Creo staccato screening is being widely adopted across the industry
Commercial printers, folding carton producers, heat-set web publication printers and newspaper printers across Australia and New Zealand are turning to Creo’s stochastic screening technology for productions savings and higher quality printing.
The revolutionary imaging technology continues to convert industry professionals across a wide range of printing processes because of the enhancements it delivers to everyday production values. Shorter run-up times, greater densities producing vibrant, brighter colour, increased stability during a print run and finer screen resolutions are some of the benefits that early adopters are reporting.
Staccato sharpens Focus Press
Adopters such as innovative commercial printer David Fuller of Focus Press in Sydney’s Strathfield, who has moved his prepress 100 per cent across to Staccato.
“We started experimenting with stochastic screening a few years ago and made the switch completely about ten or twelve months ago. I particularly like the fact that it saves us a load of ink. We print with a 20-micron dot and the results are superior to a 300 line screen ruling. I can’t say enough good about it,” he said.
He also reports that on one poster printing job alone the amount of waste paper over the year has reduced from 18 tonnes to less than two, a massive saving and one that as a leader in the push for cleaner printing he’s particularly pleased with.
“We use it with soy inks on no-alcohol presses and the results are outstanding. I believe stochastic screen printing will be the industry standard.”
Staccato folding cartons in New Zealand
Across the Tasman, Graham Cunningham of Preprint Studio Ltd has just completed an intense two-month qualifying procedure for his folding carton-packaging customer, Amcor Cartons. He is gearing up for the first production runs in about ten days time but the extensive trials have convinced everyone that stochastic screening is the way to go.
“The Creo technology is the only one that gives us an increased colour gamut. This is important when you’re printing cartons. We expect these packages to stand-out on the supermarket shelves with much brighter colours. The process also gives us less colour variation over the whole length of the production run, which makes it much easier for the printers.”
Preprint Studio Ltd has verified the first press at Amcor cartons, a Roland 700, for the screening and created specific density curves for the printing plates. Graham maintains the screening allows him to produce a better result on photographic images.
Staccato heatset colour at Offset Alpine
One of the first adaptors of the Staccato technology was heatset web producer, Offset Alpine Printing in Sydney.
Production and Client Services Manager Craig Dunsford said, “We’ve been using Staccato very successfully for quite some time now. However we are selective on where and when it is used as it does not necessarily suit all jobs. We select the most appropriate screening to ensure the best possible printed result for our clients. Staccato provides us with another option.”
A screening for every process
Creo Staccato screening is sweeping the entire graphics industry and is well on its way to becoming a de facto standard. Certainly in Europe and North America more printers and repro houses are discovering that Staccato delivers higher standards of printing while reducing start-up time and waste as well as allowing for reduced ink usage.
The success of Staccato screening is revolutionising the industry, according to Steve Dunwell, Sales and Marketing Director, Creo Australia, New Zealand (pictured below).
“The adoption of Staccato amongst our customers has been astounding; the benefits in the pressroom have considerably out-weighted the implementation costs. The quality, consistency and repeatability of print runs from first sheet to last is guaranteed. We see this technology as further revolutionising the print production industry. Creo’s unique technology gives our customers the competitive edge over their competitors, and when it is all about differentiation, this is the key.”
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“We started experimenting with stochastic screening a few years ago and made the switch completely about ten or twelve months ago. I particularly like the fact that it saves us a load of ink. We print with a 20-micron dot and the results are superior to a 300 line screen ruling. I can’t say enough good about it,” he said.
Across the Tasman, Graham Cunningham of Preprint Studio Ltd has just completed an intense two-month qualifying procedure for his folding carton-packaging customer, Amcor Cartons. He is gearing up for the first production runs in about ten days time but the extensive trials have convinced everyone that stochastic screening is the way to go.
One of the first adaptors of the Staccato technology was heatset web producer, Offset Alpine Printing in Sydney. 
“The adoption of Staccato amongst our customers has been astounding; the benefits in the pressroom have considerably out-weighted the implementation costs. The quality, consistency and repeatability of print runs from first sheet to last is guaranteed. We see this technology as further revolutionising the print production industry. Creo’s unique technology gives our customers the competitive edge over their competitors, and when it is all about differentiation, this is the key.”