Reducing the burden of in-attendance proofing – Part 2

Nissio Gravure Co., Ltd.’s new MULTI EX was developed to further improve the quality and ease of use of their gravure proof presses. In the previous article, we looked at the background to the development and some of the advantages of this machine, the most important of which is the proof press’s ability to increase the operational ability of the production machines. In this article, we will look at the specific modifications that were made to develop the MULTI EX. Nissio Gravure began by focussing on solving some of the problems found with the existing MULTI proof press. The first of these was that the CCD camera for printing registration was fixed on the left side of the machine, as was the monitor. Although Nissio Gravure engraves printer’s marks on both the left and right side of their printing cylinder, some of their customers only engrave printers marks on one side of their cylinders. As such, when a customer would request that they place the monitor on the right side of the machine, they would…

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