Drupa--Direct Imaging Takes Center Stage

Adast, which has used Presstek imaging technology for years on its DI presses, introduced the 507 DI press (shown as the PAX DI press in the Xerox and Presstek booths). Exhibited in a five-unit configuration, the 15x201⁄2˝ waterless press has less automation than other DI presses, which drives its price down. Yet it still boasts a sophisticated operating system. A communications center, with a touch screen, controls plate loading and imaging, automated register control, remote ink key settings and wash up. Imaging takes place in two minutes and 20 seconds, and the 507 DI prints in landscape format.