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Advance-DSF Upgrade
Advance-DSF Upgrade — female-only pack to add Advance-DSF (Direct Surface Feed) digital print capability to existing Tri-Creaser tools
The problem
The problem we solve
On digital and laminated work the outside of the fold can look perfect while the inside flakes — toner and coatings crack along the inside of the crease, ruining otherwise good jobs and risking missed deadlines or the cost of an outsourced letterpress score.
How it works
How the Advance-DSF Upgrade works
How the Tri-Creaser Advance kills inside-fold flaking: its female hub holds a series of plastic double-scoring ribs that not only form the crease width but apply a light score either side of the underside bead — ironing out the fold areas that flake on digital stock. With three super-soft male creasing ribs and three female split double-scoring rings, it makes products look great inside and out.
Before
AfterProven worldwide
What printers say
“We had a difficult job and the outside looked great but the inside was flaking. I ordered a new Tri-Creaser Advance, was so impressed, I ordered two more the next day. They really work great. We delivered that job on time and it saved us from getting a letterpress score and missing a deadline.”
“We run a 300gsm silk job for a perfume brand. The job is laminated on the outside but not on the inside. The Tri-Creaser Advance gives a beautiful square crease result on the inside of the fold by producing a deeper impression. The Tri-Creaser Advance is an improvement even on previous versions.”
“The Tri-Creaser Advance makes my life easy. It gives us a big advantage, enabling us to crease heavier stock on the folding machine without putting it on the cylinder.”
For digital printers
Built for digital print finishing
For digital and sensitive stocks: the Tri-Creaser Advance. As paper and digital print have changed, a new problem has appeared — inside-fold toner flaking, where toner lifts either side of the crease line after folding, whatever creasing method is used.
The Tri-Creaser Advance is the world's first and only folding-machine solution designed to prevent fibre cracking on the outside of the fold and tackle inside-fold toner flaking at the same time. It uses softer, more gentle creasing ribs and a female hub fitted with double scoring rings that iron out the problem areas either side of the main crease.
It's available as a complete tool, or as an upgrade that works with your existing Tri-Creaser Fast-Fit or Easy-Fit male component — so your products look great on the inside and the outside.
Versions & fitting
Advance-DSF Upgrade versions
The Advance comes two ways: a complete tool for first-time users, or an upgrade female that drops onto your existing Fast-Fit or Easy-Fit male component — so you can add inside-flaking protection without replacing what you already have.
Fits your machine
Engineered for the world's machines
We make a Advance-DSF Upgrade to fit machines from 9 manufacturers, including:
Risk-free
The Tech-ni-Fold five-tier risk-free guarantee — no one in the industry offers anything as powerful: 1. If our products are not as easy to use as we say, and don't save you hours of time, send them back for a full refund. 2. If our creasing products do not eliminate fibre cracking on materials from 85–350gsm, send them back for a full refund. 3. If after three whole months you are not satisfied for any reason — or no reason at all — send them back for a full refund. 4. If after 12 months the product hasn't saved you more than five times its cost, return it for a full refund (just photograph it on your machine first to show you tried it). 5. Every product carries a full 3-year workmanship guarantee — if a device malfunctions in any way in the first three years, we replace it immediately at no cost.