The DoNet digital workflow maximizes the benefits of CIP4/JDF and optimizes the production environment. With the basic MIS system, CTP, and a digital workflow, all printing tasks, from short run work to long run jobs, can be accomplished with JDF-compliant Komori presses. And CIP4/JDF enables integrated management through post-press. DoNet allows the pressroom to realize the full benefits of a standardized workflow.

Komori Management System

KMS functions include preset job data transfer to the press and operating status monitoring, plus maintenance scheduling and an interface to other networks. Job data from the K-Station and preset data from PCC are received over the network to set the functions on the press.

Print Quality Control

PQC is a control system for making quality-related adjustments to the press. In addition to remote control of ink, water and register adjustments, a variety of press functions can be adjusted using the touch-screen.

JDF Interface

K-Station enables central control of multiple Komori presses and acts as an interface to outside systems (such as the Management Information System (MIS)). This facilitates the transfer and management of production data via the JDF.

Ink Profile Generation Software

PCC converts PPF data and CMYK-TIFF data into PQC ink key data for Komori presses.

KOMORI KHS-AI ADVANCED INTERFACE QUICK PRINT START

Komori KHS-AI is the new, self-learning version of Komori’s existing KHS quick print start system which further reduces time and waste and ensures quick and precise ink, water and register setting.

It now incorporates Advanced Interface software which progressively updates the press to help attain almost immediate production level on all jobs, even when changing between jobs with different characteristics.

KHS-AI automatically adjusts the settings for each job, taking them closer and closer to immediate production quality levels. The system not only updates ink levels but all air pre-sets throughout the press, and register pre-sets to take account of different inks and materials. Part of the KHS-AI function is to provide Smart Feedback, which allows the operator to temporarily recalibrate the ink profile on any, or all, of the units at a single key stroke, at the random request of the designer or print buyer.

KHS-AI also has Komori Smart Sequence which enables the printer to select job-by-job the most appropriate of fourprogrammable automatic operations for complete press setup. These include de-inking, wash-ups, pre-inking, plate changing and fully automatic make-ready.

The self-learning function of KHS-AI now provides even more integrated control on Komori web systems through the new KHS-AI Link.

KHS-AI Link on Komori Web Presses

Komori web systems now come as standard with the Komori flying paster and infeed, empowering KHS-AI with the complete integration of paster, infeed, printing units, chill stand, web path, web guide, folder, cut-off control, and the new Print Quality Assessment System, PQA-W (option).

Because the KHS-AI self-learning feature integrates all these functions, the System 38S and System 38D web press’s already world-beating job changeover times are enhanced even further and waste is reduced to amazingly low levels.

In addition, a Smart Sequence mode through which multiple jobs with different fold formats can not only be preprogrammed, but automatically run sequentially on just one single command from the operator, with no further intervention other than confirming the OK sheet results and pre-loading the plates for following jobs in the fully automatic plate change cassette.

K-Station enables central control of multiple Komori presses and acts as an interface to outside systems (such as the Management Information System (MIS)). This facilitates the transfer and management of production data via the JDF.

The Lithrone 20 fuses proven Komori technologies with capabilities ideal for a broad range of sheet sizes, thicknesses, and weights. For printed products from postcard-size up to the maximum sheet size of 14³/16 inches x 20½ inches, on ultra-thin to heavy carton stock and even on plastic substrates, the Lithrone 20 is the complete solution. The ergonomic control console integrated into the delivery end of the press ensures outstanding ease of operation. Compatibility with digital workflows together with the KHS-inspired Komori pre-inking and removing system are the keys to the press’s exceptionally short make-ready. The Lithrone 20 is available in 2, 4, 5, and 6-color versions and can also be specified with the Komori Inline Coating System.

The Lithrone S26/S29 features extensive automation for the world’s shortest make-ready combined with Komori’s most advanced technologies. These range from the new Full-APC (the first fully automatic plate-changing system specifically designed for a half-size press), which eliminates the need for a tail bend on the plate and changes four plates in just 2½ minutes, to the fully automatic wash-up of the blanket and impression cylinders and inking rollers. Unique Komori expertise and technologies ensure seamless interlocked operation of these automatic systems to achieve the shortest job-to-job changeover times in the industry.

