This paper explores the specific areas where Presstek DI presses offer environmental and economic advantages over conventional offset, digital toner and inkjet printing technologies Presstek DI presses redefine printing and integrate new innovations, which lower its environmental impact while creating new business opportunities for printers.
FRITZ SIMS’ dedication to his customers is best illustrated by an anecdote he tells while sitting in his Camden, N.J., office. A year or so before he became supervisor of Delaware River Port Authority (DRPA) Printing Services, he overheard his previous boss turning away a customer who had brought in a two-color job—even though the shop had recently installed a two-color ABDick 9870 with a T-head. Sims was shocked. The next day his boss went on vacation. Sims called the customer back and invited him to bring in the job. That customer became one of the in-plant’s greatest advocates, and Sims later went on to become supervisor of the six-employee DRPA in-plant. Satisfying customers has been his goal ever since.
HOLDING AN open house is a great way for your in-plant to promote its capabilities and generate new business. All it takes is a little planning. To help you and give you some ideas, we spoke with three California in-plants that have held open houses. San Diego State University (SDSU), California State Polytechnic University-Pomona and California State University-Sacramento built on each others’ experiences to make their events even more successful. In all three cases, open houses were organized around the acquisition of new digital printing equipment. Leslie Rutledge, manager of ReproGraphic Services at SDSU, was the first of the three to take the plunge.
In preparation for our January cover story, IPG editor Bob Neubauer visited World Bank's Washington, D.C., Printing, Graphics and Map Design unit. A video showing some of the equipment in this 70-employee in-plant is now on IPG's home page.
In addition to showing the shop's two Kodak NexPress digital presses, its Presstek 52DI press and its Océ equipment, the video offers a glimpse of the World Bank's Harris web press, cranking out large runs of documents.
Chemistry-free computer-to-plate continues to make inroads into in-plants. In the January issue of IPG, we profile two recent CTP installations, at Bucknell University, in Lewisburg, Pa., and at Minnesota State University-Mankato.
Bucknell recently installed a Presstek Vector TX52, obviating the need to dispose of hazardous chemicals, notes Lisa Hoover, associate director. Not only that, she adds: “We’ve seen a definite increase in quality.”
The World Bank uses an impressive array of digital printing and finishing equipment to help it fulfill its humanitarian mission.
REDUCING GLOBAL poverty is an ambitious goal, but the World Bank has made great progress since it was created in 1944 by providing financial and technical assistance to developing countries around the world. To support its activities, the World Bank maintains one of the largest, most advanced in-plants in the country. With 70 employees, the Bank’s Washington, D.C.-based Printing, Graphics and Map Design unit not only utilizes the latest digital presses—including two Kodak NexPresses, an Océ ColorStream 10000 and a Presstek 52 DI press—it has begun using JDF data to preset its equipment. Plus, it recently upgraded its Avanti shop management system to add Web ordering.
San Diego State University has transformed their in-plant shop by effectively using their Presstek 34DI digital offset press in conjunction with a HP Indigo toner-based press. By implementing a hybrid workflow SDSU is able to provide the highest-quality work in a timely manner very cost effectively.
To be successful, printers must learn to manage their businesses in a manner that addresses today’s market conditions. One of the challenges this presents is a reconfiguration of the print production platform to efficiently and cost effectively produce the full gamut of run lengths. This white paper authored by WhatTheyThink.com’s Cary Sherburne discusses how to meet this requirement.
The in-plant at Bucknell University recently experienced some significant upgrades, both in technology and management structure. As a result, the Administrative Services department is now ‘greener,’ more productive and more integral to the university’s communications strategy. The in-plant installed a Presstek Vector TX52 metal plate CTP device. “One key issue was that it’s completely chemical free,” reports Lisa Hoover, associate director.
