Digital printing fighter choice

Digital printing has long since left its initial experimental phase and is now entering a mature market. It is now rare to hear that print customers have doubts about the feasibility of digital printing. Instead, everyone began to pay attention to various innovative applications of digital printing. The development of black-and-white digital printing is the most flourishing. In the aspect of printing quantity, the number of printing units has gradually increased from one hundredth to one thousand, and the number of printed copies has gradually increased. In particular, on the form of Offopad, digital printing of names, addresses, bar codes and other data is one of the killer applications.

In recent years, as the price of Offset Printing has continued to decrease, digital printing has had a lot more profit than conventional offset printing due to various features such as variable printing. Some printing companies have already scratched their heads and are ready to march into the field of digital printing. Heidelberg launched the digital DM 9110 high-speed black-and-white digital press at the right time to meet the needs of printing companies. This machine has a printing speed of 110 A4 per minute, a paper size of up to 275 mm x 425 mm, and a print resolution of 600 dpi. The machine's biggest feature is the definition of the print quality with the standard of offset and the flexibility and efficiency defined by the digital standard. It can be said that it is the combination of the advantages of the two printing technologies. It is no wonder that it has only been launched for 20 months, and it has been installed over the world. 3000 units.

Since digital printing utilizes the principles of electrophotographic reproduction technology, the electronic components in the machine are very sensitive to the characteristics of the paper. Therefore, due to paper failures, downtime has been caused. This is the most troublesome problem in the digital printing production process. Machines that are downtime often have much lower efficiency than a slow but continuous production machine, and frequent downtime can lengthen the production cycle, leading to increased labor and other indirect costs. If the prints in production are to obtain data from the database, the problem is even more frustrating. It is necessary to find out the data stoppage at that time and then restore the database status before continuing production. Therefore, when designing the Digital DM 9110 (Digimaster 9110), Heidelberg has made many advanced improvements to significantly reduce the chance of paper failures. For example, the paper-sheet delivery device uses the principle of suction and blowing of the offset printing machine to fully separate the sheets, greatly reducing the chance of double sheets due to static electricity during high-speed transfer. The method of transferring the paper also reduces the failure caused by the horizontal orientation of the paper pattern, making the process of transferring paper smoother.

Correct printing is another challenge faced by digital printing. If you can't print the images in the same place at a time, you won't be able to meet the requirements for integrating offset and digital prints. Overprinting is related to the paper path of paper, so the paper path of Digital DM 9110 has also been specially considered. From the paper tray, to the fuser heating roller, to the post-press processing equipment, the path of the paper is very short, and this arrangement is improved. The reliability of overprinting, while the continuous calibration device in the paper feeding process ensures the accurate transfer of paper.

Another advantage of the Digital DM 9110 is its productivity. Even printing on both sides of the DM 9110 will not slow down the printing speed. The reason is that the unique paper turning device configured inside the printer keeps the print head at 110 pages per minute. speed. In addition, the design of the paper tray also provides careful consideration for paper change. If one of the paper trays runs out of paper, the machine will automatically pull the paper from the other, and the operator can supply the new paper without stopping the machine. As a result, continuous production can be ensured. Different combinations of various paper trays can store up to 8,000 sheets of paper, which can be used to automatically insert cover, text, statements, and special paper devices online. It is suitable for high-speed production of various volume books and reports. .

Print management software is the soul of digital printing systems. Digital DM 9110 uses specially developed ImageSmart software to manage the entire digital printing process. ImageSmart can process PDFs, Postscript Level 3, HP-PCL 6 and TIFF Group IV formats, while DataXeed software is used for variable printing. The documents that are ready to be printed can be edited in the system to facilitate the process of group edition. The layout section can be adjusted according to the requirements of different staples, and the manuals are generated automatically, which is very convenient.

In addition to the digital DM 9110, it can print documents via a computer, and it can also be printed with the Imagedirect 665 scanner input file. This scanner has a resolution of 600 dpi, a scanning speed of 65 pages per minute, and can handle up to 100 images. Manuscripts of various weights and formats are all metal and precision engineered to reduce the chance of paper jams. In addition, it is possible to add originals to feeders while scanning, enabling no-stop scanning, enabling continuous work and ensuring production stability.

The reason for the high speed and stable operation of the Digital DM 9110 is that, in addition to the excellent mechanical and electronic engineering design, the strong support of Heidelberg is also an important factor. Traditional printing companies are involved in the field of digital printing and will inevitably encounter some problems in adaptation, such as lack of familiarity with computer production, lack of experience in sales of digital printing, and so on. Therefore, Heidelberg will provide customers with a full range of training to assist printing companies to take full advantage of the advantages of digital printing, especially the integration of offset and digital printing applications. In addition, it will share its market experience with print companies around the world and assist printing companies in choosing the correct positioning and establishing a strong sales force so that they can quickly gain a foothold in the market.

With the production capacity of Digital DM 9110 and the support behind Heidelberg, printing companies can fully invest in the world of digital printing.