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News Release from: Digital Information | Subject: Inkzone
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 March 2004
New Ink Zone Presetting Breaks Barriers
In their digital proof CIP3 option, some printing machine suppliers only support ink zone presetting for single-sided jobs.
In their digital proof CIP3 option, some printing machine suppliers only support ink zone presetting for single-sided jobs The setting of ink zones for recto and verso printing is not possible
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 9 Mar 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Now, Digital Information has claimed to have closed this gap with its new Inkzone Perfect that enables the assignment of presetting values for a specific job to the separate printing units of a press regardless of production type.
Inkzone can be used with all popular presses.
Existing offset machines without digitally preset ink zones can be upgraded with Inkzone simply and economically, said the company, to realise more productivity and greater efficiency.
Correct ink feed is attained sooner, leading to shorter start-up times, drastic savings in waste and 100% reproducibility with repeat orders, because the same digital data are referenced all the time.
Data calculated for film and plate imaging provide the printer with reliable information for digitally presetting the ink zones.
In addition to writing the ink zone values to the respective press manufacturer's data carrier, it is possible to output the values on a laser or inkjet printer using Inkzone Print.
The printer presets the ink zones manually on the press control console using bar graphs containing the allocated numerical values.
Inkzone Print also enables precise calculation of the average ink consumption for each printing job.
After release of the required job via touchscreen, the files are written to the printing machine data carrier in the required format, for example Heidelberg's Chipcard, MAN Roland's Jobcard or KBA floppy.
An alternative to plate scanners in many printing houses, preset values for ink zones are still generated using plate scanners.
Apart from the laborious handling of the printing plates, the scanning of plates will also result in a relatively imprecise ink profile due to weak contrast between the aluminium and ink-bearing layer, while subsequent precise adjustment of the zones costs time and paper.
Through the online transfer of bitmap files a work-intensive detour via the plate scanner is eliminated and Inkzone will always refer back to first-generation data, claimed Digital Information.
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