Digital Printing-Digital Offset

Palm Beach County’s Graphics Division swapped its Canon imagePRESS C7010VP for a Presstek 52DI digital offset press.

Mercury Print Productions, Rochester, NY, will be taking delivery of the first B1-format Landa S10P nanographic digital press in the U.S. on Nov. 10, with plans to having the perfecting press up and running in about one month.

A Texas Water Utility In-plant has installed a certified pre-owned Presstek 34DI direct imaging offset press. The decision to get the press came after the Communications department decided to redesign its two-color monthly customer newsletter as a four-color publication.

In mid-2016, the in-plant at a Texas-based drinking water and sewage utility starting working with Presstek to secure a certified pre-owned Presstek 34DI direct imaging offset press to replace its two-color ABDick 9995. It was expected to be a smooth installation, despite the fact that the in-plant had to hire a crane to lift the 10,000-lb. […]

To capture more four-color recruitment work, Valdosta State University Printing and Copying Services installed a four-color press.

Frank Oliver, print shop supervisor at Delaware-Chenango-Madison-Otsego Board of Cooperative Educational Services (DCMO BOCES) Print Shop in Norwich, N.Y., admits his in-plant was actually losing work before investing in a Presstek 34DI.

Producing marketing materials for multiple college campuses is no easy task, but with 36 campuses nationwide, Columbia College needed a way to print a large volume of booklets without increasing its in-plant’s staff.

By installing a direct imaging Presstek 52 DI press, not only did the Print Center at the Colorado Department of Transportation boost its productivity, it also boosted workplace morale.

“The demand for two-color has definitely declined over the years,” remarks Ryan Podeweltz, production print supervisor at Church Mutual Insurance Co. As a result, the one- and two-color Hamada presses at the Merrill, Wis., in-plant were no longer as busy as they once were, leaving the shop’s four employees in a precarious position.

It's a familiar story: an organization needs the space occupied by its in-plant, so the in-plant is sent packing. Most of the time no studies are done on whether this is a cost-effective plan; an administrator just makes the call, leaving the in-plant's customers to deal with the aftermath as best they can.