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News Release from: KBA | Subject: Colora press
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 06 March 2007
Press Runs Less Webs And Offers More
Choice
A KBA Colora press that is now on-edition at Independent Newspapers Inc (INI) in Dover, Delaware (USA) incorporates an advance that is claimed to expand the capabilities of newspaper presses.
A KBA Colora press that is now on-edition at Independent Newspapers Inc (INI) in Dover, Delaware (USA) incorporates an advance that is claimed to expand the capabilities of newspaper presses Thanks to some unusual technical features, the five-high Colora combines the high productivity of a double-width press with the flexibility of a single-width press, claimed KBA
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 1 Sep 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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As a result, the Colora in Delaware runs with fewer webs and fewer operators than a comparable single-width 2/2 press, whilst offering a wider choice of production options than a standard double-width 4/2 press.
Alongside broadsheet and tabloid newspapers it can also print semi-commercial publications in a range of formats.
All physically possible web and ribbon leads have been pre-stored in the central control console of the press, said KBA, so even print jobs that have never been run on the press before can be preset automatically to reduce make-ready times and waste.
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Configured as a single tower with two KBA Pastostar RC reelstands and a KF 3 jaw folder attached at a right angle, the floor-mounted press has a 21-inch cut-off and a web width adjustable in half-inch increments from 20" - 50".
In addition to the usual single and double-spread plates the plate cylinders accept full-width plates that can be imaged with variable printing fields of five, four, three or two pages, added KBA.
The software in the EAE control console has been expanded to enable the press crew to handle the enhanced flexibility afforded by a web width variability that is rare in newspaper presses, said the company.
If the operator needs to adjust the ink and water balance on a particular page it can simply be keyed in to the page number instead of having to select the relevant plate.
The superstructure also incorporates some features to maximise flexibility and ease of operation, said KBA.
Two of the three slitters, all installed in front of the two draw rollers, can be shifted horizontally by remote control from the console so that they can cut the webs in to ribbons of the specified width.
The 90-degree folder arrangement allows all mono webs to be run through the middle of the printing units, regardless of web width.
The ribbons are guided over angle bars to two formers located one above the other.
The ribbons can be turned from either the left or the right.
Auxiliaries for producing semi-commercials and magazines include a skip slitter, section stitcher and quarterfold, for instance.
The Colora printing tower can print one web 4/4 with the fifth printing unit functioning as an imprinter, or two webs 4/4 plus 1/1, 3/3 plus 2/2, 4/2 plus 2/2 or 4/1 plus 1/4.
Apart from standard controls for inking and dampening, EAE's print system incorporates customised software for scheduling and pre-setting the press line for the production options now available and it also allows registration, web tension, the turner bars and other production parameters to be preset.
EAE has also embedded a reporting system, Info, that can be used for statistical analysis.
Independent Newspapers operates community newspapers, community websites and printing plants in Arizona, Delaware, Florida and Maryland.
In addition to a local daily title, the Delaware State News, INI publishes a range of products, ranging from weekly newspapers and a regional business, legal and political weekly magazine to monthly publications and flyers for shopping centres. Request a free brochure from KBA ...
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