Heidelberg QM-46 printing envelopes @ 10,000 an hour

[kyassas]

please help me, i have a pretty serious problem, iam having MOdel no. QM 46 -1 machine, 1995 year model, when i on the machine the machine asking for password, and redlight is blinking, so can u help me please.

[alaskanprinter]

@kyassas

we have never heard of a password on these presses. it just starts up. contact heidelberg.

[texlavera]

I run envelopes on a QM 46 at 10k ALL the time. I used to set up the press like Heidelberg recommends (with the shoe they provide). But I've found that if you don't use the shoe and set up the press like an AB Dick for envelopes (using a rubber band to retard the pile raise on the smaller sheet sensor bar) it gives much more consistent results with minimal misfeeds. Yes, you have to adjust the pile height knob as the envelopes run but you can get up to 7500/hr done instead of just 5k or so.

[1slevinkelevra1]

Sorry that's not 10,000 an hour. An the previous post stated of doing that for more than a minute, agreed. After 5 boxes, so the operator will be so tired that he won't be keeping up. Was it mentioned that "10,000" an hour doesn't accommodate for the stopping of the press when a new box is loaded on the feed side.

[alaskanprinter]

@1slevinkelevra1

Hey, thanks for your comment. You do realize that it is a continuous stream feeder so the press does not stop when loading, you load continuously, and seriously no good press operator will get tired just by loading and unloading envelopes. It is pretty straight forward, load 500 (takes about 20 seconds), then hang out on the delivery side and unload and box. Take another look at the feed end and you will see that it is a continuous feed envelope feeder.

[d3ejmz]

@alaskanprinter Yeah, plus with the requisite pieces of cardboard taped into the appropriate places, you don't need to remove envelopes from the delivery quite so often. And you can leave the delivery door open. Heh heh heh. I like your chief!

[texasrattlehead]

I want to see that old chief next to it runningLOL

[gazzie68]

impressive - but id like to see if he did that more much longer than a minute- i hate envelopes !!

[ijk240695]

Heidelberg Presses print quality is a lot better then an AB Dick, years ago I was running Envelopes through a Ryobi 3200 at about 7000 per hour.

Bloody hardwork loading one end and unloading the other, the higher the speed the poorer the quality. What does it matter if it takes you 1/2 an hour to run 3000 envelopes that look good at say 6000 an hour or 20 minutes to run the same at 10000 an hour and they look shitful.

[ncarn8]

QM's and speedies do a great job maxed out.

Envelopes get shredded to get at the contents anyway, so why not run them through as fast as it will go. thats what i do anyway

[borgona362]

travis, your the man...you have the magic touch...i hate running envelopes....especially. 9x12...

[richprint29]

Travis should get a raise. Does he have health insurance? He should, he deserves it.

[ryan4lozz]

man i work on a qm, and if i print any stock on that speed the machine will jam the stock, or my registration is fucked!!!!

[kristyleep]

Hi, can you let us know how you stop the delivery from dropping?

[repu510]

nice!

[hipjoint]

i've ran a 102 at 13,000 p/h!!!

[GGHBT]

hey ogservice you can't compare a heidelberg with a shitty abdick

[ogservice]

I don't mean to quibble, but I noticed the one thing they didn't show was the PRINT QUALITY of the envelopes. Cranking it up and getting it to feed is easy. I can get an AB Dick 360 to print envelopes at 9000 an hour. Doesn't mean, though, I'd sell it to a customer - gray blacks, washed out blues, pink reds.

[jackgass2001]

dude, get an envelope conveyer and keep your product off the floor...I was running tight register 3 & 4 color envelope jobs on an older model lil Hamada at that speed, let's see that QM do that....rookies

[3120610779]

yeah if ya like spending your entire day trying not to get hickeys!!!!!!!!

[xikoseven]

bua las tira todas jaja.

[dobro41]

I run a QM-46-2 also. Quite simply the best small format two color press out there!I run everything on it, including four color work. The press sets up easy and the print quality is the usual Heidelberg quality.

[waxmanblue2]

wow i luved running envelopes on my ab dick i really wanna ru a heidelberg now

[ltstush]

how do i operate this machine,ihave to learn it ,does anyone now

[pauluzzzzzz]

what do you printing?? nothing?

i work on al winkeler+dunnebier 224 full color envelope press, and the speed with these envelopes is easy 20.000 p/h in full color

[ncarn8]

you need a belt delivery for that speed. dont know ifa stenz feeder would fit the qm tho?

[kdw75]

We have a Hamada RS34LSII. I always thought the Quickmaster would be a better machine but I haven't ever run a machine without a register board.

[jonmonk2007]

forgot to say ..good job travis..quickmaster is not as easy as some people think to work on..

[jonmonk2007]

what you need is a stenz feeder then you can print nonstop...i have one i will put it on video when i have time. but get rid of your quickmaster and get a speedmaster...

[sic04250f]

Damn i used to hate printing envelopes, that was on a GTO46. The QM46 ya got there is singing!

[richprint29]

I still hate printing envelopes