Another Printer Made a Mistake, Tips About Proper Book Making, Selecting Correct Paper

Paper grain direction is a big part of bound or folded products. Some people cannot seem to get it right. Example of how not to bind a book. I see this often and its not good!
Almost made it to 300,000 clicks on the new Konica Minolta C3070 Accuriopress before needing new drums and corona wires. I'm happy.
Also diagnosing and repairing an RJ-45 Ethernet connection. Crimp on a new connector and we are back in business. Another day as a print shop business owner.

[@tfmmacedo1569]

Do u have to do everything?

[@justaprinter]

No, the machines do most of the work. :)

[@AdventuresOutdoors]

Just A Printer 🤣

[@jamesross9452]

YOU ARE A AWESOME PERSON, PRINTER AND FATHER

[@elessarsgirl4883]

Your productivity and energy is amazing.

[@justaprinter]

Thank you so much!

[@lamontemagnifico7149]

He's a bad dude! I agree!

[@cygnus3632]

Nice to see someone knows what they are doing for a change :)

[@justaprinter]

I don't know it all, but I do know more than some.

[@zouhairbenhaddou7383]

Hi, I am one of the first fans of your videos. I follow you in silence. I also have a modern printing press in Morocco. I love your work. Good luck. You are excellent in the world of modern printing. Bravo

[@justaprinter]

Cool, thanks. Glad you enjoy the videos!

[@dchaplin69]

Tip on doing RJ45 's from a person that does 100's a week. Cut the jacket at about 3/4", use thread to put down approximately 2" This makes sure not to have any scored or cut wires when you cut jacket. Separate the pairs and put in proper order and so they run straight. Then cut exposed wires to the proper length, by doing this all the wires will be the same length and will butt up against the end of connector. Verify wire order before crimp and crimp. Doing this way will give you a good end 99% of the time. Others like the feed through connectors and I have never found them good tried a couple variants. Always a cutting problem. do not cut short enough from some jacks and connector will not fully seat. Good Luck, Until about 10 years ago I was a Konica-Minolta tech and left shortly after the C6500. I eventually became the IT tech for a Authorized dealer and only did that for about 4 years.

[@justaprinter]

Cool, I have not heard of that technique. I'll try it. Thanks!!

[@x_x_w_]

I use the through connectors and I love them. Just a nice pair of side cutters helps

[@008rec9]

Just started a printing shop I got a manual binding machine but is so hard to get used with the right settings ! The thing that i am still failing at is: Where the cover meets the first pages. If i will put more glue the glue will show up and if i don`t put enough the first pages wont stick. Any advise ? Love to se how this is a family business I wish that years from now my kids will love to do the same but on a different level ! Great videos

[@justaprinter]

Thank you! My advice with glue when perfect binding is to rather have too much glue than not enough. I agree it is a fine line and I'm never quite happy with it, always making adjustments. But Id rather have a little to much glue on there than pages falling out. :)

[@johnvb2009]

I really like your videos. Could you please tell me how to calculate BHR in detail. Thanks. Binoy

[@justaprinter]

Will upload soon, thanks for the input.

[@jasonalexjones6089]

Could you please do a video on choosing paper for books

[@justaprinter]

Great idea, some others mentioned that too. I'll work on it.

[@signmetrocommunications4259]

Hello, kindly give an overview of Xerox C60 if you have ever worked with. How is the maintenance cost.

[@justaprinter]

Sorry, I don;t know anything about them.

[@TampakRecords]

plz explain something about grain direction what is the use of it time : 5:19

[@justaprinter]

Grain direction is the direction that the paper fibers are laying in the paper.

[@bridgesingh6863]

On tango 12pt c2s I am use costed-GL which is better Go or GL?

[@justaprinter]

Either should work fine.

[@nicklawrence277]

Hello sir, where can I get hydraulic seal for cut you're using, is the paper cutter model challenge 305 ? ASAP.. thanks

[@justaprinter]

Yes, it is a challenge 305. You should be able to get a hydraulic seal from you closest hydraulic shop. They will have them.

