Roma Printers installs Xitron CTP System

Roma Printers & Stationers (Roma Printers) have installed a Xitron CTP System through G2 PSD, with remote servicing a key factor in the decision to invest.

The Western Queensland printers are located 500km away from Brisbane, in Roma, a town with less than 7,000 residents.

The company was in a bind when their old plate making system failed in late 2018.

Owner Tom Lorenz explains that they were used to working with metal plates, and were conscious of the costs involved with purchasing a big conventional CTP system.

Terry Mays, business development manager, G2 PSD, says, “With relatively short run lengths of up to 10,000 impressions, Roma still wanted quality output for its multiple GTO and Speedmaster presses. The work being produced was mainly one and two colour, NCR with some four colour output also required.”

Lorenz was introduced to the Xitron Inkjet CTP system, which utilises the industry standard Harlequin RIP to output ripped files to an Epson printer running metal plates, which Mays says was the right product at the right time.

The plates are imaged on the Epson 6070 printer using inkjet receptive metal plates that are then baked in an oven to increase their run length. The Epson is unmodified in any way meaning it can still be used to produce posters and other point of sale materials.

The Xitron Navigator software allows the operators to check every job as a soft proof before committing them to the printer for plating, which saves time and more importantly, wasted plates.

Installation of the system was simple and the unit integrated into the existing network at Roma Printers easily. After a day of install and training the unit was up and running and plates were being produced with ease.

Conidering the distance from the nearest capital city, Brisbane, issues around ongoing support were solved with remote support services offered by G2PSD, which Mays says gives Tom piece of mind and assistance when required.

That is completed through TeamViewer, a remote desktop app where G2 PSD can access the Roma computer, and solve any issues of settings, software, or workflow bumps within the Xitron software.

Mays says, “We are a solution based business from prepress to press, consumables, CTP, hardware, and software. There is no-one too big, and no-one too small. We like looking after remote customers, we make the effort to go and see them.”

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