Vision registration system upgrade
-improves quality while saving the budget
While looking for ways to improve their colour registration, many newspapers consider Vision registration upgrade kits from Glunz & Jensen versus taking on the budget justification of new punch/benders. Recently, Turkuvaz Matabaacilik Yayincilik of Istanbul, Turkey ordered four Vision Registration upgrade kits to extend the life of four of their fifteen year old Vision in-line punch bender model 1’s (VIPB-1’s). The Star Publications of Petaling, Jaya Malaysia purchased three digital Vision registration kits for their Universal punch benders (UPB) to extend their lives and improve their colour registration.
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The Vision registration upgrade kits are digital technology versus the analog systems installed on punch benders up to 2005. The digital system camera and firmware’s improved pixel accuracy recognizes the targets faster, distinguishes between the target edges improving the registration table movement to a precise registration within 0.0005” (0.0127mm). The new system improved repeatability from target-to-target and plate-to-plate registration. The digital system also reduces the rare instance of a plate being misread due Vision target failure due to the analog system’s recognition. The cost savings of the upgraded and improved colour registration will pay for itself in a short time versus the return on investment of new equipment.
Vision registration technology is the process where a camera looks for a target imaged onto a web offset plate and moves the plate to align to preset target locations, providing the highest degree of registration accuracy compared to any other registration technology. Glunz & Jensen introduced this technology to the newspaper industry for into plate punch/benders in 1986. After millions of plates, many of these Glunz & Jensen Vision systems are still operating in the world.
