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Originally Posted by MarkTonk
Fatboysmart,
Thanks for the answers! As you state, the maintenance is very little and user friendly. We have been printing alcohol free here for years and I am glad to see you are too. I think eventually this will become the norm
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Well, we have been printing alcohol free for around 7 years now, but alcohol is still the norm here in Europe. As far as I know there are just a handful of printers in Holland that print alcohol free on the 52 size (I guess that's 20 inch in the US?).
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Processless has a very low contrast so offline QC is difficult.
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The contrast is indeed lower than conventional plates, but good enough to identify you have the right plate. In my experience printers rarely check on the plate itself for errors (thats what proofs are for), and they notice an error once they start printing.
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Your dampening system will require cleaning sooner.
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True, but printing alcohol free requires replacing the water more frequently anyway, so that's not an issue for us.
Thanks for your input Mark!
