Neopost says Duplo’s new 600i bookletmaking machine is capable of producing up to 9000 booklets an hour, and it is suited for medium and large print companies. Jimmy Neon, product manager at Australian distributor Neopost, says: “It is perfect for any high-volume offset operation, and any digital printer with an iGen, Nexpress, Indigo, or any other high-end digital machine.

“With a job changeover time of less than a minute it is versatile enough to handle a wide variety of jobs that have high volume per hour.” He says the Duplo 600i can work with any sheet size up to SRA3, including landscape A4 – a format that is getting more popular – and which the predecessor the 500i could not do. Neopost says the machine has automated stitching, folding and trimming that uses ultra-sonic technology, combining the DSC-10/60i Collator Towers and the DBM-600 booklet maker and trimmer. The 600i can reach speeds of up to 5200 booklets an hour or 9000 when used with the optional DKT-200 two-knife trimmer, which also allows the user to take printed SRA3 or B3 sheets directly from the press and finish the booklet in one operation. The machine has more than 25 configurations that can combine suction, collators, sheet feeders and slit, cut, crease, squarefold and three-knife trimming operations. The company says it can handle a minimum booklet size of 90x75mm up to a maximum of 350x254mm and stock weights of 50-300gsm. The first unit is set to hit Australian shores next month however; printers can pre-order the 600i now from Neopost.

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