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Beyond Cold-Set
What are the options??
The Frederick News-Post
New Building
New Press
New Building
• Dario Designs
• 44 Acre Greenfield Site
• 160,000 Square Feet
TKS Color 4000 Press
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Two Lines of Three Towers
Two Page Wide /Three Page Wide
Nine Webs
Variable web widths
Two folders
Any web can run to any folder
Concrete Table
Folders
• Folder “B” Three former newspaper side
• Folder “A” Two Former commercial side
Commercial Folder
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Quarter folder
On-line Tolerans stitcher
Four knife Gammerler trimmer
Gammerler commercial stacker
“Field of Dreams”
• Commercial configured press to print a
newspaper
• Enormously flexible press
• Over 100 tab pages in full color--trimmed
WOW!!
Value added products!!
How about glossy covers on tabs??
Flexi’s!!
How can we do this?
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Print glossy on sheet fed press
EB
Print glossy on-line with Heat-Set
Print glossy on-line with UV
Off-line
• Time
• Binding operation
• Quality
On-line
• Speed!!
• Competitive advantage
UV
• Ultra Violet Lamps “Cure” a polymer ink
• Lamps are mounted above towers
• Relatively inexpensive system
Orient Press at Nexpo
UV Pluses
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Use existing small press
Inexpensive system
No VOC’s
Good quality
UV Minuses
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Conversion time
So called inks
Rollers and blankets
Cleaning and wash-up
Ink misting at high speeds
Heat Set
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Proven technology
Relatively high capital costs
Web passes through an oven/chillers
Oil based inks
Heat Set Pluses
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High Quality
Conversion time minimal
Oil based inks
High speeds
Lower total production costs
Heat Set Minuses
• High Capital Costs
• Potential environmental permitting problems
• High speed requires cooling of ink system
“Other Issues”
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Paper Grades
Paster considerations
Building considerations
Business plan
Conclusion!!!!