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News Release from: Heidelberg | Subject: Speedmaster SM 74
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 11 May 2006
30,000th Speedmaster Printing Unit Bound
For UK
The Speedmaster SM 74 five-colour press, incorporating the 30,000th printing unit, is destined for English printer Acorn Print.
The Speedmaster SM 74 five-colour press, incorporating the 30,000th printing unit, is destined for English printer Acorn Print All three directors at Acorn, which is in Willenhall in the West Midlands, went to Heidelberg in Wiesloch (Germany) to receive the certificate and the press
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 9 Feb 2005 at 8.00am (UK)
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Heidelberg;'s chief executive officer, Bernhard Schreier, said: "We are delighted about this further milestone for the Speedmaster SM 74 series.
Over the coming years, this state-of-the-art Heidelberg press series, with its wide-ranging product portfolio, will continue to serve the growing market for the 50cm x 70cm ( 19.69" x 27.56") format." The Speedmaster SM 74 will enable Acorn Print to move up a size and also offer its customers the A2 format.
The full-service print shop with a staff of 20 uses Heidelberg equipment for its pre-press, press and post-press operations.
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Creative Print in Leeds has made its first move into full colour and CTP production with a Heidelberg Speedmaster SM52-5L five-colour with coater and a Prosetter 74 visible light platesetter.
In the pressroom, for example, there are two Speedmaster SM 52 presses and a Printmaster GTO 52.
Last year, Acorn generated sales of GBP1.2m (approxiamtely US$ 2.17m).
The bulk of its work consists of four-colour commercial jobs with coating for advertising agencies, industrial companies and public bodies.
The Speedmaster SM 74 will make Acorn Print even more flexible and enable it to offer its customers high-quality products and shorter delivery times, commented Heidelberg.
The press was launched in 1994 and since then has been adapted on an continuing basis to satisfy growing market demands.
The series now includes everything from a two-colour to a 10-colour variant, with an optional perfecting device and coating unit.
With its automation and an operating speed of 15,000 sheets per hour, (sph), Heidelberg believes the machine allows print shops to make the transition from commercial to industrial printing.
Printing stock thicknesses ranging from 0.03mm to 0.6mm (0.0012" to 0.024") can be processed, resulting in high flexibility.
The company added that simple operation and setting of the suction tape feeder, Autoplate and remote setting of the circumferential, lateral and diagonal registers, ensure short make-ready times.
And the Alcolor inking unit and dampening system provides quality at a stable running speed.
The press can also be networked using the Prinect CP2000 Center press control system.
The Speedmaster SM 74 can be supplied with the Prinect Axis Control spectrophotometric measuring system and the Image Control quality measuring system.
It comes with a high pile delivery as standard, reducing the number of pile changes required, said Heidelberg.
Optional extras include automatic ink supply with Inkline and a coating unit in the form of a two-roller or chambered blade system.
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