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The EPLEX Digital Preset System represents an extraordinary
advancement in an area of great potential savings: press makeready.
Use the DXP Digital File Reader and PSM Press Interface to
predict optimal fountain key preset values for each plate,
on every press, quickly and accurately for significant savings
in press time and materials.
The DXP File Render reads digital CIP3/TIFF files created by
computer-to-plate (CTP) systems to determine image coverage
for each plate in a job. This coverage data is then stored
in the Tobias Job Data Server, where it may be selected by
any of the press interface devices, the PSMs, on the system.
In addition, the Server will accept jobs from a Tobias PLX
Plate Scanner. The DXP software automatically extracts job
ID information, such as job and form number, color and web
number, from the preview file job name and from the data
contained in the preview file.
A network system using TCP/IP links the components of the Tobias
EPLEX System. When a job is ready to go on press, the job
file is selected by the PSM from a job list on the Server.
The job file is converted from a coverage profile into key
zone coverage matching the PSM's press and downloaded to
the PSM. The PSM processes the coverage data to provide ink
key preset values. These are then sent to the press using
a direct link or a floppy disk, depending on the press console
configuration.
The EPLEX System is very flexible and can support several press
lines at the same location using multiple PSMs. Each of these
is configured for its own press and stores information on
the printing characteristics of that press. This data is
used to customize the preset calculation to optimize system
performance.
The EPLEX System interfaces with most modern presses and third
party retrofit systems using the Tobias PSM Press Interface
as determined by site requirements. EPLEX supplies digital
preset data for a wide range of pressroom applications including
web, sheetfed, heatset and non-heatset.
The Tobias EPLEX 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 to accomplish real savings of time
and materials—up to an hour per run, and hundreds of
press sheets. As an investment, EPLEX 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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