Sakurai revives A2 and A1 printing formats

摘要

Charlie Scandrett from Sakurai importer Pressnet says printers can optimise their productivity by using A2 and A1 presses rather than the B2 and B1 format machines. In the mid-1990s, all European manufacturers stopped production of A2 size offset presses (66cm) and concentrated on the B2 format and B1 format. It was reasoned that the two international standard paper sizes, Quad Crown 1020 × 760 and IPS 910 × 650, both fit on these size presses, albeit with some trimming. Sakurai and other Japanese manufactures continued with both the A2 66cm format as well as their 72cm B2 format, because their local market demanded it.