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News Release from: Kodak Graphic Communications Group
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 08 May 2006
Complete B2 CTP Workflow Package Sales
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At this year's Ipex exhibition, Kodak's Graphic Communications Group (CGC) signed six of its existing distributors to sell its new complete CTP and workflow package for B2 commercial printers.
At this year's Ipex exhibition, Kodak's Graphic Communications Group (CGC) signed six of its existing distributors to sell its new complete CTP and workflow package for B2 commercial printers The companies that were chosen are now distributing the package across the UK and include Service Offset Supplies in Loughton, Service Offset Supplies in Bolton, Mayday Graphic Products, Visual Graphics Supplies, Avon Graphics and Film Techniques
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 1 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Kodak UK Sales Director Neil Yeomans commented: "Each of these distributors has a proven track record with Kodak for successfully selling our diverse range of products in the UK.
We are extremely pleased to be working with such a professional combined sales force and believe this will be a significant venture for us, as it will present our B2 package to a wider audience through each of their extensive sales networks." The package on offer includes Kodak's Prinergy Evo Workflow system, the Magnus 400 platesetter and Thermal Direct non-process printing plates.
The Prinergy Evo workflow system has been specifically designed to fulfil the needs of the smaller printer and introduces advances in automation, flexible integration and process control, allowing operators to link process and control steps together to define a workflow, said Kodak.
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The Magnus 400 platesetter images a range of plate sizes at what are claimed to be exceptional image speeds, whilst maintaining a very small footprint.
It is also isaid to be suitable for the small commercial printer that needs automation.
The device provides imaging of up to a claimed 250 lines per inch (lpi) and supports Staccato 25micron screening.
It also supports conventional thermal plates, as well as chemistry-free and non-process plates.
Thermal Direct non-process printing plates have been added in to the equation in the package to complement the Magnus 400 platesetter.
The plates are claimed to eliminate the installation, management and maintenance of the traditional wet-chemical plate processing system and by removing the processing step, Thermal Direct plates shorten the platemaking cycle and provide more jobs on press per shift.
Yeomans continued: "Today's smaller printers are constantly faced with challenges of tighter deadlines, decreasing prices, shorter print runs and competition for customers.
Therefore, there is a huge demand in this particular market for affordable, reliable pre-press systems that will increase automation, reduce manual errors and provide consistency, speed and quality of output." And he added: "This B2 package does just that and being upgradeable, it will grow with the company, making it an excellent long term investment." Kodak believes that the Prinergy Evo workflow system provides the smaller printer with optimised PDF processing and JDF-based integration with other systems and makes pre-press simple and cheap to operate.
Being scaleable, modular and open, customers can buy what they need today and invest in further options later as the business grows.
The Magnus 400 platesetter said to be is easy to use and provides high productivity in a four-page CTP device.
For printers with limited space for processing and chemistry the Thermal Direct plates eliminate the steps between CTP and the press.
They provide significant time and money saving and eliminate capital and maintenance costs, whilst also being environmentally responsible, added the company.
"By offering all these elements as an entire package for printers, we hope to provide the smaller printer with a complete system that will ultimately deliver the productivity and quality needed in an ever-competitive market," concluded Yeomans.
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