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Edition 01- 2015

Flexible exposure: MultiplePRINT for STUCO

Highline underpacking sheets: High-tech under the plate

Waterless coldset – The environmental alternative

The magazine for customers, partners and other interested parties

WET

LETTERPRESS

WATERLESS

VARNISH

MultiplePRINT ®

FLEXO

FILM

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One CTP System,Six Technologies

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Dear Readers,Dear Customers,“Competitive strategy” has become a key topic in today’s print and media industry. Our sector is undergoing a profound transformation; traditional companies built on skilled craftsman-ship are becoming industrial concerns. Analysing and standardising processes, a major current trend, impacts the prepress phase first and foremost. “Economies of scale” need to be implemented and automation is pushing forward, undeterred.

Consumption patterns in the printing industry are changing, which in turn has an effect on the demand for printed products. At the heart of this change are not print volumes, but the very nature of printing. New businesses are emerging to anticipate this change and establish themselves on an industrial scale. In commercial printing, we have witnessed the arrival of new players such as Flyeralarm that successfully balance online orders and industrial-scale production controlling, all the while at prices that would never be possible for traditional manufacturers. Yet they are clearly turning a profit and have even managed to edge out established commercial printers. Those competitors now need to step up and rethink the way they do business.

In the newspaper segment, modern entrepreneurs no longer allocate all of the (costly) print shop’s resources to printing newspapers. Instead, they search for modern products – thanks to waterless printing – that absorb at least some of their fixed costs. Cortina printers in Germany have meanwhile achieved a market share of eight per cent, which will only continue to grow in the future! Our customers are making money and they do not want to invest it exclusively in new, pricey websites. This seems to justify the strategy of investing in waterless printing.

How can we stand out from the competition and what will allow us to achieve long-term success for our business? marks-3zet is deeply committed to (further) developing new business fields and offering its customers innovative solutions to help them expand their business potential. In 2014, we were able to successfully conclude several projects that should garner interest throughout the industry – including for new and lesser known players in waterless offset printing.

I would especially like to mention the MultiplePRINT exposure function developed by our R&D team. Thanks to this new function, our Optotec One exposure unit is no longer “only” compatible with wet and waterless plates, but can now also handle digital IR film, coating plates, letterset and flexo plates – with a resolution up to 7,620 dots per inch! Our long-term customer Stuco GmbH from Speicher in Germany’s Rhineland-Palatinate region already successfully employs this hybrid exposure system. Turn to page 5 to find out more.

Even “older” product segments are calling for a makeover: that was the motivator behind the recent expansion of our underpacking portfolio. Therefore, in addition to our familiar mul-ti-talented “calibrated underpacking sheet”, we now offer the optimised self-adhesive Folia film and the new compressible Highline sheet – both underpacking solutions with specific compositions and application areas. You can learn about these new products on page 17.

Here’s to many great new discoveries in this issue of marks-3zet News.

Happy reading!

Dr. Gert Sieger Managing Director marks-3zet

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MultiplePRINT®: How marks-3zet solutions enhancethe flexibility of advertising specialist STUCO ............................................................... Page 5

Waterless printing for semi-commercials: EPC benefits fromincreasing demands in newspaper printing ................................................................... Page 9

Prepress specialists at Reprotech profitfrom growth of waterless offset printing ...................................................................... Page 14

Hightech under the plate: Highline® compressibleunderpacking sheets offer optimal resilience .............................................................. Page 17

Greater market presence, more service for customers:marks-3zet welcomes new team members ................................................................. Page 18

Top quality is their bottom line: Our overviewof current web offset presses with a waterless option ................................................. Page 19

New perspectives: Material innovations inwaterless newspaper printing benefit Cortina users ................................................... Page 24

Greater customer proximity: Waterless plate manufacturer Toraynow produces in Central Europe ................................................................................... Page 26

Represented under familiar brand in Italy:Printgraph Waterless became marks-3zet Srl ............................................................. Page 29

Premium quality for non-absorbing materials: KBA MePrintreleases a new narrow web offset press ...................................................................... Page 30

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Hans-Joachim Koch

Head of Printing Marc Thullen (left) and press operator Erich Merklinger are pleased that coating plates for the KBA Genius can now be produced using the Optotec One exposure unit.

Transforming advertising into a tangible experience: the underlying principle behind STUCO’s business model. The specialist for adverti-sing media is based in Speicher, a town in Germany’s Eifel region, 30 kilometres north of Trier. To satisfy a wide variety of customer needs, STUCO offers an impressive range of technical options and flexible machinery to match. With its print shop, specialised mainly in UV off-set and screen printing, the company is the ideal pilot customer for the new MultiplePRINT option on the Optotec One exposure unit from marks-3zet.

Advertising media specialist STUCO relies on solutions from marks-3zet

Printing for brand pull

Producing advertising media for automotive manufacturers or other branded companies presents a real challenge. Providers cannot compete with “off the rack” solutions. STUCO successfully caters to this discerning customer base thanks to the efforts of its creative, customer-oriented employees. One of them is Marc Thullen, head of production in the print-ing house. Taking a tour with Marc through the company, it quickly becomes apparent that STUCO is built on a “can-do” attitude.

When it comes to “make or buy”, STUCO prefers to utilise its own production resources. From keychains and tap labels to decals – the company from the South Eifel region knows how to stand out with samples while competitors are still haggling over prices and delivery terms. Managing Director Andreas Poth confirms: “We do a lot of development on our own and often offer advance services, especially when it comes to creating samples.”

Myriad production techniquesSTUCO brings together a wide variety of printing methods under a single roof. With a special concentration in printing on non-absorbent materials such as foil, hard and soft plastics or metals, it is able to stand out from the majority of its competitors.

STUCO started out in UV offset printing in 1990. Until three years ago, the company printed on a Heidelberg Speedmaster 72 – initially set up in a weekly rotation between classic wet offset and UV offset, and later solely in the UV segment. In 2011, STUCO invested in a KBA Genius with a 35 x 50 cm format, thus opting for a press system designed exclusively for waterless UV offset. In screen printing, its second important pillar, the company has auto-matic and semiautomatic equipment. Offset and screen printing can of course be combined to capitalise on their respective advantages: high-fidelity detail rendering in offset or the unique ink film thickness provided by screen printing. After printing, in addition to cutting, punching and folding, STUCO also offers post-press options such as hot foil stamping and UV glossy coatings or matt finishes.

STUCO chose the Optotec One as a highly versatile exposure unit that not only images offset plates, but also screen printing films.

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Thanks to these multiple possibilities, Marc Thullen and his colleagues are experts in determining the optimal production method or, in other words, finding the perfect solution for every budget. They always start with the customer and the product, and think about the purpose the latter needs to fulfil. If that means testing out a new material, so be it. In STUCO’s image brochure, the company declares: “We realize our potential by making our customers’ dreams a reality. Creativity is not a final goal, but a tool to move us in that direction”.

And when printing doesn’t “cut it”, the metal department might. It makes STUCO truly unique in the industry.

Growth spurt with sportsSTUCO has been growing with its customers and meeting their needs for over 130 years. It all started in 1882 in the small town of Haan between Düsseldorf, Solingen and Wuppertal – with floral arrangements, large-scale wreath orders and casket decorations. The first phrases penned by the employees of Stuffmann & Co. appeared on wreath ribbons.

In 1908, Daniel Walter Balken joined the company and in 1923 Hermann Poth started his apprenticeship at Stuffmann. They were the first representatives of the two families who still each own 50 per cent of the company – officially renamed in 1999 to its familiar abbreviated form “STUCO”. In 1926, Hermann Poth took over the newly established “sports department” that began with victory garlands and bouquets with ribbon garnishes. That was the basis for the company’s dynamic development after 1950: items such as certificates, tournament passes, posters or competition maps were increasingly in demand for sporting events. The printing house grew in importance; letterpress printing was followed by gravure, screen and flock printing.

Full-service providerIn 1960, the company made its big move to the South Eifel region. Since then STUCO has been an important employer in Speicher, with its 3,300 inhabitants, offering attractive jobs

STUCO takes print ads to the next levelWith its in-house production of

• Labels in all colours, forms, and sizes; on paper or film, in all quantities, for indoor or out-door use;

• Double-sided window decals;• Folders, dividers, menus, entry tickets;• “Scratch and win” tickets with screen-printed coatings;• Printed and embroidered garments (also personalised);• Shelf labels, wobblers, door hangers;• Buttons, chips, pins;• Pennants, table displays, writing tablets and tap labels for th e beverage industry.

Further information: www.stuco.de

and traineeships. Employees return the favour: they identify strongly with their employer and give their all when it comes to their work – more than 100 full-time employees and around 250 outworkers have performed feats such as folding millions of shelf wobblers. Or adding fringe to countless acetate silk pennants.

The advertising specialist has a strong market position, es-pecially in the world of sports. Its services in that arena have long ranged from conception to logistics. Start numbers for judoka are printed and shipped worldwide on a daily basis. STUCO has also taken over operations of the German Gym-nastics Federation’s (DTB) web shop. Thanks to STUCO’s 4,500 square metre warehouse and logistics area, including 5,000 pallet spaces, the customer was able move its entire advertising business to Speicher.

STUCO’s metal department owes its existence to sports as well. As medals began to replace laurels, the company was

Florian Merklinger prepares the KBA Genius for a new print job.

fast to react. Today, its production processes in Speicher are not limited to punching, casting, stamping, milling, engraving, or deep drawing. Even galvanisation – gilding metal blanks, for example – takes place on site.

Of course, the company’s location outside major urban centres also promoted this independent stance. For its customers, however, the advantages are clear: Eliminating breaks between production steps makes it possible to meet tight deadlines. Reliable, fast delivery performance is ultimately one of the most convincing arguments when customers weigh the ad-vantages of producing in Germany over sourcing from Asian competitors. Yet because STUCO is a full-service supplier for many of its customers, the company set up a new branch in Hong Kong at the turn of this century, where the purchasing of standard advertising takes place.

Optotec One: Going strong for three yearsTo ensure that Germany comes out on top in the all-important “make or buy” decision, personnel and technology need to create a seamless duo. As the KBA Genius went into operation in the pressroom in 2011, a new CtP exposure unit was also introduced in the company. Prior to that, printing plates had been exposed during the intermediate film stage. Then the decision was made to purchase an Optotec One from marks-3zet – the perfect match for STUCO, precisely because it offers so many different possibilities. In addition to Toray waterless printing plates, which have been produced for three years, the “MultiplePRINT” option makes it possible to produce screen printing films and, most recently, flexo coating plates which, like the Toray plates, are supplied by marks-3zet.

Because STUCO is always ready for new challenges, its chief technicians like to exchange ideas with an innovative partner like marks-3zet that, as an equipment and material supplier, is always in tune with the bigger picture. This makes for suc-cess at the earliest stages, for example when selecting the perfect ink for waterless offset, as marks-3zet now offers the colour series from the English manufacturer Classic Colours as well. Constructive exchange has also delivered results for the production of screen printing films.

To expose digital Kodak DITR films, the Optotec One was equipped with an ULT LAS 260 suction system to remove laser fumes; its software was modified and the focus apparatus set to accommodate the new film thickness. The suction system operates with powerful filters as well as an active carbon layer and requires no external exhaust air connection. Both films and digital coating plates are imaged with a resolution of up to 7,620 dpi.

Collaborative developmentSTUCO exposes around ten screen printing films and 30 wa-terless offset plates per day. Add in two to three coating plates a week and it’s clear that there is no need to rethink manual loading of the exposure unit. Nor does hand-washing the coating plates present an obstacle. However, marks-3zet does want to develop a simple device with brush rollers together with the customer.

Pilot user STUCO and partner marks-3zet have now begun to scope out the new production possibilities resulting from the latest acquisition. A solution to ensure that screen printing films remain stable enough after the laser etches away the carbon (by placing the film on a carrier plate in the exposure unit) was discovered just as quickly as the option to post-ex-pose coating plates in a nyloprint unit to harden them. The recent move to in-house production of the coating plates has reinforced the printing house’s autonomy. And when hours of waiting for a replacement plate and its installation can be avoided just once, then the extra investment will already have paid itself off, argues Marc Thullen.

