manroland AG - autoprint in sheetfed offset printing

autoprint stands for the vision of an intelligent and highly efficient printing press that, at the push of one button – One Touch – brings the highest degree of automation to offset printing. manroland already leads the field in automation of newspaper and commercial web offset presses and has now implemented the concept in sheetfed offset as well.

These days, under the present economic conditions, printing companies have to produce more efficiently. autoprint enables more jobs to be produced in a shorter period of time and also provides rapid job changeover through an intelligent control system. The heart of the autoprint development is the One Touch vision – fast series production by pushing only one button. autoprint increases production efficiency through automated and predefined worksteps, increases operating comfort by focusing on the essential tasks, and improves a company’s ecological balance sheet at the same time. Optimal preparation of the presetting data before a job changeover minimizes the time that the press is not productive. The autoprint control system makes a major contribution to press efficiency.

autoprint smart: the entry into industrial-scale printing
autoprint smart features automated operating sequences and series printing functions in job preparation and thus optimizes the production workflow. The intelligent interplay of different technologies for makeready time reduction and the self-learning control systems in the press make job changeover up till the first OK sheet much faster.

Depending on the job structure, a productivity increase of up to 15 percent is achievable at the same printing speed, with waste sheets reduced by around 30 percent. autoprint smart also safeguards print quality over the entire production run, provides better planning of job sequences and exact reproduction of repeat jobs. The printer benefits from simplified press operation and has time to attend to other tasks. The printing company benefits from faster job turnaround times and lower production costs. manroland will present autoprint smart for the first time at IPEX 2010.

manroland AG is the world’s second largest printing systems manufacturer and the world’s market leader in web offset. The group with its production sites in Offenbach, Augsburg, and Plauen employs almost 8,000 people and has annual sales of some Euro 1,7 billion with an export share of approximately 80 percent (fiscal year 2008).

Webfed and sheetfed offset presses provide tailor-made solutions for publishing, commercial, and packaging printing – from brochures to newspapers with circulations running into the millions. A worldwide network of about 100 sales and service centers markets manroland’s products as well as process compliant system components and pressroom products.

Web offset presses for newspapers and high-quality commercial printing of brochures, catalogs, magazines, supplements, and books are manufactured at the Augsburg site (founded 1845). manroland’s Plauen site (founded 1896) is renowned for newspaper presses and paper supply systems. The sheetfed press product range built in Offenbach (founded 1871) comprises system families in small, medium, large, and extra-large formats for commercial printing, posters, books and packaging. Some models are available with the revolutionary direct drive system.

manroland is designing, planning, building, equipping, and commissioning sheetfed and web offset printing plants – from prepress through printing right up to finishing and offers added value with PRINTVALUE. manroland is a provider of customized 24/7 service and maintenance packages plus integrated services and training measures (printservices). The portfolio includes a certified range of pressroom products (printcom) as well as software products and workflow management systems (printnet). The group provides consultancy services covering all aspects of investment and building planning, organization, management, systems engineering and process optimization (printadvice).