Offset Printing--Pressing Ahead

Finally, the company announced that the CP2000 Center will become standard on all four-, five- and six-color models of Speedmaster SM 52 presses and demonstrated an optional coating system, which can handle both full and spot coatings.

The Koenig & Bauer Group (KBA) displayed its Compacta 818 press, a 75˝ web width, 64-page commercial press that addresses the need for fast turnarounds. It features dedicated, shaftless drives for the reelstand, infeed unit, each individual printing unit, chill roller stand, draw rollers in the superstructure and an automatically convertible P5 folder. Alongside its console technology that embraces KBA's Logotronic production management system, the Compacta incorporates semi-automatic plate changers and quality control using in-line densitometry. Also shown was a prototype of the new Cortina, a keyless, waterless offset press designed for newspaper production.