Speedmaster XL 106-6. The Peak Performance machine from Heidelberg revolutionizes the print production of the South-Korean company.
“The Speedmaster XL 106 from Heidelberg is a revolution for us in print manufacturing and Production. The Prinect Wallscreen XL allows our operators to easily navigate through the production plan for the day and produce each individual job with ease, the Prinect workflow linked to the CTP via Pressroom manger allows the press to be operated like a “digital offset” press, all of the makeready data is automatically loaded into the job queue of the Prinect Wallscreen and the operator simply allows the processes to be taken over automatically. This allows us to maximize our work rate job through-put and efficiency,” explains Mr. Park, president and founder of Today Art.
TodayArt located in the “Chungmu-ro“ district of downtown Seoul are regarded as one of the premier commercial printers in Korea, producing high end advertising and award winning print work for the Korean K-Pop industry. The district of “Chungmu-ro” is well known in the Korean printing industry, as there are dozens of industrialized printers crammed into buildings all over the area. TodayArt however decided with a modern approach offering customers comfort with the facility and value with exceptional quality of print work. TodayArt was founded in 1997 and over the last several years has established themselves as a beacon of innovation in the Korean printing industry.
In 2013 the former user of Japanese supplied printing presses bought his first XL press, a Speedmaster XL 75-5 color for producing CD covers. This investment was quickly followed with the investment of a Speedmaster XL 106-6 and due to the year on year growth in 2017 a new Speedmaster XL 106-6 with the latest Wallscreen XL was installed. Mr. Park: “The technology we have recently purchased is State of the Art. We minimize our downtimes as the presses are connected to Heidelberg Korea’s remote service online system. This allows our partners at Heidelberg Korea to ensure the machine is performing and the press is monitored remotely 24/7 avoiding unforeseen breakdowns. Finally when our customers come to visit us, they love the look of the Speedmaster XL presses and the Wallscreen, this is important to us as we strive to be a modern graphic design company and our clients recognize that when they see our machines producing their high quality print work.”