Texas Tech to Add Another Large Offset Press

In 2008, the shop greatly expanded its digital capabilities, purchasing an HP Indigo 5500 press and an Epson 9880 wide-format printer along with several other machines. Among the additions was an Epic Products CT-660 UV coater, which also performs off-line UV coating duties for ROLAND 300 output.

“Unlike the commercial sector, where you can find a niche and specialize, we remain generalists here,” says Smith. “The lion’s share of what we do is on white coated paper with lots of color for brochures, booklets [and] magazines. The majority—probably 90 percent—is four-, five- or six-color work. Texas Tech’s school colors are red and black, so when we do print two-color, we’re looking for nice black solids. This press really does the job.”