Digi offset question
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What is the max paper weight an Ingido (digital offset machine) supports?
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- ********0
I assume paper for all weights... maybe it supports more than paper... or I hope so.
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for a CD box for example... a cardboard box
- gramme0
Indigo presses are digital, not digital offset. Offset presses use plates to make an impression, Indigo printers do not. Digital offset presses are run without film, i.e. you can go directly from computer to plate without films having to be made.
From what I understand, Indigo presses can only run papers that are formed specifically for such a print process.
Mohawk Superfine has Indigo grades. I've printed on 100# cover, it came out great. 100# uncoated cover is thicker than coated 100#, so i'd imagine you could run a coated cover up to 120#.
- gramme speaketh the truth, all swatch books have guides to what processes the papers will work with.ian
- gramme0
Look through you swatchbooks. Mohawk, IP, Smart and many others have Indigo sheets.
- ian0
Just ask your printer.
Ive dealt with digi printers before, for some the max weight of an uncoated stock was 300gsm and coated was 350gsm. Others varied between the two. But a quick phone call to your printer will determine,
1: max weight of a stock
2: what stock they are willing to print on.Most printers are different, have different generic papers they prefer to print on and each one will have their own opinion on what paper they are willing to put through their machines.
Nothing is going to beat giving them a call and speaking to someone in production, if only to just build a relationship with them so if in the future you need a specific job done they will be willing to help you out.
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sorry, no indigo... offset digi print I need!
- you gotta talk to your printer, you can request paper but ultimately they decide what will go through their press.horton
- ian0
Hi marcelom, you should read grammes post though, its either offset OR digital. But in respect to your q, different paper stocks are suitable for different processes and some are lighter/heavier to other equivalent stocks. But the heaviest I've been able to use by a digital machine (Indigo I think) was 300gsm uncoated stock and 350gsm coated.
But what each printer will be willing to try out for you will be different. I really encourage you to talk to a printer and find out.
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Ok, thank you guys!
- johndiggity0
120 lb is the max that will go through an indigo.
- matt310
who cares