The latest generation of Versafire systems from HEIDELBERG has an enhanced Prinect Digital Frontend and therefore more in-depth integration options in a hybrid workflow environment.
Schöttner Offsetdruck GmbH (Schöttner Druck), based in Oberhaching, Bavaria, has invested in a Versafire digital printing system from Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (HEIDELBERG) for the third time.
In addition to the traditional commercial printing business, the family-owned company, which is over 50 years old, focuses on dialogue marketing for customers in the pharmaceutical industry. These are high-quality print products whose text and image content is largely personalised or individualised.
‘In order to be able to produce individualised print products for our customers, especially in the pharmaceutical sector, economically in small print runs, we use the strengths that digital printing offers us. The Versafire systems from HEIDELBERG have already proven to be the ideal production system in terms of flexibility, quality, productivity and integration capability,’ said owner and Managing Director Hans Schöttner.
The Versafire LV is operated with the second-generation Prinect Digital Frontend (DFE) developed by HEIDELBERG. In the interests of maximum efficiency, this new generation of software in conjunction with the user interface allows flexible and standardised interaction between offset and digital printing. The new DFE generation incorporates all the integration know-how that the company has gained from the large number of Versafire digital printing systems installed.
‘Digital printing customers of HEIDELBERG gain access to a comprehensive ecosystem with consumables, digital services, software, cloud-based solutions, training, consulting, inventory management and logistics,’ said Dr. David Schmedding, Chief Technology and Sales Officer at HEIDELBERG.
An important argument for Schöttner Druck’s repeated investment in the Versafire systems was the integration of the technology into the higher-level Prinect workflow environment via the DFE. The principle here is: two printing technologies, one workflow technology. The Prinect Production Manager controls both a Suprasetter for imaging the offset printing plates and the Versafire LV centrally. This makes it possible to decide on the selected output system at short notice without compromising on print quality and colour fidelity. In an initial assessment, Schöttner emphasised the excellent reproduction of areas and screen gradients that he achieves on the Versafire, ‘On the new digital printing system, we now also produce those very demanding jobs in short runs that were previously only possible in offset.’
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