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News Release from: Kodak Graphic Communications Group | Subject: Magnus 800, Magnus 800 Quantum
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 22 May 2006
New 8pp Platesetter Operates At 40
Plates Per Hour
The new Kodak Magnus 800 platesetter is claimed to provide automation and up to 40 plates per hour, helping to make graphic communications service providers more productive and profitable.
The new Kodak Magnus 800 platesetter is claimed to provide automation and up to 40 plates per hour, helping to make graphic communications service providers more productive and profitable Kodak's Graphic Communications Group's new eight-page computer to plate (CTP) device is now available for purchase
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 1 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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The Magnus 800 platesetter features new engineering and software for greater performance and reduced downtime.
Systems are available that are said to produce 15, 22, 30 and 40 plates per hour and can be upgraded as demand grows.
The Magnus 800 is also designed to support future higher speeds.
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Initially available as a fully automated system, the Magnus 800 platesetter comes with an autoloader with a single-cassette unit or multi-cassette unit.
The single-cassette unit holds up to 100 plates and the multi-cassette unit holds five trays for a total of 500 plates, it is claimed.
Each tray can hold different sized plates.
A semi-automatic device with continuous loading and in-line punch will be available in mid-2006.
In the fully automated system, plates move through the Magnus 800 loading system in parallel, rather than waiting for one plate to complete the cycle before starting the next plate.
Whilst one plate is being imaged, the next is already loaded and waiting.
Users can also easily select a 'quick plate remake' option that allows the operator to bypass the autoloader and insert a new plate directly in to the imaging device.
For users who demand even more precise imaging and registration, the Magnus 800 Quantum platesetter includes Squarespot imaging technology that delivers automatic compensation for temperature related plate expansion and contraction for precise, consistent imaging from plate to plate and machine to machine.
The Magnus 800 Quantum also supports Staccato screening in 10micron or 20micron screening for photorealistic imaging.
Chris Illa, operations manager at Japs-Olson, near Minneapolis (USA), a US$133 million direct mail and commercial printing company and a beta site for two Magnus 800 Quantums, said: "Our number one goal is to maximise press time.
The Kodak Magnus 800 images plates so fast and with such reliability that our platemaking time has been dramatically reduced.
This means our presses are up and running all the time.
If you think about presstime as valuable dollars, and we do, each time a press is down, that costs us money.
With the Magnus 800 platemaking is no longer a bottleneck and with a speed four times superior to our previous platesetter, the Magnus 800 brings us an unequalled level of performance." Michel Dride, President Directeur General of Imprimerie Dride, a beta user in France, said: "Combined with a more flexible and rapid plate load capability, the Magnus 800 platesetter ensures perfectly fluid production to the pressroom.
It allows us, amongst other things, to use all of our workflow resources to a level of non-stop production, 24 hours-a-day, seven days-a- week." Meanwhile, Johan Michels, head of engineering at Wilco in The Netherlands, another beta site in Europe, explained: "We installed two Magnus 800s in August 2005 and have already produced over 50,000 plates on them.
Kodak was a pleasure to work with.
We had weekly conference calls during the installation period and the company really listened to our needs and made adjustments where necessary.
The machines are very stable, and the plate handling is great.
We couldn't be happier.
It's a great product." "Everything about the Magnus 800 platesetter is designed and constructed for today's highly productive and fast-paced graphic communications environment," said James Langley, president of Kodak GCG and senior vice president of Kodak.
He added: "It is fully scaleable, easy to use, and features the image quality and durable construction you would expect from the company with a reputation for delivering CTP devices that are both reliable and able to accurately reproduce the most delicate of designs.
The Magnus 800 is designed for close integration with Kodak's workflow systems to fully utilise its sophisticated features for a highly automated, productive pre-press operation.
It is also compatible with most other popular workflow systems." Langley explained that Magnus 800 platesetters are suitable for Kodak-branded digital printing plates, including Thermal Gold, Sword Excel and Electra Excel.
The system is also capable of imaging Kodak's Thermal Direct non-process plates and other chemistry-free plates, which can further reduce costs by eliminating time consuming steps and saving floor space.
Chris Illa said: "With the Magnus 800 we know that the first plate is as good as the last plate.
The accuracy is 100 per cent.
We track our plate quality closely, and the Magnus 800 gives us the confidence to take a plate out to press knowing that it is going to be perfect each time." In-line registration, punching, and automatic slip sheet removal are also claimed by Kodak to make the make the Magnus 800 easy to use.
To accommodate different floor layouts, the loading trays can be installed on the left or right side of the autoloader and are located approximately waist high for ergonomic loading.
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