Brian Badillo, regional VP of sales, Quad/Graphics, reviews ouput from the company’s Fujifi lm J Press 720S at their Dallas, TX facility. tration of many digital presses, or uses non-tradition methods such as laser die cutters,” says Maurer. Accurate and repeatable color has traditionally been a showstopper for most off set, as well as digital platforms. With today’s technology, color consistency throughout a print job and from reprint to reprint is spot-on accurate and doesn’t require any makeready or special press calibrations. Th is technology allows the operator to simply call up the job and run it again with results that are spot on consistent. Pierce points to Fujifi lm’s J Press 720S, as the company’s solution for reliable color. KBA North America, Inc. takes color quality and consistency very seriously. Th at is why its Rapida 75 PRO, a B2 sheetfed press, is equipped with QualiTronic/ ErgoTronic Instrument Flight, a multidimensional System Brunner color/gray balance control strategy. It takes into account more than 30 print-infl uencing variables in every ink slide zone. Five diff erent balance control priorities can be selected. It also ensures fl exibility and compliance with international standards and methods like Globalstandard, ISO/PSO, G7, etc. “QualiTronic/ErgoTronic Instrument Flight keeps gray balance, overprints, and single colors, mid tone TVI, and solid tones in balance,” explains Walter Chmura, VP of technical sales, KBA North America, Inc. In addition: B2+ Some manufacturers like Konica Minolta are off ering print service providers a little something extra, 6 inches to be exact. Konica Minolta’s AccurioJet KM-1 UV Inkjet Press is not a typical B2 press with capabilities of printing on sheets 19.7 x 27.8, but prints on 23 x 29.5 sheets. Th at extra bit of oomph gives this press the B2+ designation. Th e AccurioJet KM-1, launched at GLS Companies rewarded loyal customers with a bottle of fi ne wine in a box personalized with their customer’s name – printed with the HP Indigo 10000. Scodix digital enhancement printing was applied to create a raised, highgloss surface to accentuate the circle pattern, creating a unique personalized gift! PrintingNews®com February ruary 2 2017 017 ® Printing Printing News News 13
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