Cron’s 60th installation at Parvanda Graphics

Mumbai-based Parvanda Graphics, a start-up pre-press bureau, has spearheaded their operation with a Cron UV CTCP platesetter.

12 Oct 2013 | By PrintWeek India

Hemant Raval, chief executive officer of Parvanda Graphics

Parvanda will cater to printing plate needs of printing presses in and around Parel and Lower Parel areas in Mumbai.

The new CTCP, Cron UVP-4664 EX+ is a 64 laser diode machine which can produce plates at 30pph in max size of 28x40inch (790x1030mm) at 2,400dpi. The platesetter is capable of plotting variable dots at 1,800dpi to 3,000dpi.

Hemant Raval, chief executive officer of Parvanda Graphics, said, “We are excited to start our operation with the installation of the new CTCP. We selected the Cron for the system’s high quality at a low cost proposition. The machine also provides high resolution, is fast and has a bigger plate size compared to its competitors.”

The company uses TechNova Cronos plates.

Raval plans to cater to 150 clientele base which he had formed from his previous venture. “We will fire 350-400 plates per day initially and take it to 700-800 in the next six months,” added Raval.

Describing the qualities – crisper, sharper and clear dots, Raval said, these are achieved because the construction of this system, which is similar to thermal CTP technology. “This Cron system has an external drum, which allows the CTCP head technology to expose the plate from a lesser distance, thereby quality imaging on the plates.” He added, “The system can also operate in daylight unlike violet technology, which requires special lighting. “

The kit has been supplied by Mumbai-based Nippon Color.

Jayant Pardiwala, managing director of Nippon Color, said, “Today, CTCP is the cheapest and most affordable technology, which also provides quality output. This system has also an added advantage; one can migrate to thermal technology with a small replacement – an attachment to the head which is done in a day’s time and will allow the customer to migrate from CTCP to thermal technology, should there be a requirement for such a change.”

Nippon Color at present represents Cron, Kodak and Dotline (for newspaper) and has an installation base of 433 platesetters in India which consist of 60 Cron, 62 Dotline (for newspaper) and the rest are Kodak and Screen, which Nippon represented earlier.