Imprimerie LVRI
Corbeil-Essonnes, Paris, France.
Online Preset and Closed Loop.
X-Rite measuring technology, KBA sheetfed.
The printers at Imprimerie LVRI rate InkZone Perfect and InkZone Loop as reliable and very easy to use.
Imprimerie LVRI has equipped its KBA Rapida 105 with Ink Zone Loop interfaced with the IntelliTrax scanning system from X-Rite to provide closed loop ink control. In addition, ink preset data for each ink zone is delivered to the press by DI-Plot in conjunction with InkZone Perfect ink preset software. According to the customer, the high data quality means that InkZone gives printers maximum security when operating the system.
State-of-the-art technology behind an old facade
«We think the InkZone solution is a winner.» With this short statement, Fabrice Houillon expresses his enthusiasm for InkZone Perfect and InkZone Loop. Together with his wife Mathilde, he runs Imprimerie LVRI, based in Corbeil-Essonnes to the south of Paris with some 20 employees. Although housed in an old building, this printing company can point to state-of-the-art equipment throughout. In the press room, there is a Rapida 74 with four printing units plus a KBA varnishing unit, and a four-color Rapida 105.
InkZone exceeds expectations
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The X-Rite IntelliTrax is one of the fastest scanning systems. The colour-bar on a 105 cm press-sheet is scanned in just 15 seconds.
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Imprimerie LVRI has been using X-Rite’ ATD scanning technology for color control for the last seven years. Adjustment of the ink keys were not interfaced from the X-Rite ATD directly to the ink console. Make-readies were slower and waste was higher than necessary without the benefit of ink key presetting. The systems installed at LVRI before either lacked the required precision or were unsatisfactory from an operating point of view. Fabrice Houillon eventually found the solution he was looking for in the form of InkZone Perfect for presetting the ink zones and InkZone Loop for closed-loop ink control. When asked about the reasons behind his enthusiasm for this product, Fabrice Houillon’s answer is clear and concise: «The InkZone solution from Digital Information is completely reliable and very easy to operate. Immediately after it was installed, we were able to use the software productively». Fabrice Houillon can also confirm that the system is stable, and that so far there’s been no need for support.
Reliability brings high security
The data for the ink zone preset is calculated by DI-Plot on the basis of a bitmap generated in the RIP imaging device. It is sent direct to the printing press console via Ethernet. Fabrice Houillon points to the high data quality in particular. «We can depend on the JDF files. The values create the required print-job color profile with above-average precision. Our press operators have become very confident with the system, and feel secure when using it. With reduced doctor/ sweep movement, the ink keys can be opened wide. The result is greater latitude when setting the keys with fine adjustments of the correction options.»
Having replaced the ATD with the new IntelliTrax scanner, Imprimerie LVRI also benefits from a high measuring speed. It scans the colour bar on a 105 cm press-sheet in just 15 seconds. InkZone Loop shows the measurement values for each ink unit on the screen’s graphic interface. The press operators themselves will decide on the extent to which they should accept the corrections that the system recommends.
Commitment and quality stay the same
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Mathilde and Fabrice Houillon are the second generation to run the company, which was founded by father Georges Houillon in 1954.
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The foundations of Imprimerie LVRI were laid in 1954 by Georges Houillon. His brother and son Fabrice joined the company some twenty years later, which from then on operated under the name LVR (Lithographie des Vignes Rouges). The printing operation experienced strong growth in the following decade, and in 1985 LVR became LVR International (LVRI).
In the fifty or so years of its existence, Imprimerie LVRI has kept one thing the same: the fulfilment of high quality demands by a committed and professional team of employees.
