I'm sure quite a few people will have seen this but for those that haven't there's a bit more information on Heidelberg's latest foray into the digital printing market.
Full details here: Heidelberg: digital venture will render rival presses irrelevant | printweek.com | Latest Print Industry News, Jobs, Features, Product Reviews, Used Printing and Packaging Machinery
Essentially they're going to be selling a re-badged 80-90ppm digital machine with there own workflow... the workflow links the digital machine and a Heidelberg Anicolor machine and routes jobs automatically to the most cost effective device.
I have to be honest, I don't tend to get impressed by this type of stuff but this sounds like a solid idea. You basically get the best of both worlds from Litho & Digital so job's are always produced in the cheapest way.
My personal thought is that it has to be a Konica Minolta 8000 machine they're looking to go with. Apart from the speed range mentioned the way in which the KM's "closed loop" calibration works is very similar to the Anicolor and you can see how they'd build it into the same workflow/controller.
What does everyone think of this?
Full details here: Heidelberg: digital venture will render rival presses irrelevant | printweek.com | Latest Print Industry News, Jobs, Features, Product Reviews, Used Printing and Packaging Machinery
Essentially they're going to be selling a re-badged 80-90ppm digital machine with there own workflow... the workflow links the digital machine and a Heidelberg Anicolor machine and routes jobs automatically to the most cost effective device.
I have to be honest, I don't tend to get impressed by this type of stuff but this sounds like a solid idea. You basically get the best of both worlds from Litho & Digital so job's are always produced in the cheapest way.
My personal thought is that it has to be a Konica Minolta 8000 machine they're looking to go with. Apart from the speed range mentioned the way in which the KM's "closed loop" calibration works is very similar to the Anicolor and you can see how they'd build it into the same workflow/controller.
What does everyone think of this?