CTP - Computer to Plate

Dargan adds CtP to complete the Heidelberg line up

Friday 22. February 2013 - A Suprasetter 75 completes the colour loop at Dargan Press in Newtownabbey, Northern Ireland. Last year the company returned to Heidelberg for a Speedmaster XL 75 -5-P+L after a six year gap.

“Now we are replacing a seven year old rival CtP device. It has performed well but we believe it will be easier and simpler to use the Heidelberg Suprasetter and simplify the Prinect digital networking connectivity. We have both Prinect Prepress Manager and Pressroom Manager as well as Inpress Control spectral measurement, meaning seamless colour control,” says Richard Traynor, managing director.
“Now if anything goes wrong Heidelberg alone will be responsible and they are very good. One call does it all. I can’t fault their response, it’s excellent.”
Dargan Press will run the Saphira Chem-Free plates on the Suprasetter, an environmentally responsible choice. The company already streams and recycles its waste and opts to work with FSC certified papers and suppliers wherever possible. The quality of the Saphira plates off the Suprasetter will be a good match for the press, too.
“We have been very pleased with the excellent quality we have been able to achieve with the XL 75 and Inpress Control. The fast makeready and 15,000sph speed means we are very efficient with both full colour and perfected spot colour work,”
The Suprasetter 75 is a thermal platesetter which features Heidelberg’ home developed and manufactured laser heads to output plates from 370 x 323mm up to 680 x 760mm.
Dargan Press operates from a 24,000 sq ft production unit and offers both digital and litho facilities, print management, graphic design, marketing consultancy and point of sale services and an online ordering facility.