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      Xerox adds new 85ppm and                                                                 Premier’s new
                                                                                               display sheet
      100ppm presses to portfolio                                                              launched a 100% fibre-based
                                                                                                Premier Paper Group has
                                                                                               display sheet for printers
                                                                                               and signmakers, designed
        Xerox has announced a                                            and efficiency more critical   for indoor use. The supplier
      new range of digital presses                                       than ever”.           has introduced  eTec
      and a new master brand for                                          “The new Proficio presses   FibreLite to offer printers a
      its production printers at                                         build on our leadership in   “cost-effective and environ-
      this week’s Printing United                                        automation, colour science,   mentally responsible alter-
      show. The new Xerox                                                and Beyond CMYK – help-  native” to traditional
                                                                                               plastic-based display boards.
      Proficio PX300 and PX500                                           ing  print providers boost   The nano-fluted corrugated
      are based on Fujifilm’s latest                                     profits, stand out from the   display sheet combines
      85ppm and 100ppm print                                             competition and expand   bright white, rigid liners
      engines.  Xerox said that   The PX300 and PX500 are driven by Xerox’s Print Server  their business,” he said.  with a lightweight, robust
      Proficio was the new master   with the option for a fifth  mation and Xerox’s   Xerox will begin a regional   structure, while the board’s
      brand for its production   colour station for clear, low   AI-assisted know-how, its     “excellent dimensional sta-
      press lineup, and marked   gloss clear, and fluorescent   FreeFlow workflow, and   rollout of the two new digital   bility and flatness ensure
      “the beginning of a new era   pink for extended gamut   XMPie personalisation soft-  presses next year, with orders   outstanding print results”,
      for Xerox production print-  production. The PX300 and  ware.      being taken from March and   Premier said.
      ing”.                 PX500 are driven by the   Terry Antinora, head of   shipping expected in H2. It is   It is suitable for UV, latex
        It is based on the Latin   Xerox Print Server powered   product and engineering at   still selling the current   and screen printing and is
      verb meaning to make pro-  by the Fiery FS700X digital  Xerox, said that market con-  Versant models.   certified for HP Latex inks.
      gress, advance, and succeed.  frontend, with a “platform   ditions and client expecta-  Pricing is under wraps for   Finishing techniques includ-
      The two new presses have   approach” to surrounding   tions had shifted “in ways   now, but will be market com-  ing flatbed cutting, v-groov-
      Ultra HD print resolution   technologies such as auto-  that make differentiation   petitive.  ing, CNC routing.
      Heidelberg takes wraps off                                         Antalis expands

      new automated CTP line                                             recycled papers range


        Heidelberg has turned the                                         Antalis has added a new
      efficiency spotlight onto CTP                                      product to its Cocoon brand,
      with a new automated sys-                                          expanding its recycled
      tem that allows platemaking
      to become “largely autono-                                         papers offering. Cocoon Silk
      mous”.                                                             is made from 100% post-  Cocoon Silk is available now
        A new Compact Pallet                                             consumer recycled pulp and
      Loader and Compact Bender                                          available in weights ranging   Suitable applications
      have been added to the                                             from 90gsm to 350gsm. The   include reports, brochures,
      Suprasetter 106/A106 CTP   The Suprasetter system with Compact Pallet Loader and Bender  two-side coated paper adds   direct mail, art books, cata-
      system.  Existing users of the
      two Suprasetter models man-  plates of one format.  being used. The CPL is made  to the Cocoon Offset range   logues, luxury magazines,
      ufactured from 2017     The new CPL handles up   by Heidelberg, while the  and has been awarded   greetings cards, invitations
      onwards can also retrofit the   to 1,200 plates from   Compact Bender is an OEM  4-stars in the Antalis Green   and menus, the supplier
      new kit. As the name sug-  650x750mm up to   product. The system is fully  Star System for environ-  added.
      gests, Heidelberg said the   1,050x1,200mm format. A   integrated with its Prinect  mental performance.  The product is guaranteed
      Compact Pallet Loader (CPL)   complete line is around 7m
      takes up “hardly any addi-  in length and 1.5m-1.8m   workflow.     Further specs include a   for litho printing but also
      tional space”.        wide, depending on configu-  Pilot site Druckstudio in  high whiteness of 121 CIE, a   suitable for silk screen and
        The manufacturer said it   ration.         Düsseldorf said that filling  semi-matt, satin-feel surface   most digital print systems
      was “plugging a gap”    The Suprasetter runs at up   plate cassettes by hand and  which Antalis said offers   and is HP Indigo-certified. It
      between its existing Dual   to 55 plates per hour, while   bending plates had previ-  “printed images with out-  can be used in finishing pro-
      Cassette Loader, with capac-  an optional barcode function
      ity of 100 plates per cassette,   means plates can be supplied   ously taken up “a great deal of  standing intensity and has a   cesses including foil block-
      and the Auto Pallet Loader   pre-sorted based on the   time” at the commercial and  printability comparable to   ing, embossing, laminating
      which handles up to 1,500   upcoming jobs and presses   packaging printing specialist.  non-recycled papers”.  and varnishing.
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