Motek Treadle Press: Rejuvenating Old Letter Printing Press
About the Practice
The treadle presses, using letterpress types based upon the ?Platen & Bed? theory, were slower and produced poorer quality printing. His lack of knowledge, training or experience did not deter him as he went about painstakingly developing the Motek printing press, conceiving and optimizing all components. In 1997, it occurred to him how he could convert his treadle press to deliver offset class output. He spent an entire frustrating year developing his novel kit, searching in local markets and incessantly trying out different chemicals and polymer sheets to deliver the desired quality. He tested the product and also tried out impressions on paper, board and plastic. Finally, he succeeded in 1998 when he standardized its parts and working.
Detail:
Motek India printing technology is a low cost, cutting-edge, upgradation tool for most printing machines, which use conventional treadle press and are unable to deliver quality output. A number of devices and techniques have evolved since the invention of printing. US patent No 7021213- April 2006 describes a printing method comprising the steps of mounting an underlay sheet on a plate cylinder of a printing press, and providing, on the underlay sheet, a printing plate material comprising of a plastic sheet support, and provided thereon, a hydrophilic layer, an image formation layer and a backing layer. Here in this Motek India printing technology, the innovation lies in the unique technique of registering computer printed images using an exposure unit onto a screen unit. Printing material is pressed by an inked custom-built polymer sheet holder, fitted into existing treadle press. It enables printing on various media by impact action. Mono or multi-colour half tone output can be generated using existing treadle press inks. The attachment kit is convenient, user-friendly, requires very little maintenance and can be added to any working treadle-printing machine to get results comparable to desktop publishing up to the range of 300 to 450 dpi.
About the Innovator
Address: Bhilai, Chhattisgarh
City: Bhilai
State: Chhattisgarh
PIN Code 490001
Website: http://nif.org.in/innovation/Motek_Treadle_Press_rejuvenating_-old_-letter_-printing_-press/318
Practice Details
Link: Other important features included are that it can be operated by pedal or motor, can handle any paper size and can also be used to print on plastic surfaces such as polybags. This kit also offers multifunction facility i.e. one can use both letterpress types as well as Motek India printing kit at the same time. Another important feature is that a single operator can get all the jobs done on the machine.
Manufacturing Capacity: d) Licensing, e) Franchising
Problem Scale: 1) India
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