At drupa Watkiss is unveiling a PowerSquare booklet maker with full bleed trimming, specifically targeting the digital colour print market.
By adding a two-knife trimmer to the PowerSquare 200 booklet maker, full-bleed print jobs can be produced in a single pass directly from the printer, with no need for a guillotine.
The entire booklet making operation – stitching, folding, spine forming, face trimming and side trimming – is controlled from the colour touch screen. The operator enters the paper size, finished book size and number of stitches that are required. If needed, the side trimming can be offset to match the printed image.
The PowerSquare 200 is already well established in the monochrome printing sector, due to its ability to produce SquareBack books up to 200 pages thick. On the drupa stand Watkiss will be producing high pagination digitally printed colour booklets and photo books.
In addition it will be showing variable data applications on the Nearline PowerSquare 200, a booklet making solution for digital printers that combines a high capacity dual sheet feeder with the PowerSquare 200 booklet maker. With variable data printing the pagination can change, so the system automatically compensates for variability in book thickness.
