Miami-Dade GSA Print Shop Shows Off Ballot Printing

The in-plant at the Miami-Dade General Services Administration (GSA) opened its doors to the media this morning to show off its new Heidelberg four-color Speedmaster CD 74, which is in the process of printing ballots for the November 4 General Election. Printing the 3.2 million ballots in-house will reportedly save the county $320,000 compared to commercial vendor bids.

Included in the demo will be a look at the platemaking process, accomplished using a Heidelberg Suprasetter A74 platesetter, which runs Saphira Chemfree thermal plates. A county press release stressed that the print shop no longer accumulates toxic chemicals that require special disposal. What’s more, the new press uses environmentally friendly vegetable inks.

Watch for the full story on this in-plant in the October issue of In-Plant Graphics.