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The EPLEX-Lite™ Digital Preset System represents an extraordinary
advancement in an area of great potential savings: press makeready.
The EPLEX-Lite uses the image coverage data from CTP files to preset the ink fountain keys for rapid makeready and waste reduction.
The digital CIP3 files from the Computer to Plate (CTP) system are processed to give the image coverage data for each plate in a job. The CIP3 file may contain data for all plates for a job or may be a separate file for each plate. The Job Identification number and the color designation for each plate are taken from the job file name as well as data contained within the CIP3 file. Other information such as form number and web number are also determined to accurately identify each plate and its location on press.
The plate coverage information is converted into a key zone coverage profile. This profile is then combined with press specific data to give an ink key preset value for each key. This data is then sent to the press using a direct link or a floppy disk, depending on the press console
configuration.
The EPLEX-Lite System interfaces with most modern presses and third
party retrofit systems. EPLEX-Lite supplies digital
preset data for a wide range of pressroom applications including
web, sheetfed, heatset and non-heatset.
The Tobias EPLEX-Lite Digital Preset System, by predicting optimal
ink key fountain presets, saves expensive makeready time
and reduces paper waste. During start-up, an experienced
pressman can use EPLEX-Lite to accomplish real savings of time
and materials—up to an hour per run, and hundreds of
press sheets. As an investment, EPLEX-Lite provides rapid ROI.
For
printers, producing saleable copy earlier in the press
run has become a proven means to provide:
- greater profits
- increased capacity
- faster makeready
- reduced waste
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