After working with Optotec One for three years without a glitch, the head of production at STUCO sums up: “The exposure unit turned out to be the perfect solution – a device that covers just about every situation. And the solution with the coating plates was the unexpected icing on the cake.” Author: Gerd Bergmann

The Optotec One simplified Gabi Wintrich’s job on many counts.

Though smaller than the German state of North Rhine-Westpha-lia, Belgium offers a highly convenient location. From the West Flanders town of Lokeren near the E 17 motorway that connects Ghent and Antwerp, it’s not only a close shot to the Belgian capital of Brussels. Lorries can also reach Rotterdam, Amster-dam and The Hague in the Netherlands in just two-and-a-half hours. All in all, an extremely practical situation for newspaper publishers operating across borders that have worked to conso-lidate production in the Benelux region for years. And it is highly expedient for the Eco Print Center in Lokeren, whose technical prowess far surpasses that of many competitors thanks to wa-terless web offset printing. While print volumes are being cut in other locations, the Cortina printing house profits from the trend toward high-quality supplements and semi-commercial products.

The ecological alternative to heatset

Long-term waterless ambassador: Wim Maes, Technical Director at EPC in Lokeren.

Visiting a newspaper publisher is, without a doubt, an awe-in-spiring experience, especially when the rotary press is located behind a giant glass wall, with light that is powerful enough to be seen when driving by on the E17 well into the night. A glance behind the building that houses the press is even more imposing: there, visitors can find two enormous halls which, together with the pressroom area, cover 35,000 square me-tres – home to the finishing complex and a logistics area that is leased to newspaper marketing agencies.

Bold stridesAs top management at the Belgian media company De Pers-groep decided to invest in waterless offset printing in early 2004, the technology was still getting off the ground. One of the first larger KBA Cortina systems was poised to start production the next year at competitor Rodi Rotatiedruck, not all too far away. Yet even that system was not remotely comparable to what De Persgroep’s COO Rudy Bertels was contemplating: a €110 million industrial-scale print shop that could serve the bulk of the Benelux newspaper market. It would even be the first waterless line equipped with dryers.

In retrospect, the HR decision in August 2004 to hire Wim Maes – hailing from a direct competitor and with a background in commercial printing – as technical director was just as bold. Especially since the key technical decision had already been made. But that was precisely what motivated the then 39-year-old specialist to demonstrate that waterless printing can indeed be employed to achieve unparalleled quality in coldset. Maes

himself regards the technique as an independent approach – on par with offset or gravure –and not as a derivative of wet offset.

Committed ambassadors for waterless printingIn April 2006, the first production line started up with three towers and a folder; in early 2008, it was followed by the remaining offset components, currently consisting of twelve printing towers, four folder units and one Contiweb dryer.

Today, Wim Maes can cite impressive numbers to interested visitors, for example the utilization rate, average production speed, and the growing number of external customers as facts that justify the name Eco Print Center (EPC). That wasn’t always the case. The EPC suffered a long dry spell; it also needed an unconventional thinker like Maes to overcome its initial problems. Technical director Maes has been a com-mitted ambassador for waterless printing for years. He has shared the EPC’s success story at countless conferences. Journalists are always welcome to step behind the printing company’s glass doors.

In 2014, Eco Print Center found itself in a comfortable situa-tion: with technology perfectly suited to its market. The trend toward magazine-like newspapers is especially pronounced in Belgium and the Netherlands, far more than in Germany. Belgium’s newspaper readers are more loyal and more active than their neighbours in Holland or France. This can, perhaps, be attributed to the publishers who work hard to provide genuine added value to subscribers and kiosk buyers in the form of

Impressive structure: Eco Print Center in Lokeren (Belgium).

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high-quality supplements – in other words: more information and entertainment that’s appealing to the eye.

Product portfolioThe EPC currently prints three daily newspapers: Het Laatste Nieuws (HLN), De Morgen (DM) and – also on salmon-coloured paper like the Financial Times – the financial newspaper De Tijd. The HLN easily qualifies as “jumbo-sized”. Wim Maes’ description is more refined: “It’s amazing to be able to realise a product of that stature”, he says describing the print run for the HLN, which comprises 320,000 copies on weekdays and 370,000 on Saturday, and is also divided into 23 different local issues. A typical weekday issue runs 48 pages. De Morgen is printed in runs of 65,000 or 110,000 copies; De Tijd appears from Tuesday to Friday with around 35,000 copies, and 65,000 on the weekend. Both papers have approximately 32 pages on weekdays, supplemented by regular special editorial sections.

On the weekend in particular, Dutch and Belgian publishers rely on newspapers that consist mainly of special issues that could be mistaken for magazines – with sophisticated layouts and a stronger appeal for advertising customers. The EPC team acquired many of these products for Lokeren, which led to considerable shifts in resources among the three De Persgroep newspaper printers.

Shifts benefit EPCAs the Belgian media concern took over competitor PCM Uit-gevers in the Netherlands in 2009, the acquisition came with three newspaper print shops – in Rotterdam, Amsterdam and

The Hague. The Rotterdam site, where 180 employees worked on six equipment lines, has since closed; both other printing houses have lost considerable ground: the sites in Amster-dam and The Hague had to dismiss over 50 per cent of their staff – due not only to receding orders but also a personnel structure that clearly emerged in better times. The remaining press operators still produce 800 to 900,000 newspapers per night: Volkskrant, Algemeen Dagblad, Trouw, Het Parool, and NRC Handelsblad/nrc.next.

“And now, all the weekend supplements for these titles will be printed in waterless offset”, says Wim Maes, clearly pleased. “The publisher was intent on offering improved quality to its customers”, he explains. In 2010, the EPC started producing the weekend supplement of the “Volkskrant” with 380,000 copies; in 2012, two weekly supplements for Trouw were added with 130,000 copies each and since last year, Lokeren has printed the Algemeen Dagblad’s AD Magazine with a circulation of 550,000 copies. It was truly a giant leap for the EPC, according to Maes. And this is only the added business that grew from the parent company’s own publishers.

Growing number of external customersThe addition of the financial daily De Tijd as a product on the press line in Lokeren, which had not been expanded since 2008, had less to do with receding order volumes. Instead, the main reasons were faster average speeds and more reliable technology. Both EPC managers and all suppliers involved in the print production should receive credit for these positive changes.

“Green” plates: Rainwater used to wash out waterless plates since 2009.

Yet this second part of the EPC’s success story relates to external customers and is therefore even more impressive.

Paging through a copy of the HLN and perusing the supple-ments, it’s not hard to find a Mitsubishi insert on lightly coated, ultra-white newsprint. Wim Maes nods proudly. This product too, with its generous colour swathes and tints, was printed on the waterless coldset press. Rudy Bertels and Wim Maes were quick to hire a full-time sales manager for the Cortina printer who actively markets the special advantages offered by the EPC. The publishers’ sales teams are also excellent collaborators, as they are starting to see not only the sup-plements but also their production as a source of revenue.

Former heatset customersBefore the start of production in Lokeren, the EPC had just five external customers. Today, that number has climbed to around 110 clients that include other publishers, advertising agencies, and industry. “70 per cent of them switched from heatset to waterless coldset”, Wim Maes points out. “They came to us because of the ‘waterless’ concept; with its open structure, it simply creates a better look and feel for newsprint”.

Among the Cortina printer’s highly marketable qualities are, of course, the efficient use of water and paper. Major companies like to align themselves with environmentally responsible suppliers. Groundwood paper, on the other hand, caters to the trend toward thicker, natural paper. Maes confides: “I never thought that customers from the fashion or automotive industries would make the switch”.

In Belgium, where all newspaper publishers have a printing house, it was common for publishers to produce their own one-off supplements. Meanwhile, Wim Maes can report, customers approach the Eco Print Center with request to print entire print runs, since they want to avoid differences in quality. Maes again: “For us, it’s great, there’s no doubt about it”.

Problems solvedAt the beginning of the “waterless newspaper printing” project, Maes and his team expected printing plates to be the number one topic. Surprisingly enough, however, the initial problems could be quickly resolved. The team quickly learned that there was no shortage of high-quality plates. Wim Maes has a high opinion of the new Toray plate factory in the Czech Republic, which dispatched the first plates in early 2014. This was a positive experience and the team hopes that its commitment to receiving supplies for the European Cortina printers from Central Europe will also have a positive effect on newspaper publishers that want to invest in their production sites over the next few years.

Eco-friendly improvements were also an objective for CTP – as for the Eco Print Center on a whole. In the EPC, between 2,500 and 3,000 plates are required on a daily basis; about one third are panorama plates. This adds up to about 130,000 square metres per year. As the company began to use rainwater to wash out the plates in its Könings’ systems in 2009, the results were a 6-digit savings on an annual basis with absolutely no negative impact on quality.

EPC exposes up to 3,000 plates a day on its CTP equipment.

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The water for the cooling towers is obtained from a lake right next to the Eco Print Center with an area of five hectares and a depth of 14 metres. This also reduces costs. The impulse to use raw water or rainwater came from the relevant department.

Customer focus Like Wim Maes, most employees in the EPC have a background in commercial printing and therefore have the required ap-proach to service and a strong customer orientation. The EPC currently has around 120 employees. Production is in full swing from Sunday evening at 6pm until Saturday morning at 6am.

The team includes a sales manager who is solely responsible for external customer orders, which make up 15 to 20 per cent of total revenues. Many of these orders are periodicals with a familiar workflow, which helps minimise support and administration.

Secret to qualityAt the outset of the Eco Print Center project, Maes poured his efforts into retaining as much control over print quality as possible. “Otherwise we would have become far too de-

pendent on the customer”. Now, the team has begun to invest considerable time and training in new customers to optimise the workflows and data they supply for projects. For the EPC employees over the years, this has led to the ability to “au-tomate reproduction quality at the highest level”, says Wim Maes. And it is here that Wim Maes sees the secret to quality in waterless offset: in reproduction. “When the reproduction is weak, that’s when you have a problem”, relates Wim Maes from experience.

At EPC, reproduction is standardised: the company uses a frequency modulated grid that corresponds to about 175 lines per inch. The substrate onto which the grid is mapped is also carefully chosen. With 110 external customers, one would expect EPC to have accumulated an extensive collection of paper with frequent grade changes. But in fact, it’s exactly the opposite in Lokeren. “We are not as flexible here as com-mercial print houses”, the EPC’s technical director admits, “waterless offset has its limitations. Changing paper grades is much more critical.” Customers are therefore given a choice between three grades – 42 g standard newsprint, 52 g coated coldset, and 60 g improved newsprint.

Environment and politicsWithout doubt, a print house that goes by the name Eco Print Center (which was, coincidentally, the result of an employee survey) also makes a political statement. When we visited the company on a Wednesday afternoon, only one printing tower was operating. It was printing an election brochure for the Belgian green party or the “Groenen”. The party already recognised the EPC with an environmental award for its waterless production back in 2007, and today it remains a regular customer. Short-lived government coalitions in Belgium ultimately benefit the printing company: the printing cycle for election brochures is usually less than every four years.

“Five years ago, people were saying that newspaper printers had no future. I feel like we chose the perfect time to switch to waterless offset”, Wim Maes says, summing up his experi-ence so far. Not only the EPC, but all Cortina printing houses are no less than ecstatic about their additional revenues with external customers and commercial orders. He is not entirely sure that it would have been possible in conventional printing. Author: Gerd Bergmann

Now – thanks to its superior print quality – the EPC produces several weekend supplements for Belgian and Dutch newspapers.

Reprotech Managing Director trio (from left): Ralf Notzem, Martin Muche, Gerd Müsch.

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Prepress service provider Reprotech GmbH has set up shop in the neatly renovated facilities of a former ice cream cone factory in Düsseldorf’s Bilk district. Its three managing direc-tors, Martin Muche (specialised in industrial printing), Gerd Müsch and Ralf Notzem (both skilled chromolithographers) all have a strong background in traditional lithography and processing. And their skills are immediately apparent. This professional training results in workflow solutions that both well-engineered and practical. “Our customers have always valued our experience in traditional lithography and the fact that we can build on this expertise. Everyone here can apply a line tester to check a screen dot and we all know what colour we will get by mixing X and Y”, Ralf Notzem explains. Products include print templates and printing plates for agencies, print shops, and industrial customers.

