Move Over, Makeready

Laughlin emphasizes mobility as critical to maximizing quick-change cartridge technology. Chromas' ICT cart can be moved to another press, or a more remote off-line location, allowing increased press uptime, he explains.

Propheteer has offered a removable cartridge design on its Ultrapress for UV printing since 1992, with a redesigned version launched last year. Polkinghorne says the company's cartridge approach is based on the advantages of UV printing; UV ink stability eliminates the need to continuously turn the anilox roll, thereby eradicating the need for an extra makeready table.