[@nicklawrence277]

@@justaprinter I know you're pretty busy especially when you hit the office, I'm from the caribbean can't locate any here, let me give you a little bit more information which of my seal is leaking.. while using the machine it is the hydraulic on the left.... How do I tell the size of the seal? If you know any shop you could recommend me I would be grateful

[@justaprinter]

@@nicklawrence277 That same cylinder went out on my cutter, I think it was the clamp. I took the cylinder out and took it right to a hydraulic shop.

[@nicklawrence277]

@@justaprinter thanks

[@jonathanassouline8298]

there is a better way for rj45 connectors, have a look at RJ45 Cat6 Pass Through Connectors, you basically pass the 8 wires through the connector and the crimper does the rest, no need to adjust the length perfectly

[@justaprinter]

I have heard of those, I need to look that up. Thanks!

[@Memez258]

Does your binder score the covers as well?

[@justaprinter]

Yes, it does.

[@devlynhukowich1249]

Feed thru ethernet connectors work well and with less guesswork.

[@justaprinter]

I'll have to check those out.

[@gnutelliums]

@@justaprinter You should be able to find them under the EZ-RJ45 name on Amazon. Just be aware you will need a new crimper as well, since there is an extra blade that actually trims off the excess cable at the end of the connector.

[@balebengong235]

Wow...CP Bourg, it cost a fortune here in indonesia. 😁 So we just use Morgana.

[@justaprinter]

Interesting! Morgana makes some good equipment too!

[@databoy2010]

As for crimping the end there are several things that you can do to make your life easier. First, strip back an extra inch or so of the outer sheath, this makes it easier to fan the wires out into the correct pattern, and then either trim them back to the right length or second invest in the Easy rj-45 connectors and crimpers, which allow you to pass the conductors through the plug and then trim them as the connector is crimped.

[@justaprinter]

Thanks! I'll have to try that next time.

[@jeffanderson1773]

Yeah Platinum Tools makes a nice one, plus a strain relief boot would go a long way here especially if that wire is solid conductors.

[@justaprinter]

@@jeffanderson1773 Good to know. And yes, they are solid conductors.

[@johncrowley4302]

Is your perfect binder PUR?

[@justaprinter]

Nope its a EVA.

[@HenryLoenwind]

This reminded me of something I notice every time I open an American softcover: The print goes so far into the fold that it feels I nearly have to rip it apart. Why? Do they want you to crack the spine and throw the book away after reading?

[@justaprinter]

Thats one of my pet peeves too. I tell designers all the time to add more gutter into the center of to book. But I always see to have some people with .5 inch marge on all four sides. Gross!

[@wakeelkh]

@@justaprinter Any recommendations ?.... if not .5 inch than what should be ideal margin for top bottom left and right(spine)?.

[@BigALuk33]

Put auto captions on.... " This week I've been burning a couple of books in-between other jobs"......lol

[@justaprinter]

Haha! I have burned a few books in my life. They don't burn that well though.

[@davevanden1]

never use solid wire with connectors, as they move around alot the copper will break buy some premade patch cords they are cheap and are not solid copper they are braided wire. you can get them cheap on amazon go wth the cat6.

[@justaprinter]

Interesting, didn't realize that. Thanks!

[@davevanden1]

@@justaprinter no problem i see that all the time in offices

[@roadmanhuff]

The electric bill there must be significant.

[@justaprinter]

Haha, it can add up, but its not too bad.

[@gazloading]

Why do you say that? Only the laminator will have a medium draw and it's not in use all the time.

[@lamontemagnifico7149]

Do you every get time off to enjoy the success that you have created for yourself. It looks as if you work, work, work. Just curious. You do a great job but it seems that you do it all alone. I think that is what tfmmacedo1569 is referring to. I think they know what the machines do but I also think they want to know if you have free time to enjoy life. :)

[@justaprinter]

Oh yes, I have lots of time to spend with family and friends. I only work 40 hours a week.