Oosterhout, March 2012
- 34 mRC+ register cameras will give a perfect automated
colour and cut-off register to D.C.Thomson’s hybride Colorliner web
offset press mid-2012. That is when the prominent newspaper printing and
publisher D.C. Thomson will take its new Goss Colorliner CPS into
operation. The accompanying image shows that it concerns a compact
version of the combined Goss coldset/heatset concept; the world’s first
Goss Colorliner CPS presses.
Q.I. Press Controls is happy with this advanced
automation project, enabling them to demonstrate the immense gain in
effectiveness the mRC+ detection and register control system will give
this compact newspaper web offset press; particularly at start-up, but
also during the continuous production of the Colorliner CPS. “This is a
magnificent project to start the year with, for everyone involved”, says
Jaco Bleijenberg, Q.I. Press Controls’ Director of International Sales
& Marketing. He goes on to add: “The eight-tower press with heatset
capacity prints up to 90,000 copies per hour and is controlled by a full
automation package, including Goss’ Autoplate print plate changing
technology and mRC’s closed loop system for colour and cut-off register
control. Q.I. Press Controls’ 34 mRC+ register cameras and control
algorithms will contribute to an increase in cost effectiveness. On the
one hand through automation of the production process and on the other
hand through guaranteed delivery of high-quality printed matter. It is
clear that printers on the newspaper market are now aware of the fact
that automation is a must if you want to continue doing business and
face the daily challenges”, Bleijenberg underlines.
D.C. Thomson, of Dundee in Scotland, has been a prominent family-owned printer and publisher for more than 100 years now.
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