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News Release from: Komori UK | Subject: Lithrone S540, S529 presses, KHS-AI start system
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 06 March 2008
Fast Printing Start Systems For Lithrone
Presses
The Lithrone S540 press will be exhibited in hall 15 at Drupa 2008 by Komori and it will be demonstrated with the Lithrone S529 press in the on demand change-over theatre on the company's stand.
Komori said it has introduced new features to utilise the fast print start benefits of the company's KHS-AI system The company said that its on demand change-over zone has been so named because of the increasing demand for quick job turn-arounds
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 18 Mar 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Komori believes that printers require not only quick job change-overs but also production flexibility coupled with the need for mid-size and larger-size presses to be used for shorter run jobs.
The increasing pressures for quicker job turn-around and the need for further reductions in wastage will be addressed in the company's theatre demonstrations during Drupa 2008, where each press will print three different jobs by utilising the new KHS-AI fast print start system.
Komori KHS-AI is the new, self-learning version of Komori's KHS fast print start system, which is claimed to reduce waste sheets before printing, whilst ensuring earlier precision of ink, water and register settings.
KHS was initially developed through joint research and development between Komori's electronics division and the Japan Printing Academy.
The company added that KHS-AI has been designed and manufactured by specialist company, Komori Electronics and it now incorporates automatic 'intelligence' software to progressively update the press to help attain almost immediate production quality on all jobs ,even on initial test sheets and even when changing between jobs that have different formats, ink coverage and paper characteristics.
Part of the KHS-AI function is to provide Smart Feedback, which Komori claimed allows the operator to temporarily recalibrate the ink profile on any, or all units at a single key stroke and at the random request of customers.
KHS-AI also has Komori Smart Sequence, which the company said enables the printer to select, job-by-job, the most appropriate of three pre-programmable automatic operations for complete press set up.
Those operations include de-inking, wash ups, pre-inking, plate changing and fully-automatic make-ready so that, for example, the operator can select the pattern for the start of each day, job change or at the end of the day. Request a free brochure from Komori UK ...
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