Offset Printing--Pressing Ahead

Heidelberg required two complete halls and an adjacent building to display its comprehensive family of offerings. DRUPA served as the world debut for the Mainstream 80, Heidelberg Web Systems' newspaper press that incorporates its patented gapless blanket technology.

The Mainstream 80 is a shaftless, double-width press designed for straight printing at speeds up to 80,000 cph. It features a one-page-around by four-pages-across plate cylinder configuration (1x4), a 1:1 plate-to-blanket cylinder ratio and is available in web widths up to 63˝.