Kern's Printing -- Boosting Book Production

"Though it was priced lower, the Vijuk machine still offered all the same bells and whistles that were on the more expensive stitchers," adds Robert Ciccarelli, vice president of manufacturing. He also credits the simplified makeready procedures for speeding job turnarounds.

Team Effort

Assisted by two employees in running the 321-T—one to load the pockets and another to pack the product into cartons—John Welsh, bindery foreman, typically handles makeready on the machine. To illustrate the increased productivity, Welsh used the example of a job that came in this past Christmas Eve.