First European Installation of Kodak Prosper 1000 Press for SAGIM in France

“We turned to digital printing because run lengths continued to shrink,” explains SAGIM’s General Manager Christian Devambez. “Today, book publishers want to keep their inventories down. They prefer to produce smaller initial print runs and reprint when necessary.”

The impact of this shift means today’s book printers must offer competitive pricing on short runs and be able to reprint on a short deadline. “Currently, our average run length is 3,000 copies,” adds Devambez. “With the Kodak Prosper 1000 Press, we will be able to consistently produce runs of 300 to 2,000 copies. Essentially the new Kodak Press will help us meet publishers’ demands and remain competitive in the book printing market.”