NexPress Takes Digital Color to the 'NexLevel'.Business Editors Editors: Please see end of release for European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. and U.S. media contacts. For additional information, including digital files of all releases, visit www.nexpress.com) DUSSELDORF, Germany--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 18, 2000 NexPress(TM) 2100 Digital Production Color Press Combines The Power of a Press With the Flexibility of a Printer NexPress Solutions LLC (Logical Link Control) See "LANs" under data link protocol. LLC - Logical Link Control today announced the world's best-in-class sheet-fed digital production color press. It enables printing businesses to provide new services, produce higher-value print media -- including full variable-data printing -- and achieve greater business success. Being demonstrated at DRUPA, the NexPress 2100 digital production color press will provide best-in-class uptime, reliability, consistency and image quality. The NexPress 2100 features an auto-perfecting engine with a blanket cylinder cylinder, in mathematics, surface generated by a line moving parallel to a given fixed line and continually intersecting a given fixed curve called the directrix; each line of the family of lines forming the cylinder is called a ruling, or generator. (like an offset press) that produces ready-to-bind sets incorporating a variety of paper stocks. A rugged design and an unprecedented level of user serviceability (system) serviceability - The ease with which corrective maintenance or preventative maintenance can be performed on a system (e.g. by a hardware service technician). Higher serviceability improves availability and reduces service cost. Serviceability is one component of RAS. provide unparalleled uptime. Unique "NexQ(TM)" technology ensures outstanding image quality sheet-to-sheet and week-to-week. Another key component of the system is "NexStation(TM)," the industry's most powerful digital front end. NexStation combines workflow The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on them. Workflow is concerned with providing the information required to support each step of the business cycle. management, press operations control and state-of-the-art on-board diagnostics On-Board Diagnostics, or OBD, in an automotive context, is a generic term referring to a vehicle's self-diagnostic and reporting capability. OBD systems give the vehicle owner or a repair technician access to state of health information for various vehicle sub-systems. in a single station with a truly open architecture. It electronically collates jobs and provides scaleable processing power to match application needs. Together, these elements allow the NexPress 2100 to produce fully individualized in·di·vid·u·al·ize tr.v. in·di·vid·u·al·ized, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·ing, in·di·vid·u·al·iz·es 1. To give individuality to. 2. To consider or treat individually; particularize. 3. pieces with mixed paper stocks at the full engine speed of 2100, A3+ (350 x 470 mm) or tabloid-sized(13.8 x 18.5 inches) sheets per hour. Company president Venkat Purushotham said the NexPress 2100 was developed with an intense customer focus that included extensive market research and ongoing worldwide customer interaction. The NexPress 2100 is specially designed to help printers seize seize v. To exhibit symptoms of seizure activity, usually with convulsions. the potential of emerging variable-data print applications, such as Web-based marketing, versioning, and fully individualized printing. These capabilities will enable printing businesses to offer new services of higher value, and to build stronger customer relationships. (See separate release on applications.) "NexPress did not set out to build a better print engine. We set out to build an industry, with solutions that drive digital color printing “colour separation” redirects here. For other uses, see colour-separation overlay. Color printing is the reproduction of an image or text in color (as opposed to simpler black and white or monochrome printing). to the 'NexLevel'," Purushotham said. "Our first product, the NexPress 2100, demonstrates our ability to deliver on that objective. It will transform the promise of variable-data printing into a reality, by solving the critical challenges that printers told us they have encountered with previous digital color products." "NexPress clearly has done a good job of studying market needs and engineering to meet them," said Frank Romano, a highly regarded expert who has written more than 30 books on digital printing and publishing technologies. "The NexPress 2100 employs a number of new approaches to address some of the most critical concerns that printers have about digital color production. If the shipping version delivers on the functionality being demonstrated at DRUPA, the NexPress 2100 is likely to be an extremely significant product for the printing industry." Based on an original "clean-sheet" design, the NexPress 2100 has a press-like appearance and employs heavy-metal parts that enable it to perform with the reliability and consistency of a press. The NexPress 2100's unique operator-enabled service, along with the rugged design, ensures maximum uptime. The NexPress 2100's intelligent online diagnostics (1) Software routines that test hardware components (memory, keyboard, disks, etc.). Diagnostics are often stored in ROM chips and activated on startup. (2) Error messages in a programmer's source code that refer to statements or syntax that the compiler or assembler signal when to change Operator Replaceable Components (ORCs(TM)). The operator can replace the majority of components that may ever need service in minutes, with no tools. Image quality and consistency The "NexQ" quality