Used Offset Press Dampening System Care: Solution Parameters, Conductivity Thresholds and Wash-Device Fault Codes2026/10/12 8:15:47The dampening system is the subsystem most often underestimated by used-press buyers: the recirculator tank, the water rollers and the automatic wash-up devices never appear in impression-pressure checks, yet the moment their parameters drift or a wa...
How to Read a Used Offset Press Registration System: Detector Cleaning Cycles and Electronic Side-Lay Calibration2026/10/11 8:11:30On a used offset press, print quality checks usually stop at printing a test form and eyeballing the crosshairs. What actually decides whether every sheet lands in the same position is the front-lay and side-lay registration system at the feed end, p...
How to Read Perfecting Configurations on Used Offset Presses: Grip Rules, Hydraulic Clamping and Doubling Misregister Checks2026/10/10 10:18:53Whether a multicolor press can print both sides of the sheet in a single pass usually comes down to one option: the perfecting configuration. On the used market, a machine fitted with a reversing unit normally commands a premium over the same model i...
Bankruptcy Print Shop Assets Flood October Judicial Auctions: Reserve Price Rules, Machine Lots and Buyer Due Diligence2026/10/8 8:20:18Mid-October brings a concentrated wave of bankruptcy liquidation lots onto judicial auction platforms across China. In Yangzhou, Jiangsu, a bankruptcy batch opens on October 17: a Japanese Ryobi 920ST-4 offset press and a German Heidelberg sheet-fed ...
Lubrication System Care for Used Offset Presses: Change Intervals, Oil Grades and Alarm Thresholds2026/10/7 9:54:50On a used offset press, the lubrication system is the most honest witness. However bright the covers look, they cannot hide the real state of the oil circuits: how many oil changes were done, which oil went in, and how alarms were handled — all of it...
Roland R700 Fault-Code Diagnosis: A Field Guide to 06006, 06101, 10102 and 370342026/10/6 10:12:07When a Roland R700 refuses to move a unit, loses ink-control response, fails format setup or reports a feeder positioning fault, the code should be treated as an entry point into the control chain rather than a simple part name. A service engineer mu...
How to Read the Roller Train on a Used Heidelberg CD102/SM102: Diameters, Color Codes and Surface Materials2026/10/5 8:13:07The ink and dampening roller train is the circulatory system of a sheetfed press — and the easiest area to disguise on a used machine: rubber rollers can be reground, chrome surfaces hide scratches, and intermediate-roller aging is invisible at first...
Used Heidelberg CD102 Preset Plus Feeder Inspection: Suction Head, Tape and Non-Stop Criteria2026/10/4 8:11:29The Preset Plus enhanced feeder on a used Heidelberg CD102 is the first gate for sheet-running stability. The 2007.1 wiring diagram and the 2002 parts catalog break it into seven blocks: suction head, suction-tape module, rotary valve, lateral blower...
A Used Heidelberg SM74 in 30 Days: From Inspection to Production2026/10/3 9:20:13Last week we helped a packaging plant look at a Heidelberg SM74 — from inspection to production it took exactly 30 days. Here are the key takeaways for anyone considering a used press.Inspection day: the console showed 120 million impressions, matchi...
Used KBA Rapida 105: Buying & Inspection Guide2026/10/3 9:19:43The KBA Rapida 105 is the high-speed, highly automated representative of the B1 format — built for high-volume commercial and packaging print. Used units vary widely in condition, so focus on speed and inline configuration.Speed & output: the Rap...
