Offset Printing
Presstek to Showcase Industry-leading Environmentally Friendly Printing Solutions at Grafitalia 2009
Wednesday 25. March 2009 - 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 solutions and services at Grafitalia 2009, the leading graphic arts exhibition in Italy.
Together with its Italian distributor, DIgraph, the company will present its environmentally friendly DI digital offset press and chemistry-free CTP solutions. Both solutions are specifically designed for printers looking for a more profitable way to quickly print high quality color work. Grafitalia is being held in Milan between 24-28 March 2009. Presstek can be found in hall 9, stand D50-E49. The exhibition will take place at the same time and in the same place as Converflex and Ipack-Ima – creating a landmark event that unites the graphic, paper and cardboard converting and packaging markets.
Fabrizio Fiorito, managing director of DIgraph, has high expectations for the show: “The Presstek Dimension Excel platesetters and the Anthem Pro plates are an ideal match for the Italian market. Small and Medium Enterprises need a solution thats not just cost-effective, but easy to manage – the Dimension-Anthem Pro pairing addresses these needs perfectly. Once imaged and washed, the plate displays a high-contrast image that can be examined and measured – which dramatically reduces costs as companies can correct any errors before going on press.”
Guy Sasson, Presstek President of Europe, Africa, and Middle East Region for Presstek adds, “The Presstek Dimension-Anthem Pro combination offers printing companies the benefit of eliminating expensive, labor-intensive, and environmentally harmful chemistry from their platemaking operations-crucially, without sacrificing quality.”
Mr. Sasson continues. “Printers are looking for solutions to reduce their environmental footprint, and in the current economic climate, are also very keen to reduce overall operating costs. Another example of how Pressteks solutions deliver both is Pressteks DI digital offset presses, which provide high quality color printing at a low cost per page, along with the environmental benefits of waterless printing and on-press chemistry-free platemaking.”
Presstek will be presenting the following range of eco-friendly digital offset solutions at the show:
Presstek 52DI Digital Offset Press: Business Generator
Demonstrations of Pressteks highly automated 52DI landscape press are a “must-see” at the show for companies looking for a faster and more profitable way to produce environmentally friendly, high-quality, short-run color printing. The 2008 InfoTrends, Inc. study, Presstek DI Printing Study: Bridging the Gap Between Digital Toner and Conventional Offset surveyed 80 DI press owners from around the world and found that these print providers are growing their print revenue and profit margins using 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 complete study can be downloaded by visiting www.presstek.com.)
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 translates 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 offer the 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.
Presstek Dimension Excel Series Platesetters
Presstek will also showcase their Dimension425 Excel and Dimension450 Excel-AL platesetters. The popular Presstek Dimension425 Excel 4-up thermal chemistry-free metal platesetter delivers a high-performance print solution with a streamlined workflow and high-quality printed results with Pressteks Anthem Pro plates.
For higher volume environments, the Presstek Dimension450 Excel-AL is a highly automated 4-up chemistry-free metal platesetter. Automated plate handling allows users to preload up to 30 plates and produces plates at a speed of up to 17 thermal plates per hour.
Presstek Chemistry-free Anthem Pro Plates
Pressteks Anthem Pro plates are optimized for Dimension Series platesetters and support run lengths up to 100,000. These chemistry-free plates are designed to print cleaner, sharper images, with less dot gain and greater consistency than conventional offset plates.
Presstek Chemistry-free Aurora Pro Plates
The Aurora Pro provides a true chemistry-free plate that can be imaged on the Presstek Compass Series and Dimension Pro 800 platesetters, and several models distributed by Screen and Kodak (Creo). Aurora Pros fast, efficient imaging allows qualified thermal CTP systems to run at maximum throughput. Aurora Pro is a daylight-safe plate that requires only a simple water wash after imaging. No chemistry, no baking and no gumming are required. Aurora Pro outputs resolution of 1% to 99% dots at 200 lpi (80 l/cm) and stochastic (FM) screening is easily handled. Once imaged and washed the plate displays a high-contrast image that can be examined and measured – which dramatically reduces costs as companies can correct any errors before going on press.
Aurora Pros grained anodized aluminum surface provides excellent ink/water balance properties for superior pressroom performance, including fast roll-up performance for reduced make ready time and waste. The plate is rated for run lengths of 25,000 impressions and is suitable for a wide range of short run commercial printing applications. In addition, Aurora Pro plates have strong resistance to UV inks and solvents, resulting in the ability to use a single plate for both conventional and UV printing.
Aurora Pro plates can be sold along with the Presstek Compass Series of highly productive platesetters. These platesetters, previewed at drupa, are capable of producing up to 38 chemistry-free plates per hour in both 4-page and 8-page format sizes.