In addition to exceptionally short make-ready, the Lithrone S29 offers a high-speed (12,000sph) initial printing function, a maximum printing speed of 16,000sph with ultra-stable print quality, and a high-speed pre-inking system. These functions work together to reduce the time from the end of one 200-page job to the start of the next job by 50% – down to a mere six minutes.

The Lithrone S26/29 series is available in a wide range of specifications, giving the printer the option of laying down special inks or overprint varnish, or even utilizing UV-spec units especially for plastic or metallized paper substrates.

New Full-APC

The Lithrone S26/S29 can be equipped with fully automatic plate changing. Plates are changed in just 2½ minutes. The new plate clamping system makes the operation quick and smooth.

New APC Clamp Eliminates Plate Tail Bend

The new clamp system used with the Full-APC system makes plate loading and discharge very efficient. There is no need for a tail bend on the plate, eliminating a step in the production process. And because the clamp is flat, this system also improves register accuracy and ensures very high print quality in addition to high productivity.

Komorimatic

The Lithrone S29 printing units are equipped with the Komorimatic dampening system, which provides a consistent supply of dampening solution directly to the plate and also enables high-quality non-alcohol printing with the minimum necessary amount of water.

Automatic Blanket Washing and Impression Cylinder Cleaning

Program control makes automatic cleaning efficient and free of waste and also makes cloth changing simple and quick. The pre-soaked cloth eliminates cleaning liquid spray and reduces cloth consumption.

The Lithrone S26P/S29P offers 15,000sph printing speed in perfecting mode with two original Komori systems, the high-performance perfecting mechanism that uses three double-size transfer cylinders and Komori’s unique sheet path design, maintained by smooth, stress-free sheet transfers and air guides. In addition, make-ready and lead times (especially when many units are employed) are substantially shortened by an array of cutting-edge automated mechanisms, such as the new fully automatic plate-changing system (Full-APC). By maximizing the advantages of one-pass printing, the Lithrone S26P/S29P delivers magnificent performance, the most direct, effective means of driving your profitability forward!

Fully automatic switching between straight and perfecting

The Komori perfecting mechanism, a configuration of three double-size transfer cylinders, presents fewer sheet transfers than a single-size design, resulting in consistent sheet transport, no marking/scuffing issues, and easy handling of a range of sheet thicknesses. Switching between straight and perfecting printing modes requires only the input of the sheet size and the touch of a button. The easy operation is automatic. Sheet-size phase adjustment can be performed remotely via the touch-panel on the operation console.

The Lithrone S40 was developed as a strategic machine for printing businesses with the clear aim of facilitating profitability, customer priorities and use in digital networks. It delivers the proven benefits of advanced technology and Komori expertise in a sophisticated new form. The Lithrone S Series embodies overwhelming productivity by combining superior short make-ready performance with high-speed printing capability. Performance that has been tried and tested in extensive product research and development in order to create an extraordinary profit potential. The Lithrone S Series presses have transformed the face of printing worldwide. Another example of true Komori value that exceeds expectations.

Delivery

The sheet transport system creates a smooth sheet path, resulting in stable delivery. Sheet release is automatically synchronized with the press running speed. A newly designed fan system facilitates stepless adjustment of the air quantity.

Printing unit

The skeleton-type transfer cylinder utilizes a venturi air guide, eliminating the possibility of marking through contact with the cylinder. The cleaning system is designed to reduce time and solvent consumption, and the use of industrial diamonds in the gripper pads ensures the highest durability and consistency.

Inking unit

Opening/closing the ink fountain requires just a single touch. The twin-nozzle cleaning system ensures powerful, quick cleaning. Vibration of the ink form roller can be adjusted quickly, contributing to simple, rapid changeovers.

Dampening unit

The Komorimatic continuous dampening system, which delivers an even, micro-adjustable supply directly to the plates, allows superb print quality with minimal use of water and is universally renowned for its ability to enable alcohol-free printing.

