Progress in the direction of the “publisher’s press”

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Leading newspapers and press manufacturers around the world are talking about semi-commercial printing on coldset webs, but what the September Ifra India conference and expo in Chennai demonstrated is that the Indian publishers are also at the leading edge of this transformation. The most serious example of this of course were the presentations by K Balaji and the visit to Kasturi and Sons’ new plant in Maraimalai Nagar where two new Mitsubishi 4 x 1 presses were shown running with gas ovens and dryers and chill rolls. This implementation not only enhances the colour print on standard newsprint but also creates the flexibility of printing glazed or high brightness magazine substrates at high speeds with inline folding and stitching of other products on the same press. ...cont´d

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