Xeikon application from the Document Prodution Suite
The Xeikon Café on Production Suites 7 – 8 October 2014 will focus on the digital production of all documents and commercial printed materials, offering printers the opportunity to discover how Xeikon technology could improve business.
The open house event will look at key areas for digital printers such as the increasing demand for more sophisticated customisation and personalisation in a market which faces shorter runs, faster turnarounds and lower costs.
‘Digital printing answers many of the challenges today’s print producers and print buyers face. But there is more to print production than printing. Print buyers have little use for unfinished cut sheets, let alone rolls of prints. They want the finished product,’ said Danny Mertens, director of segment marketing and Business Development Document Printing. ‘This is why we have gone one step further than developing state-of-the-art digital colour presses. All along we’ve been listening closely to what our customers need. And so have our Aura Partners. Together we have developed total solutions, or suites – carefully selected and thoroughly tested combinations of equipment, technologies and capabilities, enabling our customers to produce not only head-turning prints, but fully finished products as well.’
Mr Mertens added, ‘So far we have developed four production suites, targeting different applications: the Document Production Suite, the Book Production Suite and the Large Format Production Suite are built around a Xeikon 8000 Series press, while our Wall Covering Suite comes with a Xeikon 3500.’ In addition to the Xeikon digital colour press, which is the centerpiece, each suite has four supporting components: workflow software, print media, consumables and pre- and post-printing equipment. These components are either developed in-house or offered by Xeikon Aura Partners.
Participants will see the complete range of production suites in action, featuring live job preparation, production and finishing of real-life applications.
The capabilities of the Document Production Suite and the Book Production Suite will be demonstrated through the live production of a full-bleed mailing, cookbooks and coffee table books on a Xeikon 8800.
These applications will also feature an inline cut and stack solution as well as an offline casemaker and bookmaker from Unibind. Retail posters will be printed and finished on a Xeikon 8500 combined with an inline Web Varnishing Module, giving a flavour of what the Large Format Production Suite can do. The Wall Covering Suite, a Xeikon 3500 with a roll-to-roll slitting and rewinding solution from Tecnau, will be producing designs from Rebelwalls on Felix Schoeller satin and matt wallpaper.
Moreover, for each of the production suites, Xeikon customers will talk about their business and about how their suite fits in. Several Aura Partners involved in the development of the suites will also be present. And of course there will be plenty of opportunity to network, ask questions and exchange ideas on digital production.