Analogue goes digital; The three partners started out with what is known as “analogue” production technology. Over the years, however, digital processes slowly replaced their analogue counterparts. “Today, our production is basically all digital, with one exception: we still use a vacuum frame to image printing plates used in security printing”, reports Ralf Notzem. Digital data is not permitted for security reasons.

The director trio has always emphasised “staying on the ball”, as Martin Muche puts it. State-of-the-art hardware and soft-ware has been and continues to be essential – along with a comprehensive mastery of prepress technology.

One main component in this context is colour management. “In recent years, we have determined that colour management is a major topic, but many people are not aware of everything it entails and how it is used in applications. We decided to delve into this topic and create several proofs for our customers for

Reprotech: Service provider at the top of its gameThe Düsseldorf-based prepress provider Reprotech GmbH has a lot to offer. Its three managing directors are each specialists in their own right, who have learned their profession from the bottom up. The company’s current situation is marked by steady growth, which has nothing to do with coincidence. Reprotech maintains exemplary equipment – both hardware and software – that is consistently state-of-the-art. It’s a standard that results in advantages for all sides; customers get far more than they bargained for – in the most positive sense possible.

the different printing methods, for instance web offset, gravure, or newspaper printing. We have entered the required profiles in our digital proof collection. We can simulate so many different printing techniques within the specified standards (and also obtain very good values)”, Notzem continues.

Colour management is primarily about working with calibrated equipment. Monitors are regularly calibrated and proofers tested at recurring intervals. Reprotech’s digital proofs are certified by Fogra, the German research association for graphic technology. “We not only calibrate the proofers on a regular basis, but our CTP imagesetters are also subject to periodic checks as part of maintenance contracts. Software service

Martin Muche and his colleagues rely on the technical solutions and service of marks-3zet.

agreements ensure that all systems are equipped with the latest features through regular updates and upgrades. This applies, in particular, to PDF processing. In this case, we al-ways need to be at the cutting edge with the latest software”, adds Martin Muche.

Digital plate exposure or “CTP” for short: in the “comput-er-to-plate” segment, the company works with three exposure units from Heidelberg – from small format to IIIB. A suprasetter is used solely for the exposure of plates for waterless offset printing. The increasing demand for waterless offset plates requires the installation of an in-house online plate exposure unit. And that says something about the significance and the status that waterless offset printing has gained in recent years.

It’s a development that Hans-Joachim Koch, CTO of marks-3zet, welcomes with open arms. Specialised in underpacking materials, prepress technology, and waterless offset printing, marks-3zet is a supplier to Reprotech and an important service partner for its fellow print experts in Düsseldorf.

marks-3zet gained Europe-wide recognition as an official distributor of Toray waterless printing plates and for its Water-less Printing Centre in Mülheim, which presents an innovative combination of theory and practice. Since its opening in June 1990, it has been the undisputed first address for the further development of waterless offset printing technology in Europe.

Strong growth in waterless Reprotech GmbH’s business is divided into prepress, on the one hand (high-end scans, retouching/image processing and composing, artwork, colour-compliant digital proofs for all conventional printing methods), and printing plate production, which has seen steady grown in waterless offset, on the other.

The three managing directors are pleased with recent sales results. “Especially waterless offset – it’s an area that’s boom-ing and one that has developed very well”, Ralf Notzem adds.

The main purchasers for Toray plates supplied by marks-3zet are “label printers, plastics and chip card manufacturers, and UV printers,

as well as printing houses that produce with waterless offset and mainly process foil material”, relates Managing Director Notzem. Waterless offset plates are also produced as reference plates for renowned press manufacturers.

Reprotech is even taking customer service one step further. The company sees itself as a “back-up” solution for printing companies should the latter experience problems with their own printing plate production. These manufacturers can fall back on Reprotech.

But this inevitably leads to the question: isn’t it difficult for Reprotech to fill this niche given that many printing companies manufacture their own printing plates?

Martin Muche: “There are still enough small and medium-sized printing houses that are reluctant to invest in CTP. It is still not profitable for many companies. Investing in a CTP unit also involves personnel costs, software, maintenance agreements, possibly repairs, et cetera. Then it makes more sense eco-nomically to rely on Reprotech as a service provider.”

Ralf Notzem comments: “Simply having the system is not enough. You also need to think about what you will do when there is a failure, when the programs for customer data are down or similar problems arise. The overall package is much more comprehensive than CTP alone. Plus, many smaller print shops cannot afford to produce printing plates before prepress. What happens, for example, when chang-es need to be made in the PDF from the application? That is when our customers come to value our expertise …“ Author: Frank Lohmann

Ralf Notzem knows that many customers value the high-fidelity expertise of the Düsseldorf-based supplier.

Gerd Müsch loads a Toray plate supplied by marks-3zet into the Heidel-berg Topsetter.

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as desired. Highline® can be easily and quickly mounted on almost all cylinders. It is especially recommended for high-speed commercial and rotary presses.

Highline® can be used both as a single sheet and a cover sheet. As a cover sheet, Highline® offers extra compressibility and stability to standard underpacking sheets.

marks-3zet currently offers Highline® in the thicknesses 0.4 and 0.5 mm for all formats.

With Highline®, marks-3zet introduces a versatile underpack-ing solution with a composite structure that gives printers a cost-efficient, high-quality product with an optimal lifespan. Highline® simultaneously enables a consistent and optimal print quality.

The solution consists of a calibrated substrate layer and a polyurethane (PU) top layer, which results in a highly flexible, compressible underpacking sheet. The PU layer guarantees optimal smash resistance and perfectly absorbs and com-pensates machine vibrations, therefore offering optimal pro-tection against crumpling. Moreover, Highline® is water- and solvent-resistant and can extend the lifetime of the printing blanket.

Highline® is a non-adhesive underpacking sheet, leaving printers more room to adjust the underpacking thickness

marks-3zet presents:HIGHLINE®– the new compres-

sible underpacking sheet with optimal smash resistance.

Driven by increasing demands on process automation and optimization, marks-3zet GmbH & Co. KG (Muelheim a. d. Ruhr, Germany), a specialist for underpacking materials and waterless offset printing, has unveiled its unique new compressible underpacking sheet Highline®.

Highline compressible underpackings from marks-3zet.

Carmelo Roberto

marks-3zet, the specialist for waterless offset printing based in Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany, is pleased to welcome Carmelo Roberto as a new team member for the Southern European market. As former Sales and Marketing Manager for the Italian company Metoda SpA, Mr. Roberto has many years of experience in the printing industry, particularly in waterless offset printing. At marks-3zet, he assumes the role of Sales Manager for Southern Europe and has also been appointed the new Managing Director of the Italian subsidiary marks-3zet Srl. Carmelo Roberto will be responsible for fostering operations on the waterless market, focussing on comprehensive, service-oriented customer care and various new R&D projects. He is fluent in Italian, Spanish, and English.

New faces at marks-3zet:

Three industry experts strengthen marks-3zet’s

sales and marketing team

Joerg-O. Seeger

In December 2014, Joerg Seeger took over as Head of Sales at marks-3zet GmbH & Co. KG. Mr. Seeger has been active in the printing industry for more than 20 years. He began his career with professional training in letterpress and flatbed printing, followed by university studies in engineering, after which he held a number of executive positions in sales and engineering both in Germany and abroad. At marks-3zet, his main focus will be on underpacking materials and the colour printing business.

Volker Schimanski

On 1 January 2015, Volker Schimanski, born in 1968, joined marks-3zet GmbH & Co. KG as Head of Sales & Marketing. A certified print technician and with a degree in printing engineering (UAS Wuppertal, Germany), Mr. Schimanski has more than 20 years of experience in senior positions throughout the printing industry. He will be in charge of further expanding the company’s strong posi-tion as a leading specialist in underpacking materials and waterless printing.

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Capitalising on market potential and bundling syner-gies with waterless offset

“Waterless’ ability to produce superior quality on a wide variety of substrates beyond paper and board, with the same ink, will make it easier for printers to diversify,” explains Rinus Hoebeke from Toray, responsible for marke-ting waterless printing. “The quick make ready and in-line finishing that are possible with waterless UV printing, make production highly efficient and shortens delivery times to customers.”

Added value by waterless offset printing Waterless technology delivers stable reproduction of high-res-olution images ensuring exceptional print quality on a wide range of substrates from paper, cardboard, plastic, film or metal foil. It also offers environmental benefits as it elimi-nates water use on press and reduces chemical effluent and VOC emissions.

Since there is no ink/water balance to control, make ready times and waste are minimized making it possible to print more jobs per day. The benefits are particularly effective when using UV curing printing inks, which in conventional offset printing may become unstable in combination with water. As print jobs get smaller and product diversification requires more expensive substrates, the reduced waste made possible by the waterless process presents a significant economic and environmental argument. Owing to the uniqueness of waterless printing, i.e. the combination of higher quality and the proof of sustainability, printing firms can provide added value.

New markets opened up Waterless offset printing is particularly successful in appli-cations where conventional offset printing is pushed to its

limits with regard to spoilage rate, printability and quality such as premium packaging, plastic cards, advertising posters, self-adhesive labels, 3D and lenticular applications, CD/DVD, wood laminates, metal decor as well as commercial print runs including brochures, magazine titles and flyers.

Conversion to waterless printing is possible on all standard offset presses and simpler than many people think. There are only a few key requirements: the printer must have tempera-ture control for the inking units on press, a special developing machine for waterless plates and use waterless printing inks, which are available from several suppliers.

Hoebeke concludes: “If these requirements are met, all options are open to the waterless offset printer wanting to add value to their services.“

The following market overview summarises the performance of different offset presses with “waterless option” to 3B format from seven manufacturers.

Press Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 52

Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 74

Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 52

Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor

Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 74

Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75

Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 Anicolor

Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102

Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 102

Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 102

Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106

Supplier Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm.

Engineering

Number of Printing Units 2 to 4 2 to 4 2 to 8 4 to 10 2 to 8 4 to 12 4 to 12 4 to 7 2 to 10 4 to 12 2 to 17

Coating Module yes, third-party supplier no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

Sheet Perfection System no no yes yes yes yes yes no yes no yes

Printing Technology wet offset wet offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset wet offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset

Inking Unit Technology 18 roller/18/16 roller inking unit + Alcolor dampening unit

like SM 52, 74-H with Vario fea-ture

18 roller inking unit + Alcolor dam-pening unit with Vario feature

Anicolor short inking unit + Alcolor dampening unit with Vario feature

16 roller inking unit + Alcolor dam-pening unit with Vario feature

16 unit inking roller + Alcolor dampening unit with Vario feature

Anicolor short inking unit + Alcolor dampening unit with Vario feature

20 roller inking unit + Alcolor dampening unit with Vario feature

20 roller inking units + Alcolor dampening unit with Vario feature

20 roller inking unit + Alcolor dampening unit with Vario feature

Hycolor with sept. ink fountain roller + short-path inking mode

Drying IR via third-party supplier IR via third-party supplier IR hot air and UV IR hot air and UV IR hot air and UV IR hot air and UV IR hot air IR hot air and UV IR and UV IR and UV IR and UV

Max. Print Format 360 x 520 mm 510 x 740 mm 360 x 520 mm, straight/perfec-ting modes 350 x 520 mm

360 x 520 mm, straight/perfec-ting modes 350 x 520 mm

510 x 740 mm F-Format: 585 x 740 , C-Format: 510 x 740 mm

F-Format: 585 x 740 , C-Format: 510 x 740 mm

710 x 1.020 mm straight/perfecting modes 700 x 1.020 mm

710 x 1.020 mm 740 x 1.050 mm

Max. Sheet Performance/H 15.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 18.000, straight/perfecting modes 15.000 sheets/hour

15.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 14.000 sheets/hour 16.500 sheets/hour 18.000 sheets/hour

Automatic Plate Changing yes (AutoPlate) yes (AutoPlate) yes (AutoPlate) yes (AutoPlate) yes, opt. fully automatic yes, opt. fully automatic and si-moultenously

AutoPlate Pro, fully automatic yes (AutoPlate) yes, opt. fully automatic yes, opt. fully automatic yes, fully automatic, simultane-ously

