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News Release from: KBA North America | Subject: Densitronic S scanning spectrodensitometer system
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 06 March 2007
On-Press Scanning System Reduces
Make-Ready Waste
KBA North America is introducing a new feature to its closed-loop Densitronic S scanning spectrodensitometer system that will reduce waste.
KBA North America is introducing a new feature to its closed-loop Densitronic S scanning spectrodensitometer system that will reduce waste Densitronic, an addition to KBA presses, measures the density and spectral values on the x and y axis, meaning it reads anywhere on the sheet, said the company
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 13 Jun 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Crystal Flutur, KBA product specialist, said: "Printers are trying to be more mindful of their colour control, especially with high quality fast turn-around work.
Densitronic S with Dynamic Control is the solution.
This new feature puts printers in even more control of their work by drastically reducing make-ready waste on press, as well as reducing the number of sheets up to full press production." Dynamic Control is an optional software feature that is available immediately to printers using KBA presses with Densitronic S scanning densitometer systems.
New system installations will be activated during the first training session.
Re-fitting is possible of all KBA presses supplied from 1995 to date.
Re-fitting of the press console is not necessary in most cases, added the company.
Flutur continued: "Dynamic Control on the Densitronic S sets KBA apart from other press manufacturers.
For example, the typical inking unit construction of another press manufacturer can need up to 900 sheets to adjust the values.
Even the fast-reacting units used on a KBA press can lead to up to 700 sheets to adjust colour.
With Dynamic Control, the reference density is reached at a set number of sheets.
Even in zones with five per cent area coverage and less the reference can be reached at about 120 sheets." The KBA Densitronic S is a combined density and colour measuring system for quality control during and after printing.
The company claimed that unlike other systems, Densitronic S also permits direct measurements within the image.
Deviations from defined target densities, colour values and other quality parameters (dot gain and trapping, for instance) are recognised and displayed quickly in comparison to hand-held measuring devices.
With integration for online control, the density and spectral deviations are converted in to corrective adjustments for the individual ink keys, added KBA.
The Densitronic S controls the density and spectral parameters of each sheet by measuring along control strips, or directly on the image.
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