drupa 2012: Offsetting Digital’s Advance

For short- and very-short-run color offset jobs, Heidelberg unveiled its Anicolor zoneless short inking unit in a larger press size, by showcasing a five-color, 29˝ Speedmaster XL 75 with Anicolor inking unit. Advantages include 90 percent less paper waste, 50 percent shorter makeready times and 50 percent higher productivity. Also new was an eight-color Speedmaster SX 102 series perfector.