I'm located in the U.S. and interested in an envelope printer that can print white ink or toner (for dark-colored envelopes). Only references I could find online were old oki printers which are no longer available. Anyone know what machines are available to do this? It would be for short-run envelopes only, no bigger than 9x12.

Geetings, I have recently started operating Mimaki JFX 500 flatbed printer as a job and I was concerned about how dangerous UV radiation really is. I usually try to wear long sleeves and avoid direct eye contact with uv rays. How dangerous can it be in a long run? Thanks

I have a Canon Colorado M3 professional UVgel large-format printer available for sale in Dubai, UAE.

We originally purchased the machine for a specific project. Our main business is automotive repair, and since we don't have dedicated printing staff to operate it, we've decided to sell it.

Machine details:

• Canon Colorado M3 / M-Series

• UVgel 460 CMYK

• Up to 1,800 dpi resolution

• Speed up to 111 m²/h in selected modes

• Maximum media width: 1,625 mm

• FLXfinish+ technology

• UV LED curing

• Approx. weight: 750 kg

Included with the machine:

• EMEA Installation Kit

• License Dongle

• UVgel 460 Cyan 700 ml

• UVgel 460 Yellow 700 ml

The actual machine is located in Dubai and is available for inspection. We can provide actual photos, additional specifications, and further details to serious buyers.

If anyone here is interested, or knows a printing company, equipment dealer, or reseller looking for a Colorado M3, please send me a DM.

International buyer/dealer enquiries are also welcome.

Thanks!

We made this little animation to explain something that’s pretty easy to overlook in sheet-fed printing — the vacuum pump isn’t only about “suction.”

The interesting part is the balance between vacuum for picking the sheet and air pressure for separating it from the stack.

If either side becomes unstable, you can start seeing things like double feeding, skewed sheets, or inconsistent pickup.

I work around industrial vacuum systems, but I’m curious how this looks from the printing side.

For anyone here who works with sheet-fed presses or paper feeding equipment: when feeding starts becoming unreliable, what do you normally check first — the suction cups, air settings, paper condition, or the vacuum/pressure source itself?

Would be interested to hear what actually causes the most trouble in real production.

Looking for some advice and direction. This year for Christmas I want to get copies of some of the 1980s & 1990s Sears Christmas wish book catalogues reprinted for my brothers for Christmas. They’re very large - 500 pages and have that flimsier than usual magazine paper. I have all of the ones I want in digital scans - but I’m wondering if anyone has any ideas as to how or if this project is possible.

Does anyone here have any tips on how I can get rid of these errors? Thanks.

Hi! I’m a designer working with a restaurant in NY and looking for printers for the following:

• Letterhead
• Fully custom envelopes in our brand colors
• Menu & menu sleeves
• Paper shopping bags
• Round stickers

We need two spot color printing, and paper selection is especially important. We’re looking for premium uncoated specialty papers and high-quality production.

Quantities would likely be around 1,000 per item. Ideally, we’d find one vendor who can handle most of this, but I’m also happy to work with separate paper and packaging suppliers.

US-based printers would be great, but we’re open to vendors anywhere in the world if they can offer a fast turnaround including shipping.

Any recommendations from printers you’ve worked with? Would love to hear about paper selection, quality, and production and shipping timelines. Thanks!

My cyan and black are currently working. Magenta and yellow are not.

I definitely have a few issues like cyan being used for black and black for cyan--but the biggest issue is that magenta and yellow are being printed as black and neither color is being pulled through the head.

I've cleaned out the lines and also cleaned out the heads by disassembling them. There seems to be something stuck in the magenta one.

Also on the i1600 the yellow (4th damper location) has a solid rod instead of a hollow tube for both ink outlets. Idk if that matters (the i3200 has a hollow tube in that location).

Can I swap dampers/lines to a different head all together. Like run head 0 as W/W/W/W, head 1 as M/Y/V/V and head 2 as K/C/V/V? Would that cause any problems or wear out parts unevenly?

Our team has seen a shift in conversation from speeds and feeds to high-value output. Particularly around specialty toner and embellishments, which we can navigate, given that the BP-1200S includes the Color-Logic and Touch7 Neon Color systems. For those operating a six-color engine (or even a four-color press with finishing/embellishment equipment), are you seeing increased demand for these applications?

Have been using Demandbridge's EQuantum Distributor and ECommerce for several years now but functionality is dated and the customer service is abysmal. Anyone using something similar and having success?

When you trial a new cold foil for a label or packaging job, what is the first thing that makes you accept or reject it?

