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Canon’s ProStream 2000 series

Canon has launched the Director, Marketing & ciency.”
ProStream 2000, a new Innovation, Commercial The new ProStream 2000
series of web-fed inkjet Print, Canon EMEA, com- series is the ideal inkjet
presses for commercial print ments, “Canon is constantly investment choice for gen-
and business communica- looking to deliver new tech- eral and specialised com-
tions service providers look- nologies that offer our cus- mercial print service
ing for an especially tomers maximum value in providers, predominantly
attractive cost/performance terms of a return on their producing high-quality
ratio for applications on investment and enable them applications on lower
media up to 150gsm and on to adapt and succeed in weight media or on a wide
uncoated papers. The changing market conditions. range of media types and
ProStream 2000 series made In the case of ProStream, the weights and want to migrate
high-volume work from off-
its global debut at drupa in Canon launches ProStream 2000 series of web-fed inkjet printers advances we’ve introduced set to digital. Papers up to
Düsseldorf, Germany), in recent years have given 300 gsm are supported at
where it was exhibited in a less energy than the range. Both the ProStream print businesses exceptional reduced speed. The
live production workflow ProStream 1800. 2000 series and the quality, productivity and ProStream 2000 series will
with a broad range of print Also announced was the ProStream 3160 enable cost efficiency for high vol- equally appeal to book
applications. Printing at up new ProStream 3160, the ultra-fast production, allow- umes of on-demand applica- printers, as well as to busi-
to 133m/min on standard 160m/min flagship model of ing print businesses to move tions on multiple media ness communications com-
offset coated, uncoated and the ProStream 3000 series. even higher volumes of work types and weights. And with panies that want to expand
inkjet optimised media from A new polymer pigment ink from offset and legacy tech- the introduction of the beyond traditional print
28gsm up to 150gsm, the set, also included with the nologies. Both the new 160-metres-per-minute jobs, such as reports, and
ProStream 2000 series ProStream 2000 series, ProStream 2000 series and ProStream 3160, we’re fur- statements, to premium
offers a better cost/perfor- ensures high, consistent off- the ProStream 3160 are ther improving the breake- direct mail and brochures
mance ratio and is 20% set-like print quality at rated immediately available ven point, compared with through a cost-efficient and
shorter than the ProStream speed, while extending the directly from Canon. offset, to offer customers flexible means of produc-
3000. It also consumes 10% media grammage/speed Hans Schmidbauer, even greater cost effi- tion.

Müller Martini showcases expanded offering at drupa 2024

Müller Martini displayed for slick, highly-automated prising a SigmaLine
the fruits of collaboration post-press systems despite Compact book block sys-
with recent acquisition the obvious decline in some tem, InfiniTrim, and Antaro
Hunkeler at Drupa, with a of its key markets, such as
world premiere for the inno- magazines. Digital perfect binder, pro-
vative Starbook Sheetfolder He said: “We believe in ducing 45 different book
connected to a Vareo Pro print even though changes types in less than eight min-
perfect binder.At its booth, are needed and we need to utes. The first showing for
Hall 1-B50, Müller’s classic
blue devices were seen mar- adapt to the new situation. the Hunkeler Starbook
ried with the grey of Digital has completely Sheetfolder also drew
Hunkeler’s livery. changed the logistics in the crowds. It can make glued
Müller Martini CEO Müller Martini displayed fruits of collaboration with Hunkeler printing industry,” he noted book blocks from four- or
Bruno Müller said of the as he charted the company’s
firm’s future go-to-market nels to more effectively Hunkeler is active in a advancements in adapting to eight-page signatures, and
plans: “Hunkeler is working come close to the customer. number of different markets that change since the first can also include different
in various channels and The way we approach this is where Müller Martini does SigmaLine was shown at ‘the paper types. The stability of
Müller Martini has a glob- very carefully, we go from not have in-depth know- the glued sections results in
ally local service and sales country-to-country and look how. Plans for the UK have JDF Drupa’ of 2004.
organisation, we are work- for the best possible setup to not as yet been disclosed. The group’s Drupa show- an “excellent” flat spine
ing on combining these to support our global custom- Müller was also enthusiastic case includes a compact when the job reaches the
use all the different chan- ers.” about the market potential ‘smart factory’ setup com- binder.

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