Heidelberg at Ipex 2002
04/08/2002
Innovations and Highlights at a Glance
At this year's Ipex, being held in Birmingham between April 9 and 17, 2002, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) will be showcasing its solutions for the different market segments in Hall 8.
Solution Center Digital
NexPress with new software
Heidelberg will be showcasing its entire portfolio of products and solutions for the digital printing market. The NexPress color digital press and the new NexTreme software support variable data printing and thus represent a professional solution for entry onto the 1:1 marketing sector.
At Ipex, Heidelberg announced that it recently installed the first of four NexPress machines at Virtual Literature Management. VLM, a marketing services company in Dublin, Ireland, operates branches in Birmingham, where the NexPress will be installed. Heidelberg has sold over 150 presses since the launch of the NexPress 2100 at Print 01 in Chicago.
The Digimaster 9110 Network Imaging System is on stage for the black and white digital printing. Heidelberg sold over 2.500 machines.
Also in the Digital Solutions Area there is the Quickmaster DI Pro, first shown at Print01 in Chicago. This unit represents the third generation of the highly successful A3-format digital offset presses. The DI Pro boasts enhanced quality, more flexibility in the choice of format and printing stock, and user-friendly control with the CP2000 Center. The Speedmaster 74 DI will also be appearing with a whole range of new product features.
Solution Center Sheetfed
New Prinect Modul Axis Control and Prinance
With Prinect, Heidelberg is offering its customers modular workflow components that cover the entire value-added chain. At the IPEX trade show stand, visitors will see how production data and business management data can flow together perfectly in the Prinect integration center.
Causing a stir will be the new Prinect module AxisControl, a spectrophotometry-based color measuring system that is fully integrated into the CP2000 Press Control Center. This ensures that the prints get to color faster, and continuous control over the entire job run is assured.
The Prinect module Prinance represents Heidelberg's own management information system (MIS). This professional costing and job processing software has been designed specifically for small- to medium-sized businesses in the print industry.
Speedmaster CD 74 UV
Visitors to the packaging and label printing sector will experience a real innovation - from Ipex 2002, the Speedmaster CD 74 will be available with fully-integrated UV technology. This complete solution for the medium-format market enables printers to finish their products with extremely high-quality effects.
CANopen Technolgoy
Heidelberg will also be showing its new CANopen technology - a further key step towards even more convenient press operation. CAN stands for "Controller Area Network" and represents a globally standardized data bus system. CANopen supports the integration of all control functions for the Speedmaster Star peripherals into the central CP2000 Press Control Center.
Long Perfectors for One Pass Productivity
There will be two press configurations that will enable printshops to produce flexibly, cost-effectively and in top quality. These are the Speedmaster SM 74-10-P long perfecting press and the Speedmaster SM 102-12-P7-S with CutStar sheeter. The newly developed CutStar from Heidelberg is ideal for the Speedmaster SM/CD 102 series. The low price of the web material compared to sheeted goods offers users significant potential savings. Heidelberg opens up new horizons in inline coating with its newly developed Flexokit. This enables inline production of high-quality printed goods through the use of gold and silver inks and opaque white on the Speedmaster CD 102.
Speedmaster SM 52
There will be a number of innovative products for the Speedmaster SM 52. With its inline die cutting unit, it is the first press in its format class that can print, punch, perforate and score in a single pass using a separate unit.
Furthermore the SM 52 also features a short-path inking mode and a wide range of other innovations that ensure even better sheet travel.
Printmaster PM 74 and GTO 52
The Printmaster PM 74 is supplied in both two-color and four-color versions.
After IPEX it will also be possible to fit special numbering, imprinting and perforating units to all Printmaster PM 74 models.
The company will be unveiling the Printmaster GTO 52 with the ClassicCenter remote inking and register control system, which Heidelberg has been shipping since February 2002.
New Workflow Software
Heidelberg announced that it is replacing the well-known LinoColor scan and repro software with the new NewColor 7000. The company is introducing a MacOS X version of its high-end scan software first launched at Drupa 2000, bringing the benefits of 16-bit processing to the Mac platform for the first time.
New is also the MetaShooter workflow module. This device enables Heidelberg's state-of-the-art CtF and CtP imagesetters from the Topsetter and Prosetter series to be integrated into existing Heidelberg workflows using TIFF-B format. MetaShooter makes it possible for the prepress, printshop and/or imagesetters to be separated in both space and time and allows cost-effective modernization without changing the existing workflow.
