How to economize and improve quality thanks to Système Chromatique

Quality is never by accident, and it’s usually the result of intelligent effort, attention to details coupled with unrivaled technology. On this regard, the Italian service centre Fotolito Varesco has been able to achieve superb print quality, substantially reduce print costs and optimize its production time thanks to Système Chromatique.
Ideally located in Auer, the gateway to the Dolomites, in the northernmost and autonomous region of South Tyrol/ Südtirol, Italy, Fotolito Varesco is a modern, full-cycle printing company, founded in 1970. The region, known not only for its history, but for its wine tastings, apples and gastronomic festivals, offers Fotolito Varesco the possibility to print supply some important regional clients, as well as international. Being a full cycle company, it also prints Die Neue Südtiroler newspaper, which is one of the most widely, read newspapers of the region by German speaking people. varisco2
Equipped of a Dalim workflow, a conventional plate Basys CTP system, three Heidelberg Speedmaster offset machines 35×50 and 70×100, 4 and 5 colors with varnish, supported also by a digital print machine and a binding department, additional production of Fotolito Varesco includes high quality magazines and catalogues for the tourism sector, as well as photographic and gastronomic books.
In printing this kind of matter, it is known how difficult it is to maintain uniformity and neutral gray balance. This usually results in long make-ready times to ensure reliability when copying color proofs in print.

Test cart with Système Chromatique

Test cart with Système Chromatique

The work philosophy of Système Chromatique is to economize, whilst increasing print quality; for this reason it is a revolutionary color flow system which considerably reduces make-ready and production times, as well as ink and paper consumption. In fact, for Fotolito Varesco, printing is now easier and less expensive; ink consumption has been reduced by approx 20%, print production has improved by approx 15%, make-ready reduced to just 15 minutes and paper waste during make-ready down to only 100-150 copies for high quality jobs.

Thanks to his innate passion for quality, Klaus Pircher has always been attentive and supportive to increase print quality at Fotolito Varesco, though it is also his business duty. Système Chromatique proved to be the perfect solution to differentiate the company’s production from a range of standardized products in today’s competitive market, confirming that quality is a culture fact and lies within the passion of people, binominal to the quality of the superb wine produced by  Christoph Lentsch, the owner of Fotolito Varesco.