One of the country’s largest in-plants, University of Oklahoma Printing, Mailing and Document Services is thinking big and taking chances.

By Dawn Greenlaw-Scully

Bindery Improvements

The in-plant also added a new standalone perfect binder for the digital press for fast-turnaround, short-run perfect bound books, which permits more work to be done in-house.

"Sub-contracting less makes us stronger," Sarantakos insists.

Another recent purchase was a new business card slitter. "The slitter does 500 cards in three minutes," Sarantakos reports, "whereas it took 10 to 12 minutes to cut that many manually." Plus, he points out, while the slitter is running, attendants are able to walk away from the machine and perform other tasks. A new continuous-feed laminator for four-sided lamination also enables unattended operation.