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Applied Innovations - The Future of Newspaper Printing As the undisputed number one in the marketplace, manroland supplies newspaper printing systems to printing companies all over the world. In more than 75 countries on all continents, products printed on manroland systems reach more than 400 million readers. Application-oriented innovations for manroland printing systems prove their reliability in day-to-day production. This includes pressline configurations like the XXL-format COLORMAN or the new COLORMAN 4-1 in satellite design. The innovative newspaper press technology is oriented on market requirements such as all pages in four-color, smaller formats, and more efficient production. manroland is totally focused on its customers’ needs and what they want is a sound and practical concept for their production tasks.
Application-oriented innovations The start was made with printnet, manroland’s portfolio of integration and networking products for printers and publishers. Next came printservices - since drupa 2004 this has been the umbrella for the entire services portfolio. Service means total customer care - from the initial contact right along the value-adding chain that leads to a new investment, with a wide range of services such as consulting, financing and project management, but also training, maintenance and upgrades as well as LifeCycleManagement. And now with the new brand printcom manroland is making a large part of the system competence it has acquired from decades of experience and continual R & D work available to its customers. This makes selection, purchasing and use of the right products much more transparent, faster and safer.
Closed-loop systems to automate newspaper printing An important part of Applied Innovations are closed-loop concepts for extensive automation of newspaper printing. Not empty promises but practice-oriented solutions for reliable operation in day-to-day newspaper production combined with a predictable cost-benefit ratio. These advanced automation solutions are based on printnet. The software for control of the press and its integrated components is supplied by one single provider and form a homogeneous system. printnet integrates evaluation, quality assurance and management functions from one single source in a future-safeguarded manner.
Customer-oriented solutions Our customers are not given "nice-to-have solutions" but automation modules that provide real benefits. Because an uncompromising commitment to high and constant quality convinces both advertisers and newspaper readers - while profitability, availability and flexibility are of great importance for newspaper publishers.
Constant quality results in fewer complaints and strengthens the newspaper in its competition with other media forms. Accordingly, newspaper publishers are looking for standardized processes. Thanks to automation modules, the production process is no longer solely depending upon the know-how of press operators. Time savings in makeready, speeding up production and a strong reduction of start-up waste are some of the positive results thus achieved. This saves costs!
High-end solutions based on closed-loop systems for cut-off register, colour register, ink density control, web tension control, and constant printing widths open up new dimensions in automated, industrial-scale newspaper production.
Cut-off register control to be markless in future Mark-assisted cut-off register control has been standard equipment on newspaper presses for quite a long time. Automatic cut-off register control has the following advantages:
Colour register to be markless in future A further development using image-based colour register control without marks will mean that practically no preparatory work will be required in the future.
Ink density control based on grey balance - no marks in future Inline ink control is a major customer benefit. Investigations by the Task Force on Print Process Optimization have shown that 70% of all setting operations during production are performed on ink keys. This system offers:
Inline control with a reference bar is an intermediate step on the way to measurement and control operations based on image analysis. Colour regulation based on image data without any separate measuring elements is a possibility for the future as well.
Useful practical experience gained in Helsinki Helsingin Sanomat of Helsinki, Finland, is the first newspaper printing house worldwide to measure and control colours inline on a 6-web press, and very successfully too. The measuring system compares the grey balance of a minimum 1.7 mm high strip with the reference data from the image database. The black measurement can be performed in a minimum 0.6 mm wide line. All measuring elements required are integrated in the layout of each newspaper page. The measurement takes place at a distance of approximately 5 mm from the web. There are no moving parts. The measuring system is sealed against the web by a glass plate.
TECOSYS for constant web tension With TECOSYS manroland has created a closed-loop control for constant web tension. This results in even more precise cut-off and colour registration during production and saves start-up waste during the press acceleration process.
The system calculates the web tension target values on the basis of known press parameters related to paper and ink types and sets them automatically. During press acceleration, the system starts measuring the real web tension values and readjusting the web tension on the basis of the preset target values. This ensures stable web tension during the further press acceleration process and has a positive effect on the consistency of print quality.
IROLOC for constant printing widths The printing width of rollers has a considerable effect on the transfer of ink and damping solution. For this reason, it should remain constant, above all under dynamic operating conditions. Since thermal expansion and the influence of consumables result in changes, a printing width control system can almost entirely eliminate readjustment and maintenance. A mechanical system has already proved its high reliability. Spring systems that only need to be set once offer the high reliability and durability required. The IROLOC roller locks have now been used on more than 1,600 newspaper printing couples for three years. IROLOC increases the lifetime of rollers by up to 20 percent.
