ON the road

KBA will take prospective buyers to see a production run on the world's first 14-unit Rapida 105 press line for five-color perfecting and coating at Meinke Druck in Neuss, not far from Düsseldorf.

* The 240-ton Rapida 205 press is the monster of large-format printing. KBA demonstrated printing an 81˝ sheet on paper stock, then printed on poster board after a nine-minute changeover. The 803⁄4˝ behemoth and its smaller sibling, the Rapida 185, have a maximum output of 9,000 and 11,000 sph, respectively. Drupa visitors can also attend an offsite demo of a four-unit 205 with perforator and automatic plate changer.