The 25-B1-plates-per-hour thermal machine was installed at its corporate and promotional print division Image Colourprint.
Like the firms Project D press, the Lotem Quantum uses Creos Squarespot technology. We already have experience of what Squarespot can deliver, said IDG chairman Roger Birkin. It will be used to feed two B1 and two B2 Komori Lithrones with Agfas Thermostar plates.
Creos Staccato FM screening software is being installed on the Brisque workflow driving the Quantum, and the firm plans to start using it soon. From what we have seen Creo has managed to overcome the difficulties associated with FM screening, said Image Colourprint repro manager Graham Stamp.
Stamp is also hoping to use Staccato to produce Hexachrome jobs for the firms six-colour presses.
The Brisque workflow bought with the Quantum provides the firm with a back-up and additional pre-press facilities to its existing Dalim Twist system.
* Creo has completed the production of its 7,000th Brisque workflow system, which it claims makes it the most popular workflow worldwide.
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