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Applied Innovations - The Future of Newspaper Printing As the undisputed number one in the marketplace, manroland supplies newspaper printing systems to printing companies all over the world. In more than 75 countries on all continents, products printed on manroland systems reach more than 400 million readers. Application-oriented innovations for manroland printing systems prove their reliability in day-to-day production. This includes pressline configurations like the XXL-format COLORMAN or the new COLORMAN 4-1 in satellite design. The innovative newspaper press technology is oriented on market requirements such as all pages in four-color, smaller formats, and more efficient production. manroland is totally focused on its customers’ needs and what they want is a sound and practical concept for their production tasks.Application-oriented innovations The start was made with printnet, manroland’s portfolio of integration and networking products for printers and publishers. Next came printservices - since drupa 2004 this has been the umbrella for the entire services portfolio. Service means total customer care - from the initial contact right along the value-adding chain that leads to a new investment, with a wide range of services such as consulting, financing and project management, but also training, maintenance and upgrades as well as LifeCycleManagement. And now with the new brand printcom manroland is making a large part of the system competence it has acquired from decades of experience and continual R & D work available to its customers. This makes selection, purchasing and use of the right products much more transparent, faster and safer.
Closed-loop systems to automate newspaper printing An important part of Applied Innovations are closed-loop concepts for extensive automation of newspaper printing. Not empty promises but practice-oriented solutions for reliable operation in day-to-day newspaper production combined with a predictable cost-benefit ratio. These advanced automation solutions are based on printnet. The software for control of the press and its integrated components is supplied by one single provider and form a homogeneous system. printnet integrates evaluation, quality assurance and management functions from one single source in a future-safeguarded manner.
Customer-oriented solutions Our customers are not given "nice-to-have solutions" but automation modules that provide real benefits. Because an uncompromising commitment to high and constant quality convinces both advertisers and newspaper readers - while profitability, availability and flexibility are of great importance for newspaper publishers.
Constant quality results in fewer complaints and strengthens the newspaper in its competition with other media forms. Accordingly, newspaper publishers are looking for standardized processes. Thanks to automation modules, the production process is no longer solely depending upon the know-how of press operators. Time savings in makeready, speeding up production and a strong reduction of start-up waste are some of the positive results thus achieved. This saves costs!
High-end solutions based on closed-loop systems for cut-off register, colour register, ink density control, web tension control, and constant printing widths open up new dimensions in automated, industrial-scale newspaper production.
Cut-off register control to be markless in future Mark-assisted cut-off register control has been standard equipment on newspaper presses for quite a long time. Automatic cut-off register control has the following advantages:
- No cut-off paper waste after makeready.
- No cut-off paper waste during press acceleration and deceleration.
- Relieving operators’ work loads thus allowing them to concentrate on other press functions.
Colour register to be markless in future A further development using image-based colour register control without marks will mean that practically no preparatory work will be required in the future.
Ink density control based on grey balance - no marks in future Inline ink control is a major customer benefit. Investigations by the Task Force on Print Process Optimization have shown that 70% of all setting operations during production are performed on ink keys. This system offers:
- Constant production quality
- Less paper waste
- Fewer complaints
- Standardized processed
- shorter makereadies
- Less manpower and reduction of the operators’ work load. Print quality becomes less dependent on the printer’s know-how.
Inline control with a reference bar is an intermediate step on the way to measurement and control operations based on image analysis. Colour regulation based on image data without any separate measuring elements is a possibility for the future as well.
Useful practical experience gained in Helsinki Helsingin Sanomat of Helsinki, Finland, is the first newspaper printing house worldwide to measure and control colours inline on a 6-web press, and very successfully too. The measuring system compares the grey balance of a minimum 1.7 mm high strip with the reference data from the image database. The black measurement can be performed in a minimum 0.6 mm wide line. All measuring elements required are integrated in the layout of each newspaper page. The measurement takes place at a distance of approximately 5 mm from the web. There are no moving parts. The measuring system is sealed against the web by a glass plate.
TECOSYS for constant web tension With TECOSYS manroland has created a closed-loop control for constant web tension. This results in even more precise cut-off and colour registration during production and saves start-up waste during the press acceleration process.
The system calculates the web tension target values on the basis of known press parameters related to paper and ink types and sets them automatically. During press acceleration, the system starts measuring the real web tension values and readjusting the web tension on the basis of the preset target values. This ensures stable web tension during the further press acceleration process and has a positive effect on the consistency of print quality.
IROLOC for constant printing widths The printing width of rollers has a considerable effect on the transfer of ink and damping solution. For this reason, it should remain constant, above all under dynamic operating conditions. Since thermal expansion and the influence of consumables result in changes, a printing width control system can almost entirely eliminate readjustment and maintenance. A mechanical system has already proved its high reliability. Spring systems that only need to be set once offer the high reliability and durability required. The IROLOC roller locks have now been used on more than 1,600 newspaper printing couples for three years. IROLOC increases the lifetime of rollers by up to 20 percent. More