Digital envelope printing has increased at in-plants, bringing in new business

By Bob Neubauer

The Feeding Frenzy

One issue that comes up a lot when in-plants discuss the differences between digital envelope presses is the feeder. Xanté, the first to actively market its digital envelope press to in-plants, initially used a feeder that pulled envelopes in from the top. Some saw this as a disadvantage compared to the top-loading, bottom-feeding devices from OKI, Intoprint and PSI. With those devices, users could load envelopes while the machine was printing, while Xanté Ilumina users had to wait until the feeder was empty before loading it again.

“That’s definitely a drawback in the older models,” admits Glenda Miley, whose in-plant at Auburn University was one of the first to get a Xanté Ilumina.

Xanté has introduced the TL-30 Top Load Feeder, which holds 500 envelopes and can be reloaded while the printer is running. Xanté now offers both this version and the top-feeding version.

LIKE ANY in-plant manager, Glenda Miley is always on the lookout for new services her in-plant can offer. Still, when the manager of Auburn University's CopyCat operation spotted an ad in IPG for Xanté's Ilumina Digital Envelope Press two years ago, she didn't recognize the opportunity right away. Her first thought was, "We don't print that many envelopes."

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Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 180 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.

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