BLEIENBACH, Switzerland—In flexo prepress, the requirements are more complex than ever and high flexibility is essential with respect to the resolution applied. Lüscher Technologies AG reports it has addressed this challenge by developing the new Multi Resolution Optics FleXtreme! for its digital imaging system line XPose! FlexLine 330 and 360.
With FleXtreme!, any resolution customarily used in the printing industry such as 2400/2540/4000/4800/5080 dpi can be easily selected by the push of a button, according to Lüscher Technologies AG. Due to the unique design of these optics, no loss of speed is to be expected, even when imaging high resolutions of 4000 dpi or more, compared to standard imaging at 2400/2540 dpi. FleXtreme! is available now and existing systems may be upgraded.
With immediate effect, the data for cutting plotters such as Zünd, Kongsberg and others may now be directly sent from the front end of the Xpose! FlexLine to the respective cutting plotter.
Furthermore, Lüscher Technologies AG and Hybrid Software in Freiburg, Germany have agreed on a global joint venture enabling them to offer comprehensive solutions to their prepress customers, reports Lüscher Technologies AG. The first system installations resulting from this cooperation are successfully operating at Orbafless S.r.l. in San Felice sul Panaro, Italy and at ReproFlex Brasov in Romania. Both customers have two XPose! FlexLine 360 systems each, with full HD resolution 5080 dpi and combined with the workflow package PACKZ by Hybrid Software.