Océ Helps McArdle Convert from Offset to Digital Printing
TRUMBULL, CT—April 19, 2012—Océ, a Canon Group company and international leader in digital document management, announced that McArdle has installed a digital printing solution that features the Océ ColorStream 10000 Flex system with in-line stitching for producing print on a full range of stocks from 30-lb. lightweight opaque to 80-lb. coated stock at full-production speed.
McArdle is one of the premier marketing service providers in the Washington-Baltimore region. It offers a full range of communication services—from design, cross-channel marketing and branded storefronts to printing, mailing and fulfillment. It is known for creating custom solutions for clients to help them grow their businesses in new and innovative ways.
“McArdle is constantly investing in knowledge and technology in order to provide our clients with state-of-the-art, cost-effective solutions,” said Lisa Arsenault, McArdle president.
Conversion from offset web to digital web
The trend toward short-run publications and Océ’s ability to deliver digital features at production speed led McArdle to add digital continuous-feed printing.
“It’s been a two-year journey, in which the entire Océ organization demonstrated their commitment to help McArdle succeed,” said Arsenault.
In addition to its commercial print applications, McArdle produces 200+ legal, regulatory and business publications each month. The book blocks are printed on 27-lb. offset stock in black and white with spot color covers. Prior to becoming an Océ customer, the publications were produced on a Harris cold-set web offset presses with color pages produced from shells printed on Ryobi duplicators with off-line bindery for side stitching and drilling.
Those print jobs will now be moved to the Océ ColorStream 10000 Flex system in-line with a Standard Hunkeler CS6 rotary cutter. The latter will stack and output book blocks to a conveyor, or cut sheets can bypass to the in-line Standard Horizon StitchLiner 6000 digital saddlestitcher.
McArdle can now go from white paper roll to ready-to-ship, finished booklets with cover insertion and integrity checking, in one pass with no touchpoints. The company chose the four-color configuration of the Océ ColorStream 10000 Flex system, allowing it to print entire jobs in-line and eliminate the need for preprinted shells.
Further automating the print process, the Océ PRISMA workflow software provides “lights-out” print production. Clients submit jobs at anytime using an FTP site and the jobs are dropped directly into the Océ PRISMAproduction digital front-end software, automating the job ticket, preflight and imposition functions needed for efficiently printing digital applications.
Automation and efficiency of end-to-end solution delivers savings
Converting the daily publications over to digital will result in increased efficiencies, since the streamlined workflow inherent to digital printing with in-line finishing requires fewer labor resources and the elimination of plates and reduced paper costs.
“The Océ ColorStream 10000 Flex system is an ideal solution for McArdle,” said Mal Baboyian, president, Production Printing Systems, Océ North America. “It delivers on its promises and underscores our commitment to the publishing market and helping our customers succeed with digital printing.”
About McArdle
McArdle, founded in 1947, has expanded beyond print to a dynamic communication firm that offers design, cross channel communication, data management/segmentation, custom direct mail and educational seminars.
About Océ
Océ is one of the leading providers of document management and printing for professionals. The Océ offering includes office printing and copying systems, high-speed digital production printers and wide format printing systems for both technical documentation and color display graphics. Océ is also a foremost supplier of document management outsourcing. Many of the Fortune Global 500 companies and leading commercial printers are Océ customers. The company was founded in 1877. With headquarters in Venlo, The Netherlands, Océ is active in over 100 countries and employs more than 20,000 people worldwide. Océ North America is headquartered in Trumbull, CT, with additional business units in Chicago, and Boca Raton, FL.
Source: Océ.
