Oosterhout, March 2016
– Q.I. Press Controls (QIPC) has not
only built up a reputation in the Netherlands and Europe, but also far beyond:
the printing industry the world over has been discovering the benefits of
equipping its presses with measurement and control systems produced by the
Oosterhout-based company. Uttarbanga Sambad in India
is yet another in a long series of businesses that have been placing orders
with QIPC. It is through Naph Graphics - supplier of the new press – that Uttarbanga
Sambad is investing in the mRC-3D system for colour register.
The mRC-3D system
is to be installed on a brand new newspaper press with four towers and two
folders in its plant in Siliguri in the north-east of India. The order will
involve a total of 8 mRC-3D cameras. Naph Graphics is responsible for
the project coordination. Uttarbanga Sambad’s production manager, Shekhar
Karande explains what the most import reasons were for investing in the mRC-3D.
“Our aim was to make time savings in the colour register. We also want to print
more accurately as well as minimise the amount of waste.” The mRC-3D is
a fully automated colour register system for rotary offset printing presses. In
this particular case, eight digital cameras with built-in microprocessors will
be responsible for real-time data processing of the measurement data. The mRC-3D
system in India comes with the Automatic Ink Mist Shield (AIMS) which cleans
the lenses automatically.
Uttarbanga Sambad is a
regional broadsheet that has been in existence since 1980. With a market share
of 80 percent, it is the biggest newspaper in the state of West Bengal. In
addition to Siliguri, the paper also has printing plants in Cooch Behar and
Malda.
Shekhar Karande is happy
with the company’s investment in QIPC’s system. “As a result of this, we expect
to make considerable savings in terms of time and money”, he reports. “What’s
more, we hope to improve the print quality.” The excellent reputation that QIPC
enjoys in the print trade has contributed to these heightened expectations on
the part of Shekhar Karande and Uttarbanga Sambad with respect mRC-3D.
