Digital Preset Systems
EPLEXtm Digital Preset System
In today’s CTP Systems, at the same
time an imposed plate is created, a lower resolution proofing file called “CIP3”
is automatically generated and placed automatically in a "hot folder". The Tobias
EPLEX™ System monitors this "hot folder" and “scans” the CIP3 data file and then
sends the pertinent data
right to the console of your press. At your press the
data is converted into Percent Coverage for each keyzone. The EPLEX system then
adjusts the press's ink keys so that they are preset into the correct position
for the job in makeready.
At press side, flexible user interface is provided by the PSM™ or
Tobias
TouchConsole™, a self-contained industrial computer/touch screen.
PRINTERS CAN SAVE TIME, MATERIALS
The EPLEX Press Preset System represents an extraordinary advancement in an area of great potential savings: PRESS MAKEREADY. Use the DXP™ Digital File Reader and PSM™ Press Interface to predict optimal fountain preset values for each plate, on most any press, quickly and accurately...and save enormous amounts of press time and materials.
ACCURATE IMAGE AREA CALCULATION
The DXP™ File Reader reads digital CIP3 files created by your computer-to-plate (CTP) system to determine image coverage for each plate in a job. This coverage data is then stored in the Tobias Job Data Server, where it may be selected by the PSM™ Press Side Modules on your press console. In addition, the DXP will also accept job files from a Tobias Plate Scanner. The DXP software automatically extracts job ID information, such as job and form number, color and web number, from the preview file job name and from the data contained in the preview file.
INK KEY PRESET
A local area network (LAN) is used to communicate between the DXP and the PSM™ press side module in the press room. When a job is ready to go on press, a job file is selected by the PSM and is converted into ink key coverage data matching that press. This data is further processed to give ink key fountain preset values which are sent to the press by serial link or floppy disk. Sending key coverage data directly to the press saves valuable time and eliminates key setting errors.
MULTI-PRESS OPERATIONS
The EPLEX System is very flexible and can support several press
lines at the same location using multiple PSM modules. Each of these is
configured for its own press and stores information on the printing
characteristics of that press. This data is used to customize the preset
calculation to optimize system performance.
PRESS INTERFACE
The EPLEX System interfaces with most modern presses and
third-party retrofit systems via the Tobias PSM Press Interface as determined by
site
requirements. EPLEX supplies digital preset data for a wide range of
pressroom applications including web, sheetfed, heatset and non-heatset.
IMMEDIATE PAYBACK
The Tobias EPLEX Press Preset System, by predicting optimal press fountain key presets, saves expensive makeready time and reduces paper waste. During start-up, an experienced pressman can use EPLEX to accomplish real savings of time and materials - up to an hour per run, and thousands of press sheets. For printers, producing saleable sheets earlier in the press run has become a proven means to achieve:
• greater profits
• increased capacity
• faster
makeready
• reduced waste
PLXtm
Plate Scanner
For scanning printing plates and
transmitting data for ink
fountain
presets to the press via a unique
transfer module that
interfaces
with just about any press console.
Many models are available
to
accomodate various sized
litho plates, from PLX-24™ (for
plate sizes
up to 20 x 28") to
PLX-6066™ (for plate sizes up to
52 x 66").