JDF/CIP4 Capable yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

Printing Substrates

Min. and Max. Sheet Format 105 x 145 to 370 x 520 mm 210 x 280 to 530 x 740 mm 105 x 145 mm, straight/perfec-ting modes: 140 x 145 mm to 370 x 520 mm

105 x 145 mm, straight/perfec-ting modes: 140 x 145 mm to 370 x 520 mm

210 x 280 mm, straight/perfecting modes: 300 x 280 mm to 530 x 740 mm

210 x 350, straight/perfecting modes 340 x 350to 605 x 750; C: straight/perfecting modes 300 x 350 to 530 x 750 mm

210 x 350, straight/perfecting modes 340 x 350 to 605 x 750; C: straight/perfecting modes 300 x 350 to 530 x 750 mm

340 x 480 to 720 x 1.020 mm 340 x 480 mm; straight/perfec-ting modes 400 x 480 mm; max. 720 x 1.020 mm

340 x 480 to 720 x 1.020 mm 340 x 480 to 750 x 1.060 mm

Substrate Thickness 0.03 – 0.4/0.6 mm 0.03 – 0.4/0.6 mm 0.03 – 0.6 mm 0.03 – 0.6 mm 0.03 – 0.6 mm 0.03 – 0.8 mm 0.03 – 0.8 mm 0.03 – 1.0 mm 0.03 – 0.6 mm 0.03 – 1.0 mm 0.03 – 1.0 mm

Pile Height Feeder/Delivery 915/535 mm 1.060/ 597, high-pile del. 1.160 mm

915 mm/535 mm, high-pile de-livery: 695 mm

915 mm/535 mm,high-pile deli-very: 695 mm

1.060 mm/597 mm, High-pile delivery: 1.160 mm

1.120/1.120 mm (increment + 550 mm)

1.120/1.120 mm (increment + 550 mm)

1.320/1.295 mm 1.320/1.295 mm 1.320/1.295 mm 1.320/1.295 mm

Additional

Remarks Press Center Compact, Sheetfed Control, IntelliStart, Prinect Easy Control, TransferJacket Blue

Press Center Compact, Sheetfed Control, IntelliStart, Prinect Easy Control, TransferJacket Blue

Press Center, Sheetfed Control, In-telliStart, DryStar Coating, DryStar Combination, LE UV, Prinect Easy/Axis/Image Control, adjust. trans-fer cyl. UI, TransferJacket Blue

Press Center, Sheetfed Control, IntelliStart, DryStar Ink, DryStar Coating, DryStar Combination, UV, adj. transfer cyl. UI, Trans-ferJacket Blue

Press Center, Sheetfed Control, IntelliStart, DryStar Coating, LE UV, Prinect Easy/Axis/Image Control, adj. transfer cyl. UI, TransferJacket Blue

Prinect Press Center, Sheetfed Control, Preset Plus feeder/deli-very with dynamic sheet brake, CleanStar powder extraction DryStar dryer

Prinect Press Center, Sheetfed Control, Preset Plus feeder/deli-very with dynamic sheet brake, CleanStar powder extraction DryStar dryer

Prinect Press Center Compact, Sheetfed Control, IntelliStart, Prinect EasyControl, Preset Plus Feeder/Delivery, DryStar Combi-nation, DryStar Combination Carton, LE UV

Inpress Contr., Press Cent., Sheetf. Con., Preset Plus Feeder/Del., XL gripper sys./cyl. bear., dyn. sheet brake, DryStar/DryStar Coating/DryStar Comb., CoatingStar coating suppl.

Inpress Contr., Press Cent., Sheetf. Con., Preset Plus Feeder/Del., XL gripper sys./cyl. bear., dyn. sheet brake, DryStar/DryStar Coating/DryStar Comb., CoatingStar coating suppl.

Prinect Press Center, Intellistart, Sheetfed Con., Inpress Con., In-spection Con., broad air set-tings, central delivery control panel, multi-loader system

Press Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106-P

KBA Genius 52UV KBA Rapida 75 KBA Rapida 105 KBA Rapida 106 Komori Lithrone 20 Komori Spica 26/29 (P) Komori Enthrone 29 (P) Komori Lithrone S(X) 29 (P)

Komori Lithrone A 37 Komori Lithrone G 40 (P)

Supplier Heidelberger Druckm. KBA-MePrint Koenig & Bauer Koenig & Bauer Koenig & Bauer Komori Komori Komori Komori Komori Komori

Engineering

Number of Printing Units 2 to 17 5 2 to 8+L 4 to 10 2 to 19 2 to 8 2 4 to 5 2 to 12 4 to 5 2 to 12

Coating Module yes optional yes yes yes optional no no optional, also more than 1 optional optional, also more than 1

Sheet Perfecting System yes no yes yes yes no optional optional optional optional optional

Printing Technology wet and waterless offset waterless wet offset wet offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset wet offset wet offset wet and waterless offset wet offset wet and waterless offset

Inking Unit Technology 24 inking rollers and inking unit Hyolor with sep. Duktor temp. + short inking unit

offset UV short inking unit tech-nology

conventional inking units conventional inking units, sing-le-train

conventional inking units, single-train

double-train inking unit with copper oscillation

double-train inking unit with copper oscillation

double-train inking unit with 20 inking rollers and copper oscil-lation

double-train inking unit with 20 inking rollers and copper oscil-lation

double-train inking unit with 20 inking rollers and copper oscil-lation

double-train inking unit with 20 inking rollers and copper oscil-lation

Drying IR and UV UV IR/TL, UV IR/TL (VariDryBLUE), UV IR/TL (VariDryBLUE), UV optional IR/HL and UV n/s n/s opt. H-UV, IR/HL, UV, intermediate drying

optional: H-UV/IR opt. H-UV, IR/HL, UV, interme-diate drying

Max. Print Format 740 x 1.050 mm, straight/per-fecting modes 730 x 1.050 mm

350 x 500 mm 510 x 735 mm (special format: 585 x 735 mm)

710 or 730 x 1.040 mm 730 x 1.050 mm 360 x 510 mm 470 x 650/520 x 740 mm 520 x 740 mm, 510 x 740 mm perfecting mode

S: 520 x 740, SX: 585 x 740 mm

620 x 930 mm 710 x 1.020 mm, 700 x 1.020 perfecting mode

Max. Sheet Performance/H 15.000 or 18.000 sheets/hour 8.000 sheets/hour 16.000 sheets/hour 16.000 or 17.000 sheets/hour 20.000 sheets/hour 13.000 sheets/hour 13.000 sheets/hour 13.000, straight and perfecting modes 11.000 sheets/hour

16.000 sheets/hour 13.000 sheets/hour 16.500, straight and perfecting modes 15.000 sheet/hour

Automatic Plate Changing yes, fully automatic, simultene-ously

semi-automatic, done in less than 3 minutes

SAPC (ca. 45 seconds per prin-ting unit)

SAPC 1 min. per printing unit, FAPC in total 3 min.

SAPC, FAPC, DriveTronic SPC, Flying JobChange 0 min.

semi-automatic semi-automatic semi-automatic fully automatic semi-automatic semi or fully automatic

JDF/CIP4 Capable yes no yes yes yes optional optional optional yes yes yes

Printing Substrates

Min. and Max. Sheet Format 340 x 480 mm, straight and perfecting mode 410 x 480 to 750 x 1.060 mm

210 x 297 to 360 x 520 mm 300 x 300 to 530 x 750 mm (special format: 605 x 750 mm)

360 x 520/350 x 500 to 720 x 1.050/740 x 1.050 mm

340 x 480 to 740 x 1.060 mm 100 x 148 to 375 x 520 mm 200 x 280 to 480 x 660/530 x 750 mm

200 x 280 to 530 x 750 mm 200 x 280 to 530 x 750, 297 x 420 to 610 x 750 mm

max. 620 x 930 mm 360 x 520 to 720 x 1.030 mm

Substrate Thickness 0.03 – 0.8 mm 0.1 – 0.8 mm 0.04 – 0.8 mm 0.06 – 0.7 mm, opt. 0.04 – 1.6 mm

0.04 – 0.7 mm, opt. 0.04 – 1.6 mm 0.04 – 0.6 mm 0.035 – 0.3 mm 0.04 – 0.6 mm (P: 0.04 –0.45) 0.04 – 0.8 mm (S and SX) – 0.45 mm (P)

0.04 – 0.6 mm 0.06 – 0.6; 0.04 – 0.8/0.06 – 1.0 mm

Pile Height Feeder/Delivery 1.320/1.295 mm 600/400 mm, machine height incre-ment optional

840/920 mm 1.300/1.200 mm 1.250/1.200 mm 800/500 mm 800/600 mm 800/600 mm 800/900 to 1.000/1.100 mm 800/900 mm 1.150/1.150, opt. pl. 300 – 450 mm

Additional

Remarks Prinect Press Center, IntelliStart, Sheetfed-, Inpress-, Inspection- Con., various air settings, centr. de-livery settings, Multi Loader System

prints PVC, ABS, PS, PE, PET, PC and other substrates like card-board and paper

ErgoTronic ColorDrive, ErgoTro-nic ACR

DriveTronic Feeder, Inline: Dich-tereg., comb. dens. and colour meas. sys., dyn. ink zone calc. , aut. decoupling inking units

like for the 105, add. DriveTronic Infeed, SIS, SPC, Plate Ident, DensiTronic PDF, QualiTronic, -Color Control, -prof.

double-sized cylinders only for optimal sheet transfer

double-sized cylinders only for optimal sheet transfer

double-sized cylinders only for optimal sheet transfer

for the SX model, add. inline punching, high-relief and deep embossing and cold foil appli-cation systems

double-sized cylinders only for optimal sheet transfer

opt.: inline meas. and quality control. Plate change in 75 sec. without bending, auto-register alignment

(Quelle: World of Print, Ausgabe 8/2014, S. 16 - 19)

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Press Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 52

Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 74

Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 52

Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 52 Anicolor

Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 74

Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75

Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75 Anicolor

Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102

Heidelberg Speedmaster SX 102

Heidelberg Speedmaster CX 102

Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106

Supplier Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm. Heidelberger Druckm.

Engineering

Number of Printing Units 2 to 4 2 to 4 2 to 8 4 to 10 2 to 8 4 to 12 4 to 12 4 to 7 2 to 10 4 to 12 2 to 17

Coating Module yes, third-party supplier no yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

Sheet Perfection System no no yes yes yes yes yes no yes no yes

Printing Technology wet offset wet offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset wet offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset

Inking Unit Technology 18 roller/18/16 roller inking unit + Alcolor dampening unit

like SM 52, 74-H with Vario fea-ture

18 roller inking unit + Alcolor dam-pening unit with Vario feature

Anicolor short inking unit + Alcolor dampening unit with Vario feature

16 roller inking unit + Alcolor dam-pening unit with Vario feature

16 unit inking roller + Alcolor dampening unit with Vario feature

Anicolor short inking unit + Alcolor dampening unit with Vario feature

20 roller inking unit + Alcolor dampening unit with Vario feature

20 roller inking units + Alcolor dampening unit with Vario feature

20 roller inking unit + Alcolor dampening unit with Vario feature

Hycolor with sept. ink fountain roller + short-path inking mode

Drying IR via third-party supplier IR via third-party supplier IR hot air and UV IR hot air and UV IR hot air and UV IR hot air and UV IR hot air IR hot air and UV IR and UV IR and UV IR and UV

Max. Print Format 360 x 520 mm 510 x 740 mm 360 x 520 mm, straight/perfec-ting modes 350 x 520 mm

360 x 520 mm, straight/perfec-ting modes 350 x 520 mm

510 x 740 mm F-Format: 585 x 740 , C-Format: 510 x 740 mm

F-Format: 585 x 740 , C-Format: 510 x 740 mm

710 x 1.020 mm straight/perfecting modes 700 x 1.020 mm

710 x 1.020 mm 740 x 1.050 mm

Max. Sheet Performance/H 15.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 18.000, straight/perfecting modes 15.000 sheets/hour

15.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 14.000 sheets/hour 16.500 sheets/hour 18.000 sheets/hour

