Pressroom
Fujifilm showcases benchmark pre-press and pressroom solutions at IFRA Expo 2010
Wednesday 06. October 2010 - Fujifilm today announces its line-up for IFRA Expo 2010 being held in Hamburg from the 4th - 6th October. With the widest line-up of plate production and pressroom solutions, Fujifilm will be showcasing how newspaper printers can optimise their traditional offset print process by improving efficiencies, reducing costs, minimising environmental impact, and improving operator safety - all critical issues in todays newspaper production environments.
Within the pre-press environment, Fujifilm will be exhibiting a number of plate production solutions designed specifically for newspaper production. Thanks to its successful partnership with Krause, Fujifilm will be showing the LS Performance platesetter, together with BlueFin processor and Brillia PRO-VN lo-chem plate. This combination today represents the leading environmental solution for newspaper production. It allows water to be eliminated from plate production as well as reducing chemistry usage by up to 70%. The fully automated FFEI Alinte News VN30 will also be on the Fujifilm stand, able to image up to 225 Berliner-sized plates per hour, with installations in Europe again running Brillia PRO-VN plates.
Fujifilm will also be highlighting the benefits of its Brillia PRO-VN lo-chem plate, currently installed in over 40 major European newspaper production facilities, by providing specific examples of newspaper printers who are achieving major reductions in chemistry and water use, and improvements to their profitability. The stand will also feature the successful Brillia LH-NN2 thermal newspaper plate, which boasts around 60 installations in Europe since launch. Brillia LH-NN2 is a high sensitivity plate for an extended laser life and long developer life, and has a wide exposure latitude. It also features Fujifilms patented MultiGrainTM technology for reduced ink usage and improved ink/water balance, and is ideally suited for high run length newspaper applications.
Fujifilm is also in the process of establishing a digital strategy within the newspaper production environment, and as such is in discussion with Dainippon Screen, with Fujifilm set to offer Screen continuous feed digital production presses in the near future. In the UK, Fujifilm is already in discussion with a number of newspaper printers about digital production with Screen digital presses, while in Germany, the company is looking at the opportunity of supplying Screen machines to both commercial and newspaper markets.
Finally, Fujifilm will be demonstrating how its pressroom solutions can help newspaper printers to operate more efficiently, reduce their environmental footprint and improve press operator safety. In particular, the company will be highlighting its Brillia PRO-VN compatible founts and its S1 Series range of low-VOC founts. The S1 Series founts have a low foam tendency, fast start-up properties and require low dampening settings. Fujifilm will also be highlighting non-VOC washes and improved wash formulations that can be used for the filtration process.