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New Sheetfed Press Replaces Three

MONTGOMERY, AL—The newest addition to Walker Printing’s pressroom is a four-color Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 52 press with Anicolor inking. The SM 52 Anicolor replaced an existing six-color Speedmaster 74, a Printmaster QM 46-2 and a digital press.

In terms of performance, Taylor Blackwell, president, says, “Makeready on the Anicolor machine is ridiculously short; we’re up to color in under 25 sheets.” As a consequence, Walker Printing is able to turn out work faster and more efficiently, including magazine covers, postcards, brochures and a range of commercially printed products. Unlike its digital predecessor, the Anicolor machine can handle run lengths that are “all over the place,” Blackwell explains, from 500 sheets to 50,000 four-color envelopes.