Automatic Plate Changing yes (AutoPlate) yes (AutoPlate) yes (AutoPlate) yes (AutoPlate) yes, opt. fully automatic yes, opt. fully automatic and si-moultenously

AutoPlate Pro, fully automatic yes (AutoPlate) yes, opt. fully automatic yes, opt. fully automatic yes, fully automatic, simultane-ously

JDF/CIP4 Capable yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

Printing Substrates

Min. and Max. Sheet Format 105 x 145 to 370 x 520 mm 210 x 280 to 530 x 740 mm 105 x 145 mm, straight/perfec-ting modes: 140 x 145 mm to 370 x 520 mm

105 x 145 mm, straight/perfec-ting modes: 140 x 145 mm to 370 x 520 mm

210 x 280 mm, straight/perfecting modes: 300 x 280 mm to 530 x 740 mm

210 x 350, straight/perfecting modes 340 x 350to 605 x 750; C: straight/perfecting modes 300 x 350 to 530 x 750 mm

210 x 350, straight/perfecting modes 340 x 350 to 605 x 750; C: straight/perfecting modes 300 x 350 to 530 x 750 mm

340 x 480 to 720 x 1.020 mm 340 x 480 mm; straight/perfec-ting modes 400 x 480 mm; max. 720 x 1.020 mm

340 x 480 to 720 x 1.020 mm 340 x 480 to 750 x 1.060 mm

Substrate Thickness 0.03 – 0.4/0.6 mm 0.03 – 0.4/0.6 mm 0.03 – 0.6 mm 0.03 – 0.6 mm 0.03 – 0.6 mm 0.03 – 0.8 mm 0.03 – 0.8 mm 0.03 – 1.0 mm 0.03 – 0.6 mm 0.03 – 1.0 mm 0.03 – 1.0 mm

Pile Height Feeder/Delivery 915/535 mm 1.060/ 597, high-pile del. 1.160 mm

915 mm/535 mm, high-pile de-livery: 695 mm

915 mm/535 mm,high-pile deli-very: 695 mm

1.060 mm/597 mm, High-pile delivery: 1.160 mm

1.120/1.120 mm (increment + 550 mm)

1.120/1.120 mm (increment + 550 mm)

1.320/1.295 mm 1.320/1.295 mm 1.320/1.295 mm 1.320/1.295 mm

Additional

Remarks Press Center Compact, Sheetfed Control, IntelliStart, Prinect Easy Control, TransferJacket Blue

Press Center Compact, Sheetfed Control, IntelliStart, Prinect Easy Control, TransferJacket Blue

Press Center, Sheetfed Control, In-telliStart, DryStar Coating, DryStar Combination, LE UV, Prinect Easy/Axis/Image Control, adjust. trans-fer cyl. UI, TransferJacket Blue

Press Center, Sheetfed Control, IntelliStart, DryStar Ink, DryStar Coating, DryStar Combination, UV, adj. transfer cyl. UI, Trans-ferJacket Blue

Press Center, Sheetfed Control, IntelliStart, DryStar Coating, LE UV, Prinect Easy/Axis/Image Control, adj. transfer cyl. UI, TransferJacket Blue

Prinect Press Center, Sheetfed Control, Preset Plus feeder/deli-very with dynamic sheet brake, CleanStar powder extraction DryStar dryer

Prinect Press Center, Sheetfed Control, Preset Plus feeder/deli-very with dynamic sheet brake, CleanStar powder extraction DryStar dryer

Prinect Press Center Compact, Sheetfed Control, IntelliStart, Prinect EasyControl, Preset Plus Feeder/Delivery, DryStar Combi-nation, DryStar Combination Carton, LE UV

Inpress Contr., Press Cent., Sheetf. Con., Preset Plus Feeder/Del., XL gripper sys./cyl. bear., dyn. sheet brake, DryStar/DryStar Coating/DryStar Comb., CoatingStar coating suppl.

Inpress Contr., Press Cent., Sheetf. Con., Preset Plus Feeder/Del., XL gripper sys./cyl. bear., dyn. sheet brake, DryStar/DryStar Coating/DryStar Comb., CoatingStar coating suppl.

Prinect Press Center, Intellistart, Sheetfed Con., Inpress Con., In-spection Con., broad air set-tings, central delivery control panel, multi-loader system

Press Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106-P

KBA Genius 52UV KBA Rapida 75 KBA Rapida 105 KBA Rapida 106 Komori Lithrone 20 Komori Spica 26/29 (P) Komori Enthrone 29 (P) Komori Lithrone S(X) 29 (P)

Komori Lithrone A 37 Komori Lithrone G 40 (P)

Supplier Heidelberger Druckm. KBA-MePrint Koenig & Bauer Koenig & Bauer Koenig & Bauer Komori Komori Komori Komori Komori Komori

Engineering

Number of Printing Units 2 to 17 5 2 to 8+L 4 to 10 2 to 19 2 to 8 2 4 to 5 2 to 12 4 to 5 2 to 12

Coating Module yes optional yes yes yes optional no no optional, also more than 1 optional optional, also more than 1

Sheet Perfecting System yes no yes yes yes no optional optional optional optional optional

Printing Technology wet and waterless offset waterless wet offset wet offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset wet offset wet offset wet and waterless offset wet offset wet and waterless offset

Inking Unit Technology 24 inking rollers and inking unit Hyolor with sep. Duktor temp. + short inking unit

offset UV short inking unit tech-nology

conventional inking units conventional inking units, sing-le-train

conventional inking units, single-train

double-train inking unit with copper oscillation

double-train inking unit with copper oscillation

double-train inking unit with 20 inking rollers and copper oscil-lation

double-train inking unit with 20 inking rollers and copper oscil-lation

double-train inking unit with 20 inking rollers and copper oscil-lation

double-train inking unit with 20 inking rollers and copper oscil-lation

Drying IR and UV UV IR/TL, UV IR/TL (VariDryBLUE), UV IR/TL (VariDryBLUE), UV optional IR/HL and UV n/s n/s opt. H-UV, IR/HL, UV, intermediate drying

optional: H-UV/IR opt. H-UV, IR/HL, UV, interme-diate drying

Max. Print Format 740 x 1.050 mm, straight/per-fecting modes 730 x 1.050 mm

350 x 500 mm 510 x 735 mm (special format: 585 x 735 mm)

710 or 730 x 1.040 mm 730 x 1.050 mm 360 x 510 mm 470 x 650/520 x 740 mm 520 x 740 mm, 510 x 740 mm perfecting mode

S: 520 x 740, SX: 585 x 740 mm

620 x 930 mm 710 x 1.020 mm, 700 x 1.020 perfecting mode

Max. Sheet Performance/H 15.000 or 18.000 sheets/hour 8.000 sheets/hour 16.000 sheets/hour 16.000 or 17.000 sheets/hour 20.000 sheets/hour 13.000 sheets/hour 13.000 sheets/hour 13.000, straight and perfecting modes 11.000 sheets/hour

16.000 sheets/hour 13.000 sheets/hour 16.500, straight and perfecting modes 15.000 sheet/hour

Automatic Plate Changing yes, fully automatic, simultene-ously

semi-automatic, done in less than 3 minutes

SAPC (ca. 45 seconds per prin-ting unit)

SAPC 1 min. per printing unit, FAPC in total 3 min.

SAPC, FAPC, DriveTronic SPC, Flying JobChange 0 min.

semi-automatic semi-automatic semi-automatic fully automatic semi-automatic semi or fully automatic

JDF/CIP4 Capable yes no yes yes yes optional optional optional yes yes yes

Printing Substrates

Min. and Max. Sheet Format 340 x 480 mm, straight and perfecting mode 410 x 480 to 750 x 1.060 mm

210 x 297 to 360 x 520 mm 300 x 300 to 530 x 750 mm (special format: 605 x 750 mm)

360 x 520/350 x 500 to 720 x 1.050/740 x 1.050 mm

340 x 480 to 740 x 1.060 mm 100 x 148 to 375 x 520 mm 200 x 280 to 480 x 660/530 x 750 mm

200 x 280 to 530 x 750 mm 200 x 280 to 530 x 750, 297 x 420 to 610 x 750 mm

max. 620 x 930 mm 360 x 520 to 720 x 1.030 mm

Substrate Thickness 0.03 – 0.8 mm 0.1 – 0.8 mm 0.04 – 0.8 mm 0.06 – 0.7 mm, opt. 0.04 – 1.6 mm

0.04 – 0.7 mm, opt. 0.04 – 1.6 mm 0.04 – 0.6 mm 0.035 – 0.3 mm 0.04 – 0.6 mm (P: 0.04 –0.45) 0.04 – 0.8 mm (S and SX) – 0.45 mm (P)

0.04 – 0.6 mm 0.06 – 0.6; 0.04 – 0.8/0.06 – 1.0 mm

Pile Height Feeder/Delivery 1.320/1.295 mm 600/400 mm, machine height incre-ment optional

840/920 mm 1.300/1.200 mm 1.250/1.200 mm 800/500 mm 800/600 mm 800/600 mm 800/900 to 1.000/1.100 mm 800/900 mm 1.150/1.150, opt. pl. 300 – 450 mm

Additional

Remarks Prinect Press Center, IntelliStart, Sheetfed-, Inpress-, Inspection- Con., various air settings, centr. de-livery settings, Multi Loader System

prints PVC, ABS, PS, PE, PET, PC and other substrates like card-board and paper

ErgoTronic ColorDrive, ErgoTro-nic ACR

DriveTronic Feeder, Inline: Dich-tereg., comb. dens. and colour meas. sys., dyn. ink zone calc. , aut. decoupling inking units

like for the 105, add. DriveTronic Infeed, SIS, SPC, Plate Ident, DensiTronic PDF, QualiTronic, -Color Control, -prof.

double-sized cylinders only for optimal sheet transfer

double-sized cylinders only for optimal sheet transfer

double-sized cylinders only for optimal sheet transfer

for the SX model, add. inline punching, high-relief and deep embossing and cold foil appli-cation systems

double-sized cylinders only for optimal sheet transfer

opt.: inline meas. and quality control. Plate change in 75 sec. without bending, auto-register alignment

Press Komori Lithrone S 40SP Komori Lithrone GX 40RP Komori Lithrone GX 40 Komori Lithrone S 44 Komori Lithrone S 44 SP Roland 50 Roland 200 Roland 200 H und HLV Roland 500 Roland 700 HiPrint/HiPrint HS

Roland 700 Direct-Drive

Supplier Komori Komori Komori Komori Komori manroland sheetfed manroland sheetfed manroland sheetfed manroland sheetfed manroland sheetfed manroland sheetfedEngineeringNumber of Printing Units 2 to 12 6 to 18 4 to 20 4 to 8 2 to 10 2, 4, 5 and 6 2, 4, 5 and 6 2, 4, 5 and 6 2, 4 to 12 2 to 12, HS 4 to 12 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 12Coating Module opt. dual coating unit optional, also more than 1 optional, also more than 1 optional, also more than 1 n/s no opt. InlineCoater smart yes yes, Lack PPL opt. yes yesSheet Perfecting System single- and both-sided printing

without perf.single- and both-sided printing without perf. – 0,8 mm

no optional optional no no no yes yes yes

Printing Technology wet offset wet offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset wet offset wet offset wet offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offsetInking Unit Technology double-train inking unit with 20 in-

king rollers and copper oscillationdouble-train inking unit with 20 in-king rollers and copper oscillation

double-train inking unit with 20 in-king rollers and copper oscillation

double-train inking unit with 20 in-king rollers and copper oscillation

double-train inking unit with 20 inking rollers and copper oscillation

conv. and UV, automat. ink pre-set-tings, automised washing

conv. and UV, automat. ink pre-settings, automised washing

conv. and UV, automat. ink pre-set-tings, automised washing

conv. and UV, automat. ink pre-set-tings, automised washing

conv. and UV, automat. ink pre-set-tings, automised washing, HS high automation.

very high degree of automation, see HiPrint

Drying optional both-sided IR opt. H-UV, IR/HL, UV, interm. drying opt. H-UV, IR/HL, UV, interm. drying opt. H-UV, IR/HL, UV, interm. drying

no IR, opt. extern UV IR TL IR TL and UV IR TL and UV IR TL, UV and LEC IR, opt. UV and LEC

Max. Print Format 710 x 1.020 mm 740 x 1.050 mm 740 x 1.050 mm 840 x 1.150 mm 840 x 1.150 mm 350 x 515, opt. 370 x 525 mm 510 x 735 mm 510 x 735 mm 520 x 740, opt. 580 x 740 mm 715 x 1.020, 730/770 x 1.030 mm 715 x 1.020, 730 x 1.030 mmMax. Sheet Performance/H 15.000 sheets/hour. 15.000 or 16.500 sheets/hour 16.500 or 18.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 13.000 sheets/hour 13.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 16.000, 18.000 opt., 15.000

straight/perfecting modes sheets/hour

16.000/18.000 sheets/hour, 13.200 sheets/hour (straight/per-fecting modes)

18.000 sheets/hour opt., 13.200 (straight/perfecting modes) 16.000 sheets/hour standard

Automatic Plate Changing fully automatic fully automatc fully automatic fully automatic fully automatic semi-automatic EPL semi-automatic EPL semi-automatic EPL semi-automatic PPL yes (PPL), APL optional yes, APL simultaneouslyJDF/CIP4 Capable yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesPrinting SubstratesMin. and Max. Sheet Format 360 x 560 – 720 x 1.030 mm 360 x 520 – 750 x 1.050 mm 360 x 520 – 750 x 1.050 mm 460 x 620 – 820 x 1.140 mm 460 x 620 – 820 x 1.140 mm 148 x 180 – 360 x 520, opt.

