Automation on Heidelberg’s XL VLF Series Presses Achieves Systematically Shorter Makeready Times

• Average time of 16 minutes including four minutes for color makeready

• Makeready waste of between 180 and 250 for 4-color process sheets, depending on customer and job requirements, until a deltaE of 2.5 or less is reached

• Washing and inking unit will add around 4-6 minutes to the makeready time.