Web Wonders

Klee notes that in the case of the Sunday 2000, gapless technology allows Heidelberg to offer a 24-page press (six pages wide) instead of the traditional 16-page model (four pages wide). The result is 50 percent more pages per cylinder revolution without increasing personnel.

KBA North America reports that its parent, the Koenig & Bauer Group, will display its KBA Compacta 818 among a number of non-web offerings. The new unit is a high-performance, 64-page commercial offset that addresses the need for high quality and fast turnarounds. The press features dedicated, shaftless devices for the reelstand, infeed unit, each individual printing unit, chill roller stand, draw rollers in the superstructure and an automatically convertible P5 folder. The press also features semi-automatic plate change and quality control using in-line densitometry.