Throughout the plant and office, the MIS system controls all jobs from estimating to production planning, real time data collection for job tracking and scheduling through the factory.
Delivery, cost analysis, stock and invoicing is also handled by the system.
Tharsterns MIS is designed around Microsoft’s SQL dynamic server
Final artwork can be uploaded via the application ‘Enfocus Connect All’ which is available to download for either Mac or PC, or emailed to dtp@pinetownprinters.co.za, or via file hosting services such as Dropbox or WeTransfer.
An outline of artwork requirements and book, journal and diary sizing templates can be found here.
7 Workstations, mainly Apple Mac Pros
Working with incoming print artwork files, data, imposition, pagination pre-flight and proofing.
Data management, systems and estimation
Automated pre-flight, colour conversion, imposition, trapping & ripping
The PDF workflow system for proofing and computer to plate using the ROOM (Rip once output many) system. XMF allows complete print jobs to be switched quickly and easily to alternative presses – whether digital or offset, sending all colour settings to the presses
Colour proofing software to drive Epsons
32 Plates/Hour with autoloader – B1 Plate Size
Computer to Plate system
CIP4 files through Fuji XMF automatically set up inking profiles on the Komori Presses
Colour management for measuring of Epson, Indigo & Komori Litho press in accordance with ISO Standards & ICC colour profiling
Automation software within front-end and back-end applications
Sheet Size: 720 x 1030mm Maximum 16,000 sheets per hour Spectrophotometer & chilled rollers to ensure colour standards & consistency
5 Colour with Aqueous coating and IR dryers JDF complaint, accepts CIP4 files for fast make readies and ink profiling AI (Advanced Integration)
Sheet size 720 x 1030mm and Maximum 15,000 sheets per hour Spectrophotometer & chilled rollers to ensure colour standard and consistency
8 colour printing or 4 colour backing 4 colours per side in 1 pass Accepts CIP4 files for fast make readies and ink profiling AI (Advanced Integration)
Sheet size 720 x 1030mm and Maximum 15,000 sheets per hour Spectrophotometer & chilled rollers to ensure colour standard and consistency
4 colour printing or 2 colour backing 2 colours per side in 1 pass Accepts CIP4 files for fast make readies and ink profiling AI (Advanced Integration)
Sheet Size: 350 x 510mm
1 Colour printing with numbering and perforating for stationery work
Reel Sizes: 240mm,305mm & 340mm Reel Cutoff: 427mm
2 Colour straight printing or 1 colour perfecting each side for pharmaceutical inserts
Max Sheet Size: 482 x 330mm Max image size: 464 x 317mm
7 colour (4 process + 3 spots) – Orange,Violet, Green & White
Full colour variable data capability
7,200 A4 full colour images per hour
Unique liquid HP ElectroInk processing gives offset quality
Affordable short run printing Substrate versatility up to 400 gsm using thick substrate kit
One shot process kit enables printing on synthetic and plastic substrates
Max Sheet Size: 488 x 320mm
Max Image Size: 484 x 308mm
15,000 A4 black & white images per hour
50gsm to 300gsm
Max Sheet Size: 488 x 320mm
Max Image Size: 484 x 308mm
8,100 A4 black & white images per hour
50gsm to 300gsm
64 inch Latex Printer (1.63 metre)
Latex Inks are scratch resistant for printing of indoor and outdoor jobs Colours (8 colours)
Prints are completely cured and dry inside the printer, and ready for immediate finishing and delivery
Epson Stylus 9900 Epson Stylus Pro 9800 Epson SC-T5200
Using Epson Ultrachrome HDR inks for contract proofing and photographic prints with ICC colour profiling
Effective Cutting Area
1,370mm
Acceptable Sheet Width
90 – 1,550mm
Continuous crop mark detection enables the continuous accurate contour cutting of labels and prints
1800 x 1250mm
Various manual & automated screen printing devices
1250 x 940mm
Various manual & automated screen printing devices
Maximum cutting width 137cm
Fully Programmatic cutting system
Maximum cutting width 137cm
Fully Programmatic cutting system
Maximum cutting width 115cm
