DALLAS , TEXAS—  Koenig & Bauer , in partnership with Techkon USA is offering a solution for upgrading older Koenig & Bauer Rapida presses. This upgrade package provides workflow automation :ink pre-setting module analyzes the digital image and automatically presets the ink keys on the press. A sheet is pulled and the spectro-densitometer scans a colour bar spanning all ink zone locations in a single scan,  ink keys are automatically adjusted and the results are displayed on a press-side touch screen monitor for easyinterpretation by the press operator,

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the colour control software verifies that the press is “printing by thenumbers” correctly (density,TVI, Graybalance, G7®,CIELab, etc.) and enables reporting on key metrics. “This new partnership will provide our valued Rapida customers with a way to easily update older equipment to today’s process control standards and meet the demands of plant and brand-owners color communication needs, extending the life of their machines even further. ” says Michael Eichler, Koenig & Bauer’s sales director of Service Select.