In the early 1990s, the printing industry faced a major transformation. Print runs became shorter, deadlines became tighter, and quality standards began to tighten. It became clear that the industry could no longer rely on the same work processes as in the 1980s — with analogue plates and numerous manual steps to prepare intermediate images...
Our story today is about a sheetfed offset printing machine that was not destined to live a long and happy life. It was produced for a very short period of time – from 1984 to 1994, but it is notable for the fact that it was an attempt by Heidelberg to gain a foothold in...
With the advent of relatively inexpensive plate exposure devices in the mid-2000s, the popularity of Computer-to-Print machines, where each print unit was equipped with a separate laser head, began to decline. It should be recalled that such machines had been developed by both Heidelberg and a number of other equipment manufacturers since the late 80s...
Few people today remember who produced the first industrial printing machine that could do away with the long manual process of making printing plates. In the meantime, it was also the good old Heidelberger Druckmaschinen with its legendary model GTO. Today we will look back at this curious configuration, which became the forefather of today’s...
Writing the history of one of the most interesting machines in Heidelberg’s history is quite a challenge. After all, the Heidelberg GTO is not just a printing press. If you needed a non-standard job that could not be done by conventional means – the Heidelberg GTO is at your service! A thick book could be...
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