Offset Printing - Sheet-Fed

This latest version offers a Push-to-Stop capability, more automation, simpler handling, and easier maintenance.

Having built up its in-store retail display and folding carton business, Ontario-based Proprint installed a new Speedmaster CX 104.

Calumet Carton, a producer of mailers and packaging products, installed a Koenig & Bauer Rapida 145 eight-color press plus coater.

Diamond Packaging installed a new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106. The press marks the 20,000th XL 105/106 printing unit to be installed.

Realizing the benefits of pressroom automation for sheetfed lithographic printing means careful selection and thoughtful utilization.

Print services providers chime in on how sheetfed offset press automation technologies have benefited their respective businesses.

Kevin Neureuter, director of sales for the U.S./Canada at Manroland Sheetfed, says labor issues are driving offset press automation.

The desire to automate is driven by the absence of qualified labor, reduction of touches, and efforts to minimize waste such as paper.

Doug Schardt, of printing press manufacturer Komori America, discusses the importance of automation on today’s sheetfed offset presses.

Clarence Penge, of printing press manufacturer Heidelberg, discusses what’s driving automation on today’s sheetfed offset press models.