manroland Presents a Quantum Leap in Digital Finishing

In Augsburg, the FormerLine system displayed its flexibility in offline finishing with a book and a magazine each. The products varied in format, folding sample, and collection structure and were placed on a pre-manufactured reel for mixed production. 38 signatures, eight-pages each, were collected for the "Innovations" technical book with 304 pages (bleed size 240 mm x 190 mm; double parallel folding sample), 100 books were produced one after another. Then, production was switched to a 42-page specialist magazine in a matter of minutes without manual intervention on the folder or cutter. Consisting of seven signatures, six pages each, the print run included 300 magazines (bleed size 230 mm x 334 mm; accordion folding sample), which were delivered as auxiliary-glued books blocks.



Well networked: printnetwork Bridge and DigiLink
printnetwork Bridge uses a JDF/JMF link to create a complete and efficient digital production workflow. The software connects production preparation, the printing process, and postpress, allowing for automated finishing, automatic production change, low printing substrate use, increased productivity, networking with the production environment, and data transfer/reporting to MIS systems.