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<h1 class="spam">Paper Cutters and Guillotines</h1>
<h2 class="spam">Itoh Paper Cutters</h2>
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LDR International is the North American distributor for Japanese-manufactured Itoh Paper Cutters. Itoh Paper cutters are by far the best manufactured paper cutters on the market for professional printers and bindery shops. Itoh paper cutters can cut not only paper, but also PS plate, plastic sheet, aluminum board, laminated board, and more. Itoh can provide a customized guillotine to automatically cut the material at irregular angles (trapezoid). Besides paper cutters, Itoh also manufactures loaders, front-loading and side-loading machines, unloaders, and computerized knife trimmers. Whatever your bindery equipment needs for cutting or cutting systems, Itoh has it. And LDR International has Itoh.
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Examples of industrial strength finishing and binding machines: Itoh paper cutting machines include the eRC-DX (Robocut Series) of paper cutters featuring a TFT 8.4 inch LCD interactive display screen. This cutter, of paper, is CIP4-compatible. THe Itoh eRC-DX series of computerized paper cutters are an innovation ahead of their time in the print workflow industry for today and the near future. Another example of fine Itoh paper cutter is the RC-DX (Robocut) Series which comes in 4 sizes: 40-1/2 inches, 46 inches, 54 inches, and 63 inches. THe RM-DX (Robocut Monitor) for Paper cutters is comes with a built-in color compouter monitor for easier more accurate operation. The Ioth RU 4.0 and 4.1 Series of unloaders are not paper cutters, but they are unloaders and they are compact, highly efficient unloaders designed to stack up paper sheets on a pallet.
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<h1 class="spam">Folders, Pharmaceutical folding machines, Miniature folders</h1>
<h2 class="spam">Shoei Fully Automated Folding Machines</h2>
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Shoei folders are a winning combination of the best computer technology and automation and folding machine technology in the world. With Shoei-computer assisted folding machines each measurement is automatically taken in seconds to minimize set up time. This increases folding productivity immensely. Shoei folders and pharmaceutical folding machines can easily and quickly adapt to short run jobs, jobs with diversified operations, without stopping. The computer controlled miniature folding system can be installed into any Shoeil folding machine regardless of the number of fold plates or size of the machine. No manual changeover is required for pharmaceutical folders by Shoei, nor any manual setting for the mini folding machines.
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<h2 class="spam">Miniature Folding Machines</h2>
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THe SM40 is a miniature folder that is ideal for folding B3 size stock, extra small folds, and for taking pharmaceutical and cosmetic package inserts. The SPT52-4KTT is a compact, computer assisted folder that is fully automatic (automated); a one-piece folder ideal for shops with limited space. It includes automatic size adjustment control and automatic roll pressure adjustment controls on the miniature folding machine. the SRT 74-6/4/4 is a multifunctional computer assisted 6-plate map folder with round feeder. It is Shoei's latest computer assisted miniature folder featuring a round feeder and it can use plates 74 cm maximum in width for a 6/4 map folding.
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<h1 class="spam">Joggers and Jogging Systems</h1>
<h2 class="spam">Kudo MJ-45 Ace Jogger</h2>
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LDR International is the North American distributor for Japanese-manufactured Itoh Paper Cutters. Itoh Paper cutters are by far the best manufactured paper cutters on the market for professional printers and bindery shops. Itoh paper cutters can cut not only paper, but also PS plate, plastic sheet, aluminum board, laminated board, and more. Itoh can provide a customized guillotine to automatically cut the material at irregular angles (trapezoid). Besides paper cutters, Itoh also manufactures loaders, front-loading and side-loading machines, unloaders, and computerized knife trimmers. Whatever your bindery equipment needs for cutting or cutting systems, Itoh has it. And LDR International has Itoh.
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<h1 class="spam">Kudo joggers, Shoei folding machines, Itoh paper cutters</h1>
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LDR International is the oldest division of one-time Portland, Oregon-based Litho Development and Research. LDR International offers quality hardware for paper handling and finishing. LDR International is the exclusive North American importer and distributor of Itoh paper cutters, Kudo joggers, and Shoei folding machines. There products are distributed through a dealer network (#1 Network) and LDR's eight West Coast branches.
