checking register, but not cleaning the pits. Learned how to make water wetter! Now who can answer that?
I actually like the idea, BUT! This is for historical purposes, which means it is intended for the time when noone knows what a press is. I don't understand a word you're saying. Way too fast and way too complicated. However, I see that people below who work on similar machines understand what you're trying to say. Which leads us to the conclusion, that maybe you should rethink it for people you intend this for. Does that make sense?
actually this was very well put together and in GREAT DETAIL! If you couldn't understand I have no idea why other than you were not paying attention or need some professional services to assist with comprehension.
yes! i have worked at a double wide before as a loaner pressman when the detroit press put in the new press and have been wanting to get back to that type of press.
belgacem messaoud I can’t tell you exact figures.. but we a small company printing approximately 40 contract jobs for different parts of the uk 🇬🇧 and a bigger printing company could get ink and paper cheaper due to buying it in bulk i.e several tonnes of paper a week.. and our customers wanted to pay less for the job and we couldn’t afford to print it for less.. its the way the world is unfortunately
