Color Ink Adding Digital Imaging Department

SUSSEX, WI—Sheetfed printer Color Ink announced that a new digital imaging department highlights a $1.6 million investment by the company that includes prepress, bindery and mailing/fulfillment enhancements.

The digital imaging department will offer customers immediate access to on-site approvals, color corrections, proofs and complete image files on CD. Color Ink's John Zamorski has been named to head the department.

Among the prepress additions and enhancements are Macintosh computer upgrades, a CreoScitex Trendsetter 3244AL platesetting system and a Kodak Polychrome Graphics thermal plate processor.

Color Ink has added a mechanical binding department that features new equipment such as Wire-O, plastic coil and comb binding systems. The bindery has also purchased an ISP stitching machine, a Brackett CPM-1C circular padding machine and a Spartanics Model 750 EZ-Sheet counter. A Print Mail System from Marconi Data Systems has also been added to the mailing department.

Joel Salzman was appointed the company's new vice president of sales, while Dave Stanley, Derrick Church, John Killoren, Paula Posbrig and Ken Petrikat were named to the sales team.