Quickmaster DI 46-4:
Shorter Turnaround by Reduced Drying Time
05/17/2000
Heidelberg Quickmaster DI 46-4: DryStar Ink compact upradable
infrared dryer for greatly accelerated sheet finishing o As an
alternative there is a special combination of paper and ink with
extremely short drying time
Since drupa 1995, the Quickmaster DI 46-4 has delivered shorter make-ready times and higher production speeds than any other small-offset press. The unit's high level of automation and its ability to transfer digital data directly from the prepress stage for imaging plates in the press makes this digital offset press the ideal solution for the short run color market. The Quickmaster DI 46-4 reaches speeds of up to 10,000 sheets per hour in production runs, thereby ensuring that short runs of up to 500 sheets, for example, can be produced in less than 20 minutes including make-ready times. Complete job changes take less than ten minutes. In the past, this fast printing process has been followed by drying times of several hours. To deliver the short throughput times required on the market, Heidelberg offers a special fast-drying paper-ink combination plus a compact infrared dryer, which will be presented at drupa 2000. Depending on the job, this can reduce the waiting time before finishing to less than an hour.
Faster no time to the finishing stage
The IR dryer is equipped with four medium-wave length carbon radiators with an infrared spectrum in the absorption range of offset inks. The radiators greatly accelerate the physical and chemical processes involved in offset ink drying. The faster drying process also greatly reduces the need for spray powdering. Heidelberg's DryStar Ink compact is integrated into existing delivery and can also be retrofitted to existing presses.
As an alternative to the infrared dryer, Heidelberg will soon be offering special papers and inks for the Quickmaster DI 46-4 which will reduce drying times even further. These papers and inks will be offered in cooperation with Zanders Feinpapiere AG and BASF Drucksysteme GmbH. This solution virtually does away with the need for spray powder. Both procedures ensure excellent offset quality and make short delivery times a reality.
Printing with excellent productivity
The Quickmaster DI 46-4 provides printshops and prepress businesses with a profitable platform for entering the short run color market. This machine, which was chosen as product of the year by readers of IN-PLANT Printer magazine and the Print Image Association will also provide digital service providers and advertising agencies with a profitable means of expanding their service portfolio. To date, over 1,300 Quickmaster DI 46-4 units have been installed. The speed, cost efficiency and quality of this Quickmaster DI makes it exceptionally productive. According to the independent American market research institute CAP Venture, this unit achieves average gross profit margins of 13 percent over the industry level.
From drupa 2000, the profitability check will be integrated in the workflow. The Business Workflow allows all operating data relating to a specific job on the Quickmaster DI 46-4 to be collated in order that business management evaluations can be performed. In addition there is a link to industry software. The workflow has also been optimized in the prepress sector. The new version of the Delta Technology RIP software ensures that all digital standard formats can be adopted from the prepress stage. Optimized multiprocessor technology ensures accelerated speed.
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Speed, cost efficiency and quality ensure that the Quickmaster DI 46-4 digital offset press delivers exceptional productivity. Readers of the IN-PLANT Printer magazine and the Print Image Association chose the Quickmaster, of which 1,300 units have already been installed, as the product of the year for 1999.
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Hilde Weisser
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 66
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 46
E-mail: hilde.weisser@heidelberg.com
Since drupa 1995, the Quickmaster DI 46-4 has delivered shorter make-ready times and higher production speeds than any other small-offset press. The unit's high level of automation and its ability to transfer digital data directly from the prepress stage for imaging plates in the press makes this digital offset press the ideal solution for the short run color market. The Quickmaster DI 46-4 reaches speeds of up to 10,000 sheets per hour in production runs, thereby ensuring that short runs of up to 500 sheets, for example, can be produced in less than 20 minutes including make-ready times. Complete job changes take less than ten minutes. In the past, this fast printing process has been followed by drying times of several hours. To deliver the short throughput times required on the market, Heidelberg offers a special fast-drying paper-ink combination plus a compact infrared dryer, which will be presented at drupa 2000. Depending on the job, this can reduce the waiting time before finishing to less than an hour.
Faster no time to the finishing stage
The IR dryer is equipped with four medium-wave length carbon radiators with an infrared spectrum in the absorption range of offset inks. The radiators greatly accelerate the physical and chemical processes involved in offset ink drying. The faster drying process also greatly reduces the need for spray powdering. Heidelberg's DryStar Ink compact is integrated into existing delivery and can also be retrofitted to existing presses.
As an alternative to the infrared dryer, Heidelberg will soon be offering special papers and inks for the Quickmaster DI 46-4 which will reduce drying times even further. These papers and inks will be offered in cooperation with Zanders Feinpapiere AG and BASF Drucksysteme GmbH. This solution virtually does away with the need for spray powder. Both procedures ensure excellent offset quality and make short delivery times a reality.
Printing with excellent productivity
The Quickmaster DI 46-4 provides printshops and prepress businesses with a profitable platform for entering the short run color market. This machine, which was chosen as product of the year by readers of IN-PLANT Printer magazine and the Print Image Association will also provide digital service providers and advertising agencies with a profitable means of expanding their service portfolio. To date, over 1,300 Quickmaster DI 46-4 units have been installed. The speed, cost efficiency and quality of this Quickmaster DI makes it exceptionally productive. According to the independent American market research institute CAP Venture, this unit achieves average gross profit margins of 13 percent over the industry level.
From drupa 2000, the profitability check will be integrated in the workflow. The Business Workflow allows all operating data relating to a specific job on the Quickmaster DI 46-4 to be collated in order that business management evaluations can be performed. In addition there is a link to industry software. The workflow has also been optimized in the prepress sector. The new version of the Delta Technology RIP software ensures that all digital standard formats can be adopted from the prepress stage. Optimized multiprocessor technology ensures accelerated speed.
Image:
Speed, cost efficiency and quality ensure that the Quickmaster DI 46-4 digital offset press delivers exceptional productivity. Readers of the IN-PLANT Printer magazine and the Print Image Association chose the Quickmaster, of which 1,300 units have already been installed, as the product of the year for 1999.
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Hilde Weisser
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 66
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 46
E-mail: hilde.weisser@heidelberg.com
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