Customer Success with Anicolor Inspires ‘Performance Challenge’ at GRAPH EXPO

“Heidelberg’s Speedmaster 52 Anicolor press looks like a conventional press, but is actually a digital press that uses ink instead of toner, and minus the click and consumable charges,” Barongi said. “It’s the best investment we’ve ever made.”

The Speedmaster 52 Anicolor, to be presented at GRAPH EXPO in a five-color configuration with aqueous coater, features a unique, zoneless, short-inking unit with dampening system that makes the press cost-competitive with digital devices in quantities as small as 200 impressions. Operating with near-zero makeready waste—10-15 sheets is typical—this groundbreaking machine can be ready to print to contract color almost as soon as the plates are in place. During each 30-minute “Performance Challenge,” one Heidelberg operator will complete between six and eight separate jobs.