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News Release from: KBA | Subject: Rapida 105, Rapida 162a
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 16 June 2006
Presses Integrate With Digital Print
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Last year, a five-colour KBA Rapida 162a press with coating tower and extended delivery went in to service at Druckhaus Berlin Mitte in Grossbeeren (Germany).
Last year, a five-colour KBA Rapida 162a press with coating tower and extended delivery went in to service at Druckhaus Berlin Mitte in Grossbeeren (Germany) And such has been its success that Druckhaus Berlin Mitte has placed an order for another Rapida press
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 13 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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This time the choice is a six-colour Rapida 105 with coater, extended delivery, SIS (sidelay-free infeed) and hybrid equipment, which is to be installed in autumn this year and which will be integrated in to the company's digital workflow.
In 2003, the company had implemented a JDF system between its branch software from Hiflex and a MAN Roland Pecom system.
Through the use of a standardised JDF/JMF interface, it remained a matter to extend the networking to also embrace the post-press departments.
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And, as KBA commented, it has also been possible to replace components, or to link up other printing presses which, like the Rapidas from KBA, are prepared for integration in to a digital printshop network.
The KBA Logotronic management system has been integrated in to company-wide JDF networks at many sites, with one of the latest installations at Druckhaus Berlin Mitte.
Production scheduling for all the machines is done in Berlin through the Hiflex software.
For the first time, JDF is being used to transfer the job data to Pecom and Logotronic professional.
A dedicated 2 Mbit per second link allows data to be sent to the KBA Rapida 162a at the Grossbeeren location, along with the data from pre-press after production of the plates.
The jobs are received by the Logotronic professional server and converted in to presetting data for the press.
The operator at the KBA console is thus presented with a job list with corresponding pre-setting data in just the same way as if the Rapida 162a was in the Berlin headquarters, said KBA.
JMF is also used to send the production data back to the Hiflex system for actual-cost accounting.
"It is true that this is all nothing new in itself.
But I was surprised how simply the link-up was made in such a short time," said Herbert Preissler, managing director of Druckhaus Berlin Mitte.
The Rapida 162a, which has a maximum sheet size of 120cm x 162cm, with a claimed production speed of up to 13,000 sheets per hour, was immediately integrated in to the company workflow.
KBA said that there were no teething troubles.
The press has been running with optimum performance and automation in two-shift operation ever since, added KBA.
The new Rapida 105 will not be joining its larger counterpart in Grossbeeren, however, but is instead headed for the city print centre in Berlin. Request a free brochure from KBA ...
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