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<h1 class="spam">Electronic Prepress: LDR's electronic prepress technology is second to none for printing and print shops</h1>
<h2 class="spam">We provide cost-effective electronic prepress and prepess solutions</h2>
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Our electronic prepress solutions include front-end workstations, OPI file servers, and prepress and pre-flight software, as well as scanners, copy dot scanners, imagesetters (such as those by ECRM, Monotype, and Screen, and Purup-Escofot), platesetters, computer-to-plate systems, proofing and wide-format plotters such as the Epson Stylus Pro 9000, and film processors. We provide service on our electronic prepress equipment, and prepress training.
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<h1 class="spam">Other electronic prepress solutions we provide</h1>
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Other of our electronic prepress solutions -- hardware and software -- include Fusion DFE digital workflow solution (PostScript imaging out to proofers, plotters, platesetters, and imagesetters), Xinet FullPress OPI workflow, file sharing, cross platform communications, Harlequin ICC profile processor and full color maanagement (HFCS) and Scriptworks RIP system; Also Flashnet and Webnative for backups across the network, various SGI (silicon graphics inc) server configurations including DLT jukeboxes, RAIDs, switches, battery and UPS backup systems. Various Screen boxes (filmsetters and film image plate setters). Now that's electronic prepress for you! Professional, commercial duty.
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<h1 class="spam">Computer to Plate: LDR is the premium provider of Computer-To-Plate (CTP) Technology to the graphic arts industry</h1>
<h2 class="spam">What does Computer to Plate (CTP) mean?</h2>
<p>Computer to plate means that your computer to plate digital computer to plate files transfer directly to computer-to-plate aluminum plate at 2400 dpi or more or less (depending on the computer to plate CTP equipment you use). Computer to plate means you get to computer to plate press faster. You don't need to use non (CTP) computer to plate cameras nor non computer-to-plate (CTP) stripping work.
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<h1 class="spam">Direct to Plate is another word for Computer to Plate: LDR offers direct to plate technology.</h1>
<p>Direct-to-plate printing, also known as computer-to-plate printing, cuts out one of the steps involved in traditional printing. Traditional printing, aka offset lithography printing, produces film on an imagesetter. A metal plate (imagesetting plate) is made from that film.
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<h1 class="spam">Computer-to-Plate Experts: LDR International</h1>
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It means no longer waiting for non computer to plate film in order to see computer to plate proofs. With computer to plate (CTP) technology, your computer-to-plate edits, computer-to-plate updates, (CTP) computer-to-plate reprints are effected with ease and speed compare to non computer to plate technology and non computer to plate processes as are the norm in pre computer to plate days and pre computer to plate converted printing shops. Computer to plate means computer to plate speed, CTP cost effectiveness and computer-to-plate accuracy. What are you waiting for? Get computer to plate technology now.
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<h1 class="spam">Electronic publishing and consumables experts: LDR International</h1>
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LDR International is a leading value-added source of electronic publishing solutions, equipment, and consumables for the graphic arts industry. For 37 years now, LDR International has been serving the graphics art sector with such products and services as presses, bindery equipment, consumables, inventory management, and environmental chemical compliance solutions (chemistries). LDR provides products, services, and solutions to the graphic arts and printing industry both nationally and internationally. Indeed, LDR is the largest graphic arts distributor on the West Coast of the United States.
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<h1 class="spam">Shinohara Machinery Corporation, shinohara sheet-fed offset color presses</h1>
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Shinohara produces quality, commercial duty, professional sheetfed offset color printing presses for the printing and graphic arts industry. As of year 2000, the company Shinohara has been in business for over 80 years. Shinohara is located in Japan and has produced many varieties of sheetfed offset printing presses that offer superb print quality, low maintenance, and fast makereadies. Heidelberg printing presses and Komori sheet-fed offset color printing presses have nothing over the Shinohara line of presses.
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In the market for a digital offset sheetfed color printing press? Compare Shinohara to Heidelberg digital sheetfed presses and Komori offset color presses. Shinohara offers the simplest most cost effective solution to go from digital prepress to on-press color makeready. Here's the lifecycle in a nutshell: Prepress Production software on say a Macintosh computer, via Network 100 BaseT ethernet LAN, to a CIP3 (committee for prepress, press, and postpress) converter, which can be a Windows NT Shinohara CIP3 Station, to a Shinohara printing control console, to a Shinohara model 52, 66, 74, or 104 color printing press. Now compare this prepress to press to postpress process to that of a Heidelberg. Heidelberg is more complex. It goes from a prepress production software over a Network 100 BaseT ethernet connection to a CPC32 converter, then to a CPC51 converter, then to a printing control console, then to a Heidelberg printing press. Komori's digital prepress to press to postpress process is the msot complex of all. It goes from a prepress production software system over the 100 BaseT ethernet line to a CIP3 converter on a Windows NT or 95 or 98 system, to a Macintosh (!) which writes to a magnetic card writer, then via the magnetic card to a printing control console, finally to the Komori printing press. Whew! complicated digital press lifecycle.
