The Peak Performance class.

Ease of operation paired with intelligent automation, unique assistance systems, and excellent data management create the perfect conditions for sustainable efficient production. Find out more .

Shortest makeready times

• Preset functionality for fully automatic configuration of the feeder via the order data
• Automatic profile-controlled air presettings based on format and printing substrate thickness

Maximum productivity

• Speed-compensated blower air for reliable sheet separation at all speeds
• Suction tape with preset, independently adjustable air chambers for gentle and reliable sheet transport
• Automatic sheet arrival control for uninterrupted production
• Venturi technology at the front lays for optimum sheet alignment
• Pneumatic pull lay for precise sheet alignment
• Multi-stage sheet monitoring system comprising package control as well as ultrasonic and pull lay double sheet control
• Feeder with non-stop device for uninterrupted pallet changes

Maximum user-friendliness

• Control panel with touchscreen for intuitive and ergonomic operation of feeder and machine functions

• The FoilStar system offers inline finishing with cold foil application using two offset units. You can find an overview here .

Shortest makeready times

• AirTransfer system with automatic air adjustment for all kinds of materials

Maximum productivity

• Gentle sheet guidance both with lightweight materials and substrate thicknesses up to 0.8 mm (optionally up to 1 mm)
• Performance package for straight presses comprising:
• 18,000 sheets per hour for maximum productivity
• PowderStar AP 500: powder spray device with new, innovative powder application system for 50% reduction in powder consumption
• Dynamic sheet brakes for optimal sheet piles
• Automatic pile control for optimal positioning of the feed pile
• StaticStar Advanced for processing electrostatically charged substrates

Shortest makeready times

• Profile-controlled, speed-compensated air settings ensures markless transfer of sheets printed double-sided

Maximum productivity

• Variable AirTransfer system for perfect sheet travel, even in straight printing and perfecting modes
• Sheet guide plates with innovative AirJet technology for contact-free sheet transport after the perfecting stage
• Sheet length monitor in the perfecting device
• Stream travel control, pile height sensor, and dynamic sheet spacing control in perfecting mode

Maximum user-friendliness

• All settings are made centrally via the control station on the Prinect Press Center
• TransferJacket Blue, the transfer cylinder jacket, with a special surface seal for markless sheet travel and much less cleaning
• PerfectJacket and PerfectJacket Blue, the impression cylinder jackets, with a special surface structure for unrivaled quality in straight printing and perfecting and minimal cleaning

Shortest makeready times

• Maintenance-free ink fountain, fully foil-lined, for quick and easy ink changes
• Automatic adjustment of all ink zones with each job change for fast and stable inking
• Optimized washup programs
• Program-controlled preinking and ink vibrator throw-off for fastest job changes, especially with different color assignments

Color Assistant Pro:

• Automatic compensation of the ink fountain liner condition
• Automatic adaptation of the characteristic profiles for maximum ink metering precision
• Individual optimization of the ink presettings for different papers, inks, and printing conditions

Maximum productivity

• 15-roller short inking unit for constant ink feeding and therefore maximum quality at all speeds
• Alcolor dampening unit with Vario function ensures a stable ink-water balance and prevents hickeys
• Speed-sensitive compensation of the ink and dampening solution quantity via characteristic profiles
• Short-path inking function for fast inking with minimal ink consumption
• Digitally controlled ink zone motors for maximum inking precision and fastest ink control response
• Color Fast Solution for accelerated inking unit response when changing jobs or inks, and therefore minimal paper waste
• Inking unit temperature control for fountain roller and ink distributor for improved metering of the ink, higher maximum ink film thicknesses, and constant inking over the entire production run

Maximum user-friendliness

• Fast and easy checking with Roller Check Assistant
• Automatic ink supply with InkStar/InkStar Direct
• Wear- and calibration-free ink zones
• Adjustment-free ink transfer rollers

Shortest makeready times

• Automatic, simultaneous washup devices for blanket and impression cylinders with optimized and custom washup programs
• AutoPlate XL for fully automatic, simultaneous plate changes.
• AutoPlate Pro for fully automatic, staggered plate changes
• Automatic printing pressure adjustment positions the rubber blanket cylinder optimally relative to the impression cylinder
• Prinect Inpress Control 2 measures and controls registers as well as measuring and controlling the color spectrophotometrically during setup and inline during production

Maximum productivity

• Extremely quiet at printing speeds of up to 18,000 sheets an hour thanks to the sturdy design

Maximum user-friendliness

• Remote-adjustable circumferential, lateral, and diagonal registers via Prinect Press Center XL 2

Shortest makeready times

• Quick and easy coating blanket and coating plate changes thanks to automation
• Automatic washup programs for fast ink changes
• Quick and easy replacement of the screen roller for a wide range of coating applications

Maximum productivity

• CoatingStar with pulsation-free coating delivery and integrated coating conditioning

Maximum user-friendliness

• Remote-adjustable circumferential, lateral, and diagonal registers via Prinect Press Center XL 2
• Automatic coating form cylinder positioning with pressing roll as clamping aid

Conventional drying for water-based varnishes:

• DryStar Coating: Universal IR/hot-air dryer for presses with a short delivery for less complicated coating applications
• DryStar Combination: Drying solution for the most challenging applications such as blister packagings in all production run lengths

UV drying:

• DryStar UV: Professional entry-level solution for print shops involved in packaging, label, and security printing
• DryStar Combination + UV: Drying and curing solution for the most challenging applications in both conventional and UV mode and in all production run lengths
• DryStar LE (Low Energy) UV: Dryer technology for the shortest production times for web-to-print products and short runs of 4/4 or 5/5-color jobs with coating and spot colors as well as special effects on (natural) paper
• DryStar LED: Diode technology for the most energy-efficient production of web-to-print products and short runs with and without coating, including on special substrates, without the use of ozone and mercury.

• DryStar Advanced: Software option for automatic dryer settings
• All dryer solutions are available in fixed or variable installation positions (printing unit, perfecting device, drying unit, delivery)

Shortest makeready times

• Fully automatic, substrate-dependent adjustment of the entire Preset Plus delivery
• Automatic positioning of all sheet guidance elements
• Speed-compensated and profile-controlled air settings as a function of the substrate quality

Maximum productivity

• Automatic sheet spacing control ensures markless production
• Dynamic sheet brakes for higher printing speeds and gentle deceleration
• Individually adjustable delivery air system and rear edge suction for precise pile formation, even with thin paper
• Variable gripper opening for perfect pile formation appropriate to the substrate thickness

Maximum user-friendliness

• Additional delivery control panel with touchscreen and jogwheel
• Automatic cleaning of the gripper bars and sheet guide plate by CleanStar