Offset press development

From all over the world, offset printing is still the preferred printing method for the printing industry. Traditional offset printing machines still dominate the market, and most of the new technologies and equipment displayed on Drupa 2000 have now entered the market, followed by Drupa 2000. International printing exhibitions such as PRINT01 and IPEX2002 further showed that the era of offset printing presses to the computer directly to the printing press has come.
Heidelberg company 1. Printmaster GTO52 uses new ink and register remote control The Printmaster GTO52 offset press uses modern controls to adapt to changing customer requirements. Over 60,000 units have been sold worldwide. The use of new technologies such as ultrasonic double-sheet control or snail crawl forward/reverse simplifies operations and reduces installation time. Manually pushing the crawl button turns the roller to the desired position for easy plate change. The new ClassicCenter ink and register control system can receive CUP3 data from prepress, in addition to controlling ink and overprinting.
2. SpeedmasterCD74
Heidelberg offers Speedmaster CD74 with dimensions of 60cm x 74cm and 53cm x 74cm. The new Speedmaster CD74 presses are available in five-color, six-color, eight-color and glossy versions. With a large impression cylinder with a double diameter and a chlorine pad transfer roller, reliable transfer of various printing materials can be ensured. In addition, the aircraft also has a central suction conveyor pre-adjusted to the conveyor, a fast-acting inking device, a dampening device, and the VP2000 center console. The CP20000 control center not only ensures reliable operation, but also integrates the press into a digital workflow. It can also be connected with the prepress press, which allows the press to be expanded to further reduce the time required for tuning.
3. Sunday2000 Web Offset Press Sunday 2000 web offset press with automatic plate change system and Ecothermal dryer with GATFinter Tech Award.
The manroland manroland DICOweb digital press is very eye-catching. It is a digital press with imaging and erasing functions. It is combined with a new machine platform, from prepress to postpress. Closed-loop workflow. Manroland's Roland 200 color machine also uses some new technologies.
In addition, Manroland has also joined Print Cafe's technology and marketing alliance to enable PECOM's print control and OMS users to leverage its automated management and accounting capabilities through Print Cafe's management information system.
In addition to advertising print magazines, many high-end packaging, newspapers, telephone directories, posters, and even US dollar banknotes are printed by KBA's sheetfed offset presses, web offset presses, and reel gravure printing machines. .
KBA's large-sized Rapide 162a sheetfed offset press with a width of 120cm x 162cm, a glossing device, an extended delivery device, and an automatic plate changer; medium-sized Rapida 105 offset press with a size of 72cm x 105cm , can also be equipped with KBA's various optional devices.
The 74 Karat digital offset press has been successfully put into use in some printing plants.
Komori's Komori Lithrone 40SP double-sided printing press has a printing speed of 13,000 sheets/hour, and the front and back overprints are accurate. Komori believes that the machine's printing quality is excellent and its efficiency can be compared with Web's offset printing machines.
Project D 40 is a sheet-fed digital offset printer with a format of 720cm x 1030cm. It uses on-machine plate-making imaging, and imaging of all plates can be completed within 4 minutes. The thermal imaging uses Creo's Sauarespot technology to make the quality of repeated printing consistent.
The Lithrone 40 is one of Komori's best models. The machine adopts a double-diameter large-size paper transfer roller and an impression roller, which can be equipped with the CoCure UV drying system developed by Grafix Co., Ltd., and can perform on-line UV polishing.
Lithrone 20 and Sprint GS can be printed on polyester, which is a more economical choice for users of Champion.
Ryobi's Ryobi 3404DI A3 format four-color offset press and Ryobi 524HE 43+ four-color sheet-fed offset press are all relatively new products.
The Ryobi 3404 DI Direct Imaging Press uses Presstek's direct imaging technology, which is aimed at users who have both traditional offset and color copiers. The low-cost print number of the color copying machine is 200 sheets, so the Ryobi 3404 DI For users looking for four-color printing press is a solution. At present, 3404DI machines sell well in markets such as Japan, North America and Europe.
The Ryobi 524HE A3+ Offset Press is a newly designed, economical 4-color offset press. It adopts a standard structure and is developed on the basis of the 524HXX type, with the features and efficiency of the series.
662HX and 662PFHX A2+ two-color machines for double-sided printing. Among them, the PFHX type uses a double-diameter impression cylinder with a 3-satellite printing unit to print on both sides without changing the paper feeding conditions.
The Mitsubishi Mitsubishi Diamond Series offset press is designed for computer integrated printing. The 20-inch by 28-inch Diamond 1000 and 28-inch by 40-inch Diamond 3000 presses are equipped with a coating unit and an extended delivery mechanism. Mitsubishi CIP3 server for prepress data connection.
The development of inks for offset presses has started. Sun Chemical has introduced Sun Beam LE-UV inks, coatings for food packaging applications, and electronic beam curing Sunslip that can be directly contacted by the FDA's Food and Drug Administration. Varnish, it can also be used as a water-based silicone oil-heated web offset press. Rotomax II is a new ink for packaging gravure, can achieve the best printing results on a variety of substrates. The new Polypro flexo ink series can display natural colors on a variety of beverage packages.
Flint Ink of the United States introduced the Optimister ink system. Using the system can help printers save time, goldfish and labor. The single stream ink technology developed by Flintlnk Ink Factory is a patented technology that has been applied to the Manroland Roland 200 offset press and has caused widespread concern. The ink is different from the waterless offset ink. It can be used on traditional offset printing presses. The plate also uses traditional plate materials, but it does not need to use fountain solution and wetting device. There is no ink and ink balance problem during printing, which opens up for offset printing. New space.