The Impositioning software SignaStation is part of the Prinect solution and now available in version 7.0 for Mac OS X as well as PC. The benefits of this highly convenient software solution for impositioning work and the ability to process complete print sheets ready for output to filmsetters and platesetters will be particularly warmly welcomed by print shops and service providers.
Computer-to-Plate
Heidelberg is automating its violet Prosetter platesetters and is announcing a single cassette loader that supports daylight production.
Furthermore Heidelberg is exhibiting a new model in the thermal Topsetter series. With more plate formats supported, much faster imaging speed and a new design throughout from the loader right down to the processor, the Topsetter P 74 is an exciting new addition to the Topsetter range. This new member of Heidelberg's thermal imagesetter family comes hot on the heels of the Topsetter PF 102 unveiled at Print in September last year.
With the Topsetter and Prosetter series, Heidelberg now offers the industry's most extensive range of CtP products. The two series focus on different customer needs. For long job runs and UV inks, for instance, the external drum thermal imaging technology provided by the Topsetter is ideal.
The Prosetter involves lower investment costs and thus represents an ideal gateway into CtP for small- and medium-sized businesses. The Prosetter uses internal drum technology and with its integrated punches delivers exceptional register accuracy.
Solution Center Web Systems
Heidelberg will exhibit enhanced web press technology and a unique ability to providing integrated and customised solutions. For the first time Heidelberg will demonstrate one interface for sheetfed and web offset presses: The proven Heidelberg Prinect Prepress Interface can now transfer prepress data to the Sunday 2000 Omnicon control system and to control systems of M-600 web presses and Speedmaster sheetfed presses. This will be an important extension of its established Prinect workflow.
The company will show the technologies of the latest additions to the Sunday range of gapless commercial presses: the Sunday 2000 and the new, 64-page version of the Sunday 4000. Both presses are designed to excel in short- and medium-run applications and both can be equipped with Heidelberg's exclusive Autoplate automatic plate changing system.
Heidelberg will also demonstrate a new pinless folder module featuring two new breakthrough folding technologies at Ipex. The PFM-2 module uses a unique "double-cut" technique for positive signature control and a patented "Decel Drum" to slow signatures down for smooth control and damage-free delivery.
The 16-page M-600 commercial web press is designed to print short-to medium-run, high quality commercial work, magazines and catalogues. The new M-600 C24 now prints at up to 55, 000 copies per hour. The Omnicolor control console reduces makeready time and paper waste.
Solution Center Postpress
In the postpress sector, workflow and press setup solutions are given top priority. On show, for example, will be the ST 400 gang-stitcher in conjunction with a long Speedmaster Perfector press. The Stitchmaster ST 400 uses the integrated, automatic format presetting system "Ready Set" and mobile feeder units with servo drives. This means that regular job changes can be handled cost-effectively and quickly. With an output of 14,000 cycles per hour, the Stitchmaster ST 400 is flexible enough to enable even large job runs to be produced in outstanding quality. Using the example of a mailshot, the folders section will demonstrate the additional added-value potential it holds.
The Stitchmaster ST 100 saddle stitcher made its debut at Print 01 in Chicago. With speeds up to 9,000 cycles per hour and product formats up to A4+, the Stitchmaster ST 100 is the ideal standard model for bookbinders and printshops to build capacity in saddle stitching work and to expand their range of services while saving on transportation costs and time.
The particular highlights of Ipex also include the automatic presetting facility and CIP3 linkup for folders and saddle stitchers. The CIP3 connection is provided by the FCS 100 Finishing Communication System with the Prinect software modules Compufold and Compustitch. Compustitch is being unveiled at IPEX.
Heidelberg is also demonstrating a new product for offline finishing - the Stitchexpert. It is a flexible, high-performance unit for short-run brochures and stitched documents. With a maximum productivity of 4,200 stitched documents per hour, it cost-effectively processes runs of between 500 and 10,000 copies. This product broadens Heidelberg's saddle-stitcher portfolio in the lower speed range.
Introduced at the Ipex, the new in-line accessory Hole Puncher 9110 for the Digimaster 9110 Network Imaging System provides a fully integrated, high-speed solution for producing loose-leaf bound, ring-bound, plastic-comb bound, spiral-bound and double wire loop-bound documents.
Print Media Academy
Besides hard- and software Heidelberg is also offering brainware. The Print Media Academy will be launching its first ever "Summer University" program from August 2002. This international program is aimed at owners and managers of print shops and media businesses who want to receive intensive training with a six-day course in Heidelberg. The Summer University will focus on topics such as innovation management, marketing and sales, HR, controlling financial affairs and new technologies - with particular emphasis on digital printing - and how to use them.
