The Uno takes half the space of a conventional four-colour press, operates at 12,000iph and prints of stock of between 0.04mm and 0.8mm. It has a combination of wet offset printing with an anilox roller and doctor chamber. Shinohara says with this design colour matching is instant, reducing operator input and waste. Transfer cylinders are double diameter, and Shinohara says marking and smearing are prevented even on heavy stocks. Shinohara also says no register adjustment is necessary after the plates are loaded onto the cylinders. The press is available as a four-colour machine with coating either aqueous or UV available as an option.

Shinohara had its full range of presses on show and running in PrintCity. The range goes from the 52cm Uno and 52cm conventional sheetfed, through 66cm and up to 75cm. There is also an oversize B2 machine, at 79cm.

Shinohara makes much of the fact that it is the only Japanese press manufacturer with its won foundry, and on the opposite side of the scale used PrintCity to highlight its networking capabilities, achieved through its S-Net digital system.

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