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Sakurai 575 SDP press
When all the features on the Sakurai 75 five-colour press with coater and perfector are added up, it is a very impressive machine
By Rod Hayes
The recent open week held at Sakurai's London showroom gave me a wonderful opportunity to refresh my thinking about its recently launched SD 75 series presses. Just after Drupa I made a comment to the effect that I was astonished at the quality and number of new models being launched in the four-up B2 sector.
Refine and focus
I thought the Sakurai range was excellent then and nothing has come up to change my mind since, but the interval has allowed me time to refine and focus my thinking a little. Sakurai also used the open event to show off its 660 model and while it would be tempting to compare the two, I think each press and the markets they serve are sufficiently distinctive and different that little would be gained from the exercise.
Visually the press looks like it is made from fine porcelain, thanks to its ice white colouring and 'buy me' signals abound from it. When all the features are added up on the Sakurai SDP 75, five- colour with coater and perfector it is a very impressive machine. In fact, I was struggling to find anything that actually irritated me. All my instincts suggest that this machine could print to an exceptional standard anything thrown at it.
Double diameter
Why? Well for starters it has a seven o'clock cylinder layout; plate and blanket cylinders...