Heidelberg Technologies Help Printers Get Ahead – from Prepress to Postpress and Beyond

Sprint Print Takes the Lead with New CtP and Press Solutions from Heidelberg
Walk through the doors of Sprint Print in Madisonville, KY and you’ll see a transformed business. It now houses a new Suprasetter A74 platesetter with automation using Heidelberg Saphira Chemfree Thermal Plates; a 4-color Speedmaster SM 74 perfector with high-pile delivery; and a Prinect workflow – all from Heidelberg. Sprint Print Owner Craig Winstead says, “Heidelberg made a different class printer out of us.” Winstead is most enthused about his new platesetter, which replaced a film image setter. He said the platesetter has saved his shop the most in time and effort and has substantially increased the quality of their four-color work. “I am tickled to death with that platesetter,” says Winstead. He also is seeing great results with his new SM 74. “The makeready is quicker,” says Winstead. “You don’t see my press operator running around the press as much.” Sprint Print is a general commercial printer that produces brochures, booklets, 24- and 48-page books, newsletters and postcards for corporations and individuals located within a 100-mile radius of his shop. Winstead started the business as a quick print shop in 1978 after graduating from the University of Louisville. Now specializing in offset printing, Sprint Print has two locations and employs 27 people.