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News Release from: Heidelberg | Subject: Drupa 2004 Digimaster
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 13 April 2004
Heidelberg Enhances Digimaster At Drupa
2004.
Heidelberg's executive director of the digital black-and-white business in Europe, Reinhold Frech has highlighted a number of the mono system announcements the company will make at the Drupa.
Heidelberg's executive director of the digital black-and-white business in Europe, Reinhold Frech has highlighted a number of the digital black-and-white system announcements the company will make at the Drupa 2004 They will include new print-productivity tools such as Print Production Release 6.0 software, which will offer a number of new enhancements to increase the efficiency of the Digimaster print system for customers
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 6 Jun 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Engine improvements for the Digimaster print system will provide versatile new configurations and increase device performance.
Partnerships that will enable new workflow solutions and even greater productivity for the Digimaster will also be announced.
Frech said that the Digimaster system will be even more efficient with Print Production Release 6.0 software, which - among other new features - offers improved paper handling, direct support of Adobe Acrobat PDF 1.5 format and expanded job tracking capabilities through the system's front end.
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He also noted that Heidelberg and its business partners recently announced the availability of Smartboard 3.0 software, the next generation of digital pre-press software based on Adobe Acrobat 6.0 Professional, which provides one workflow system for both digital colour and digital black-and-white document assembly and print preparation.
Frech said: "We continue to provide Digimaster print system customers with versatile configurations to achieve exceptional performance, including a field upgrade for Digimaster 9150i developer stations that allows any Digimaster 9150i print system to be upgraded for magnetic ink character recognition (MICR) printing." Other upgrades include an additional paper-supply module that allows up to nine paper drawers to be employed for printing - equal to 12,000 sheets.
Another 4,000 post-process sheets can be added to that with a three-drawer inserter for automatic collation and assembly of a wide range of materials printed on other devices.
Frech noted that from front-end software to third-party accessories, the work with leading companies to enable streamlined print production solutions will continue.
Close alliances with third-party partners, such as Bindomatic, CSP, Emtex, Kern and Solimar, broaden the array of print applications and increase workflow efficiency for Digimaster print system users.
It was recently announced that the Digimaster print system combined with a new in-line binding solution, the Bindomatic 301 DFS, now enables print providers to produce book-quality bound documents much more productively.
Frech also mentioned the availability of a customised in-line folding solution utilizing Heidelberg's Stahlfolder Ti40 Proline with the Digimaster print system - a more productive folding solution that operates at the rated speed of the printer.
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