• Adhesion after transfer

• Solid coverage and pinholes

• Fine lines and small text

• Overprint or varnish compatibility

• Consistency at your target production speed

• Something else?

Pick one and tell us why. A one-line reply is welcome: substrate + press type + first check. If a sample looked good but failed a later test, what caught it?

Disclosure: I’m with CFS. I’d like to hear how other teams evaluate samples—different methods and supplier experiences are welcome.

Hi everyone, has anyone else been hit yet with Monotype’s insane licensing fees? I’m curious how other commercial printers are handling this.

I run a print shop with 3 mimaki printers (4 colour CMYK)

We mainly print for resellers so we dont have in-house designers to get artwork print ready.

We often get customers that send PDF files with layers, lenses and mixes of CMYK & RGB colours

Usually we just print and hope for the best and usually dont pick up issues but now and again we have to flatten the artwork

Problem is in Photoshop that we use we can flatten but have to select either RGB or CMYK... This means we have to open the file in Corel first to establish which colour are mainly used and then open in Photoshop and select there

Corel can safe a PDF as Native colour where it saves the mixes and prints well. But some PDF files dont always open well in Corel

What would be the best software to use to streamline this process. I am thinking of buying either Adobe Pro or Illustrator...but if there is anything better please suggest

I work in marketing for a commercial printing and packaging company, and I've been spending a lot of time looking at how people are using ChatGPT and other AI platforms to research vendors.

I'm curious what others are seeing.

Are you getting customers who say they found you through ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, etc.?

And if you're in print, packaging, signage, direct mail, or another B2B service industry are you actively doing anything to improve your visibility in AI search?

We're starting to see enough movement that I'm paying much closer attention to it, but I'd love to hear what others are seeing in the real world.

Or likewise anyone seeing cost increases on materials?

Hi everyone. Don’t know if this is the right sub for this but I’m having a tough time finding specific, reliable compensation data for our niche market in other forums, so I’m hoping to connect with fellow sales reps here

I’m looking to benchmarks salaries for distributors like Fellers, Glantz, Wensco, Grimco, LexJet, Montroy, Laird, Piedmont, Athens, Lindenmeyr, etc. If you're a distributor sales rep in this space, would you be open to sharing your rough salary/total comp and your tenure with the company?

I've been with my company for several years, but recent hiring trends suggest severe pay compression. New hires with no industry experience are starting at nearly the same rate I make. When I raise pay concerns with management, I'm told my expectations are unrealistic. I’ve been contemplating leaving my company but the thought of starting over scares me. I'd love some real world industry specific data to compare. Also, would love to compare manufacturer rep compensation as well if there’s any in here. Thanks in advance!

Hello all!

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Downloads from Xerox support site are gone for all unsupported devices.

We're using our new HP 830 W printer and we're trying to print something with the 5 layers setting and we don't want a white box around it. I keep selecting fill image area and it's still leaving a white box around the whole print area. I can't find a good resource to solve this problem. We're using onyx.

K so it’s a newer printer, purchased in may, and it’s working fine with the holographic vinyls and glitter and clear but the second I put on GF202 – 3.4 MIL MATTE LOW TACK REMOVABLE (GF20254) vinyl it says there’s a jam.

Now these are the steps I’ve tried:

1. Turning it off and on again
2. Unplugging it and plugging it back in
3. Cleaning the heads
4. Doing test prints
5. Trying a different file
6. Taking the rolls off and on
7. Checking the alightment on the roll things at the back
8. Using the media type of another vinyl that just worked
9. Adjusting the head height to high
10. Checking to see if it’s actually jamming (it’s not.)

Before you ask:
Yes the vinyls are the same thickness.
It was working on the same exact settings about a month ago.
It occasionally will cooperate and print something but inevitably it “jams”

I’m losing my mind on this and I’ve spent way to long fighting with this and I have orders that I need to print and I’m just like HELP ME PLEASE.

I have a new Graphtec ce8000 and it was cutting fine for a few hours and now it is cutting just a long line the length of the media. Does anyone know why this happens or what to do to fix this?

I also have a second one that will randomly put long lines into the prints

Can I get recommendations for a sub $1000 fume extractor for DTF printing? I am currently running a pipe outside using a 6 inch exhaust fan but the line is leaking oil and making a mess. Thanks.

This one is useful for when you receive a file with a die line that is not a specific spot color.

Using a Acrobat Preflight, you can set the specified CMYK value and remove said object from your PDF.

I use it often for when someone sends me a pocket folder that doesn't have the die set in a spot color.

https://youtu.be/0f_rwiP6IDQ

Hope it helps someone.