Offset Printing
Presstek 52DI Press to be Featured at Graphispag 2009
Wednesday 11. February 2009 - Digital offset press offers greater productivity and profitability
Presstek, Inc., a leading manufacturer and marketer of digital offset printing solutions, is to underline its industry leadership and green credentials with a demonstration of eco-friendly digital offset solutions at Graphispag 2009. Together with its Spanish distributor, MDI, the company will present its environmentally friendly Presstek 52DI digital offset press. Graphipag is being held in Barcelona from February 11 to 14, 2009. Presstek can be found on stand C322.
Guy Sasson, Presstek President of Europe, Africa, and Middle East Region for Presstek comments, “Print service providers are looking for solutions that not only have a more sustainable environmental footprint, but also help to streamline the production cycle. At the same time, they need to ensure improved profitability, quick turnaround and high quality. On-press chemistry-free platemaking with the Presstek DI press takes the chemistry out of the process, further reducing labor and waste, while increasing the print quality and throughput.”
The Presstek 52DI Digital Offset Press at Graphispag 09:
Demonstrations of Pressteks highly automated 52DI landscape press are a “must-see” at the show for both conventional offset and digital printers who are looking for a faster and more profitable way to produce environmentally friendly, high-quality, short-run color printing. A 2008 InfoTrends, Inc. study, Presstek DI Printing Study: Bridging the Gap Between Digital Toner and Conventional Offset surveyed DI press owners from around the world and found that DI users are growing their print revenue and profit margins as a result of their Presstek DI presses. The survey concludes: “These print providers indicated that Presstek DI presses are well-positioned between toner and conventional technologies, satisfying customer requirements in the 500 to 20,000 run length range with increased print quality, faster turnaround time, a wider range of substrates, and a lower price per page.”
The Presstek 52DI landscape digital offset press operates at a print speed of up to 10,000 impressions per hour with a maximum sheet size of 520 x 375 mm (20,000 A4 pages per hour). The combination of Presstek 52DIs waterless printing and on-press chemistry-free platemaking tra PTK_pr9009_Graphispag
nslates into higher quality and significantly less overall waste than conventional printing processes. On-press imaging ensures precise registration and fast run-up. The DI’s ability to go from file to sellable color within 20 sheets provides fast turnaround with less makeready waste. Presstek DI digital offset presses expands capabilities with its ability to print on a wide range of substrates; from 0.06 mm to 0.5 mm thick. High quality is achieved with up to 300 lpi (120 l/cm) printing, as well as stochastic (FM) screening, without incurring additional time or expense.