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Web Offset Printing Machines — Textbook & Newspaper Presses by Prakash Machineries

Textbook · high-speed

Sonic.
Season-proof speed.

36,000 textbook copies an hour, all season long.

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Newspaper flagship · up to 8 webs

Newslight.
Built for the deadline.

40,000 copies an hour — in a 700 mm footprint.

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By the numbers

Engineering you can measure.

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Copies per hour · Sonic
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Webs · high-speed quarter-fold
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Colour, both sides
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Machines installed
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Sonic · textbook copies, at 36,000 an hour
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Newslight · newspaper copies, at 40,000 an hour
Two print worlds

Textbook and newspaper.
Engineered separately.

A textbook press and a newspaper press do fundamentally different jobs. Prakash builds two of each — every one tuned to its application.

Textbook printing · Superb & Sonic

Two presses for the textbook world

Superb runs at 30,000 copies per hour — the workhorse for school textbook houses with seasonal volume. Sonic steps up to 36,000 cph for high-volume printers who need throughput without compromising print quality. Both are tuned for the heavier stocks and signature folding textbook work demands.

Newspaper printing · Speedster & Newslight

Two presses for the print-tonight deadline

Speedster handles up to 6 webs at 36,000 cph — built for multi-page dailies. Newslight is the flagship: up to 8 webs at 40,000 cph in a remarkably compact 700 mm footprint, with its own purpose-built folder and tower engineered for the newspaper duty cycle.

Inside the 4-Hi tower

Four colours. Both sides.
One pass.

The web never stops.

Paper threads vertically through four blanket-to-blanket couples — each printing one colour on the front and back of the web at the same instant. No perfecting unit, no second pass: the web enters as blank newsprint and leaves fully printed, on its way to the folder.

Every cylinder is machined and balanced in-house at Faridabad — because at 40,000 copies an hour, registration is a property of the machine, not the operator.

4+4
Colours, both sides
8
Webs, max
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Second passes
Black Yellow Magenta Cyan one couple per colour Inking system Plate cylinder Blanket-to-blanket Web in — newsprint reel Out — printed 4+4, straight to the folder
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Two textbook presses, two newspaper presses. Tap to compare.

Textbook

Superb

Textbook printing · the workhorse

The textbook press for school textbook houses and educational publishers. Built around heavier paper stocks and signature folding — with the print quality publishers expect, at dependable seasonal volume.

30k
Copies / hr
4+4
Colour
Std
Footprint
Textbook · high-speed

Sonic

Textbook printing · high-speed

Twenty percent more throughput than Superb at the same print-quality standard — for high-volume houses clearing seasonal demand fast. A high-speed quarter-fold attachment lets Sonic run up to 4 webs when the season is short and the run is long.

36k
Copies / hr
4
Webs · quarter-fold
4+4
Colour
Newspaper

Speedster

Newspaper · multi-page dailies

Built for newspaper houses running multi-page dailies. Handles up to 6 webs at 36,000 copies per hour — the scale and speed serious newspaper operations need to hit the nightly print window.

36k
Copies / hr
6
Webs
4+4
Colour
Flagship

Newslight

Newspaper · the flagship

Up to 8 webs at 40,000 cph in a compact 700 mm footprint, with its own purpose-built folder and printing tower — engineered specifically for high-page-count dailies in tight floor space. More pages, more speed, less floor.

40k
Copies / hr
8
Webs
700
mm footprint
25+ years of printing engineering

India's trusted web offset manufacturer.

Prakash has been building web offset presses from Faridabad since 2000. Superb, Sonic, Speedster and Newslight are each the product of a quarter-century of refinement — with 1000+ printing machines installed across India and 20+ export countries.

2000
Building presses since
20+
Export countries
4
Purpose-built presses
250k
Sq ft manufacturing
Applications

Who runs Prakash web offset.

From national newspaper houses to school textbook publishers — all on presses built specifically for their work.

National dailies

Tight nightly print windows on multi-web presses.

Regional & vernacular

Language-press dailies needing reliable throughput.

Inserts & supplements

Weekly supplements & advertising-led print.

Export newspapers

Printers across Africa, Middle East & SE Asia.

School textbooks

Seasonal high-volume runs for education boards.

Educational publishers

Course books & reference titles.

Competitive-exam books

Study guides & workbook titles at volume.

Government tenders

State & central textbook tenders, strict deadlines.

From order to commissioning

How a project runs.

A web offset press is a serious commitment. Prakash manages it end-to-end — from technical scoping to your first print run.

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Technical scoping

Share your job mix, paper stocks, run lengths and target output. We pick the series and configuration.

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Manufacture

Press built at our Faridabad facility. Lead times reflect tower count, web width and folder configuration.

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Civil & erection

Foundation guidance, then on-site mechanical erection and electrical integration by Prakash engineers.

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Commissioning & training

Press commissioning, operator and maintenance training, first production runs supervised by our team.

Frequently asked questions

Web offset press — FAQ.

Start with your application. For textbook printing: Superb (30,000 cph) for school houses and seasonal volume, or Sonic (36,000 cph) for high-volume printers. For newspaper printing: Speedster (36,000 cph, 6 webs) for multi-page dailies, or Newslight (40,000 cph, up to 8 webs, 700 mm compact) for higher page counts in tight floor space.
Same textbook application, different throughput tier. Superb runs at 30,000 cph — the workhorse for seasonal volume. Sonic runs at 36,000 cph — about 20% more throughput for high-volume houses. Print-quality standard is the same.
Both are newspaper presses. Speedster handles up to 6 webs at 36,000 cph. Newslight is the flagship: up to 8 webs at 40,000 cph in a compact 700 mm footprint, with its own purpose-built folder and tower — engineered for high-page-count newspaper printing in tight floor space.
Yes. The textbook and newspaper presses support 4+4 colour (four colours each side of the web) through a 4-Hi tower configuration. 2+2, single-colour, and additional-web options are available depending on series.
Price depends on series, web width, tower count, colour configuration and folder type. All four presses are configured to order. Share your application, paper stock, target output and colour requirements and we'll return a configuration and quotation.
All four presses are built in Faridabad, Haryana, India. Standard supply includes foundation guidance, on-site mechanical erection, electrical installation, commissioning and operator/maintenance training. Factory visits are welcome by appointment.

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