Mainstream 80 Newspaper Press Includes Revolutionary Page Recognition System
05/17/2000
Omnipage automatically identifies pages, cuts makeready time
After announcing many advanced features prior to drupa 2000, Heidelberg waited until the first day of the show to reveal one of the Mainstream 80's most important technology breakthroughs.
In addition to gapless blankets, the new double-width newspaper press includes a revolutionary system that automates page recognition at the console. The Omnipage feature utilizes cameras mounted above the press console to instantly recognize newspaper pages when they are placed on the console. The system can then identify the corresponding page within the press and automatically direct the control system to the appropriate tower, web or printing couple. Small codes printed in the lower margin of the newspaper pages signal the cameras.
"With multiple webs running, identifying pages manually at the console in order to make registration or color corrections can be time consuming," explains Heidelberg Web Systems president Bob Brown. "This system does it instantly and automatically, and that can cut makeready time significantly."
The Mainstream 80, unveiled for the first time at drupa 2000, is a shaftless, double-width press designed for straight printing at speeds up to 80,000 copies per hour. It is the first newspaper press to feature gapless blankets and the first to utilize a 1x4 plate cylinder configuration in combination with a 1:1 plate-to-blanket cylinder ratio. Omnipage, another "industry first", functions as part of the Mainstream's Omnicon Control System.
For further information:
Heidelberg Web Systems
Joëlle Curet
Tel.: +33 (0)344 29 40 52
Fax: +33 (0)344 29 47 02
E-mail: joelle.curet@heidelberg.com
After announcing many advanced features prior to drupa 2000, Heidelberg waited until the first day of the show to reveal one of the Mainstream 80's most important technology breakthroughs.
In addition to gapless blankets, the new double-width newspaper press includes a revolutionary system that automates page recognition at the console. The Omnipage feature utilizes cameras mounted above the press console to instantly recognize newspaper pages when they are placed on the console. The system can then identify the corresponding page within the press and automatically direct the control system to the appropriate tower, web or printing couple. Small codes printed in the lower margin of the newspaper pages signal the cameras.
"With multiple webs running, identifying pages manually at the console in order to make registration or color corrections can be time consuming," explains Heidelberg Web Systems president Bob Brown. "This system does it instantly and automatically, and that can cut makeready time significantly."
The Mainstream 80, unveiled for the first time at drupa 2000, is a shaftless, double-width press designed for straight printing at speeds up to 80,000 copies per hour. It is the first newspaper press to feature gapless blankets and the first to utilize a 1x4 plate cylinder configuration in combination with a 1:1 plate-to-blanket cylinder ratio. Omnipage, another "industry first", functions as part of the Mainstream's Omnicon Control System.
For further information:
Heidelberg Web Systems
Joëlle Curet
Tel.: +33 (0)344 29 40 52
Fax: +33 (0)344 29 47 02
E-mail: joelle.curet@heidelberg.com
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