The fully automatic AutoPlate Pro plate changing system will be available for the Speedmaster XL 75 and XL 75 Anicolor later this year and for the Speedmaster XL 106 from spring 2015.

Heidelberg introduced AutoPlate Pro at drupa 2012 for the new Speedmaster CX 102, SX 102, and SX 74 models launched at this event. 

Consequently, the printing plates are not clamped in place at exactly the same time, but in a staggered
process. According to Heidelberg, AutoPlate Pro achieves plate changing times around 50 percent shorter than the semi-automatic AutoPlate system, which results in faster makeready. 

More than 100 presses with over 600 AutoPlate Pro systems between them are now in operation at the print shops all over the world. From this year, the Speedmaster XL 75 Anicolor, will come with AutoPlate Pro as standard. AutoPlate will still be supplied as standard with the Speedmaster XL 75, but the AutoPlate Pro and AutoPlate XL options will also be available to customers.