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
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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?
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.
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
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.
THANKS for preserving this. I ran press for about 10 years and it is an art form. 👍👍
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
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.
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.
Excellent Video - I hope these presses are around another 50 Years -
Not sure if you were making a training video, however your detail is superb!!!
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
I can the ink from here lol. I've worked at a paper for 25 years and the smell of the place is etched into my memory.
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.
I found that trainees think they know more than been shown and think the can alter on these screens without supervision,
nice job teaching people about the press
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.
That's cool,we Got the same presses in Nyc..those are really good presses..
Jeez that press looks fancy. All we have is old junk at my work. Still I can't blame the owner seeing as printing presses are expensive.
Great training video!
Interesting. I run a KBA 162, so the differences and similarities are interesting.
KBA makes some great equipment. When I worked in Palm Springs we had 2 KBA towers adapted to a Headliner. I loved them.
Good that in this print room the plates are labeld in repo room first
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.
Was it a single wide or a double wide?
Harris N900 and 1700 all had a single large plate. These were for commercial heatset-offset, longer runs, and more expensive.
We did the same on the presses I used to run. You get the same outcome with less headache
being a sheet fed print op this is new to me as all adjustments on setup are manual.
Good advice at 39:05
Good Day, do you have a documented work instruction or SOP for your processes in the control station?
I miss printing my city's newspaper. I work in a much better printing facility now (GOV) but I'm not a printer.
So what are the chances of getting a tour as a pressman and not just general public?
Muito interessante! Queria trabalhar nesta máquina!
Thanks. She's a beast :)
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.
Wooow I will stop cutting pages in the Library if this is what they have to go through to make books.
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?
Alcohol is the best for lowering the surface tension of water!.But not many places use IPA anymore…
@@CRN8091 BINGO !!!
the miniscus of the water!
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....
Right I'm starting a new job and its big scale like this and I'm used to a quad stack (fancy 4 high) 2 plates per unit.
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.
where is this press? I am at guam and am going to des moines to work that press.
Las Vegas. That's quite a change. You looking forward to it?
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.
Mr. Brown where in Des Moines do you work? That’s where I’m at, not as a pressman.
A, B, Sun, C and D? Can you explain what Sun is?
The Sun is an independent paper that gets printed with the daily. lasvegassun.com/
also known as a hybrid where i am.
Dying trade printing, i recently left a press that i had served at for 10 years, due to the competition we were forced to close
can you explain to me how much is competitive the printing industry is?
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
Kurt Cobain I got it now, thanks
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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?
It does. I'm sorry.
Maloy7800 bummer man. I understand every word he is saying. But I've been working on web presses for 20+ years.
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.
#cmyk
seems like a lot of work for minimum wage
Uhhh...pays double that here in Alabama, with no experience.
the jogger gets minimum wage, a press operator around 30 per hour!
40 p hr here in NZ
VoltismProductions lol this type of knowledge doesn’t come at minimum wage
you clearly dont run a press big dawg
This imposition is crazy i worked on many presses none were this nutty normally we ran 4/c process k,c,m,y, low folio on the bottom up to 56 inch web