"Weve always had several perfecting options but attention has focused on the SP," said Komori UK director of marketing Philip Dunn.
The press will run at 15,000 sheets per hour and be able to handle stock up to 0.45mm thick. It uses three double-size cylinders, which Komori said would give stable sheet transfer without marking, even at full speed.
The first machine is being installed in Japan and the second is going to France. It is possible to build machines with 13 or 14 units, and some US clients have asked for 15-unit machines.
Lynx DPM, the Oxfordshire academic book and catalogue specialist, is the UKs first printer with a 10-colour Komori Lithrone 28, and chairman Keith Nicholl signed up for a second Lithrone at Igas. The five-colour Lithrone 28 will replace a MAN Roland 305 next April. Komori said the firms commitment to its presses was a major coup.
Other show highlights included the launch of Duplos fourth-generation bookletmaker.
The DBM-500 combines a sheetfeeder with a collating unit. Duplo coined the term "dual line" to describe its ability to work near-line with digital output and offline for conventional.
Duplo also launched an improved version of the DC 545 slitter, cutter, creaser.
Shinohara upgraded its range of presses and showed a concept machine. The Uno 52 is a central impression cylinder B3 machine that looks very similar to KBAs Genius 52, which debuted at Ipex. Unlike the Genius, the Uno is a standard wet offset machine.
Horizon unveiled the HT-30 three-side trimmer and the MKU-54, a mobile knife unit for its B2 AFC-544/6 folder. It also told of its i2I product for integrating finishing into digital workflow.
Story by Barney Cox at Igas
