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News Release from: KBA | Subject: 46 Karat Plus, Presstek Profire Digital Media
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 05 May 2004
KBA's New 46 Karat Press With Presstek
Imaging
KBA will be featuring the new 46 Karat Plus digital offset press at Drupa 2004 in Dusseldorf, Germany.
KBA will be featuring the new 46 Karat Plus digital offset press at Drupa 2004 in Dusseldorf, Germany An A3 size portrait format four-colour digital offset press, the 46 Karat Plus provides a significantly higher level of print quality and key press enhancements over current DI press models in the small format class, said KBA
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 9 Feb 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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KBA will continue to offer its existing 46 Karat model to provide customers with a variety of pricing options and the ability to choose a press that best fits their needs.
A ndreas Mossner, KBA's executive president of sales for sheetfed presses, said: "With the push of a button, the 46 Karat Plus produces exceptional offset quality printing in small formats.
There are no special skills required, no intermediate steps and no use of chemistry.
With its streamlined automated digital workflow, the new 46 Karat Plus provides a very efficient way to produce high quality short run colour printing." He added that KBA believes the 46 Karat Plus will open new opportunities for the company to increase its overall market share.
Peter Bouchard Presstek's general manager for on-press imaging, said: "With the 46 Karat Plus, customers will be better positioned to produce highly profitable printed materials, and we expect that many of them will select additional presses from KBA's portfolio of superior quality products.
This new press represents state-of-the-art printing technology.
Now the benefits of DI technology are within reach for a broader array of print service providers with higher quality and productivity than ever before.
With the improved productivity and cost efficiency these DI presses offer, they can be cost justified with a few print jobs per day and are the ideal solution for organizations wishing to build a balanced portfolio of customer services." When asked if Profire Excel imaging could be adapted to the existing 46 Karat Press, Tim Turner, Presstek's director of on-press development stated: "One of the major advantages of Profire Excel is that it is easily adaptable to different press configurations.
Working with KBA, I'm confident we could configure a digital offset press with the quality of Profire Excel and the affordability and functionality of the 46 Karat." Visitors to drupa 2004 will be able to see the 46 Karat Plus printing live on both the KBA stand in hall 16 and the Presstek stand (9B56). Request a free brochure from KBA ...
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