Meinke Print Media Partner Invests in the Networked Print Shop
08/04/2000
More than 1000 Heidelberg CP2000 Center
Following the start of series production in January 1999, the 1,000th and 1,001st CP2000 center have been installed at the company Meinke in Neuss near Düsseldorf, along with a Speedmaster SM 102 five-Color and a Speedmaster SM 102 six-color press.
In their role as a complete service provider, Meinke's 65 staff mainly produce magazines, catalogs, calendars and brochures. The CP2000 Center provides the printshop with a modern and easy-to-operate press control system.
The new Speedmaster drupa 2000 generation delivers one-touch productivity in the high-quality sheetfed offset printing sector. In addition, the CP2000 Center and the modular Prinect components enable digital integration within the print shop. "The networked print shop will become reality for us over the next year. And with the CP2000 Center, we're well-prepared for that," explains Dirk Ackerknecht, Meinke's Managing Director.
Available for all Speedmaster series from fall 2000
From 2000 onwards, Heidelberg is also equipping the Speedmaster SM 74 and Speedmaster SM 52 series with the CP2000 Center as standard. The central press control system features maximum ease of operation for effective control, plus an ergonomic design. With its graphical user interface and touch-screen operation, the control system sets new standards in the printing industry, and offers enhanced process reliability.
The CP2000 Center forms the central element of the Prinect process chain. The open, modular Prinect solutions for the printing press enable ink presetting data to be transferred directly from the digital prepress stage online to the control system, for example. Meinke has installed the Prinect product ImageControl, which enables spectrophotometric color measurement and control over the entire print image. Both the Speedmasters therefore get to color quickly. At the same time, the quality of the print run can be checked and, if necessary, a job record created.
Meinke Print Media Partner is looking to install the production and information system DataControl next year. This Prinect product, which makes the digital integration of all Heidelberg system components possible, represents the final step in Meinke's move towards a "networked print shop". "Around a year and a half ago, we introduced Computer-to-Plate, and we are already processing 90 percent of our jobs using CtP. The CP2000 Center and DataControl will enable us to handle the entire job processing operation directly and online," says Ackerknecht, describing the dynamic development of the print media industry.
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Hilde Weisser
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 66
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 46
E-mail: hilde.weisser@heidelberg.com
Following the start of series production in January 1999, the 1,000th and 1,001st CP2000 center have been installed at the company Meinke in Neuss near Düsseldorf, along with a Speedmaster SM 102 five-Color and a Speedmaster SM 102 six-color press.
In their role as a complete service provider, Meinke's 65 staff mainly produce magazines, catalogs, calendars and brochures. The CP2000 Center provides the printshop with a modern and easy-to-operate press control system.
The new Speedmaster drupa 2000 generation delivers one-touch productivity in the high-quality sheetfed offset printing sector. In addition, the CP2000 Center and the modular Prinect components enable digital integration within the print shop. "The networked print shop will become reality for us over the next year. And with the CP2000 Center, we're well-prepared for that," explains Dirk Ackerknecht, Meinke's Managing Director.
Available for all Speedmaster series from fall 2000
From 2000 onwards, Heidelberg is also equipping the Speedmaster SM 74 and Speedmaster SM 52 series with the CP2000 Center as standard. The central press control system features maximum ease of operation for effective control, plus an ergonomic design. With its graphical user interface and touch-screen operation, the control system sets new standards in the printing industry, and offers enhanced process reliability.
The CP2000 Center forms the central element of the Prinect process chain. The open, modular Prinect solutions for the printing press enable ink presetting data to be transferred directly from the digital prepress stage online to the control system, for example. Meinke has installed the Prinect product ImageControl, which enables spectrophotometric color measurement and control over the entire print image. Both the Speedmasters therefore get to color quickly. At the same time, the quality of the print run can be checked and, if necessary, a job record created.
Meinke Print Media Partner is looking to install the production and information system DataControl next year. This Prinect product, which makes the digital integration of all Heidelberg system components possible, represents the final step in Meinke's move towards a "networked print shop". "Around a year and a half ago, we introduced Computer-to-Plate, and we are already processing 90 percent of our jobs using CtP. The CP2000 Center and DataControl will enable us to handle the entire job processing operation directly and online," says Ackerknecht, describing the dynamic development of the print media industry.
For further information:
Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
Corporate Communications
Hilde Weisser
Tel.: +49 (0)6221 92 50 66
Fax: +49 (0)6221 92 50 46
E-mail: hilde.weisser@heidelberg.com
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