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Hilde Weisser
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 66
E-Mail: hilde.weisser@heidelberg.com
At this year's Ipex, being held in Birmingham between April 9 and 17, 2002, Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) will be showcasing its solutions for the different market segments in Hall 8.
Solution Center Digital
NexPress with new software
Heidelberg will be showcasing its entire portfolio of products and solutions for the digital printing market. The NexPress color digital press and the new NexTreme software support variable data printing and thus represent a professional solution for entry onto the 1:1 marketing sector.
At Ipex, Heidelberg announced that it recently installed the first of four NexPress machines at Virtual Literature Management. VLM, a marketing services company in Dublin, Ireland, operates branches in Birmingham, where the NexPress will be installed. Heidelberg has sold over 150 presses since the launch of the NexPress 2100 at Print 01 in Chicago.
The Digimaster 9110 Network Imaging System is on stage for the black and white digital printing. Heidelberg sold over 2.500 machines.
Also in the Digital Solutions Area there is the Quickmaster DI Pro, first shown at Print01 in Chicago. This unit represents the third generation of the highly successful A3-format digital offset presses. The DI Pro boasts enhanced quality, more flexibility in the choice of format and printing stock, and user-friendly control with the CP2000 Center. The Speedmaster 74 DI will also be appearing with a whole range of new product features.
Solution Center Sheetfed
New Prinect Modul Axis Control and Prinance
With Prinect, Heidelberg is offering its customers modular workflow components that cover the entire value-added chain. At the IPEX trade show stand, visitors will see how production data and business management data can flow together perfectly in the Prinect integration center.
Causing a stir will be the new Prinect module AxisControl, a spectrophotometry-based color measuring system that is fully integrated into the CP2000 Press Control Center. This ensures that the prints get to color faster, and continuous control over the entire job run is assured.
The Prinect module Prinance represents Heidelberg's own management information system (MIS). This professional costing and job processing software has been designed specifically for small- to medium-sized businesses in the print industry.
Speedmaster CD 74 UV
Visitors to the packaging and label printing sector will experience a real innovation - from Ipex 2002, the Speedmaster CD 74 will be available with fully-integrated UV technology. This complete solution for the medium-format market enables printers to finish their products with extremely high-quality effects.
CANopen Technolgoy
Heidelberg will also be showing its new CANopen technology - a further key step towards even more convenient press operation. CAN stands for "Controller Area Network" and represents a globally standardized data bus system. CANopen supports the integration of all control functions for the Speedmaster Star peripherals into the central CP2000 Press Control Center.
Long Perfectors for One Pass Productivity
There will be two press configurations that will enable printshops to produce flexibly, cost-effectively and in top quality. These are the Speedmaster SM 74-10-P long perfecting press and the Speedmaster SM 102-12-P7-S with CutStar sheeter. The newly developed CutStar from Heidelberg is ideal for the Speedmaster SM/CD 102 series. The low price of the web material compared to sheeted goods offers users significant potential savings. Heidelberg opens up new horizons in inline coating with its newly developed Flexokit. This enables inline production of high-quality printed goods through the use of gold and silver inks and opaque white on the Speedmaster CD 102.
Speedmaster SM 52
There will be a number of innovative products for the Speedmaster SM 52. With its inline die cutting unit, it is the first press in its format class that can print, punch, perforate and score in a single pass using a separate unit.
Furthermore the SM 52 also features a short-path inking mode and a wide range of other innovations that ensure even better sheet travel.
Printmaster PM 74 and GTO 52
The Printmaster PM 74 is supplied in both two-color and four-color versions.
After IPEX it will also be possible to fit special numbering, imprinting and perforating units to all Printmaster PM 74 models.
The company will be unveiling the Printmaster GTO 52 with the ClassicCenter remote inking and register control system, which Heidelberg has been shipping since February 2002.
New Workflow Software
Heidelberg announced that it is replacing the well-known LinoColor scan and repro software with the new NewColor 7000. The company is introducing a MacOS X version of its high-end scan software first launched at Drupa 2000, bringing the benefits of 16-bit processing to the Mac platform for the first time.
New is also the MetaShooter workflow module. This device enables Heidelberg's state-of-the-art CtF and CtP imagesetters from the Topsetter and Prosetter series to be integrated into existing Heidelberg workflows using TIFF-B format. MetaShooter makes it possible for the prepress, printshop and/or imagesetters to be separated in both space and time and allows cost-effective modernization without changing the existing workflow.
The Impositioning software SignaStation is part of the Prinect solution and now available in version 7.0 for Mac OS X as well as PC. The benefits of this highly convenient software solution for impositioning work and the ability to process complete print sheets ready for output to filmsetters and platesetters will be particularly warmly welcomed by print shops and service providers.
