Used Offset Press Buying Guide: Matching Sheet Size to Your Job Mix2026/9/26 8:12:55When buying a used offset press, most buyers grill the seller about brand and unit count first and leave sheet size for last. That is backwards: format drives the purchase price, the floor plan and the jobs you can accept — within the same era, a 40-...
Web Offset Presses Leave Newspaper Plants: Where Second-hand Printing Equipment Money Flows Next2026/9/25 8:08:14China Newspaper Association's latest survey of 128 newspaper printing units puts 2025 print volume at 32.669 billion standard folios, down 5.76% year on year. The squeeze has reached the equipment market: the Dalian Property Exchange shows a package ...
Used Offset Press Preventive Maintenance: Four Daily-to-Annual Service Windows2026/9/24 8:18:33Used offset presses need a fixed preventive maintenance schedule because prior usage and service history are often unclear. The Heidelberg CD102/SM102 cycle is divided into five tiers: daily, weekly, monthly, semi-annual and annual; the Roland R700 s...
Used Heidelberg Speedmaster: Testing the CPC Ink Remote Control System Before You Buy2026/9/23 9:28:17Nine of ten buyers inspecting a used Heidelberg Speedmaster SM102 or CD102 crawl into the cylinders to read the lines and rock the gears for sound, then wave off the CPC ink remote control — the very thing that decides how fast the press gets up to c...
Used Press Documentation Check: Dating a Machine by Wiring-Diagram Revisions2026/9/22 17:09:05On the used press market the price is negotiable; the machine year is not. The most reliable physical evidence of a press real vintage is rarely the nameplate, but the original documentation set that shipped with the machine. Wiring-diagram revision ...
Used Press Budgeting Guide: Six Hidden Costs Beyond the Asking Price2026/9/22 8:07:18Many printers buying a used press watch only the asking price, yet the landed cost typically runs 20 to 40 percent higher, and it is after installation that budgets come under strain. Before signing, add these six hidden costs to the budget.Transport...
September 2026 Used Press Market Watch: Scarce Quality Machines and the Green Transition2026/9/21 8:04:34In September 2026 the domestic used printing press market continued to heat up, but supply and demand are clearly diverging. Industry statistics put 2025 domestic used press turnover above RMB 8 billion, with Heidelberg machines accounting for more t...
Used Offset Press Blanket Ageing: Ghosting, Barring and Dot Reproduction Signals2026/9/20 8:04:12The blanket is the transfer medium that touches plate, sheet and ink directly, the third printing surface of offset. China blanket market value is expected to pass RMB 4.5 billion in 2026 with compound growth of 6 to 8 percent a year, and uneven cons...
Used Offset Press Pneumatic Checks: Compressor Valves and Feeder Fault Self-Inspection2026/9/19 8:03:29Anyone who has taken on a used offset press knows that pneumatic faults account for roughly 15 to 20 percent of day-to-day repair calls. Feeders that speed up and slow down, untidy delivery stacks and frequent double sheets often trace back not to me...
H2 2026 Used Printing Equipment Buying Guide: Five Core Inspection Checklists2026/9/12 8:02:46In the first half of 2026 the Chinese used printing equipment market reached RMB 8.23 billion, up 11.7 percent year on year and well above the 6.4 percent growth of the wider printing equipment market. With RMB 200 billion of ultra-long special gover...