Registration unit

The new ultrasonic double-sheet detector accommodates a wide range of paper types, including thick stock, plastic, and film, as well as a sheet detection system for detecting misfed sheets. A fan-out adjustment mechanism is operated through the central control console.

Feeding unit

The feeder features a front-centered, flat sucker box design, assuring ample working space for enhanced safety and operating ease. Lubrication-free bearings are employed throughout. Feeder timing and adjustment can be made whenever required.

Komori triple-double perfecting mechanism

Smooth, reliable sheet transfer is ensured by the unique Komori triple-double perfecting mechanism, allowing the Lithrone S40P to deliver constant performance at maximum printing speed. Combined with double size cylinders throughout, this reduces the number of gripper changes and provides optimum performance at maximum press speed and all material thicknesses.

Mark-free delivery system

With the edge-to-edge air guide system, on-the-run fine adjustments can be made to each guide. The lower guides for the cylinders after sheet reversal can be set by remote control. The unique delivery belt system moves at the same speed as the sheet, eliminating the possibility of marking during delivery.

Enhanced productivity converges with high print quality

The new Komori Lithrone S40SP SuperPerfector combines the exceptional print quality of sheetfed presses with the productivity of web presses.

Sheet marking and scuffing are no longer an issue as the Lithrone S40SP requires no transfer cylinder between printing units. And Komori’s innovative delivery belt system, which is automatically synchronized to run at precisely the same speed as the sheet itself, eliminates any possibility of marking as the sheets pass into the delivery pile.

Based on Lithrone S40 series design principles, the press provides outstanding ease of operation with virtual elimination of front/back print quality variation. Cost reductions are significant because paper is saved as the gripper margin is the same for both sides of the sheet. Plate making is simplified because imposition is identical for all plates, front and back.

A new air blower unit design increases the volume of air on the blanket cylinder and the blowing range for enhanced register accuracy. Improved ease of operation and a greater adjustment range with a new clamping device has been made possible by reconfiguring the gripper arrangement, the gripper-changing cam, and the gripper pressure setting, which reduces the stress of gripper-changing on the sheets. Transfer cylinder fanout adjustment can be made by remote control, and the operation console allows easy one-touch operation. An effective integrated plate register adjustment function is also provided for front/back image alignment.

Lithrone SX29 – with in-line cold foiling, embossing, and UV coating

The Lithrone SX29 has a larger sheet size of 610 x 750mm, providing a maximum image area of 585 x 740mm, which is especially useful for multi-image layouts, such as labels, greetings cards, small format packaging, paperbacks, and DVD and CD covers.

Now, it is available with in-line cold foiling, coating, and embossing. Even greater added value is possible with the addition of in-line die-cutting.

The in-line cold foiling facility is a vastly higher speed alternative to off-line hot foiling and considerably widens the designer’s options for metallic foiling, which include the capability of printing foil images containing screens.

It also increases production flexibility, as the foil area is imaged on a standard offset plate through any normal CTP system.

Combined with UV drying and in-line UV varnishing, it facilitates the extra added value of high gloss finishes, which maximize the use of cold foil applications.

The in-line embossing unit replaces the need for off-line processing and double handling of already printed sheets. Make-ready is quick and easy and registration is close-to-perfect, as embossing is completed as a continuation of the printing pass.

The provision of UV drying provides the added value of gloss finish, and also enables a wide variety of plastic and metallic materials to be varnished and embossed in-line.

Featuring all the very latest Komori advancements. The Lithrone SX40 is fully charged with upgraded features which further improve print quality and job cycle times. It has a new maximum running speed of 18,000sph and a larger maximum sheet size of 750 x 1050mm.

When combined with the new KHS-AI automatic smart start pre-set system, job-to-job changeover time is reduced by 35%, with the end of production on one job to the OK sheet on the next job completed in just over six minutes.

New feeder technology

The feeder has been developed to optimize the benefits of the new KHS-AI fast print start system, with an air containment system which allows precise sheet transport using the minimum of air.

The feeder board has an independent motor to enable electronic adjustment of sheet arrival timing, and within the feeder head mechanism the cam follower drive has been modified to maintain constant contact at the highest speed.

