Digital Presses--Making the Grade

Omnitrade's Omni-Adast 705C DI and the Karat from Scitex/KBA-Planeta generating digital output, in most cases, at numerous offset operations.

For this category, though, Heidelberg gets a gold star. The German press manufacturer blazed trails with help from Presstek with the launch of the GTO-DI and, later, the Quickmaster DI. With sales of its two-up Quickmaster DI digital offset press exceeding 700 units, Heidelberg is about to double the pleasure of facilities that are set to capitalize on the digital printing market, announcing the development of a four-up Direct Imaging (DI) printer.