Bindery Overhaul at CSU San Bernadino

“We can do 250 10-page books in 20 minutes,” Sicklesteel says. “It’s making our life a whole lot easier. I don’t have to worry about human error; automation is the way to go.”

The in-plant also added a new duplicator for its short-run carbonless jobs. Its old Savin/Ricoh JP 8500 wasn’t registering and Sicklesteel couldn’t depend on it. Now the shop has a Riso 390, which Sicklesteel says is much more dependable for an in-plant that has a turnaround time of a day or less for the majority of its work. Of that work, almost 75 percent arrives via the in-plant’s Web site.