Offset Printing

Mitsubishi Demonstrates Unparalleled Levels of Productivity with Drupa Press Lineup

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, the parent company of Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses, adopted the theme "Net Production Nets Profits" for the event, highlighting unparalleled levels of productivity. At the top of the product lineup were three new Diamond V3000 series sheetfed presses.

Thursday 21. August 2008 - Around 391,000 visitors representing 138 countries attended this year's Drupa trade fair, held in Düsseldorf, Germany. Mitsubishi filled the 17,000-square-foot exhibition space with the largest number of printing units the company has ever brought into a single event.

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, the parent company of Mitsubishi Lithographic Presses, adopted the theme “Net Production Nets Profits” for the event, highlighting unparalleled levels of productivity. At the top of the product lineup were three new Diamond V3000 series sheetfed presses. Visitors got the first public look at the wide stock range and perfector models from the new series. The show presses included a six-color Diamond V3000LX, an eight-color Diamond V3000R convertible perfector and a 10-color Diamond V3000TP Tandem Perfector.

Here are some of the show highlights:

The V3000 series handles a larger plate size (29 1/2″ x 41 1/3″) than the previous Diamond 3000 series and offers faster printing speed (16,200 sheets per hour).
At 16,200 sheets per hour, the maximum perfecting speed on the V3000R and V3000TP is the fastest in the world.
Daily demonstrations on the V3000LX featured a strike-through varnish technique refined by Mitsubishi’s Paper & Printing Research & Development Center.
The V3000TP ran three jobs during each presentation to show off the makeready speed of the SimulChanger simultaneous plate-changing system.
All three V3000 presses were outfitted with Diamond Color Navigator, a revolutionary new approach to color matching and press control operations.
A key focus of Drupa 2008 was sustainable printing. Improvements in the Diamond series have made the presses more efficient, with less setup time and lower setup waste.
Mitsubishi also presented examples of our newspaper and commercial web offset presses at Drupa. Both lines demonstrated a new inline color control system.
The Diamond V3000LX will receive its North American debut at Graph Expo 2008, October 26-29 at Chicago’s McCormick Place. In booth #629, Mitsubishi will demonstrate a six-color V3000LX with aqueous coater, SimulChanger, Diamond Color Navigator and more.