Heidelberg will host the world premiere of its new nearline postpress solution for automated end-to-end production in digital printing, Stahlfolder TH 56/66 Fireline, at Hunkeler Innovationdays which runs 24-27 February in Lucerne, Switzerland.
According to David Schmedding, chief technology and sales officer at Heidelberg, the new Fireline postpress solution is a key addition to the Heidelberg digital ecosystem. The Fireline enables highly automated processing of digitally printed sheets in a single operation – cutting, creasing, and folding all take place in just one pass.
While the Stahlfolder TH 56 Fireline has been developed as a postpress solution for the Jetfire 50, the Stahlfolder TH 66 Fireline in combination with the Jetfire 75 is intended for the B2 format. Heidelberg is planning to unveil the Jetfire 75 in the course of 2025.
The Stahlfolder TH 56/66 Fireline is fully integrated into the Prinect workflow. As a result, the system can be preset automatically based on the job parameters from Prinect. The possibilities with the Jetfire 50 include A3 and A4 posters trimmed on all four sides for full-bleed motifs, four-page pamphlets (A4 portrait plus A5 portrait and landscape), and eight-page A6 products with concertina, parallel, or letter fold. To minimise the number of system changeovers, Prinect groups similar orders into batches, and these jobs are then completed one after the other on the Jetfire 50 and the Stahlfolder TH 56/66 Fireline.
Taking the company one step closer to end-to-end production, the new postpress solution addresses the industrial print market whereby efficient and highly automated postpress operations are vital in processing highly diverse orders efficiently, said Mr Schmedding.
Situated in Hall 1 at Stand P 2, the company will also be showcasing its digital ecosystem for end-to-end production based on the new Jetfire 50.
