Lithographic Printing: 'Heavy Iron' Comes Up Light

Unveiled for Mitsubishi sheetfed presses, Diamond Eye-S combines on-press color and inspection control in one unit. It compares prepress image data with actual image data and automatically adjusts color density to reach the target. Another product—Diamond Color Navigator—automatically corrects ink key openings according to an operator's visual sense of color using a touchscreen color wheel. The ecoUV drying system, which consists of a single 120 watt lamp instead of the usual three to four 100 watt to 200 watt lamps, was also highlighted.