The Concept design of web Conveyer for printing

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Y.MasakawaNew Next Corporation

Basic conceptu Simple

– Web control» Only one master (All others are slave)» Minimum devices (No tension gage, no buffer, no speed

controller except Master)» Appropriate Specifications (Bear necessity)

u Machine accuracy– All rollers shall be Parallel– No adjust mechanism (Absolutely accurate Frame)– Shall not Cantilever (Both side support)

u Small – Appropriate Margin (Optimize design accuracy)– Use smaller devices

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Comparison of size, footprint

860cm

182cm185cm

84cm

117cm202cm

Kodak Versamark 9580

New Concept Model

360cm

・40m/minute・380ppm (A4 1up)・Full color・Duplex・20-50M Yen

・100～230ｍ/minute・2,000ppm or over（A4 1up）・Full color・Duplex・200M Yen

Footprint：15.65㎡

Footprint： 4.21㎡

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Continuous IJP for Industry use

Current full color model(150~600Myen)400~1200ppm

Image of recent full color machine（80Myen ~120Myen）

200~400ppm

Our Target 2008(20Myen ~50Myen)

120~180ppmX2

Feature；SmallDuplexEasy handlingLow priceLow running cost

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Feature of New Concept Printeru Duplex printingu On the Drum Processu One Drum Drive (One Master Control)u Same Mechanism of HC5000u 12.5inch width 40m/min (3 dots)u Compact dimensionsu Low cost u Low running costsu Real time MF Detectionu Maintenance-free u Easy installation

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Simple mechanism with One Drum Drive

New Next concept

Traditional

controllercontroller controllercooperation cooperation

Printer

Un winder

Re winderB

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Wheels Drive

MasterSlave Slave

Un winder

Re winder

PrinterOne

Drum Drive

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Bird View of New Concept Printer

Printer UnitRe-winder

Un-winder

Head maintenance unit

Print Heads

Image defect detector

Ink bottles

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Paper feeding of New Concept Printer

Un-winder

Printer

Re-winder

Passive Drum

Active Drum

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Comparison of Dot AccuracyHC5000 Horizontal

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Current printer

HC5000 Vertical

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Op-1 Vertical

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Roll to Finished work

Traditional WEB Printer

Buffer Finisher

WEB Printer

Machine 2Machine 1

Finisher

WEB Printer +Cutter

After printing Process

Current

New Concept Printer with current finisher

New Concept Priter including finisherFinisher

Machine 1 Machine 2

After printing ProcessB

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At Drupa2008

u Web cutteru Sheet bufferu Stapleu Fold

DemonstrationA3 3page duplex staple folding A4 12 pages book

All in one concept

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Cutter UnitRotary cutter system

１ (Web 紙、フィルム等)) ２ (アンビルローラー）)

４ (カッター刃）)

３ (カッターローラー）)

図１ 従来のカッターローラーユニット

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