HEIDELBERG BRINGS END-TO-END JETFIRE AT HID

By Wayne Robinson | 22 January 2025

At the upcoming Hunkeler Innovationdays (HID) in Lucerne, Heidelberg will be showcasing its digital ecosystem for end-to-end production, based on the new Jetfire 50 inkjet printer and a new Stahlfolder.

*On show at Hunkeler Innovationdays: Heidelberg Jetfire inkjet press*

The new Stahlfolder TH 56/66 Fireline is fully integrated into the Prinect workflow. As a result, the system can be preset automatically based on the job parameters from Prinect and with virtually no operator intervention.

The standard programmes stored in the system cover a wide range of different end products, the possibilities with the Jetfire 50 include A3 and A4 posters trimmed on all four sides for full-bleed motifs, four-page pamphlets (A4 portrait plus A5 portrait and landscape), and eight-page A6 products with concertina, parallel, or letter fold.

To minimise the number of system changeovers, Prinect groups similar orders into batches, and these jobs are then completed one after the other on the Jetfire 50 and the Stahlfolder TH 56 Fireline.

According to Heidelberg, the Stahlfolder TH 56/66 Fireline for nearline postpress operations in digital printing enables automated processing of digitally printed sheets in a single operation, all the way through to the finished cut and folded print product. Cutting, creasing, and folding all take place in just one pass.

“In the industrial printing context, efficient and highly automated postpress operations are vital if production departments are to process a large number of highly diverse orders efficiently and ensure the profitability of digital print production. That makes our new Fireline postpress solution a key addition to the Heidelberg digital ecosystem, taking us a big step closer to end-to-end print production,” said Dr David Schmedding, chief technology & sales officer at Heidelberg.

While the Stahlfolder TH 56 Fireline has been developed as a postpress solution for the SRA3 Jetfire 50, the Stahlfolder TH 66 Fireline is intended for the B2 format, it designed to be used in combination with the Jetfire 75. Heidelberg is planning to unveil the Jetfire 75 later this this year, it will be available in ANZ the following year.