Manroland newspaper printing

According to statistics of the World Association of Newspapers (WAN), the circulation of newspapers in various countries in the world continued to increase in 1996, and the amount of newspaper advertisements also increased significantly. WAN surveys conducted in many countries show that there are more and more young people in the newspapers, and young people even read more newspapers than their parents. For example, in 1999, 88.5% of Australia’s 14-24 year olds read at least one newspaper per week; of the 14-19 year olds, 73% read newspapers daily; Spain’s Among the readers of the newspaper, people aged 20-24 accounted for 4.4%.
In recent years, with the development of computer main network technology, electronic media and multimedia have become hot topics. Traditional newspapers also face new media challenges. According to the statistics of the World Press Association, from 1997 to 1998, newspapers opened more and more newspaper websites, and the number of websites grew rapidly. Australia has increased by 580%, Bulgaria 30%, China by 178%, Argentina by 240%, Lebanon by 150%, Netherlands by 118%, Luxembourg by 100%, Brazil by 80%, and the United States by 38%.
Although the electronic version of newspapers has developed rapidly, paper newspapers are still one of the most important media for people to read. For newspaper publishers, the publication of newspapers is still its core business. Of course, opening up new markets in the field of electronic publishing is also an important task.
For most people, newspapers are still an important source of information; for most advertisers, newspapers are still advertising media. Newspapers will continue to develop in the next few years. The development trend is the increasing number of color newspapers. We will certainly see many newspapers printing new technologies and new products on drupa 2000. But before drupa 2000 is held, we can look at them first. Looking at the new technology released by Manroland on IFRA99, we can also see the development direction of some newspaper printing.
Reducing paper waste and paper breaks and saving energy are always manroland’s goals. To meet the needs of the newspaper printing market, Manroland has developed a series of products. Its newspaper printers have users in 75 countries and regions. Manroland newspaper printers include COROMAN (single width, small drum), UNISET (single width, large drum), REGIOMAN (double width, small drum), GEOMAN, and COLORMAN (width, big drum), etc. There are four series, 4 pages, 8 pages, 16 pages and so on. In the area of ​​16-page printing presses, 8-blade type (B-B type) and 10-blade type (satellite type) are commonly used, and shaftless drive technology is adopted. In order to meet the market demand for flexible newspaper printers, Manroland will use the new newspaper press REGIOMAN as its main product in the future. The maximum printing speed of this type of printing press is 70,000 copies per hour, the tape width is 1220-1400mm, and the cutting size can be determined according to the needs of users.
Anilox roller transfer technology is also a noteworthy technology. Manroland has cooperated with Henke Pressdruck GmbH in Germany in recent years and used textured lines on GEOMAN. The results show that this ink transfer system can use common inks and is suitable for medium-sized papers. The scraper is damaged only after 2 million revolutions of the roller. , change it about once a week. Especially at high temperatures, this ink transfer system can still ensure stable printing quality. Moreover, during the printing process, the energy required to cool the ink ribbon roller is also greatly reduced, which is more energy-efficient.
Manroland will demonstrate on drupa 2000 the CTP technology DICO system, which directly prints images and removes images from the plates. This printing system is suitable for printing 1000-20000 copies of prints. At Drupa 2000, Manroland will team up with 57 companies (including Adobe, Agfa, Apple, Océ, etc.) to form PrintCity to demonstrate an open and continuous workflow.