Swedish contract newspaper printer Daily Print is continuing its three-year-old upgrade programme with the installation of DCOS colour register and inspection on its presses in Västerslätt.
Strategically placed at the junction of highways linking Norway, Sweden and Finland, it occupies a building adjacent to the headquarters and editorial offices of Swedish dailies Västerbottens-Kuriren and Västerbottens Folkblad.
Owned by Västerbottens-Kuriren Media Aktiebolag, it prints group newspapers and northern editions of dailies Dagens Industri and Dagens Nyheter.
A programme to secure and streamline facilities has been undeway since 2012. A Nohab/Uniman press has been expanded with the addition of two used manroland Uniman towers, bringing capacity to 160 tabloid pages, and mailroom control systems are currently being replaced and rebuilt.
Closed-loop register and colour density systems have been under review for a couple of years. Technical and production manager Thomas Sandström says automated register control has been used on the three oldest towers for some time, and is seen as "an absolute necessity" for the two additions.
"At the same time, I am confident that those plants that aim to stay competitive in the long term will all be equipped with online closed-loop colour control," he says. "The reduction of waste paper and ink together with the quality assurance that can be achieved will contribute to financial savings and guarantee uniform and high quality of printed products."
The DCOS technology includes register control for three towers and cut-off control on five webs, with register cameras ready for future closed-loop colour control. Existing systems on one tower is being replaced and there is provision for the remainder to be removed.