380 x 530 mm210 x 297 – 520 x 740 mm 210 x 297 – 520 x 740 mm 260 x 400 – 530 x 740, opt. 280

x 350 – 590 x 740 mm340 x 480 – 740 x 1.040, opt. 740/780 x 1.050 mm

340 x 480 – 740 x 1.040, opt. to 740 x 1.050 mm

Substrate Thickness 0.04 – 0.2/0.3 mm 0.04 – 0.5 mm / 0.2 – 0.8 mm / 0.1–0.7 mm

0.06 – 1.0 mm 0.04 – 0.8/0.08 – 1.0 mm 0.04 – 0.8/0.08 – 1.0 mm 0.04 – 0.8 mm 0.04 – 0.08 mm 0.04 – 0.8 mm 0.04 – 1.0 mm, straight/perfec-ting modes 0.06 – 0.60 mm

0.04 – 1.00 mm, HiPrint straight/perfecting modes 0.06 – 0.60 mm

0.04 – 1.00 mm

Pile Height Feeder/Delivery 1.450 mm (feed/delivery) 1.850/1.450 mm 1.600/1.600mm 1.250/1.250 mm (opt. 300 to 450 mm higher)

1.450/1.450 mm (opt. 300 to 450 mm higher)

1.250/800 mm 1.250/600 mm 1.250/1.000 mm 1.050/1.080 mm 1.320/ 1.220 HS 1.400/1.225 1.320/1.220 mm

1.320/1.220mm

AdditionalRemarks straight printing press print qua-

lity for both sides in double-sided printing, double-prin-ting-unit-construction

optional: Inline measuring and quality control, plate changing in 75 seconds without bending, au-to-register alignment

optional: Inline measuring and quality control, plate changing in 75 seconds without bending, au-to-register alignment

optional: Inline measuring and quality control, plate changing in 75 seconds without bending, au-to-register alignment

suitable for cardboard printing, marking-free sheet run due to double-sized impression and transfer cylinders

broad cardboard equipment w. cover fram, sheet rear edge gu-ides above impression cyl. and CardboardWheels on the transf. and delivery drum.

broad cardboard equipment w. cover fram, sheet rear edge gu-ides above impression cyl. and CardboardWheels on the transf. and delivery drum.

automatic format setting, was-hing sysem, air setting, ink ma-nagement and colour control system, inline cold foil finishing

automatic format setting, was-hing sys., air setting, ink ma-nagement and colour control sys., HiPrint clocked inline cold foil finishing

QuickChange opt., ColorPilot, electr. pr. lenght corrector, InlineInsp. & -Sorter, In-lineColorPilot w. Inline Register/Bobst-reg. Opt. InlineSheeter RS 104, InlineOb-server, -Rainbow pr., -Foiler single and multi reel, Auto NonStop Feeder/Del. w. Aupasys Sys.

optimal for 4-colour jobs bet-ween 500 and 10.000 prints, 10 min. setup-time, lowest waste ra-tes, 120s raster, FM

Press Ryobi MHI 520 GE Ryobi MHI 520 GX Ryobi MHI 760 E Ryobi MHI 750 G Ryobi MHI 920 Ryobi MHI V3000 Ryobi MHI Daiya 400 Sakurai OL466SD + SDP/w

Sakurai OL480SDw/SDPw Sakurai OL96SD WIN PC 52

Supplier Mitsubishi/R+M Graphik Mitsubishi/R+M Graphik Mitsubishi/R+M Graphik Mitsubishi/R+M Graphik Mitsubishi/R+M Graphik Mitsubishi/R+M Graphik Mitsubishi/R+M Graphik Oliver Grafische Systeme Oliver Grafische Systeme Oliver Grafische Systeme Eilbrecht Offset and more

Engineering

Number of Printing Units 2, 4 and 5 2 to 6 2 to 5 2 to 10 2 to 10 2 to 12 2 to 8 4, 5 and 6 inking units 2, 4, 5 and 6 4 and 5 2, 4, 5 and 6

Coating Module no yes no yes yes yes yes optional optional opt. with doctor blade system yes

Sheet Perfecting System no yes yes yes yes yes yes SD no, SDP yes no/yes no coming soon

Printing Technology wet or waterless offset wet or waterless offset wet or waterless offset wet or waterless offset wet or waterless offset wet or waterless offset wet or waterless offset wet offset, opt. waterless n/s wet offset wet offset

Inking Unit Technology conventional, automated set-tings/adjusting ink and washing

conventional, high degree of au-tomation

conventional, high degree of au-tomation

conventional, high degree of au-tomation

conventional, high degree of automation

conventional, high degree of au-tomation

conventional, high degree of au-tomation

inking unit cooling system optio-nal

inking unit cooling system optio-nal

conventional with four applica-tion rollers, cooling system

conv., four different application rollers

Drying IR dryer, LED-UV dryer IR-, IR-Thermol., UV, UV-Zw., LED-UV dryer

IR dryer, LED-UV dryer IR-, IR-Thermol., UV, UV-Zw., LED-UV dryer

IR, IR-Thermol., UV, UV-Zw., LED-UV dryer

IR-, IR-Thermol., UV, UV-Zw., LED-UV dryer

IR/UV optional IR, UV or LED-UV optional IR, UV or LED-UV optional IR, UV or LED-UV optional IR; UV

Max. Sheet Format 350 x 505 mm 350 x 505 mm 580 x 765 mm 580 x 765 mm 615 x 900 mm 740 x 1.050 mm 810 x 1.120 mm 475/485 x 650/660 mm (4/0), afrom 465/475 (2/2)

585 x 785 mm (4/0), 580 x 785 mm (2/2)

630 x 955 mm 505 x 350 mm

Max. Sheet Performance/H 11.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 13.000 sheets/hour 16.000/15.000 sheets/hour 16.200 sheets/hour 16.200 sheets/hour 13.000 sheets/hour 16.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 16.000 sheets/hour 12.000 sheets/hour

Autom. Plate Changing yes yes yes automatic/fully automatic automatic/fully automatic automatic/fully automatic automatic/fully automatic yes yes yes semi-automatically

JDF/CIP4 Capable yes yes yes yes yes yes yes optional optional optional CIP4 optional

Printing Substrates

Min. and Max. Sheet Format 100 x 105 – 375 x 520 mm 100 x 105 – 375 x 520 mm 200 x 279 – 600 x 765 mm 200 x 279 – 600 x 788 mm 290 x 410 – 640 x 920 mm 360 x 540 – 750 x 1.050 mm 820 x 1.120 mm 200 x 297 – 508 x 660 mm 260 x 400 – 600 x 790 mm 318 x 469 – 640 x 965 mm 100 x 150 – 520 x 375 mm

Substrate Thickness 0.04 – 0.4, small 0.5 mm 0.04 – 0.6, straight/perfecting modes to 0.4 mm

0.04 – 0.6, straight/perfecting modes to 0.4 mm

0.04 – 0.8, straight/perfecting modes to 0.4 mm

0.04 – 0.6 , straight/perfecting modes to 0.4

straight 0.04 – 1.0 mm 0.04 – 0.8 mm 0.04 – 0.4, SD – 0.6 mm 0.04 – 0.4, SDw – 0.6 mm 0.04 – 0.6 mm 0.04 – 0.5 mm

Pile Height Feeder/Delivery 600/400 mm 800/700 mm 735/500 mm 800/925 mm 800/900 mm 1.110/1.110 mm 1.200/1.200 mm 900/840 mm 900/840 mm n/s 600/430, opt. 700 mm (4c)

Additional

Remarks smooth sheet travel, dou-ble-width impression cylinders, double- and tripple-sized transf. cyl., autom. operated grip-hooks.

smooth sheet travel, dou-ble-width impression cylinders, double- and tripple-sized transf. cyl., autom. operated grip-hooks.

30% space savings due to inte-grated printing process control, double-sized transfer and im-pression cylinders

contact-free sheet transfer th-rough adjustable, skeletal transfer cylinders with air conveyance, Smart set-up function, Full RPC

smooth sheet travel, double-width impr. cyl., double-sized transfer cyl., autom- operated grip-hooks with double-spring mech.

double-sized impression and transfer cylinders, also as a card-board version, Tandem Perfector or Convertible Perfector

also available as Tandem Perfec-tor

very stable construction, doubled cylinder diameter, high automa-tion level

very stable construction, doubled cyl. diameter, high automation level, shock-free gripper system (forcibly actuated)

very high automation level, dou-ble-sized cylinders, stable construction, space-saving di-mensions

suction tape techn., remotely ad-apt. radial, axial and diagonal, double-sized impr. cyl-, double-/tripple-sized transf. cyl.

(Quelle: World of Print, Ausgabe 8/2014, S. 16 - 19)

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Press Komori Lithrone S 40SP Komori Lithrone GX 40RP Komori Lithrone GX 40 Komori Lithrone S 44 Komori Lithrone S 44 SP Roland 50 Roland 200 Roland 200 H und HLV Roland 500 Roland 700 HiPrint/HiPrint HS

Roland 700 Direct-Drive

Supplier Komori Komori Komori Komori Komori manroland sheetfed manroland sheetfed manroland sheetfed manroland sheetfed manroland sheetfed manroland sheetfedEngineeringNumber of Printing Units 2 to 12 6 to 18 4 to 20 4 to 8 2 to 10 2, 4, 5 and 6 2, 4, 5 and 6 2, 4, 5 and 6 2, 4 to 12 2 to 12, HS 4 to 12 2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 & 12Coating Module opt. dual coating unit optional, also more than 1 optional, also more than 1 optional, also more than 1 n/s no opt. InlineCoater smart yes yes, Lack PPL opt. yes yesSheet Perfecting System single- and both-sided printing

without perf.single- and both-sided printing without perf. – 0,8 mm

no optional optional no no no yes yes yes

Printing Technology wet offset wet offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset wet offset wet offset wet offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offset wet and waterless offsetInking Unit Technology double-train inking unit with 20 in-

king rollers and copper oscillationdouble-train inking unit with 20 in-king rollers and copper oscillation

double-train inking unit with 20 in-king rollers and copper oscillation

double-train inking unit with 20 in-king rollers and copper oscillation

double-train inking unit with 20 inking rollers and copper oscillation

conv. and UV, automat. ink pre-set-tings, automised washing

conv. and UV, automat. ink pre-settings, automised washing

conv. and UV, automat. ink pre-set-tings, automised washing

conv. and UV, automat. ink pre-set-tings, automised washing

conv. and UV, automat. ink pre-set-tings, automised washing, HS high automation.

very high degree of automation, see HiPrint

Drying optional both-sided IR opt. H-UV, IR/HL, UV, interm. drying opt. H-UV, IR/HL, UV, interm. drying opt. H-UV, IR/HL, UV, interm. drying

no IR, opt. extern UV IR TL IR TL and UV IR TL and UV IR TL, UV and LEC IR, opt. UV and LEC

Max. Print Format 710 x 1.020 mm 740 x 1.050 mm 740 x 1.050 mm 840 x 1.150 mm 840 x 1.150 mm 350 x 515, opt. 370 x 525 mm 510 x 735 mm 510 x 735 mm 520 x 740, opt. 580 x 740 mm 715 x 1.020, 730/770 x 1.030 mm 715 x 1.020, 730 x 1.030 mmMax. Sheet Performance/H 15.000 sheets/hour. 15.000 or 16.500 sheets/hour 16.500 or 18.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 13.000 sheets/hour 13.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 16.000, 18.000 opt., 15.000

straight/perfecting modes sheets/hour

16.000/18.000 sheets/hour, 13.200 sheets/hour (straight/per-fecting modes)

18.000 sheets/hour opt., 13.200 (straight/perfecting modes) 16.000 sheets/hour standard

Automatic Plate Changing fully automatic fully automatc fully automatic fully automatic fully automatic semi-automatic EPL semi-automatic EPL semi-automatic EPL semi-automatic PPL yes (PPL), APL optional yes, APL simultaneouslyJDF/CIP4 Capable yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yesPrinting SubstratesMin. and Max. Sheet Format 360 x 560 – 720 x 1.030 mm 360 x 520 – 750 x 1.050 mm 360 x 520 – 750 x 1.050 mm 460 x 620 – 820 x 1.140 mm 460 x 620 – 820 x 1.140 mm 148 x 180 – 360 x 520, opt.

