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Anicolor - Technology Innovator Makes Money for its Customers

As a technology leader in the print media industry, Heidelberg holds hundreds of patents and trademarks. In fact Heidelberg is among the leading companies worldwide as far as patents and patent applications are concerned.

Such a pedigree serves to reinforce Heidelberg's commitment to innovation across the print production workflow. Our aim with any advancement in print production technology is to increase efficiencies for our customers. This is achieved through increasing output through waste reduction and reducing make-ready time, while improving print quality and enhancing the range of print applications that can be produced.

One such innovation set to revolutionise the way printers manage their shorter print runs is Heidelberg's Anicolor inking unit technology for the Speedmaster SM 52 press - Heidelberg's popular, globally recognised and respected A3 press. Released in 2006 at the IPEX fair in Birmingham UK, Anicolor certainly created a buzz amongst customers and competitors.

Anicolor addresses the short run digital market space with cost effective very short run capability while still offering the quality of offset printing.

The Anicolor unit has no inking zones, which makes it possible to produce even the shortest runs using a standard offset workflow but with significantly higher margins. The benefits to printers and print buyers alike come from:

  • Extreme cost-effectiveness, even for the shortest of runs
  • Start-up waste reduced by up to 90%
  • 25% capacity increase
  • Use of commercially available plates and inks
Anicolor will keep production costs down, particularly when it comes to the very short make-ready and coming up to colour quickly, thereby reducing the number of waste sheets to under 20 before printing saleable sheets. Hence Anicolor competes well with full colour digital and offers superior offset print reproduction.
 
Anicolor will be on show at Heidelberg's stand at Printex, Sydney's print exhibition to be staged between 24th and 26th May this year.

For more information please contact Heidelberg Australia on 1300 135 135.

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