Katana 5040/5055

Details Katana 5040/5055

Advanced film transport for superior registration accuracy

The Katana 5040 and Katana 5055's improved film transport system assures consistent media placement.
Thanks to this new system, the Katana 5000 series imagesetters offer a remarkable registration accuracy of ±25 microns (±1 mil) for four continuous separations.
This makes it easy to get high-quality four-color printed output every time.

In fact, the Katana's superior registration is more than adequate even for difficult tasks, such as quad output onto a single film.
In quad output, all four colors are output onto a single sheet of media. Quad output saves both time and materials, but requires much greater registration accuracy than standard four-film four-color output.
Thanks to the Katana 5000 series imagesetters' superior imaging and film transport systems, registration is good enough even for high-quality quad output.

 The imaging system consists of a spinning five-facet polygon mirror that transmits the imaging beam through an fθ lens before allowing the beam to reach the media.
The maximum spinning speed of the polygon mirror is 14,400 rpm, which translates across the five facets into an effective spin rate of 72,000 rpm, achieved without the usual accompanying problems of mirror vibration and image deterioration.
The fθ lens is shaped so that it narrows the beam to a small point, preventing distortion of the image even at the edges of the media.

Exceptional quality and productivity

The Katana 5000 series imagesetters features fast data transmission technology.
Their 16-bit Wide SCSI interfaces make possible a maximum data transmission rate of 20 MB per second. The Katana also features a data reception system that can accept data in 2 MB batches.
This approach, enhanced by advanced dedicated buffering technology, supports continuous imaging by assuring data transmission to the imagesetter with a minimum delay.

Superior imaging system

The Katanas' imaging system employs a five-facet polygon mirror that reflects a precision laser diode beam through a specially designed fθ lens to narrow the beam and project it onto an exact point.
This precise imaging system, paired with the Katanas' superior transport system, helps these units image at a quality rivaling that of internal drum imagesetters, even at high resolutions and line rulings.
Best of all, with the Katana 5000 series, the resulting high repeatability and accuracy is available on a variety of media at high speed.

A variety of punch formats

The Katana 5000 series feature a wide variety of punch formats, including optional tail punch support.
Punch formats include Screen, Stoesser, Protocol, Bacher, and Western Lithotech.
Custom punch formats can also be supported.
On-site punch system installation is available, so users can choose to change punch formats even after the unit has been installed.
Internal punch systems take the effort out of registration punching, reducing the strain on oper-ators and increasing productivity even further.

A choice of output media

The Katana 5000 series support media from 10 to 24 inches wide* and can output to a variety of media, including film, RC paper, and flexible plates**.
Flexible plates make it easy to get fast, high-quality four-color plate output right from the Katana 5000 series imagesetters.
The superior repeatability and registration accuracy of the Katana 5000 series imagesetters assure high quality no matter what the media, and flexible plate support makes it easy to create a fully digital prepress production workflow by turning the Katana 5000 series imagesetters into entry-level CTP output devices.
* 10, 12, 14, 16, 18, 20, 22, and 24 inch widths are available for the Katana 5055; 10, 12, 14, and 16 inch widths are available for the Katana 5040.
** Flexible plates can be set in 1 mm increments from a minimum of 254 mm to a maximum of 615 mm.

Optional LD-M1060 processor

The LD-M1060 processor is specially designed for inline use with the Katana 5000 series imagesetters.
A compact unit, it keeps the imagesetter/processor's combined footprint down even further thanks to its bridgeless design.
The processor's internal tank is 20% deeper than those of similar models, making a longer transport stroke possible.
The extra length helps the processor keep up with the Katana series imagesetters'extremely high imaging speeds.
Furthermore, the LD-M1060's advanced processor tank design reduces chemical evaporation to provide more stable processing quality.

High-speed RIPs for better productivity

The Katana 5000 series are compatible with all of Dainippon Screen's advanced RIPs.
The imagesetters' Wide SCSI data interface assures great productivity no matter what RIP is used.
With the combination of Screen's high-quality RIPs and the Katana 5000 series imagesetters, it's easy to get high-quality, full-color A4 2-up or 4-up output.
The Harlequin ScriptWorks-based HQ-510 RIPs feature PostScript ®3™ compatibility and drive the Katana series efficiently.
Trueflow is an advanced workflow system based on the latest core technology from Adobe. Both the HQ-510 RIPs and Trueflow support PDF 1.3 and 1.4 input.