Horizon unveils multi-finisher to capitalise on B2 digital presses

The slitter and stacker was developed specifically to run with the HP Indigo 10000 digital B2 presses, but will also be available from local distributor Currie Group for use with other B2 digital sheetfed presses.

The 4,500sph SmartStacker gathers B2 digitally-printed sheets into sets, book blocks or individual sheets ready for downstream processing with no manual input or guillotine attachment.

Sheets can be slit up to seven times in one direction and four in the other – all with gutters/bleed – to create up to 28 sub-sheets at a minimal A6 size; the individual elements are then collated into the correct sequence at an intelligent merging station.

Horizon collaborated with HP to develop a Finishing Line Controller to communicate between the SmartStacker and Indigo 10000 for a fully automated JDF set-up.

This allow the machine to automatically set itself to the requirements of incoming sheets, even to the point of picking out and ejecting planned-in blank pages/sub-sheets not required for the end product’s pagination.

The SmartStacker can handle paper stock from 65gsm to 400gsm; it can also be programmed manually via an HD touchscreen.

The Smartstacker can be integrated for downstream applications with the Horizon StitchLiner 6000D, StitchLiner 5500, the SPF/FC200L landscape A4 book production line and Horizon AF/FC automated folding machines and perfect binding systems such as the BQ-270 and BQ-470.

Bernie Robinson, managing director of local supplier Currie Group, told ProPrint that the company was “looking at the possibly of displaying the Horizon SmartStacker at PacPrint 2013”.

“Currie Group believes that there is a market here in Australia and New Zealand for the Horizon SmartStacker,” he said.

“We are very excited about both the Horizon SmartStacker and the HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press.”

This article originally appeared at printweek.com

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