I am about to take delivery of a new 40x50 coaster press (dino galaxy) and have been told there is no idling temperature, it sits only at its operating temp.
For the best results on my current machine I have always swapped the cooked coasters with new coasters as soon as the timer hits zero, clamp down, let the press cool down to around 170oc with the new coasters inside before then bringing the temp up again. If I was to hit the start button straight after inserting the new coasters I would most likely end up with undercooked coasters.
So my question is... How do those of you with the larger and better quality build presses print your larger batches of coasters? Do you start the timer countdown at 60/70 seconds as soon as the coasters are clamped down (cold) and generate perfect results every time? If this is the case then I am going to saving myself a lot of time! Cheers:)