New printing unit technology

The ink fountain cheeks are now made of solid brass to ensure zero-set positioning in all operational temperatures. The automatic impression cylinder cleaning device has been repositioned underneath the cylinder, providing more flexibility in locating interdeck driers, and the blankets and rollers are now washed simultaneously at the higher cylinder revolution speed of 8,000sph.

The skeleton type transfer cylinder has a new venturi air system that is console driven through its integration into Komori’s new KHS-AI.

New technology in the delivery

The higher delivery profile improves access, and ensures that the sheet is flat when it reaches the final delivery vacuum system. More variable speed blowers have been added, and the newly shaped delivery gripper bars reduce air turbulence.

Komori’s Spica is a high-powered, multifunctional press that has gained unconditional acclamation from new users. Inside Spica’s compact body is Komori’s renowned short make-ready system. Spica’s capacity to flexibly tackle a very wide work mix means more business opportunities. To handle with digitalization, Spica is also equipped with the PQC-U Print Quality Control system, which offers full CIP4 data compatibility. Equipped with the Komorimatic dampening system, it enables environmentally-friendly non-alcohol printing.

Advanced Technologies Save Time

Automated systems, such as Komori’s renowned pre-inking and removing system, the tool-less plate clamping system, and the automatic mode changeover system (on the Spica 26P/29P), enable substantially shorter make-ready times.

Nearly all tasks, including automatic wash-up, can be performed from the touch-screen on the integrated operating console, reducing the operator task-load and raising productivity. These factors facilitate high productivity from a small-footprint press with excellent short run performance, ideal for taking maximum advantage from a CTP workflow.

Within the commercial web arena, Komori dominates the 16-page and 32-page markets with the versatile and intelligent, KHS-AI inspired System 38S 16-page and 38D 32-page presses.

With their indisputably superior combination of quality, consistency and speed and minimal material wastage performance, Komori System 38S and System 38D web presses dramatically decrease job-to-job changeover times, increasing output rates, and reducing unit production costs.

System 38D: The Strategic Machine for Operating Innovation

The System 38D utilizes the industry-renowned System 38S web fast changeover and quality performance technology in 32-page format to address the expanding market for high quality 32-page web work. To revolutionize make-ready times and to open up new markets, the System 38D delivers up to 40,000iph printing speed (depends on size/model) with Komori’s legendary ease of operation and provides maximized compatibility with System 38S 16-page presses.

PQA-W: Komori’s new web offset Print Quality Assessment System

For optimum consistency and predictability, PQA-W identifies any variation in quality which may be caused by such conditions as smearing, scratches, oil and water drops, and density changes.

Via the integrated press console monitor, PQA-W also provides the superb paper-saving facility that makes it possible to view on-screen the predicted effects of any color adjustments – without having to make any changes to ink-on-paper.

Within the commercial web arena, Komori dominates the 16-page and 32-page markets with the versatile and intelligent, KHS-AI inspired System 38S 16-page and 38D 32-page presses.

With their indisputably superior combination of quality, consistency and speed and minimal material wastage performance, Komori System 38S and System 38D web presses dramatically decrease job-to-job changeover times, increasing output rates, and reducing unit production costs.

The System 38S with Komori’s Full-APC changes eight plates in less than two minutes. Plus the System 38S is equipped with the highly evolved KHS-AI system, a sophisticated operating system. In addition to first pull register accuracy, color matching and fold adjustment, KHS-AI self-learns user data, allowing it to function as a total control system. Also available with a wide lineup of folders for maximum value-added performance.

The ultimate weapon for any web printing business: System 38S

Komori breakthrough technologies give a powerful boost to productivity

The System 38S is capable of a full job changeover in less than seven minutes. Komori upgraded the automation systems and implemented parallel control of simultaneous changeover processes to enable this exceptional short make-ready performance.

As a result, the System 38S gives printers that vital competitive edge and a new level of flexibility to win web business across an unprecedented range of work.

PQA-W: Komori’s new web offset Print Quality Assessment System

For optimum consistency and predictability, PQA-W identifies any variation in quality which may be caused by such conditions as smearing, scratches, oil and water drops, and density changes.

