MAN Open House Draws Large Crowd

Finkbeiner also stressed the need for those in the graphic arts to better learn to promote their industry and products. "Our public image is negative or non-existent," he admitted. "We need to get young people interested and discover that it's not an old economy."

He was followed by Dr. Schneider, who explained the development of MAN's computer-to-press solution that is based on thermal transfer imaging technology. Designed for digital color printing applications of 15,000 copies or less (although capable of 30,000+ run lengths), the press is plateless and filmless. DICOweb applies Image Management: imaging, de-imaging and re-imaging in the press. The gapless steel DICOsleeve provides more than 1,000 image cycles. It is a MAN Roland-patented solution that employs 830nm IR CreoScitex imaging heads for up to 3,200 dpi resolution.