What is the price of a Newslight newspaper printing machine?

Newspaper printing machine price depends on the number of towers, web count (up to 8 webs), folder options, drive system (mechanical shaft or shaftless servo), registration system, and unwind choice (manual stand or SG 50 auto splicer). Share your page count, edition plan, target speed and floor footprint and we'll come back with a tailored Newslight 40 Compact configuration and quotation.

Newspaper Printing Machine | Newslight 40 Compact

Q: What's the maximum production speed of the Newslight 40 Compact?

40,000 impressions per hour at the press, with a folder rated at 40,000 cph — matched to the full press speed, so it never becomes the bottleneck under sustained nightly newspaper production.

Q: What does the 25% power savings actually save me?

A newspaper press runs for decades. The capital cost of the press is the one-time number; the cost of running it is what shows up on every electricity bill. Newslight's 25% lower power consumption compounds over the operating life of the press into one of the largest single line items of savings for a newspaper house.

Q: What cut-off lengths are available?

Newslight 40 Compact comes in 533 mm (21") or 546 mm (21.5") cut-off — the standard newspaper cut-off lengths. The folder supports half-fold (broadsheet), quarter fold, and double parallel fold configurations.

Q: Mechanical shaft drive or shaftless servo?

Mechanical shaft drive is standard — the most reliable and most cost-effective choice for most newspaper houses. Servo shaftless drive is available as an option for printers who need frequent web-path changes, colour-edition changes, or who plan future press extensions and reconfigurations.

Q: What about reel changes during the print run?

The SG 50 auto splicer handles reel changes on the fly — fully shaftless, with PID and diameter compensation, for reels up to 1250 mm. It lifts the new roll from the floor with no hydraulic trolleys needed, using a straight-line paste pattern and a maximum 2-copy splice tail.

Why Newslight 40 Compact

More pages, more speed, less floor space.

Newspaper houses are squeezed three ways: page counts keep climbing, print windows keep shrinking, and floor space keeps costing more. Newslight 40 Compact answers all three on one newspaper printing machine — 40,000 iph at up to 8 webs, in a 700 mm-wide footprint that fits where conventional presses cannot. Engineered end-to-end at our Faridabad facility.

Newslight 40 Compact tower configuration in full production

40,000 impressions an hour.

Maximum mechanical speed of 40,000 impressions per hour. The folder (jaw type 2:2:2) is rated for 40,000 cph — matched to the full press speed, so the folder never becomes the bottleneck. Engineered for the round-the-clock duty cycle of a daily newspaper.

H-type tower footprint showing the 700 mm compact width

700 mm compact — fits where others don’t.

Single width, single circumference design with H-type construction in a 700 mm-wide format. Eight Couple Towers stack into a remarkably small floor plan — ideal for newspaper houses retrofitting into existing buildings, or building new where every square foot of plant counts.

Electrical panel showing Newslight low power consumption

25% less power. For decades.

A press that runs every night for decades. The cost of the press is the up-front number; the cost of running it shows up in every electricity bill for the next twenty years. Newslight 40 Compact consumes 25% less power than comparable presses — lifetime savings that change the economics of newspaper printing.

The defining aggregate

The Newslight folder.

The folder is what turns sustained speed into delivered newspapers. A jaw-type 2:2:2 folder rated above press speed — the aggregate that finishes every impression the eight-couple tower produces, fold after fold, night after night.

Jaw type · 2:2:2 cylinder ratio

Matched to press speed.

The Newslight folder is rated for 40,000 cph — matched to the 40,000 iph press, so the folder never becomes the bottleneck. Half fold, quarter fold and double parallel fold are all standard, with cross perforation and geared slitter available as options.

Jaw-type folder, 2:2:2 cylinder ratio
Maximum folder speed 40,000 cph
Cut-off 533 mm or 546 mm (21″ / 21.5″)
Half fold (broadsheet), quarter fold, double parallel fold
Air-cushioned 70° former, variable-gain RTF
Two sets of nipping rollers, web severer, motorized compensators
Optional: cross perforation with on-run phasing, geared slitter, 8-web provision

40k

cph at the folder

The folder runs at the full press speed. No mid-line bottleneck. Whatever the eight-couple tower produces, the folder finishes.

The power bill you don’t have to pay

25% less power. Every hour. For decades.

The capital cost of a newspaper press is the one-time number; the cost of running it shows up on every electricity bill for the next twenty years. Newslight’s lower power draw is where the real economics live. Here’s the math.

Newslight 40 Compact vs comparable presses

The largest single line item of savings on the press.

Over a 20-year operating life, Newslight’s 25% lower power draw compounds into tens of thousands of kilowatt-hours saved every year — reinvested into your business instead of your electricity meter.

25%

Less power drawn

Newslight consumes 25% less power than comparable newspaper presses — by design, not by de-rating speed.

2× daily

Production windows

A daily paper runs two production windows a day, every day — so the per-hour saving is multiplied across the whole year.

20 yrs

Operating life

Across two decades of nightly runs, the power saving becomes the single largest line item of savings on the press.

Savings are indicative and depend on run hours, page count, tariff and shift pattern. Actual figures are confirmed against your production plan.

