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Evansville Courier & Press chooses Q.I. Press Controls

Evansville Courier & Press in Evansville, Indiana, is investing in quality by adding Q.I. Press Controls automatic color register control system for their KBA Motterflex FX-4 press. Main reasons to choose for Q.I. Press Controls IRS register system were the technical capabilities of the system, the improvement in registration quality and the associated expense savings. The total project contains 8 IRS scanners and in addition IRS progressive control will be installed.

Tim Hayden, Director of Operations of Evansville Courier & Press and Lee Parrish, Pressroom manager, were involved in the decision making. “We are happy working together with Q.I. Press Controls North America” Tim Hayden explains. “We print the Evansville Courier & Press newspaper on our flexo press and were looking for a color register system that fit in with our quality demands. We found the IRS of Q.I. Press Controls would save on newsprint waste and improve quality, and it is that combination that led us to this decision. We also decided for the IRS progressive control system that enables us to maintain the register at maximum stability during start-up and acceleration of the press. Pre-adjustment is now possible during a reel-change, thus reducing errors to a minimum.”

Gerald Ferron, Managing Director of Q.I. Press Controls North America is very pleased with this new order. He explains that the IRS progressive control system is an algorithm that carries out a correction based on external data before the IRS camera sees the error – the IRS, of course, cannot see an error until after it has occurred. With the aid of the new progressive control algorithm we are able to correct an error even before it occurs!