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Package printing was also emphasized by manroland sheetfed, which was acquired by British industrialist Tony Langley and Langley Holdings in February. The eight-color Roland 700 HiPrintLV in its stand was equipped with the new indexed InlineFoiler that saves up to 55 percent on cold foil consumption; automated, operator-free plate changers; the Inline ColorPilot D+F print quality measuring system, which uses both densitometry and colorimetry; the 2.0 version of InlineInspector, with PDF verification down to 4-pt. text; a special cardboard package; UV interdeck and end-of-press drying; and non-stop feeder and delivery systems.
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