380 x 530 mm210 x 297 – 520 x 740 mm 210 x 297 – 520 x 740 mm 260 x 400 – 530 x 740, opt. 280

x 350 – 590 x 740 mm340 x 480 – 740 x 1.040, opt. 740/780 x 1.050 mm

340 x 480 – 740 x 1.040, opt. to 740 x 1.050 mm

Substrate Thickness 0.04 – 0.2/0.3 mm 0.04 – 0.5 mm / 0.2 – 0.8 mm / 0.1–0.7 mm

0.06 – 1.0 mm 0.04 – 0.8/0.08 – 1.0 mm 0.04 – 0.8/0.08 – 1.0 mm 0.04 – 0.8 mm 0.04 – 0.08 mm 0.04 – 0.8 mm 0.04 – 1.0 mm, straight/perfec-ting modes 0.06 – 0.60 mm

0.04 – 1.00 mm, HiPrint straight/perfecting modes 0.06 – 0.60 mm

0.04 – 1.00 mm

Pile Height Feeder/Delivery 1.450 mm (feed/delivery) 1.850/1.450 mm 1.600/1.600mm 1.250/1.250 mm (opt. 300 to 450 mm higher)

1.450/1.450 mm (opt. 300 to 450 mm higher)

1.250/800 mm 1.250/600 mm 1.250/1.000 mm 1.050/1.080 mm 1.320/ 1.220 HS 1.400/1.225 1.320/1.220 mm

1.320/1.220mm

AdditionalRemarks straight printing press print qua-

lity for both sides in double-sided printing, double-prin-ting-unit-construction

optional: Inline measuring and quality control, plate changing in 75 seconds without bending, au-to-register alignment

optional: Inline measuring and quality control, plate changing in 75 seconds without bending, au-to-register alignment

optional: Inline measuring and quality control, plate changing in 75 seconds without bending, au-to-register alignment

suitable for cardboard printing, marking-free sheet run due to double-sized impression and transfer cylinders

broad cardboard equipment w. cover fram, sheet rear edge gu-ides above impression cyl. and CardboardWheels on the transf. and delivery drum.

broad cardboard equipment w. cover fram, sheet rear edge gu-ides above impression cyl. and CardboardWheels on the transf. and delivery drum.

automatic format setting, was-hing sysem, air setting, ink ma-nagement and colour control system, inline cold foil finishing

automatic format setting, was-hing sys., air setting, ink ma-nagement and colour control sys., HiPrint clocked inline cold foil finishing

QuickChange opt., ColorPilot, electr. pr. lenght corrector, InlineInsp. & -Sorter, In-lineColorPilot w. Inline Register/Bobst-reg. Opt. InlineSheeter RS 104, InlineOb-server, -Rainbow pr., -Foiler single and multi reel, Auto NonStop Feeder/Del. w. Aupasys Sys.

optimal for 4-colour jobs bet-ween 500 and 10.000 prints, 10 min. setup-time, lowest waste ra-tes, 120s raster, FM

Press Ryobi MHI 520 GE Ryobi MHI 520 GX Ryobi MHI 760 E Ryobi MHI 750 G Ryobi MHI 920 Ryobi MHI V3000 Ryobi MHI Daiya 400 Sakurai OL466SD + SDP/w

Sakurai OL480SDw/SDPw Sakurai OL96SD WIN PC 52

Supplier Mitsubishi/R+M Graphik Mitsubishi/R+M Graphik Mitsubishi/R+M Graphik Mitsubishi/R+M Graphik Mitsubishi/R+M Graphik Mitsubishi/R+M Graphik Mitsubishi/R+M Graphik Oliver Grafische Systeme Oliver Grafische Systeme Oliver Grafische Systeme Eilbrecht Offset and more

Engineering

Number of Printing Units 2, 4 and 5 2 to 6 2 to 5 2 to 10 2 to 10 2 to 12 2 to 8 4, 5 and 6 inking units 2, 4, 5 and 6 4 and 5 2, 4, 5 and 6

Coating Module no yes no yes yes yes yes optional optional opt. with doctor blade system yes

Sheet Perfecting System no yes yes yes yes yes yes SD no, SDP yes no/yes no coming soon

Printing Technology wet or waterless offset wet or waterless offset wet or waterless offset wet or waterless offset wet or waterless offset wet or waterless offset wet or waterless offset wet offset, opt. waterless n/s wet offset wet offset

Inking Unit Technology conventional, automated set-tings/adjusting ink and washing

conventional, high degree of au-tomation

conventional, high degree of au-tomation

conventional, high degree of au-tomation

conventional, high degree of automation

conventional, high degree of au-tomation

conventional, high degree of au-tomation

inking unit cooling system optio-nal

inking unit cooling system optio-nal

conventional with four applica-tion rollers, cooling system

conv., four different application rollers

Drying IR dryer, LED-UV dryer IR-, IR-Thermol., UV, UV-Zw., LED-UV dryer

IR dryer, LED-UV dryer IR-, IR-Thermol., UV, UV-Zw., LED-UV dryer

IR, IR-Thermol., UV, UV-Zw., LED-UV dryer

IR-, IR-Thermol., UV, UV-Zw., LED-UV dryer

IR/UV optional IR, UV or LED-UV optional IR, UV or LED-UV optional IR, UV or LED-UV optional IR; UV

Max. Sheet Format 350 x 505 mm 350 x 505 mm 580 x 765 mm 580 x 765 mm 615 x 900 mm 740 x 1.050 mm 810 x 1.120 mm 475/485 x 650/660 mm (4/0), afrom 465/475 (2/2)

585 x 785 mm (4/0), 580 x 785 mm (2/2)

630 x 955 mm 505 x 350 mm

Max. Sheet Performance/H 11.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 13.000 sheets/hour 16.000/15.000 sheets/hour 16.200 sheets/hour 16.200 sheets/hour 13.000 sheets/hour 16.000 sheets/hour 15.000 sheets/hour 16.000 sheets/hour 12.000 sheets/hour

Autom. Plate Changing yes yes yes automatic/fully automatic automatic/fully automatic automatic/fully automatic automatic/fully automatic yes yes yes semi-automatically

JDF/CIP4 Capable yes yes yes yes yes yes yes optional optional optional CIP4 optional

Printing Substrates

Min. and Max. Sheet Format 100 x 105 – 375 x 520 mm 100 x 105 – 375 x 520 mm 200 x 279 – 600 x 765 mm 200 x 279 – 600 x 788 mm 290 x 410 – 640 x 920 mm 360 x 540 – 750 x 1.050 mm 820 x 1.120 mm 200 x 297 – 508 x 660 mm 260 x 400 – 600 x 790 mm 318 x 469 – 640 x 965 mm 100 x 150 – 520 x 375 mm

Substrate Thickness 0.04 – 0.4, small 0.5 mm 0.04 – 0.6, straight/perfecting modes to 0.4 mm

0.04 – 0.6, straight/perfecting modes to 0.4 mm

0.04 – 0.8, straight/perfecting modes to 0.4 mm

0.04 – 0.6 , straight/perfecting modes to 0.4

straight 0.04 – 1.0 mm 0.04 – 0.8 mm 0.04 – 0.4, SD – 0.6 mm 0.04 – 0.4, SDw – 0.6 mm 0.04 – 0.6 mm 0.04 – 0.5 mm

Pile Height Feeder/Delivery 600/400 mm 800/700 mm 735/500 mm 800/925 mm 800/900 mm 1.110/1.110 mm 1.200/1.200 mm 900/840 mm 900/840 mm n/s 600/430, opt. 700 mm (4c)

Additional

Remarks smooth sheet travel, dou-ble-width impression cylinders, double- and tripple-sized transf. cyl., autom. operated grip-hooks.

smooth sheet travel, dou-ble-width impression cylinders, double- and tripple-sized transf. cyl., autom. operated grip-hooks.

30% space savings due to inte-grated printing process control, double-sized transfer and im-pression cylinders

contact-free sheet transfer th-rough adjustable, skeletal transfer cylinders with air conveyance, Smart set-up function, Full RPC

smooth sheet travel, double-width impr. cyl., double-sized transfer cyl., autom- operated grip-hooks with double-spring mech.

double-sized impression and transfer cylinders, also as a card-board version, Tandem Perfector or Convertible Perfector

also available as Tandem Perfec-tor

very stable construction, doubled cylinder diameter, high automa-tion level

very stable construction, doubled cyl. diameter, high automation level, shock-free gripper system (forcibly actuated)

very high automation level, dou-ble-sized cylinders, stable construction, space-saving di-mensions

suction tape techn., remotely ad-apt. radial, axial and diagonal, double-sized impr. cyl-, double-/tripple-sized transf. cyl.

KBA Cortina users from Germany and abroad met for the tenth user workshop at this waterless newspaper press’ birthplace, Koenig & Bauer, in Würzburg on 12 and 13 November. KBA Cortina project manager Peter Benz put together an extremely varied agenda for this user group which has proved it is open to new ideas and new paths regarding the application and marketing of high-quality waterless web offset printing. He also hosted the event that focused on providing the latest information on hot topics and the a pooling of news and views between the Cortina users whose numbers have in the meantime increased to 19.

10th Cortina user workshop at KBA in Würzburg

Waterless newspaper printing opens up new

avenues

Some 75 representatives from German and European Cortina printing plants as well as from supply firms met for the tenth Cortina user workshop at KBA in Würzburg. The Marienberg Fortress, a famous Würzburg landmark, can be seen in the background.

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This year’s user meeting began with an evening meal at the Marienberg Fortress, a famous Würzburg landmark. KBA CEO and president Claus Bolza-Schünemann welcomed 75 participants from the newspaper and supply industry to the world’s oldest press manufacturer’s main plant the following morning. KBA marketing director Klaus Schmidt gave an overview of current developments in the print market and the resulting realignment of the KBA Group. His conclusion: “Printed newspapers will still be around in 2030. However, they will be different to today’s newspapers in terms of contents and look. We all have to contribute to promoting the strengths of print in the media arena. Simply reducing costs leads to a downward spiral. Surprising contents, smart commentaries and an attractive appearance are in demand. Good editors and cutting-edge technology are thus essential. Our Cortina users have taken the lead with their creative ideas.”

Head of web press after-sales service Thomas Potzkai then informed the visitors about KBA’s expanded service portfolio for web press printers.

The results of a survey carried out mainly at mid-sized ad-vertising agencies on the image and potential of print in the competitive media arena with a focus on the future of water-less newspaper printing were presented by Matthias Tietz, managing director of Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei (RBD) in Düsseldorf. Most of the people interviewed were positively surprised by the quality and special haptic qualities of the magazines and supplements printed in waterless coldset as well as newspapers partially coated inline. They also see opportunities to use these more in advertising. Nevertheless,

KBA CEO and president Claus Bolza-Schünemann welcomed the par-ticipants of the tenth Cortina user workshop to Koenig & Bauer’s main facility in Würzburg, Germany.

