Sheetfed Offset--Running With The Big Dogs

Komori will demonstrate its six-color, 40˝ Lithrone 40 press with coater at DRUPA, showcasing the one-button makeready.

"With Komori, users have the ability to control more than one press on a K-LAN (Komori Local Area Network)," Martin says. "Our concept is Pressroom 2000: with direct downloading of prepress information through the K-LAN system, users can select whichever press is available to run the next job without having to plan far in advance. They have ultimate scheduling flexibility and also have one station that is monitoring the press operation, rather than having a pressman at a console at all times. That's the next step in computer-controlled manufacturing in the pressroom."