New Products

Xerox has introduced its DocuColor 6060 digital color press, featuring 600x600-dpi resolution, improved paper-handling capability, and the company's ColorBridge Technology, including low oil fusing technology and a toner reproduction auto-correction system. For improved registration, a new belt-tracking sensor determines the exact location of paper on the belt and the location of the image. A newly designed J Transport Area uses electrostatic brushes to remove paper dust, thereby reducing white spot deletions.

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Midwest Ink Company has released its H₂O line of sheetfed inks—which require only water but not any fountain solution, substitute, or etch—that include four-color process, match colors, and overprint varnishes. Says the company, the process inks offer sharper dot reproduction, faster setting and oxidation of ink film, improved setting and adhesion to non-porous substrates, and improved transfer and ink roller maintenance. Because the H₂O inks run with tap water, calcium extraction is reduced from substrates.

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The National Association for Printing Leadership (NAPL) has published a book entitled Designer's Prepress Companion, which has been written as a teaching aid and step-by-step tutorial to guide graphic arts professionals and design students through the traditional and digital prepress design processes. Says NAPL, the volume outlines every phase of today's printing process, from preparing files and managing fonts to navigating software options and selecting finishing processes.

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Contech has unveiled its Non-Stop Inline Sheeter/Stacker System designed for high-speed continuous operation. In operation, sheets are stagger-stacked onto pallets, then automatically changed out when full. A festoon-type accumulator enables on-the-fly change out, and the stagger-stack functionality makes it easy to collate or count product.

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Therm-O-Type has introduced its MX-15 15"-wide automatic thermography machine, offering precise heat control, heater zone configuration, heavy insulation, and long heater dwell, claims the manufacturer. The machine, which uses a 65"-long ceramic fiber heater that has been divided into a wide central zone with a narrow zone on each side, affords paper sizes up to 8 1/2" in width. A patented drive guard feature reduces the conveyor speed when paper is not being fed.

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Mohawk Paper Mills has introduced a line of papers that perform on both color copiers and offset presses. The new line includes five shades of white; smooth, extra-smooth, and gloss finishes; three sizes (including 18x12" for full-bleed color copies); matching cover stock; and matching envelopes.

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GraphLine has introduced its DPX Genesis platesetter, which can produce 38 plates per hour at 1,200 dpi, or 25 plates per hour at 2,400 dpi. The offering features a maximum plate or film width of 12.2x20.9", built-in calibration software, a Harlequin RIP, Mitsubishi Silver DigiPlate 4- or 7-mil paper or polyester media, and spot or four-color compatibility.

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