On 21 January at 3:25pm the sheet counter on a KBA Rapida 205 with the serial number 001 proudly clocked up its 100 millionth sheet at Ellerhold in Radebeul. This comes only three weeks before the press' tenth birthday.<br />
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However, 100m sheets in ten years is nothing new in sheetfed offset. Some packaging printers hit this mark after just two years. The Rapida 205 in giant format (151 x 205cm/54.4 x 80.7in) at Ellerhold predominantly prints large posters with occasional print runs of ...This story is related to the following:Printing Presses |