Learning to operate a printing press is not an easy job. I had ordered my metal plates with my business card design which has three colours of gold, black and royal purple. There is also an embossing plate of the Pritee Penee 'P' logo. I was ready to print, or so I thought I was. |
| The platen jammed shut |
As you can see it is jammed shut after I was trying to run the impression. The impression helps run the rollers that moves the foil. I had put the impression on the highest setting of 25 and had the platen close to shut. when I turned on the machine the platen clunked and totally locked up. Nothing I could do would budge the impression or the platen. Eventually I had to ask my hubby to use his muscles to jiggle and push the flywheel. He has a brilliant mind understanding machinery. This information was found on a brilliant site called Briar Press.
So what did I actually learn from this.
- Don't put the impression on the highest possible number just because you think that is best.
- Don't pull the impression handle, have a closed platen and then start the machine.
- Trouble shoot with someone else before you throw your hands up! The web, ex-printers and engineers are a great resource.
My Heidelberg GTP is unusual. It only foils, diecuts and embosses and doesn't use ink. It's known as a special cutter and creaser.
So even the impression handle does not have a red ball or black ball on the end of it like other Heidelberg Windmills.It is very hard to find information but hopefully as I learn I can help someone who
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| Impression handle on GTP |
Next step is to get the foil to print onto card or paper.
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