Heidelberg: A Year-End Review

Advantages of Anicolor inking
During the three days in Heidelberg, Plenz and other executives repeatedly pointed out the productivity and cost advantages of using Anicolor inking technology for producing shorter runs. These benefits include 90 percent fewer waste sheets, 50 percent less makeready time, and consistent, even ink application, without ghosting. Users of the Speedmaster XL 75 Anicolor, which debuted at drupa, are selling the 10th sheet, Plenz contended. One of the keys to Anicolor and Prinect short-run efficiencies comes from ganging multiple jobs on a single print run. Using this capability, Plenz said that an average of 12,000 jobs could be run in one day.