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March 2005
Even before its launch, the brand new Kimosetter 410 desktop CTP solution is already making waves around the
world. Kimoto's international manager came to New Zealand last month to help show smaller and medium printers
here just how affordable and important CTP can be to their businesses.
As a company with decades of experience in the graphic arts market, Kimoto’s 2000 launch of its original desktop
CTP model, the Kimosetter, came with considerable expertise behind it. Now in 2005, with its latest model about
to hit the market, more small and medium printers will be able to to take advantage of its simplicity and
affordability.
With different countries comes different level of expertise among small printers, and the high level of expertise
and technology in New Zealand has meant a strong interest in simple, affordable CTP.
The first model in the Kimosetter range was launched ad Drupa in 2000, and had immediate success, selling more
than 1000 units in the United States alone.
During their recent visit to New Zealand, Kimoto's international manager Yoshihiro Oshio and channel development
manager Australia and New Zealand, Bill Jones, together with APM’s Alex Peters, showed off the latest model in
the Kimosetter range, the Kimosetter 410, which is just hitting the market now.
In Australia alon, more than 20 orders were taken for the new model before it was even launched.
The benefits of the Kimosetter, Hiro says, are that is saves time and saves money. With the Kimosetter, customers
are able to turn out more plates and produce more print than ever before.
And customers have been astounded at the plate quality, according to Bill. The Kimosetter produces resolution of
106 lpi but because it is first generation on plate, the quality of the plate and print looks superb.
"The key concept is 'desktop'" Hiro says. "The footprint of the Kimosetter is very small, with the machine able to
sit directly beside the designer's computer and able to image immediately once the design is ready." It takes
about three minutes for a plate to be imaged.
The new model Kimosetter 410 for 52cm size machines opens up an entirely new range of options for printers, covering
a far greater range of presses that its predecessor and producing plates for the all-important GTO machines.
Local distributor APM says there has been considerable attention paid to the new model Kimosetter 410 in this
country. The previous model Kimosetter 340 made an instant impact in New Zealand, and the extra versatility of the
410 is expected to make it even more porular.
"There has already been enormous interest from all parts of the country in this new Kimosetter," APM's Alex Peters
says. "We expect it will do a lot to make the lives of small printers easier."
With more than 3000 units installed worldwide, Kimoto has firmly established its place in the world of CTP. And now
that the new model platesetter has opened up possibilities for many more printers, it can expect that figure to grow
substantially.
Another significant benefit for printers looking to invest in the Kimosetter solution is the ability to bundle both
plates and platesetter from the one supplier. Kimoto has long experience in producing graphic arts film and
successfully transferred knowledge to plate production with the introduction of the first Kimosetter in 2000. In New
Zealand, APM will sell both plates and platesetters, and customers will be able to obtain both from the same source.
From an environmental point of view, Kimoto is near the top of the heap. Its plates use no chemicals, so nothing down
the draing and its plates are recyclable. Its manufacturing plants in Japan are all ISO 14000 environmental rated.
Photo: (left - right) Alex Peters of APM, Bill Jones and Kiro Oshio from Kimoto and Graham Judd of GTO Printers with
the Kimosetter 410.
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