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To: SG who wrote (9978)	9/22/1998 12:23:00 PM
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MORE NEWS from IPEX Heidelberg solution is to provide change by Gareth Ward TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 18 Heidelberg as a solutions provider has made its debut at Ipex. The company famous for dark grey printing machines is now says chairman Hartmut Mehdorn a "solutions provider" explaining: "Heidelberg as a company has had to change its approach to the market and the way to help its customers." However, most visitors to the stand will want to see machines and here Heidelberg is concentrating on the launch of the Speedmaster 74DI, its B2 digital press, though the introduction of CPC2000 as the interface to run all Heidelberg's future presses, may prove more significant. The 74 DI is being demonstrated in the vast space that Heidelberg is occupying - the whole of Hall 8 and some of Hall 7 - to show that digital imaging of a B2 press is possible. Indeed using the system that Heidelberg has adopted for this machine, larger formats become equally feasible. The Speedmaster 74-DI has a Creo imaging system that has a single laser head providing 200 beams travelling along the cylinder. It would be a question of economics rather than mechanics to move the laser across a wider measure. The Presstek imaging system used on the Quickmaster DI uses an array of lasers moving a fixed distance. The greater the format, the more lasers are required, making this system too expensive in larger sizes. On the 74-DI the imaging unit can be swung away, in what Heidelberg calls its "London Bridge design", to allow access to blankets and dampening system. The plates used on the stand and in initial installations are Presstek Gold as this is the only plate as yet offering ablative imaging. KodakPolychrome Graphics is understood to be developing an ablative plate, but this is not close enough to commercial trials to be worth showing on the stand. Heidelberg is keen to have a number of suppliers able to provide laser imaged ablative plates. However, despite the obvious attractions of the new press the CP2000 control technology may prove more significant. This offers touch screen control for B1 machines to cut down set up times. Stored job data can be used to set up reprint jobs while links to prepress systems will also cut down on wasted time. There was no announcement of Heidelberg's intentions in the newspaper market. Mehdorn side-stepped this question saying that Heidelberg's objective was clear and that a full announcement would be made in two months.

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