Typical configurations

Newslight inline press configurations.

Newslight 40 Compact deploys in multiple inline configurations. The right layout depends on your page count, colour count and floor footprint — from the tightest reel-under-tower layout to a fully extended inline line.

In-line

ARC · ARC · 4-Hi · 4-Hi · Folder · 4-Hi · 4-Hi · ARC · ARC

≈ 24,335 mm length

In-line (extended)

4-Hi · ARC · 4-Hi · ARC · 4-Hi · ARC · Folder · 4-Hi · ARC · 4-Hi · ARC · 4-Hi · ARC

≈ 31,851 mm length

Reel stands 90° behind printing unit

4-Hi × 6 + Folder

≈ 20,855 mm length

Reel stands bear load of printing unit

ARC + 4-Hi × 6 + Folder — tightest footprint

≈ 18,651 mm length

Newslight engineering highlights

Built for the press-tonight deadline.

Six engineering choices that separate Newslight from a generic newspaper press — stable register on every colour across every web, easy plate handling, and the serviceability a nightly-duty press needs.

H-type construction

H-type printing unit construction for maximum print stability. Bearers on all cylinders, precision-class taper roller bearings for true rolling.

Eight Couple Tower

‘H’ Type Eight Couple Tower — 8 RCR (right colour registration) units per tower for stable register on all colours across all webs.

Folder 2:2:2 jaw type

Jaw-type folder with 2:2:2 cylinder ratio, rated 45,000 cph. Half fold (broadsheet), quarter fold and double parallel fold — all standard.

Motorized registration

Motorized lateral and circumferential register as standard. Auto registration with intelligent camera control available as an option.

PLC touchscreen control

PLC-based control with touchscreen console. Recipe storage, on-screen counters, remote diagnostic, and one-click tower addition.

SG 50 auto splicer

Fully shaftless auto flying splicer for reels up to 1250 mm. Straight-line paste pattern, PID + diameter compensation, lifts new roll from the floor.

How the press is built

Newslight — module by module.

The Newslight 40 Compact is organised into integrated systems — printing unit, dampening & inking, folder, unwind and control — each engineered for the newspaper duty cycle, each controllable from a single console.

Module 01 · Printing Unit

H-type Eight Couple Tower

H-type construction for print stability
Eight Couple Tower (8 RCR units)
Bearers on all cylinders · precision-class taper roller bearings
Slit-type plate lock-up (tool-less)
Worm & worm-wheel narrow-gap blanket lock-up
Hard chrome plated / stainless steel cylinders
7-roller ink train with 2 ink forme rollers
Pneumatic on/off control for ink and dampening
Motorized lateral and circumferential register
PU coated ink oscillators (Rilsan optional)

Module 02 · Dampening & Inking

Brushmist / spray dampening

Brushmist dampening system (standard)
Spray dampening system (optional) — reduces start-up waste
Chrome-plated dampener vibrator rollers with rubber forme rollers
Stainless steel water pan trays with inlet / outlet
Lever-type ink keys with swing-down fountain
Remote inking with CIP capability (optional)
Press-speed tracking ductor roller

Module 03 · Unwind — Auto Splicer SG 50

Fully shaftless flying splicer

Fully automatic flying splicer, fully shaftless
For reel diameter up to 1250 mm
PID and diameter compensation
Maximum 2-copy splice tail · straight-line paste pattern
Lifts new roll from the floor — no hydraulic trolleys
Installs inline at 90° or load-bearing under tower
Manual roll stand option with pneumatic disc brake

Module 04 · Folder 2:2:2 & Control System

Jaw folder rated 40,000 cph · PLC control

Jaw-type folder, 2:2:2 cylinder ratio · maximum 40,000 cph
Cut-off 533 mm or 546 mm (21″ / 21.5″)
Half fold (broadsheet), quarter fold, double parallel fold
Air-cushioned 70° former · variable-gain RTF · 2 sets of nipping rollers
Web severer, motorized compensators
Optional: cross perforation with on-run phasing, geared slitter, 8-web provision
PLC-based control with touchscreen console · recipe system
On-screen error logging, remote diagnostic, multilevel permissions
Single-wire deterministic network · one-click addition of new tower
On-screen electronic counters: total, good copy, batch · safety interlocks throughout

Newslight folder — fold types

The folds a newspaper house needs.

The Newslight 2:2:2 jaw folder is configurable for half fold, quarter fold and double parallel fold — the core formats that cover broadsheet dailies, tabloids and high-page-count newspaper work.

Broadsheet (half fold)

Single fold across the long axis. The standard broadsheet newspaper fold.

Tabloid / double parallel

Second parallel fold for tabloid finishing and higher page counts per signature.

Quarter fold (tabloid)

Cross-folded into four sections — the compact tabloid and supplement format for high-page-count editions.

Optional folder upgrades: cross perforation with on-run phasing · geared slitter · 8-web provision · automatic copy counter with preset batch stop.

Technical specifications

Newslight 40 Compact specifications.

Complete spec sheet for the Prakash Newslight 40 Compact newspaper printing machine.

