Screen launches latest web-to-print software at Digital Print World

Screen demonstrates the impressive productivity and profit generating potential of the Screen Truepress 344 DI press at DPW 06, featuring its new web-to-print software - Riteportal SE launched at the show.

Riteportal SE is Screen's internet portal that allows companies to prepare and deliver error-free, production-ready certified PDF files from any application to the printer in one easy step. Easily tailored to a printer's production workflow, Riteportal SE simplifies the PDF creation, pre-flight, certification, encryption, and delivery of pre-defined PDF files into a simple 'click-and-print' process from the desktop for both online and offline delivery. The system eliminates the problems often associated with bad PDFs, such as incorrect profile settings and missing fonts. Certified PDFs created by customers are uploaded to the print site's Riteportal SE server and automatically placed into pre-determined hot folders or print queues. As a result, print jobs get on press with fewer delays and quality results are guaranteed. Riteportal SE complies with JDF and PDF/X-1a open standards to ensure flexibility and scalability and integrates easily with Trueflow.

‘The Truepress 344 is attracting considerable interest from companies who already own variable data digital presses and want to add profitable short-run litho quality print to their range of services,’ said Brian Filler, MD Screen UK.

The Screen Truepress 344 is also an ideal choice for the B1 and B2 quality printer who needs the flexibility to produce smaller format, economical print runs, with a quality that is comparable to their existing offset press. Prepress firms and existing digital print companies can benefit from the ability to print on a wide range of substrates and the opportunity to produce longer print runs more economically than can be achieved with other digital presses.

The Screen Truepress 344 is designed as a production machine ideally suited for today’s commercial print requirements and provides a high return on investment very quickly. With a maximum printing speed of 7,000 A3 sheets per hour the four-color Truepress 344 press produces a 500 sheet single-sided job from start to finish in less than 15 minutes (size range: 9 x 14 cm to 34 x 47 cm). An ultra-fast make-ready time of only 5 minutes is achieved by using a unique combination of the latest high-speed 830nm MALD (multi array laser diode) imaging with a new processless plate technology from Konica Minolta.