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  • Described by Sun Chemical Europe & US Ink as a "cold-set printers Bible," Press Doctor software is an interactive encyclopedia containing answers to common and not so common lithographic printing problems. Subjects range from the simple: "What is Dot Gain?" to the complex: "Correcting Ink and Water Balance". What's more, related topics are "hyperlinked" so you can work through the various facets of a subject sequentially.
  • Since its introduction in 1993, the Press Doctor series has served as an important educational resource to the printing industry. The current version contains new printing topics as well as enhanced graphics. In addition, the current version is now compatible with MAC, UNIX and PCs. Future editions will contain new topics to help printers further enhance their operations.
  • Quality: Sun Chemical's newspaper inks division is launching its successful SQUIB - Sun Quality in a Box - quality improvement programme across Europe.
  • Launched early in 2001, SQUIB has brought improved quality awareness and performance to over a dozen major UK regional newspaper production centres.
  • Now Sun Chemical aims to offer the quality programme to European newspaper publishers as part of our aim to help reduce the overall cost of print for all our customers.
  • Paul Casey, Sun Chemical's Technical Service Director for Coldset Inks, and the originator of the SQUIB system, is confident that it can operate as successfully in Europe as it has done in the UK.
    • "SQUIB has genuinely helped to put quality at the top of the agenda for many newspaper producers. It is aimed at creating team spirit that will lead to quality improvements, the solution of problems and improved financial performance," Casey said.
  • SQUIB is a specially designed set of materials delivered in a small aluminium case and created to motivate team interaction amongst newspaper production staff and their colleagues from editorial, advertising and administration. Designed for teams of six to twelve, SQUIB asks a participating company to appoint its own team of managers and supervisors on a 24 week programme.  The programme requires attendance at 13 one-hour meetings over the 24 weeks, with those round the table setting their own measurable standards and timetable. The case includes personal organisers, clipboards, CDs, fount and blanket audit sheets, density specifications and quality review forms.
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    • Ifra Colour Club Collaboration
  • The better solution - As part of its strategy to provide a "Total Solution" to printers, Sun Chemical offers an array of materials used in the printing process, such as fountain solutions, blankets, web conditioners, safety gear and colour-measurement tools.
  • Printers want to rely on a single-source supplier for a variety of their supply needs, and not just because it's easier to order. Sun Chemical offers an integrated package of materials formulated and designed to work better together than they do separately.
  • Sun Chemical provides the solution for consumables with WebXtras™.
    • WEBXTRAS™
      • For printers looking to minimize the number of suppliers, reduce inventory levels and paperwork and get more sales support, WebXtras™ offers a complete range of consumable products for the web printer, along with the technical support to back up these products with knowledge and expertise. WebXtras™ strives to be a technical solutions provider, an expert advisor on SHE (Safety, Health and Environment) matters in the press hall and an effective distributor. WebXtras™' goal is to be a printer's first choice for all consumables used in the pressroom.
    • SAS
  • Printing Press Simulator
    • The Sun Chemical printing press simulator is at the Eurolab, Karlstein, Germany, which is about 40km south-east of Frankfurt.
    • The simulator is a fully functioning MAN Roland Pecom press console. All the main controls function exactly as on a working press. The console is fitted with two computer screens. The left screen is the press mimic screen, and just as on a fully functioning press, this shows the main press settings that are controllable from the console. The right hand screen shows the copy being printed, (which is also viewable on the copy board at full size). The trainees are presented with a series of problems which they must correct to complete the exercises.
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    • Engineering service
    • Bulk delivery systems
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