Matthias Tietz, managing director of Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei (RBD), presented the results of a survey in the agency scene on print’s prospects in the competitive media arena and on the future of waterless web offset printing.

it also became clear that the potential of waterless web offset printing in the agency scene is still considerably less well known than the classic sheetfed and web offset printing processes, or even digital printing.

The materials for waterless web printing, in particular printing plates, inks and blankets, have come a long way since the first KBA Cortina was delivered at the beginning of 2005. For the first users this process which was viewed as exotic ten years ago has become routine. New users such as Trierischer Volksfreund in Germany or Polaris Trykk in Trondheim Nor-way also profit from the exchange of experiences and from discussions with suppliers at the annual user workshop. Dr Wolfgang Rauh from the Graphic Technology Research Asso-ciation (Fogra Forschungsgesellschaft Druck e.V.) presented a research project by the German Federation of Industrial Research Associations (AiF) titled “Specification Cortina inks” which aims to contribute to the further standardisation of waterless offset printing. Patrick Zürcher, managing director at Freiburger Druck, a former Cortina pioneer, outlined the results of a focus group which discussed quality manage-ment. Valentin Kneile from Rheinpfalz Verlag und Druckerei in Ludwigshafen, Germany, provided representatives of the consumable industry present with an analysis of the current situation from the user’s point of view.

Toray customers from the European newspaper industry as well as representatives of the European newspaper industry met for an open house at Toray’s new plate production site inProst`́ejov, Czech Republic.

Open House at new Toray plate manufacturing site

Waterless printing plates have been in Toray’s portfolio for some 35 years. They are now part of what Toray considers its ‘Stra-tegically Expanding Businesses’ that drive revenue and profit growth. Indeed, since 2005, sales and turnover for the printing plates have increased fivefold and the Toray market share is growing year over year.

At the same time, waterless printing fits in exactly with Toray’s approach to global environmental issues and its aim to deliver ‘green innovation products’ across its entire scope of businesses. Toray’s tagline ‘Innovation by Chemistry’ applies to the research, development and manufacturing of a wide range of organic synthetic materials. Among these materials are also the carbon

One year after plate-production commenced at the new state-of-the-art plant in Prostějov (Czech Republic), Toray invited customers from the European newspaper industry and representatives of the trade press to jointly celebrate its Open House event. “We built this new facility in order to meet the growing global demand for waterless printing plates and to better serve Europe, the Middle East and the Americas,” explained Takayuki Kamei, director of the graphics division at Toray Textiles Central Europe (TTCE), to his visitors. “It also shows that we firmly believe in the future of waterless printing and the future of print.”

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fibres that are used to help build the new Boeing 787 airplane – reducing the structure weight by 20 per cent and thus decreasing CO2-emissions during its flights considerably.

Driver for growthThe European region is an important driver for the growth of Toray’s waterless printing plates business. Especially the suc-cessful introduction of the waterless Cortina web press by KBA in 2004 – which now has 19 installations with a total of 85 print towers across Europe and the Middle East – boosts sales of the Toray plates, as no other manufacturer provides waterless printing plates for this segment. Only three years later, Toray starts shipping plate materials from its factory in Japan to its existing TTCE facility in Prost̀éjov, where the plates are then cut to size before they are shipped to the customers. The TTCE-site was established already in 1999 to produce specialty textiles for, for example, airbags.

The devastating earthquake in Japan in March 2011 raised con-cerns about the possible vulnerability of the global supply chain for Toray plates. Already in April, a meeting with Cortina-users took place. The project for a second production facility outside Japan started in May. After considering China, the USA and also France and Germany, Toray chooses Prost̀éjov – in the heart of Europe.

A 6,000 sqm new building has now been erected at the site to facilitate the 140 meters long production line to produce waterless printing plates – from the aluminium coils, through washing, coating and laminating, up to cutting the finished product that

exactly matches the high quality standards from the original plant in Japan.

High quality standardsVisitors to the Open House were given the unique opportunity to tour the facilities and take a close look at the highly automated production process, and also at the final manual inspection taking place to ensure quality. According to Mitsunori Hayashi, general manager for sales in the graphic materials department at TTCE, it is exactly this highly complicated production process that sets Toray apart from any competition: “Stability and reliability in production are the most difficult parts of what we do here.”

Waterless printing offers many advantages, as Takayuki Kamei explained with the Toray Eco-Efficiency Analysis (T-E2A) to his visitors. With T-E2A, taking into account both the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and the Life Cycle Cost (LCC), Toray aims to both protect the environment and assure sustainable growth.

Takayuki Kamei, director of the graphics business unit at Toray Textiles Central Europe (TTCE), was responsible for establishing the new plate production in the Czech Republic.

Mitsunori Hayashi, responsible for sales in the graphics department at TTCE, hopes that Europe’s newspaper printers will recognise the additional opportunities that waterless coldset has to offer.

By ‘eco-mapping’ products for their LCA and LCC, Toray intends to strongly promote ‘green innovation products’.

Takayuki Kamei demonstrated how waterless printing scores much better in comparison to conventional printing on the Eco Map. Also, the LCA analysis of newspaper printing on a KBA Cortina press versus a conventional newspaper press shows a reduction of Carbon-dioxide emissions by several per cent.

Toray takes its ‘Green Innovation Business Expansion’ project very seriously: by 2020 it should generate 1 trillion Yen, up from 450 billion Yen in 2012 (or 28 per cent of Toray’s consolidated revenue).

Expanding portfolioMore than 50 per cent of all plates produced at the TTCE-site are tailored for the Cortina-presses installed in Europe and Dubai. It is, however, not just the environmental benefits that convince these newspaper printers to choose waterless printing. Mitsunori Hayashi: “Printers that do only print newspapers will face a difficult future, as that market continues to decline in Europe. However, the KBA Cortina and Toray plates offer printers to pro-duce semi-commercial jobs as well. This allows them to utilize their presses much better, by printing newspapers at night and producing high quality brochures, supplements or magazines on improved paper stock during the day. In that way, they can expand their portfolio and their customer base.”

This is exactly why Rheinisch-Bergische Druckerei (Germany), one of the visitors to the Open House, even added a coating unit to its Cortina coldset press earlier this year: “Inline coating with dispersion varnish creates visually impressive products and sig-nificantly enlarges our already broad product spectrum.” Another visiting customer, DHVS (Germany) that started up its Cortina in May 2014, says: “Our Trierischer Volksfreund-newspaper will continue to be our core product. But we also want to address new audiences by producing innovative products. Waterless printing enables us to do just that.”

Reinventing print

“Newspapers need to change their game. They should stop chasing the news and instead become the new ‘weekly’, on a daily basis.” Toray treated its visitors to the Open House on an inspiring and thought-provoking presentation by Samir Husni from the USA, also widely known as ‘Mr. Magazine’. He observes a ‘reversal of fortunes’, after the economy busted and digital technology burst in 2008: “A new dawn for the media industry is emerging and magazine advertising starts to return to growth (even pre 2008 rates) in some categories.” Even more interestingly, digital platforms start to discover the power of print: “Allrecipes.com started a magazine that now runs a circulation of 900,000 copies!”

Samir Husni urges publishers and printers to make print ‘nec-essary and relevant’ again: “We have to reinvent print”. And that, Mitsunori Hayashi says, is exactly what Toray is supporting printers to do.

Extensive quality assurance measures ensure that the quality of Toray plates from the different production sites all remain at the same high level.

Waterless printing plates are cut to the required format using guillotine cutters and packaged by hand at the factory in Prost`́ejov, Czech Repu-blic.

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Based in Milan, marks-3zet Srl offers the same product and services portfolio as its parent company, while catering to the specific requirements of the Southern European market. As an official retailer for Toray products, marks-3zet Srl provides consumables, investment goods, project management, and other services for waterless offset printing, rounded off by various underpacking materials such as calibrated under-packing sheets.

marks-3zet Srl is directed by Carmelo Roberto, longtime sales and marketing manager at CtpOptotec, the CTP business unit of Metoda SpA.

marks-3zet expands business with new subsidiary in ItalyIn 2014, marks-3zet GmbH & Co. KG (Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany) acquired the Italian company Printgraph Waterless. On 1 January 2015, the new subsidiary began operating in the Italian market under the name marks-3zet Srl.

The new Italian company collaborates closely with the headquarters in Mülheim (see picture).

New modular Varius LX-TX narrow web offset press from KBA-MePrint

Produce top quality labels and laminates at a low price

KBA-MePrint has earned its reputation in the industry for innovative printing solutions on demanding, non-absorbent substrates. Presses for waterless UV offset printing in the highest quality have long for-med a core competence of this KBA subsidiary. KBA-MePrint joins the premium class of label and laminate printing with the modular Varius LX-TX narrow web press. In a market where digital printing is gai-ning importance in numerous segments, the Varius LX-TX provides an outstanding print quality, versatility and individual equipment options for printing and finishing along with economic advantages for small to medium runs.

The Varius LX-TX from KBA-MePrint is ideal for producing labels for quality wine, cosmetics and spirits and other luxury items as well as for printing tube laminates.

Lower costs and better quality for shorter runsAs a flexible narrow web press, the Varius LX-TX with ghosting-free short inking units is based on UV offset technology, a technology that has proven itself with a brilliant print quality in a wide range of real-world applications. The absence of ink keys and dampening solution simplifies operation, saves time and leads to a drastic reduction of waste during job changes – a crucial economic advantage for shorter runs.

In addition, for label and laminate printing, the semi-rotary Varius LX-TX achieves the nec-essary format flexibility without expensive, complicated sleeves using cost-effective, quickly imaged and automatically interchangeable offset plates. Compared to conventional solutions, this lowers production costs and unproductive machine downtime significantly. Especially for screen images, the superior detail and colour brilliance of the waterless offset process shines – a great advantage for high-quality wine, spirits, cosmetics and other premium labels, films or challenging laminates with thicknesses between 50 and 500 microns.

The semi-rotary drive concept allows for continuous variation of the printing length without time-consuming changes for the plate and blanket cylinder. The high degree of automation with fully automatic plate change, auto register, optional quick-change doctor blade cham-bers and other features greatly minimises set-up times.

The sum of the technical and procedural advantages provides the user with opportunities for differentiation and specialisation in a highly competitive market.

User-oriented technology platformThe fully modular design of the Varius LX-TX is not a purely offset press but a flexible and configurable, user-oriented technology platform for the printing, finishing and postpress required for premium labels. Instead of the anilox inking units, longer inking units without damping units can be integrated as well as modules for UV varnishing or opaque white ap-plications (replaceable between different positions within the machine), flat screen printing units from KBA-Kammann and digital printing heads (also subsequently) for marking or personalisation. The same flexibility applies to the inline finishing with the possible inte-gration of modules for cold and hot stamping, embossing, stamping, cutting, weeding, etc.

Depending on customer requirements, a wide range of drying systems from different man-ufacturers are used. In addition to drying with ultraviolet and infrared radiation, a hot-air dryer system can also be installed.

Users of the Varius LX-TX do not receive a machine simply of the rack, but a tailor-made pro-duction line, customised to their needs. KBA-MePrint cooperated closely with the colleagues from KBA-Kammann for the technical implementation of the flexible module system. They are already experienced in addressing the high-value label and laminate market. The first machine from this cooperation will be delivered shortly to Italy.

Advantages of Varius LX-TX at a glance:• Significantly less paper waste (up to 90% less)• Faster job and format changes (no change of sleeves or cassettes)• Minimal set-up times due to automatic plate change• No adjustment of ink zones, no dampening unit• Less volatile organic components (VOC)• Photo-realistic multi-colour printing with high colour brilliance• Consistent colour reproduction, no ghosting• Excellent reproducibility of repeat jobs• Fast, easy to learn operation• Economical and competitive for small to medium print runs

Further information: www.kba-meprint.com

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Sustainable & Effi cient

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HIGHLINE®

Excellent product qualities:

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