HEATSET WEB OFFSET PRESSES -- Some Like It Hot

"Technology that automates the web printing process—such as digital presets, automatic plate changing, closed-loop controls and pushbutton folder changeovers—is increasingly important. Minimizing or simplifying operator involvement leads to better quality and increased efficiency.

"The Sunday 2000 is specifically designed to excel at short run lengths, and we have customers that can go from the end of one job to saleable copies of the next job in less than 15 minutes" he reveals. "The gapless blankets can be changed in less than a minute. The plates can be changed in less than two minutes with Autoplate, or in less than five minutes with the semi-automatic plate changing option. And the prepress interface allows the entire press to be preset in under four minutes."