Plockmatic BLM5000

A new kind of booklet making system that combines robust and reliable performance with a new range of applications, including landscape format, 2-up and more.

Digital presses can now produce more documents in a wider range of formats than ever before. And print operations face the challenge of producing more jobs with shorter run lengths profitably. Professional, cost-effective and versatile inline solutions are a critical success factor.

The all new Plockmatic BLM5000 series is a flexible booklet making solution for mid-to-high volume production environments. It provides high quality booklets in a wider range of sizes than ever before. And does it a with a great return on investment.

Canon production printing systems support long sheets. Combined with the new BLM5000 series, you no longer need expensive and complex equipment to produce landscape and oversize booklet formats. You can now give your customers more ways to tell their stories.

Staple or Stitch production

The booklet maker is available in four versions – the BLM5050 and BLM5035 with two maintenance free staple heads and the BLM5050s and BLM5035s with up to four stitching heads*.

Customers can further tailor their system to finish an even wider variety of two up booklet sizes. The stitching version also helps optimize media usage, increase throughput, and decrease turn around time by enabling 2-up printing of smaller sizes*.

*Four stitch head configuration and BLM5050s not available in EMEA region

Key Features

• Makes A4 / letter sized full bleed square folded landscape booklets
• An ‘’S’’ version available with stitch heads for heavy production sites
• Makes professional 200-page (or 140 page) stapled or stitched and square folded booklets at or near rated engine speed. Available in a 35 or a 50-sheet version
• Configured with 2 or 4 stitch heads for more production-oriented sites*
• Supports up to 350 gsm media coated or un-coated for a wide variety of applications
• SquareBack and Bleed trim capabilities
• In-line system is fully integrated with Canon document systems for easy operation.
• Off-Line mode enables manual booklet making. An optional Convenience Feeder with a capacity of up to 800 sheets can be used to feed covers, or used as an alternative feed point.

*Four stitch head configuration not available in EMEA region

The BLM5000 series is compatible with the following Canon imagePRESS print engines:

Inline or Offline using the same inline module*

This makes the system incredibly versatile. The BLM5000 can not only be installed inline with a Canon printer, it can now also be installed with a Plockmatic VFX feeder as an Offline or Nearline configuration. Start off with an inline configuration and then transition to an offline configuration at a later stage if that suits your workflow better, this means that you no longer need to decide in advance if you want an inline or offline solution.

*Offline configuration not available in EMEA region