A new saddlestitcher for digital print applications with upgraded  controls and the option of copy-specific cover feeding will be shown at the Hunkeler Innovationdays event.

Muller Martini introduced its ‘digital-ready’ Presto system at DRUPA last May.

At the Hunkeler event in Lucerne, Switzerland on February 11–15, the Presto II Digital will be shown with a high-performance folder, two signature feeders, a cover folder feeder, the stitching machine and a three-knife trimmer, in combination with an unwinding system, a fold/merge module and a cross cutter from Hunkeler.

Three different products will be produced live in a continuous run at the trade fair stand, with a copy-specific cover as required.

The company’s print finishing systems marketing director Dragan Volic says quality expectations for digitally printed saddle stitched products are just as high as for conventional print products: “With the Presto II Digital we can offer the customary first-class stitching quality and all the finishing options enabled by our flexible modular design.”

High trim quality, centere cutting, film wrapping and palletising are among possibilities offered for digitally printed products.

Saddle stitchers which have signature feeders for conventional use can be expanded for use in digital printing. “Switches between the two production types and combined products – such as a combination of digital and conventional signatures and selective cover feeding –  are possible at any time,” he says.

As a first configuration, the machine can be loaded from a preprinted roll, fitted with folding modules for multipage signatures or equipped for single-sheet processing. It can also be used as an integrated inline solution, with Connex data and process management taking control.

Pictured: The Presto II Digital for digitally printed products