Datasheet Newslight 40 Compact PMPL/WO/NEWSLIGHT-40 Rev. 2026 · Newspaper press

Basic Data
Press type	Web offset, single width, single circumference
Maximum mechanical speed	40,000 impressions per hour
Pages per web	4 broadsheet, 8 tabloid
Cut-off range	533 mm or 546 mm (21″ / 21.5″)
Maximum web width	700 mm
Folder web width range	600 – 915 mm (23.6″ – 36″)
Print configurations	4 + 4, 4 + 2, 4 + 1
Maximum webs	Up to 8 webs (optional provision)
Printing Unit
Construction	‘H’ Type
Tower configuration	Eight Couple Tower
Plate lock-up	Tool-less, slot type
Blanket lock-up	Narrow gap spindle type
Cylinders	Hard chrome plated / stainless steel
Bearings	Precision-class taper roller bearings
Bearers	On all cylinders
Ink train	7 roller, 2 ink forme rollers
Registration	Motorized lateral & circumferential (auto with cameras optional)
Ink oscillators	PU coated (Rilsan coated optional)
Folder
Type	Jaw type, 2:2:2 cylinder ratio
Maximum folder speed	40,000 cph
Folds supported	Half fold (broadsheet), quarter fold, double parallel fold
Former	Air cushioned 70°
RTF	Variable gain
Nipping rollers	2 sets
Unwind / Auto Splicer
Reel splicer	Fully automatic SG 50
Maximum reel diameter	1067 mm (1270 mm optional)
Splice type	Flying splicer, straight-line paste pattern
Splice tail	Maximum 2 copy
Roll lifting	Lifts new roll from the floor — no hydraulic trolleys
Drive & Control
Drive system	Mechanical shaft (standard); servo shaftless (optional)
Control system	PLC with touchscreen console
Diagnostics	On-screen error logging, remote diagnostic feature
Safety	Shear-key clutch / declutch on drive shaft; interlocks throughout
Dampening System
Standard	Brushmist dampening
Optional	Spray dampening (reduces start-up waste)
Power
Power consumption	25% less than comparable presses

Newslight 40 Compact is a single-width, single-circumference newspaper press. Web count, drive, dampening and registration options are configured to your page count and floor plan.

Applications

Who runs Newslight 40 Compact.

Built for newspaper houses — from national dailies to regional vernacular papers — that need flagship throughput in a footprint they can actually fit.

National daily newspapers

National English dailies with multi-page editions and tight nightly print windows.

Regional vernacular dailies

Language-press dailies needing reliable nightly throughput with strong colour quality.

Newspaper houses retrofitting

Houses replacing older presses — the compact footprint fits existing buildings.

Export newspaper houses

Newspaper printers across Africa, Middle East and SE Asia needing modern presses.

Inserts & supplements

Inserts, supplements and advertising-led print operations attached to a daily.

Multi-edition operations

Newspaper houses running multiple regional editions from a single plant.

Cost-sensitive houses

Houses where 25% less power consumption changes the long-run economics.

High-page-count dailies

Dailies running 32+ broadsheet pages where 8-web capacity is the requirement.

Frequently asked questions

Questions about the Newslight 40 Compact?

40,000 impressions per hour at the press, with a folder rated at 40,000 cph — matched to the full press speed, so it never becomes the bottleneck under sustained nightly newspaper production.

Standard configurations support multi-web newspaper printing, with provision for up to 8 webs as an optional configuration. Each web produces 4 broadsheet pages (or 8 tabloid) — so an 8-web setup can produce 32 broadsheet pages per pass.

Most newspaper presses are physically large. The 700 mm single-width, single-circumference Newslight design packs the same throughput into a much smaller floor footprint — making it possible to install a modern newspaper press in retrofits and existing buildings where a conventional press simply wouldn’t fit.

A newspaper press runs for decades. The capital cost is the one-time number; the cost of running it shows up on every electricity bill. Newslight’s 25% lower power consumption compounds over the operating life of the press into one of the largest single line items of savings for a newspaper house.

Newslight 40 Compact comes in 533 mm (21″) or 546 mm (21.5″) cut-off — the standard newspaper cut-off lengths. The folder supports half-fold (broadsheet), quarter fold, and double parallel fold configurations.

Mechanical shaft drive is standard — the most reliable and most cost-effective choice for most newspaper houses. Servo shaftless drive is available as an option for printers who need frequent web-path changes, colour-edition changes, or who plan future press extensions and reconfigurations.

The SG 50 auto splicer handles reel changes on the fly — fully shaftless, with PID and diameter compensation, for reels up to 1250 mm. It lifts the new roll from the floor (no hydraulic trolleys), with a straight-line paste pattern and a maximum 2-copy splice tail.

Yes. The control system is designed for one-click addition of new towers — no reprogramming required. The shaftless drive option (if specified at order) makes future extensions and reconfigurations easier still.

Every Newslight 40 Compact press is built end-to-end at the Prakash Machineries facility in Faridabad, Haryana, India. Mainframes, shafts, rubber rollers, cylinders and bushes are all manufactured in-house on CNC, VMC, HMC and grinder machines to micron-level tolerances.