New Name, New Gear at Ohio State

So much is happening at Ohio State University these days that it might be easier to ask “what’s not new?”

The 71-employee operation has consolidated several departments under a new name, upgraded its digital printing equipment and added a state-of-the-art print management system.

Under the new name UniPrint, the Columbus, Ohio-based in-plant has brought together printing services, copying, document imaging/addressing and the copier lease program. Copying has been moved into the offset facility, and its old space is now a customer service center.

“We gained a synergy by having all of our production in one location,” notes Jeff Dible, assistant director.

Those production capabilities have been enhanced with three new Xerox printers. The shop replaced two 6180s and a 2045 with:

• A new 6180 with an inline GBC fusion punch.

• A Nuvera 144PS with a stacker/stapler.

• A 70-page-per-minute DocuColor 7000.

The 144PS and the 7000 can run stock up to 12x18˝. The 7000, Dible says, will be a good backup unit to the in-plant’s two-year-old Kodak NexPress 2100.

On the shop management end, the in-plant has installed the full Avanti system to provide estimating, production planning, scheduling, billing, job tracking and more. Avanti’s Web ordering application will replace Printable’s online ordering system. It will create a job ticket at the time a job is ordered, and the ticket will follow the job through the plant.