The JETLEADER 1500 is an integrated line from the reelstand to the print engine and on to the folding unit. The potential for the system has been greatly enhanced by the development of this variable folder for changing cutoffs between 546mm (21.5”) and 813 (32”) mm. As the pages are printed at right angles to the direction the web runs through the press, the cutoff equates to the page width. A chopper device allows to produce signatures ranging from tabloid to broadsheet.

"Our industry can look forward to the contribution it will make for the future of newspaper production technology," the award recognition says.