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<h1 class="spam">CIP3: prepress, press, postpress</h1>
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Shinohara's line of color printing presses are CIP3 compliant. CIP3 (committee or cooperation for prepress, press, and postpress) is a growing initiative in the printing and prepress industry over the last couple years to combine the process of press, prepress and postpress and thereby streamline print production. This combination of functions is a giant step forward toward integrating the manufactury of printing materials (read books, pamphlets, leaflets, flyers, catalogs, you name it) by computers. Aka computer integrated manufacturing (CIM). Thus the digital, because computers are digital systems. So you could also say digital integrated manufacturing of printed material. The Fraunhofer Institute for computer Graphics in Western Germany, together with several press makers (including Heidelberg) is responsible for creating CIP3. CIP3's base technology is print production format (PPF), whereby related printing information or data is shared acrosss processes and systems. CIP3 PPF for long.:w
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<h1 class="spam">Model 52 II and 52IIP Offset Color Printing Presses</h1>
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Model 52 II is a two-color sheet-fed offset color printing presses. "52" because it supports 370 x 520 mm sheets. That's 520 or 52x10 mm of wider stock range. The maximum sheet size and printing area of the 52 two-color series have been increased to 370mm x 520 mm (14-9/16" x 20-15/32") and 360mm x 510mm (14-11/64"x20-5/64"). The minimum sheet size in single-sided mode (II) is A6-type postcard -- just 100mm x 148mm (3-15/16" x 5-53/64"), and stocks of thicknesses from 0.04mm to 0.4mm (0.0002" to 0.016") can be run at rates of up to 12,000 IPH. This wide range of paper sizes and thicknesses for the 52II and 52IIP sheetfed press means greater throughput and increased business opportunities for printing companies and printing subdepartments. The "P" in 52IIP stands for reverse out or duplex or double-side or two-side printing of the offset press.
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<h2 class="spam">Standard Features of Model 52 II/P Offset Color Printing Presses</h1>
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Standard features of the Shinohara model 52 II and IIP two-color printing presses include preloading feeder pile, mechanical double-sheet detector, electronic double-sheet detector, feeder timing microadjustment, skewed-sheet detector, overrun sheet detector, remote ink fountain roller sweep adjustment, split ink fountain blade, continuous dampening system, remote dampening roller speed control, dampening solution refrigeration and circulation device, automatic alcohol supply system, operator-side impression adjustment dial, sheet decurler, delivery static eliminator, spray powder device, faulty delivered sheet detector, ani-marking system (star wheel), and POD touchscreen.
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<h2 class="spam">Optional Features </h2>
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Optional features include side guide detector, anti-static blower on feeder head, integrated brush and wheel adjustment, dampening fountain solution mixing device, ceramic dampening fountain roller, ghosting reduction form rollers, hickey picker blade, Shinohara semi-automatic plate changer (SPC), plate cylinder cocking system, quick plate clamp system, register pin system, automatic blanker washup system, anti-marking system on the no. 2 impression cylinder of the 52IIP, non-stop delivery, radial perforating device, tab inserter, anti-marking system (super blue or ICP), swing-away unit (imprinting and numbering).
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<h2 class="spam">Precision Offset Two-Color Printing </h2>
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In printing, everything begins with precision. Sturdy components, advanced manufacturing, and a unique foundry have given Shinohara sheetfed model 52 offset color printing presses a reputation for extraordinary precision. Heidelberg or Komori printing presses have nothing over the 52 two-color press.
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<h2 class="spam">Automation of the Sheetfed Offset</h2>
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Today, runs are shorter, changeover more frequent, and customers more demanding. In response, Shinohara 52 2-color series' high level of automation helps to increase printing press cycle time, reduce offset workload, and boost color printing productivity.
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<h2 class="spam">Flexibility of Larger Sheets in Imprinting</h2>
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The Shinohara 52II (2 color single-sided) and 52 IIP (2 color duplex, or double-sided, or reverse out, or perfector) accept large sheets, and are loaded with optional features (see above), allowing print shops, printing departments, at for instance colleges or univerisities, or commercial shops, a wider range of services for your sheet-fed demanding customers. Expand printing and imprinting business to include color postcards, numbering, imprinting, and much more.
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