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Digital
Ibis unveils ‘stretched’ Smart-binder X
Ibis Integrated Bindery Systems has launched a “stretched” version of its Smart-binder in-line digital saddle stitcher designed for high-speed production of low pagination A5 booklets and for tabloid-sized products.
Whereas previous Smart-binders were capable of 2up A5 landscape production, they were limited to 1up A5 portrait, which created a bottleneck when trying to run in-line with modern high-speed digital presses.
Ibis has increased the maximum spine length with the SB-X from 320mm to 457mm enabling 2up A5 portrait production and doubling the output speed for this specific format from 5,000 to 10,000 books per hour.
John Cracknell, MD of Ibis, said: “We have always been able to do 2up A5 landscape at 10,000 books per hour, but
- Staff Writer, 15 February 2015
Agfa expands wide-format range with OEM cutting table
Agfa Graphics has launched its first wide-format cutting table, the Acorta, following an OEM deal with Italian manufacturer Elitron.
The Acorta adds finishing to Agfa’s existing wide-format product range of Anapurna and Jeti printers, Asanti workflow suite and A-Sign flexible media for solvent and UV-cured inks.
Dominiek Arnout, vice-president of Agfa Graphics’ Inkjet business, said: “We are developing an all-integrated approach in which our customers can add an extra in-house
- Staff Writer, 15 February 2015
Riso releases new two-colour Digital Duplicating System
Riso has released the company’s latest advance in digital duplicating – the ME9450 Digital Duplicator. This newest model is a fully automatic cut-sheet digital duplicator, producing two-colour documents in a single pass at speeds up to 150 pages per minute. This, said Riso, makes it ideal for high-volume one-colour and two-colour printing.
The ME9450 features advanced workflow capabilities to reduce prepress and make-ready times by up to 50% over many traditional two-colour processes
- Staff Writer, 07 January 2015
Major revamp undertaken for Kodak’s global operations
Kodak chief Jeff Clarke is implementing a new business structure. Kodak currently has two overarching business units: Digital Printing and Enterprise headed by Doug Edwards; and Entertainment and Commercial Films, lead by Brad Kruchten.
Clarke’s new structure, which is effective from the new year, replaces these units with five “market-focused” divisions. The new divisions are: Print Systems (incorporating litho plates and platesetters, electrophotographic digital printing, OEM toner and
- Staff Writer, 07 January 2015
