Heidelberg Prepares to Roll Out Prinect Solutions at drupa

KENNESAW, GA—April 20, 2012—A common thread running through nearly everything Heidelberg makes is Prinect, a comprehensive line of software solutions for production control, color quality and stability, and business management. Many of these products will be found at drupa 2012 under the banners HEI Integration, HEI Productivity, HEI Flexibility, and HEI End.

Among them are Prinect Business Manager, a fully integrated management information system (MIS); Prinect W2P Manager, providing a range of models for successful Web-to-print production in both the B2B (business to business) and B2C (business to consumer) environments; the new Prinect Digital Print Manager, integrating offset and digital printing in a single workflow; and Prinect Packaging Workflow, now offering solutions specifically geared towards the industrialized production of folding cartons and labels.

On the press side, Prinect Inpress Control will be seen running on the Speedmaster 105-P and SX 102-P, and Prinect Inspection Control will be featured on another Speedmaster XL 105 together with the new generation Prinect Image Control.

Quality Assurance Tools Maximize Productivity, Lower Waste
Heidelberg’s Prinect Inpress Control and Prinect Inspection Control provide precise, automated quality assurance for commercial and packaging printers eager to implement the cost-effective, time- and labor-saving applications of these breakthrough technologies for the benefit of their customers.

Ideal for print shops dealing with frequent job changes, short-to-medium runs, and standardized jobs, Prinect Inpress Control is the industry’s first and only fully integrated, in-line, spectrophotometric system for measuring process colors, spot colors and register in the print control strip on each sheet, on-the-fly, at speeds up to 18,000 sph during makeready or production. Measurement results are sent directly to the Prinect Press Center press console for instant evaluation, and then adjustments are forwarded to all printing units, as required.

Prinect Inpress Control ensures stable and consistent color with the absolute minimal deviation throughout the production run. Available on all half- and full-size Speedmaster XL, SX, and CX presses up to 8 colors, Prinect Inpress Control earned a 2008 PIA InterTech Technology Award.

Zero-Defect Delivery
For packaging printers working with sensitive branded products, or for label printers or security document specialists, top-quality, defect-free delivery of printed materials is a key competitive advantage. Enter Prinect Inspection Control, a 2010 InterTech Technology Award recipient and the industry’s first and only internally integrated, in-line printing and material defect detection system.