Plate Tracking

Clear overview of the availability of plate data

Enables RIP queues to be prioritized for optimal plate making

The Plate Tracking module provides a graphical overview of which pages have been RIPped and are now ready for making plates for each edition.

The red page numbers highlight the pages for which data has not yet been received.

An overview showing the progress of every edition in terms of percentage of plates processed is also available.

The data provided enables jobs to be re-queued on the RIPs if start time is approaching and yet there are still plates that have not been received. It also indicates whether an edition has all of its preset data available.

Presetting

Reduces start-up waste by setting ink, dampener and compensation before the run starts

Raw data is automatically tuned to provide optimal waste reduction

The aim of the Presetting module and its associated algorithms is to reduce the number of waste copies at start-up that can be attributed to ink, dampener and register settings. By setting the press up to pre-determined values before the press starts to run, the waste produced before the press goes into good copy can be greatly reduced.

Waste copies at start-up occur whilst the press crew try to get the pages into register and whilst the colour of the product is unacceptable. The presetting algorithms tackle these issues by storing register and compensator values for each imposition on each press and by taking ink density values from an image scanning device in order to preset ink and dampener.

As well as the numerous factors and offsets which can be set up by the user to take account of almost everything which may affect the ink values, the system itself incorporates a self-learning algorithm called Adaptive Control that can automatically make adjustments for each ink zone, based on previous performance.

During or after production the scanned, preset and hot values for a selected job can be readily displayed by the user to check the accuracy of the complete presetting system.

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