Goss has launched an upgrade for its leading 16-page web press, the M-600, to support the model’s competitive edge in colour control and eliminate potential obsolescence issues. Now standard on all new M-600 Press installations, Omnicolor II Press Controls will see start-up waste lowered from 20% to 50% as well as significant reductions in turnaround times. The new features of the Omnicolor II upgrade are purpose-designed to achieve a more automated process to support press operators. The ability to automate press settings directly from CIP3 data is a key area that cuts a three-stage process down to a single step, resulting in less waiting time and eliminating the potential for errors. The significant waste reduction is enabled by a range of system improvements including:
- Accurate pre-setting of the ink keys via the pre-press interface (CIP3 file)
- Quicker reaction of the ink keys and repetitive positioning
- Ability to move all ink keys simultaneously
- Ink and paper selection – up to 10 papers and inks, to optimize the presetting
- New functionality such as Ink Tracking and Color Boost, enables the fastest possible process to achieve good reproduction
- Auto learning. By saving all running job settings, Omnicolor II will, job after job, fine tune the presetting by taking into account ink, paper and coverage specifications for optimal results.
Following a one-day press audit, Goss engineers require full press access for two to four days to install the low-investment upgrade on existing M-600 systems. To help customers evaluate the potential gains from an Omnicolor II upgrade, Goss is using an ROI calculator to provide individualized, expected savings. “Customers can see the potential payoff, whatever their current production model may be,” said Rutger Jansen, Head of Customer Service, Goss International Europe. “Together, we plot in their average number of jobs and current make-ready figures against the investment cost and the new figures they can reliably expect. I can’t claim that the calculation methodology is groundbreaking, but it certainly helps convince our customers that the Omnicolor II upgrade is.”
