TimC Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Depends... did you close the deal? I ran out of Skittles and the pothead fokker ended up driving her home. They left me in a field with nothing but my raincoat and dignity. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveman_Nick Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 FYI for Savage, Twiley, et al... My company deals with print and mailing services as a brokerage on a regular basis. We do have some in house printing capabilities, but mostly we outsource. If you have a problem getting a job done, PM me. I can always try to help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyBalata Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 Typically what we do is, we print offset shells using wax free inks, and then we overprint personalized addresses, etc. on a digital printer (HP, Kodak, etc.). Unlesss the client specifies otherwise, we use paper that we know takes our toner well. But over the last 6months or so (maybe even a little longer) once these pieces hit the post office they get turned into garbage. We have tried so many different combinations of paper, ink, coatings, etc. and nothing has provided an adequate solution. This has cost us a ton of time, money, and reputation with our clients! I've talked to a few people here this morning. It doesn't sound like this is a big problem we have ran into yet. At least we're not hearing from any of our customers about any problems with things going thru the post office. When we've had problems with a piece where the ink will scuff or track going thru a laster printer or collater, we'd try the varnish route, but that sounds like it didn't work for you. The other route we've taken is to run some of this work on a UV press and have had pretty good results with that versus heatset. Not sure if this is an option for you... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twiley Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 The other route we've taken is to run some of this work on a UV press and have had pretty good results with that versus heatset. Not sure if this is an option for you... Not a bad idea at all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DemonKnight Posted May 15, 2007 Share Posted May 15, 2007 This thread sux, someone please J/K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Savage Beatings Posted May 15, 2007 Author Share Posted May 15, 2007 The other route we've taken is to run some of this work on a UV press and have had pretty good results with that versus heatset. Not sure if this is an option for you... Not a bad idea at all. Funny you mention that... our Production Manager suggested that we invest in a UV in order to address this problem, and he was very quickly shot down by one of our VP's (I'm not sure why). I tend to think that this might work as well... I guess we just need to find another way to approach/educate this guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moss6 Posted May 16, 2007 Share Posted May 16, 2007 Funny you mention that... our Production Manager suggested that we invest in a UV in order to address this problem, and he was very quickly shot down by one of our VP's (I'm not sure why). I tend to think that this might work as well... I guess we just need to find another way to approach/educate this guy. Offset UV is a heavy investment. Primarily used for long runs and heavy ink coverage. UV inks tend to run close to 3 times the cost of coldest as well. Set ups - downtime are also typically twice that of coldset. If you are using an offset press and printing coldest inks - I would be encouraging your ink manufacturer/supplier to solve your issue with different dryer densities once paper has been ruled out. It is what they live for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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