Oosterhout, December 2018
- When a printing company
invests in another press, the degree of automation is one of the most important
components to take into account. Indian press manufacturers Ronald Web Offset
and Prakash Offset supply state-of-the-art machines, tailored to each printing
company. Both are currently building up a number of new presses, to be used in
several countries. For the measuring and control equipment on the presses, they
count on another innovative company: Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) from the
Netherlands.
Total solution
In the past, Q.I. Press
Controls already equipped several Ronald and Prakash presses with their
internationally reputed measuring and control equipment. The partnership with
both press manufacturers goes back many years. "We offer a total solution
to press manufacturers and press users," explains Rakesh Dave, managing
director of QIPC-EAE India. "For them, this is a part they don't really
have to take into account. We solve it for them. Both press manufacturers and
end users of the press want to get maximum performance from the machines. "Besides
the fact that Ronald Web Offset or Prakash Offset like to equip their presses
with our systems, end users often ask for it themselves. They are satisfied
with the performance of our systems and the support we also offer.”
Consistent print quality
For Ronald Web Offset, QIPC
supplies the automation of one press that will be built in Sri Lanka. It
concerns an mRC-3D system for colour register (2 cameras on 1 tower) on
a Ronald semi-commercial newspaper press and the same system of 2 cameras on 1
tower on a similar press. The optics are automatically cleaned thanks to AIMS. Director
Aditya Gupta: "The press can save on lost copies thanks to QIPC's colour
register control and the print quality will be more consistent.”
More efficient deployment of
personnel
Prakash Web Offset has three
projects in Bangladesh where it uses the systems of QIPC. Each project consists
of an mRC-3D colour register (2 cameras on 1 tower) on a Prakash semi-commercial
press. Prakash Director Saurabh Gupta: "Our experience is that QIPC's
systems save paper and improve the consistency of the print quality. But
another important reason for us to work with QIPC is the ability of printers to
use their staff more efficiently thanks to, among other things, the mRC-3D
system.
