Coldset Web Offset -- No Heat, No Sweat

GSS recently installed a five-color, 38˝ Commander press at a National Business Forms plant. The unit can print UV inks at 1,500 fpm on both coated and uncoated stocks.

The demand for improved quality, faster makeready, quick edition change, less waste, increased automation and higher speeds is causing a "blurring" of the differences between coldset semi-commercial presses and heatset commercial presses, according to Joe Abbott, MAN Roland's director of technical support. In many cases, he says, the only significant difference between the two is the absence of a dryer on coldset.