Mastering post-printing processing (below)

The folding machine has always been one of Morgana's flagship products, such as UFOs made in UK and Docu-Fold, which has a sensor that can automatically identify the length of the paper, adjust the position of the folder, and store the specific parameters of the job. Back to use. The position of the transfer roller is also loaded...
The Impress Group needed the support of the folding machine market when it introduced the binding production line in March last year. The first folding machine they purchased was the GUK FA36, which has a large drum that can handle thick paper easily.
Collating is another step in the post-processing process. It has to cope with the speed of modern printing presses. Suction feeding seems to be the best choice. “Indeed,” said Paul Attew, sales manager at Watkiss Automation. “Now, in the UK, 65% of our customers prefer suction feeding. In principle, our Vario SlimVAC can handle finer coated paper.”
For more and more printers using digital printing, suction feeding is also suitable, such as Managwment Graphic. Philip Miller explained: “Because digital printing is mainly based on toner, when the paper is fed through a friction feed, the picture will scratch.” “But friction feeding is still important,” Attew insists: “Customers cannot Ignoring frictional feeding, many customers will still choose the POS material and charcoal-free when it comes to collating."
Vertical sizing is used in Watkiss Vario, and it is the mainstream of development in the next 10 years; another competitor in this field is the Horizon Vac-Turbo Power from GAE. It uses a rotary suction drum to perform the alignment at speeds in excess of 9400 packs/hour. In addition, according to GAE, it can double out the assembly into a stack box. Same as all horizontal collation devices, the VAC-100 collator is downward compatible.
Tony Hards believes that a high-yield folding machine and an easy-to-install collating machine are necessary investments in automatic post-processing operations. They can be applied to small to medium-sized operation cycles, or as a support to complete a large-scale post-processing production line. It can also be used as a compensation for necessary quick preparation.
Duplo International’s Philip Greenhalgh also supports the above view: “Maybe more important than the flexibility of the product being discussed is the market – the technology serves the market – more comments come from the end user than from the printer. The size and shape are the most important, and the value of any equipment, whether it is printing equipment, post-processing equipment or other equipment in the printing process, lies in their ability to meet customer needs.
The printing process is becoming shorter and shorter, and instant delivery will eventually be realized. The most important thing is that digital printing is rushing into the market and becomes the main service tool other than offset printing. Reports from Xerox and Hewlett-Packard show how seriously they and other companies feel the industry we used to call the printing industry. ”
KAS Paper System has introduced to the market a new device, the DocuFeed Set Feeder, which is capable of receiving documents output from a laser printer and then transferring the documents one by one to a bookbinding unit, a cover inserter or a packaging device.
There is also the Plockmatic 100 DocuVac Suction Feeder, provided by the Impress Group, which can process prints from conventional offset printing as well as jobs exported by digital color printing systems.
"The market for 600dpi high-speed continuous laser printers developed jointly by IBM and Oce has hit the traditional printing market," said Ashley Whiteworth, marketing manager at Osar Friedheim.
“With IBM InfoPrint, the paper was cut into 40-inch sizes, and the newly installed Hunkeler POPP feeder directly transported the paper into the MBO folder, and a 24-page sticker was obtained for the product. In this way, All the stickers in this book can be generated at the same time and in sequence, and then a cover is added as needed, and fine binding can be performed at the end."
It cannot be said that post-processing manufacturers have been left behind in the race to produce high-end printing products. Regardless of the printing of commercial and in-house printing companies, both ordinary post-processing factories and instant printing companies are making choices, regardless of their special needs or the methods they use for printing. Computerization is their only choice.
Printers are under constant pressure to make the printing cycle faster, so the significance of controlling the process will become very reasonable because without it, there will be no finished printing.