Computer-to-Plate
Heidelberg is automating its violet Prosetter platesetters and is announcing a single cassette loader that supports daylight production.
Furthermore Heidelberg is exhibiting a new model in the thermal Topsetter series. With more plate formats supported, much faster imaging speed and a new design throughout from the loader right down to the processor, the Topsetter P 74 is an exciting new addition to the Topsetter range. This new member of Heidelberg's thermal imagesetter family comes hot on the heels of the Topsetter PF 102 unveiled at Print in September last year.
With the Topsetter and Prosetter series, Heidelberg now offers the industry's most extensive range of CtP products. The two series focus on different customer needs. For long job runs and UV inks, for instance, the external drum thermal imaging technology provided by the Topsetter is ideal.
The Prosetter involves lower investment costs and thus represents an ideal gateway into CtP for small- and medium-sized businesses. The Prosetter uses internal drum technology and with its integrated punches delivers exceptional register accuracy.
Solution Center Web Systems
Heidelberg will exhibit enhanced web press technology and a unique ability to providing integrated and customised solutions. For the first time Heidelberg will demonstrate one interface for sheetfed and web offset presses: The proven Heidelberg Prinect Prepress Interface can now transfer prepress data to the Sunday 2000 Omnicon control system and to control systems of M-600 web presses and Speedmaster sheetfed presses. This will be an important extension of its established Prinect workflow.
The company will show the technologies of the latest additions to the Sunday range of gapless commercial presses: the Sunday 2000 and the new, 64-page version of the Sunday 4000. Both presses are designed to excel in short- and medium-run applications and both can be equipped with Heidelberg's exclusive Autoplate automatic plate changing system.
Heidelberg will also demonstrate a new pinless folder module featuring two new breakthrough folding technologies at Ipex. The PFM-2 module uses a unique "double-cut" technique for positive signature control and a patented "Decel Drum" to slow signatures down for smooth control and damage-free delivery.
The 16-page M-600 commercial web press is designed to print short-to medium-run, high quality commercial work, magazines and catalogues. The new M-600 C24 now prints at up to 55, 000 copies per hour. The Omnicolor control console reduces makeready time and paper waste.
Solution Center Postpress
In the postpress sector, workflow and press setup solutions are given top priority. On show, for example, will be the ST 400 gang-stitcher in conjunction with a long Speedmaster Perfector press. The Stitchmaster ST 400 uses the integrated, automatic format presetting system "Ready Set" and mobile feeder units with servo drives. This means that regular job changes can be handled cost-effectively and quickly. With an output of 14,000 cycles per hour, the Stitchmaster ST 400 is flexible enough to enable even large job runs to be produced in outstanding quality. Using the example of a mailshot, the folders section will demonstrate the additional added-value potential it holds.
The Stitchmaster ST 100 saddle stitcher made its debut at Print 01 in Chicago. With speeds up to 9,000 cycles per hour and product formats up to A4+, the Stitchmaster ST 100 is the ideal standard model for bookbinders and printshops to build capacity in saddle stitching work and to expand their range of services while saving on transportation costs and time.
The particular highlights of Ipex also include the automatic presetting facility and CIP3 linkup for folders and saddle stitchers. The CIP3 connection is provided by the FCS 100 Finishing Communication System with the Prinect software modules Compufold and Compustitch. Compustitch is being unveiled at IPEX.
Heidelberg is also demonstrating a new product for offline finishing - the Stitchexpert. It is a flexible, high-performance unit for short-run brochures and stitched documents. With a maximum productivity of 4,200 stitched documents per hour, it cost-effectively processes runs of between 500 and 10,000 copies. This product broadens Heidelberg's saddle-stitcher portfolio in the lower speed range.
Introduced at the Ipex, the new in-line accessory Hole Puncher 9110 for the Digimaster 9110 Network Imaging System provides a fully integrated, high-speed solution for producing loose-leaf bound, ring-bound, plastic-comb bound, spiral-bound and double wire loop-bound documents.
Print Media Academy
Besides hard- and software Heidelberg is also offering brainware. The Print Media Academy will be launching its first ever "Summer University" program from August 2002. This international program is aimed at owners and managers of print shops and media businesses who want to receive intensive training with a six-day course in Heidelberg. The Summer University will focus on topics such as innovation management, marketing and sales, HR, controlling financial affairs and new technologies - with particular emphasis on digital printing - and how to use them.
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Hilde Weisser
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 66
E-Mail: hilde.weisser@heidelberg.com
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