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FIPP 2001 New Technologies Helping to Print Magazines

FIPP 2001 New Technologies Helping to Print Magazines. DRUPA World’s Largest Print Exposition Druck und Papier. DR U PA. DRUPA 2000. The Promise: Millennium Blow-Out Event The Reality: Technological Disappointment. The Digitization of Print. 10 Years Into the Program.

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FIPP 2001 New Technologies Helping to Print Magazines

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  1. FIPP 2001New Technologies Helpingto Print Magazines

  2. DRUPAWorld’s Largest Print ExpositionDruck und Papier DR U PA

  3. DRUPA 2000 The Promise: Millennium Blow-Out Event The Reality: Technological Disappointment

  4. The Digitization of Print 10 Years Into the Program • Global information transfer makes print truly global. • Technology is shrink-wrapped and universal, expensive and competitive. • The printing press is just another office machine. • Distinction between processes are blurring. • Distribution cost is determining factor.

  5. The Digitization of Print

  6. The Digitization of PrepressComputer-to-Plate Disadvantages • For smaller printers, there’s no true labor savings • Startup cost: Minimum $600,000 to $1.2 million • Cost doesn’t reflect required redundancy • Ongoing maintenance: Minimum $72,000/year

  7. The Digitization of PrepressComputer-to-Plate Advantages • Improved registration, consistency • No dirt • Enhanced flexibility and speed • Clients can submit files later • Reduced press down time/waste

  8. Digital Plate Production vs.Press Down Time Shown in Percentages 2,000/day = 700,000/year80 bad plates/day = $$$$

  9. The Digitization of PrepressComputer-to-Plate Advantages 20 – 20 – 20 • 20 percent reduction of cycle time per year, per year, per year • “Every monthly produced like a weekly; every weekly produced like a daily.”

  10. Prepress Advancements Stochastic Screening • Screenless • No film • No rosetta pattern • Improved resolution • 360 line screen vs. 133 • Better quality and appearance • Barrier to introduction: Press chemistry

  11. Half Tone vs. Stochastic More/Less Dots vs. Bigger/Smaller Dots Stochastic Conventional

  12. Closed-Loop Color Control The Revolution “God makes no two trees alike.”

  13. Critical Balance Even though solid ink densities may be in tolerance, shifts in the CMY color balance of images can significantly affect their appearance.

  14. Color Control System • Delivers higher color consistency and predictability • Reduces makeready time, paper waste • Statistical data reporting capabilities • Color info is fed back to Imaging for improving subsequent jobs • Automatically identifies and corrects color

  15. All Keys / Single Unit Manual Operator Moves - Cyan Solid Ink Densities Time

  16. All Keys / Single Unit Automatic Moves – Cyan Solid Ink Densities Time Test Conditions: MAN Roland Lithoman 4-unit, single web; cold start-up; no presetting; automatic convergence. Observations: CCS Automatically brought all keys to 1.4 target (SWOP) in under 5 minutes.

  17. So What Does It All Mean? • Color is predictable, repeatable, less variable • The color you approve on proof is the color you see on press • Digital measurement of optical characteristics means accurate color can be replicated in publisher’s office (vs. press side) • One color okay does it all! • Color can be replicated across multiple presses anywhere throughout the world

  18. DBLs Online(Digital Bluelines) • Real-time content proofing • Approaches: • QG.com (secure Web site) • Electronic Data Interchange • File Transfer Protocol (FTP) site • E-mail

  19. DBL Benefits • Electronic client signoff • Immediately alerts QG production crews • No delays • 20-20-20 • Instantaneous vs. 48 hours

  20. Digital File Transfer • Seamlessly connects all printing plants and remote imaging sites to each other throughout U.S. and world • Seamlessly connects all publishersto printing plants and remote imaging sites FREE and INSTANTANEOUSLY using FTP via the Internet

  21. Digital Connectivity

  22. Pressroom Advancements • Trend is toward wider presses • More pages per revolution = higher output • Reduces costs

  23. 2 x 2 Presses • 17 x 22 Sheetfed • 4 pages/plate • One-sided printing 4 Pages Total • Mini/Custom Web Press • 4 pages/plate • Perfecting 8 Pages Total

  24. 2 x 4 Presses 8 Pages Total • 24 x 40 Sheetfed • 8 pages/plate • One-sided printing 16 Pages Total • 4 unit M-1000 Press • 8 pages/plate • Perfecting 32 Pages Total • 8 unit M-1000 Press • 8 pages/plate • Perfecting

  25. 2 x 6 Presses • 4 unit M-3000 Press • 12 pages/plate • Perfecting 24 Pages Total 48 Pages Total • 8 unit M-3000 Press • 12 pages/plate • Perfecting

  26. 4 x 6Presses • 4 unit M-4000 Press • 24 pages/plate • Perfecting 48 Pages Total

  27. 6 x 8 Presses • 8 unit 96” GravurePress • 48 pages/cylinder • 1 web • Perfecting 96 Pages Total

  28. 32 Pages • Sheetfed2 x 4 x 1 to 25M • M-1000 (1 web)2 x 4 x 1 25M - 100M • M-1000 (2 web)2 x 4 x 2 100M - 2 million • Gravure (96pp) 6 x 8 x 1 2 million +

  29. 48 Pages • Sheetfed2 x 4 x 1 to 20M • M-4000 (1 web) 4 x 6 x 1 20M – 250M • M-3000 (2 webs) 2 x 6 x 2 250M – 1.4 million • Gravure (96pp) 6 x 8 x 1 1.4 million +

  30. 96 Pages • Sheetfed2 x 4 x 1 to 15M • M-4000 (1 web) 4 x 6 x 1 15M – 250M • M-3000 (2 webs)2 x 6 x 2250M – 1 million • Gravure (96pp) 6 x 8 x 11 million +

  31. MagnabindA Revolution in Binding • Operates on perfect binding principle of gathering as few as two pages, which simplifies book layouts • Rated at 40,000 books/hour • Can bind less than 1/8" up to a 1/2"

  32. Magnabind

  33. Magnabind

  34. Magnabind

  35. Forecast for the Future • Quicker makereadies and less makeready waste • Improved consistency and color quality • Less run waste

  36. Think Out of the Box • 15-minute plate changes • 1,000-sheet makereadies! • Less insert makeup and bindery slow-down • Move versioning back to the pressroom

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