Press Life Preserver

3. Clean getaway

To really cut down on downtime, printers should form a very clear picture of precisely when and where they will clean inking units. As Gallus Sales Manager Bob Yates points out, many jobs solely use four-color process with an additional one or two specific PMS Colors, and these CMYK stations normally don't need to be cleaned between jobs. He states, "The specific PMS color matches are the only ones that need to be changed and cleaned up." Yates also reports several of his customers keep additional letterpress inking units handy, so a clean one can be put on press immediately, and the soiled unit can be cleaned off-line.