basysPrint unveils new series of UV platesetters

basysPrint has unveiled a new series of 4-page and 8-page UV platesetters. The new UV-Setter 450x and 850x Series were recently introduced to the company’s distributor network at an event held at its production plant in Belgium on June 6-7.

Christophe Lievens, director of sales and marketing, said: ‘The ability to provide an array of innovative applications that will differentiate their offering in an increasingly commodity based industry is of the utmost importance to printers. At basysPrint, we use the name “cross applications” for these unique print effects such as spot varnishes, hot-foil stamping and embossing, as well as processes like die-cutting and screen printing. By enabling our customers to offer these cross applications in-house, we supply them with additional revenue streams and service levels to help them safeguard their continued success.’

The new devices extend basysPrint’s existing UV-Setter 450 and 850 Series. Using the UV-Setter 450x and 850x Series, printers can now image in-house:

• UV plates for offset printing
• Coating plates for spot varnish printing
• Photoengraving magnesium or copper plates (up to 10mm thick) for hot-foil stamping and embossing
• Screen meshes for all kinds of silk screen printing applications
• Dies for flexible die-cutting 

In addition, the UV-Setter 850x Series deliver higher productivity through a dual plate loading capability that allows to process two plates (up to a maximum size of 445 x 1150 mm) at the same time. This means that the system can image up to 120 plates per hour (470 x 650 mm size). With the new user interface, printers can manage and control their UV-Setters remotely, even by using smartphone and tablet devices.

The UV-Setter 450x and 850x Series are available with a range of options, from completely manual and semi-automatic versions up to fully automatic multi-cassette systems capable of accepting up to five different plate formats from five cassettes, each holding 100 plates. Customers can upgrade their system to another model with higher level of automation and number of plate cassettes when required.

basysPrint UV-Setters expose all UV sensitive plates for all types of printing presses. Their flatbed design and Dynamic Autofocus technology allows the UV-Setter 450x and 850x to expose a wide range of different plate types, and handle the various cross applications. An integrated punch provides fast and register-accurate customer-specific punching before exposure. The exposure speed can be configured individually by increasing the number of high-performance diode modules (DSI³), enabling plate throughput rates to be more than doubled.

The new UV-Setter 450x and 850x Series will be commercially available for customers on November 1, 2011.

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