Fully Programmatic cutting system
Maximum cutting width 89cm
Fitted with Microcut Programming System
Stand alone 3 Knife Trimmer
For 3 knife trimming of books and sewn book blocks
500 Books/Hour
Fully CIP3 programmable
Book-on-Demand Cutter
Board cutter for hard cover boards
Board cutter for hard cover boards
SRA3 Digital Cutting
Digitally cuts business cards, postcards
A4 & A5 leaflets
770 x 560mm
Used for forme cutting, creasing and embossing
700 x 400mm
Used for foiling and debossing of book and diary covers
550 x 350mm
Used for foiling and debossing / embossing
Hot Metal Typesetting
Used for personalised foiling of diary and name foiling book covers
1140 x 800mm
With detachable foiling plate
Used for forme cutting, creasing and embossing and foiling
1350 x 960mm
Used for forme cutting, creasing and embossing
330 x 250mm
Used for small format forme cutting and embossing
350 x 260mm
Used for foiling and kiss cutting
Used for Scoring and Perforating
12 Station Collater
Used for collation for sewn books and pur books
5 Station Collater
Used for collation for stationery
Up to 16 page A4 or 32 page A5
Min 150 x 180 Max 700 x 1000mm
Folds B1 sheets in various combinations
Up to 16 page A4 or 32 page A5
Min 150 x 180 Max 700 x 1000mm
Folds B1 sheets in various combinations
Up to 16 page A4 or 32 page A5
Min 150 x 180 Max 700 x 1000mm
Folds B1 sheets in various combinations
Up to 16 page A4 or 32 page A5
Min 150 x 180 Max 700 x 1000mm
Folds B1 sheets in various combinations
Min 120 x 140mm Max 320 x 650mm
20mm Buckle
High speed small format folding in various combinations (pharmaceutical) with WST encoding system for pharma code verification
Min 80 x 135mm Max 335 x 640mm
High speed small format folding in various combinations (pharmaceutical)
6 Stations, cover feeder, 3 knife trimmer and Perfetto stacking 11,000 cycles per hour
Allows folded sections to be gathered, saddle stitched and trimmed to final size
Stitching of digital and short run books and brochures
Stitching of digital and short run books and brochures
Stitching of digital and short run books and brochures
9,600 cycles per hour sewing machine
Allows collated sections to be thread sewn
24 Stations in-line gatherer, 25 clamp Binder with conveyer 6,000 cycles per hour and HD140 3 in-line knife trimmer
For perfect binding of books, brochures & magazines using hotmelt or PUR binding and three knife trimmed to final size
1,350 cycles per hour
For PUR Binding of books, magazines & photobooks
500 cycles per hour
For PUR Binding of books, magazines & photobooks
500 cycles per hour
Used for perfect binding digital and sewn books
Max sheet size: 760 x 1120mm
50 metres per minute
Thermal film laminate gloss/matt or soft touch finish for high and medium volume litho jobs
Max sheet size: 540 x 760mm
35 metres per minute
Thermal film laminator gloss/matt or soft touch finish for digital and medium volume litho jobs
650mm Laminating Width
Single sided poster film laminator
4 Hole Drilling / punching
For all standard hole patterns and complex ring binder patterns
2 Hole Drilling
For all standard hole patterns and complex ring binder patterns
Punching for twin wire
3-16′ to 1′ Wiro Diameter
Twin Wiro punching & Closing in for calendars, diaries & brochures
1400mm Width
Glue Laminating
Shrinkwraps final printed material for protection
Shrinkwraps single books
Max size: 670 x 390mm
2,400 cycles/hour
Fully automatic case maker with round
cornering
120 cycles/hour
Digitally produces one-off & more cases for photobooks, hard cover books and diaries
1,500 cycles/hour
Book production line, for casing in of hard cover books and diaries, including gauzing,back rounding, head & tail bands and ribbon inserting (Large Books)
2,000 cycles/hour
Casing in of Slimline, A4, A6, Pocket (Small Books)
Inserts ribbon into hard cover books and diaries
Max size: 500 x 430 x 70mm
Book block gluing and lining machine
Heavy Duty
For smashing of book block
For nipping of book block
For gluing of end sheets to the book block
For applying corners to diaries
An assortment of equipment for case making, spine rounding, pressing and casing-in of hard cover