control system ensures the NexPress 2100 delivers consistent, high-quality performance sheet-to-sheet and week-to-week. Three key features of the seven-element system are unique NexPress technologies. "NexBlanket(TM)." A compliant blanket cylinder transfers each page from the imaging head to the paper, providing outstanding quality on multiple paper types, including textured stocks. The blanket cylinder also extends the life of the already rugged imaging cylinder, which doesn't come in contact with abrasive abrasive, material used to grind, smooth, cut, or polish another substance. Natural abrasives include sand, pumice, corundum, and ground quartz. Carborundum (silicon carbide) and alumina (aluminum oxide) are important synthetically produced abrasives. paper surfaces. "NexQ Fuser." An advanced, proprietary fuser design enables high-quality printing on a range of paper weights -- up to 300 g/m2 -- without compromising engine speed. Closed-loop process control. Scores of internal sensors
In addition to the NexQ quality control system, NexPress DryInk(TM) technology produces professional-quality 600 dpi multi-bit printing, without the reliability and consistency problems associated with other xerographic xe·rog·ra·phy n. A dry photographic or photocopying process in which a negative image formed by a resinous powder on an electrically charged plate is electrically transferred to and thermally fixed as positive on a paper or other copying surface. and liquid electrophotographic printers. NexStation -- The brains of the system The NexStation is designed for easy integration with common workflow systems and job-ticket compliant systems. Its intuitive, browser-based operator interface makes the system easy to use with minimal training. The interface also enables multiple levels of diagnostic support. If operators don't know Don't know (DK, DKed) "Don't know the trade." A Street expression used whenever one party lacks knowledge of a trade or receives conflicting instructions from the other party. how to address a problem immediately at the NexStation, they can seek help from higher-skilled operators internally or from outside service technicians, who can view the system's diagnostic information in real time on a remote Internet site. NexStation employs Adobe adobe (ədō`bē): see rammed earth. adobe Handmade sun-dried bricks formed from a mixture of heavy clay and straw found in arid regions. (R) Extreme(TM) architecture and does not convert files to proprietary image formats. Extreme architecture is built around the universally accepted PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. and Postscript The de facto standard page description language (PDL) in the graphics arts industry as well as in commercial printing. Developed by Adobe, many printers and most imagesetters support PostScript by having a built-in PostScript interpreter. (R) file formats. These attributes make the NexPress 2100 a truly open platform that can accept virtually any digital file. (See separate release for details on NexPress 2100 system technology.) Solutions approach Purushotham said that NexPress will form strategic alliances with third parties as needed as needed prn. See prn order. to help customers take full advantage of the NexPress 2100 system's capabilities. Purushotham said. "As we bring the NexPress 2100 to market, we will make it the centerpiece of complete solutions for production color printing that will allow our customers to deliver new services of higher value, enjoying greater success." Purushotham emphasized that the NexPress 2100 is only the first in a family of products that will serve the printing industry and other markets over time. Price, Availability The NexPress 2100 Digital Production Color Press will be sold and supported through the Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg) sales and service organization. Heidelberg will target customers in the digital service bureaus, prepress, printing and publishing segments. (See separate release.) With a working product at DRUPA and commercial availability next year, the company's cycle time for the NexPress 2100 -- from concept, development, design and manufacturing to shipping product -- will be under four years, twice as fast as previous digital printing products of similar scope. The NexPress 2100 system will be priced under $350,000, with a competitive total cost of ownership (TCO (1) (Total Cost of Ownership) The cost of using a computer. It includes the cost of the hardware, software and upgrades as well as the cost of the inhouse staff and/or consultants that provide training and technical support. See ROI. ) that will be released at a later date. About NexPress NexPress is a joint venture of Eastman Kodak Company, a world leader in imaging and digital color technology, and Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG (Heidelberg), the world's largest printing solutions provider. It was created in 1998 to develop, manufacture and market digital production printing solutions and materials that drive customer business growth and profitability. (Editors note: For additional information, including a digital file of the NexPress logo, email pr@nexpress.com.) NexPress, the NexPress logo, DryInk, NexStation, NexQ and NexBlanket are trademarks of NexPress Solutions LLC. Heidelberg and the Heidelberg logo are trademarks of Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG. Kodak and the Kodak logo are trademarks of Eastman Kodak Company. Adobe, Extreme, PDF, Postscript and the Postscript logo are trademarks of Adobe Systems Adobe Systems Incorporated (pronounced a-DOE-bee IPA: /əˈdoʊbiː/) (NASDAQ: ADBE) (LSE: ABS) is an American computer software company headquartered in San Jose, California, USA. Incorporated. |
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