Prakash Speedster churns out newly
launched Gaya edition of Dainik Jagran
Installations of Prakash web presses in far and near corners of the country have been picking up rapidly as reputed clients including some of the country’s leading newspaper houses are overwhelmed to the latest technologies featured in Prakash Web Offset machines. Newly launched Gaya edition of Dainik Jagran adopts Prakash Speedster which is perfectly engineered to churn out all attractive 20 pages of the newspaper in colour.
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Dainik Jagran ab Gaya se (Dainik Jagran is now from Gaya) was what it read as a punch line in a self-ad printed in one of the inaugural copies of the Hindi daily being produced from the newly opened Gaya facility where installed the Prakash Speedster. “We executed the installation of the web offset press in record time,” said Saurabh Gupta, director, Prakash Web Offset Pvt Ltd. Now, Jagran Prakashan, the group behind the flagship brand Dainik Jagran boasts of its fresh footprint in Gaya in which the technology of Prakash Web Offset plays pivotal role in the new venture of this one of the leading Hindi dailies of the country.
Qualities galore
Adoption of Prakash Speedster, which is indeed a workhorse of business in the newspaper industry, is the right selection for Gaya edition of Dainik Jagran, now printing all 20 pages of the paper in colour. This integrated Prakash Speedster press with 36,000 cph folder and balloon former is known in the industry for its quality and reliability in outputs. Even the machine’s speed of 36,000 copies per hour is among the key features which never let down the expectations of their customers.
Added features of Prakash Speedster in Gaya include close loop auto register control, close-loop tension, brush dampening and motorised inking. Also, the other features that make the machine unique among its market counterparts include the implementations of PLC and touch screen-based system with ink and water curves. A lot more attributes which define Prakash Speedster reckon right from its productivity to easy handling, low life cycle costs and low cost per copy. All the above features are greatly helping Dainik Jagran to keep its waste under tight control and production to the maximum. “This is a heavy duty high-speed machine for newspapers targeting circulations of upto 1,50,000,” remarked Saurabh adding that the folder is based on 2:2 principal that can handle 6-8 webs (with double RTF rollers) for production of 24-32 pages of broad sheet newspaper.
Exclusive features
Prakash Speedster is a machine having a lot of exclusive advantages among which one can count on the machine’s minimal change-over times for maximum outputs. This machine has single width and single circumference printing unit with no bearer rings, which in turn makes it the basis for industrial newspaper production all in colour. On cost-effectiveness of the machine, Saurabh mentioned, “In fact, low initial investment and less complexity in Prakash Speedster help print houses run profitably and stress-free.”
Above all, ‘automation’ is the keyword in all Prakash presses today. High degree of automation in Prakash Speedster comprising its extensive options to reduce waste, shorten make-ready times eventually lead to lowering manpower. Some of the automation options in the machine include auto-registration control, remote inking, spray dampening, automatic reel changer and pneumatic controls,.
Prakash Web Offset, apart from its dominance in the domestic market, has earned appreciations across the globe in which Prakash Speedster has always been one of the most sough-after presses among newspaper houses.