Via the integrated press console monitor, PQA-W also provides the superb paper-saving facility that makes it possible to view on-screen the predicted effects of any color adjustments – without having to make any changes to ink-on-paper.

PQA-W: Komori’s new web offset Print Quality Assessment System

For optimum consistency and predictability, PQA-W identifies any variation in quality which may be caused by such conditions as smearing, scratches, oil and water drops, and density changes.

Via the integrated press console monitor, PQA-W also provides the superb paper-saving facility that makes it possible to view on-screen the predicted effects of any color adjustments – without having to make any changes to ink-on-paper.

Lithrone SX29 – with in-line cold foiling, embossing, and UV coating

The Lithrone SX29 has a larger sheet size of 610 x 750mm, providing a maximum image area of 585 x 740mm, which is especially useful for multi-image layouts, such as labels, greetings cards, small format packaging, paperbacks, and DVD and CD covers.

Now, it is available with in-line cold foiling, coating, and embossing. Even greater added value is possible with the addition of in-line die-cutting.

The in-line cold foiling facility is a vastly higher speed alternative to off-line hot foiling and considerably widens the designer’s options for metallic foiling, which include the capability of printing foil images containing screens.

It also increases production flexibility, as the foil area is imaged on a standard offset plate through any normal CTP system.

Combined with UV drying and in-line UV varnishing, it facilitates the extra added value of high gloss finishes, which maximize the use of cold foil applications.

The in-line embossing unit replaces the need for off-line processing and double handling of already printed sheets. Make-ready is quick and easy and registration is close-to-perfect, as embossing is completed as a continuation of the printing pass.

The provision of UV drying provides the added value of gloss finish, and also enables a wide variety of plastic and metallic materials to be varnished and embossed in-line.

Lithrone SX29 – with in-line cold foiling, embossing, and UV coating

The Lithrone SX29 has a larger sheet size of 610 x 750mm, providing a maximum image area of 585 x 740mm, which is especially useful for multi-image layouts, such as labels, greetings cards, small format packaging, paperbacks, and DVD and CD covers.

Now, it is available with in-line cold foiling, coating, and embossing. Even greater added value is possible with the addition of in-line die-cutting.

The in-line cold foiling facility is a vastly higher speed alternative to off-line hot foiling and considerably widens the designer’s options for metallic foiling, which include the capability of printing foil images containing screens.

It also increases production flexibility, as the foil area is imaged on a standard offset plate through any normal CTP system.

Combined with UV drying and in-line UV varnishing, it facilitates the extra added value of high gloss finishes, which maximize the use of cold foil applications.

The in-line embossing unit replaces the need for off-line processing and double handling of already printed sheets. Make-ready is quick and easy and registration is close-to-perfect, as embossing is completed as a continuation of the printing pass.

The provision of UV drying provides the added value of gloss finish, and also enables a wide variety of plastic and metallic materials to be varnished and embossed in-line.

Lithrone SX29 – with in-line cold foiling, embossing, and UV coating

The Lithrone SX29 has a larger sheet size of 610 x 750mm, providing a maximum image area of 585 x 740mm, which is especially useful for multi-image layouts, such as labels, greetings cards, small format packaging, paperbacks, and DVD and CD covers.

Now, it is available with in-line cold foiling, coating, and embossing. Even greater added value is possible with the addition of in-line die-cutting.

The in-line cold foiling facility is a vastly higher speed alternative to off-line hot foiling and considerably widens the designer’s options for metallic foiling, which include the capability of printing foil images containing screens.

It also increases production flexibility, as the foil area is imaged on a standard offset plate through any normal CTP system.

Combined with UV drying and in-line UV varnishing, it facilitates the extra added value of high gloss finishes, which maximize the use of cold foil applications.

The in-line embossing unit replaces the need for off-line processing and double handling of already printed sheets. Make-ready is quick and easy and registration is close-to-perfect, as embossing is completed as a continuation of the printing pass.

The provision of UV drying provides the added value of gloss finish, and also enables a wide variety of plastic and metallic materials to be varnished and embossed in-line.