Printers Install Heidelberg Solutions to Expand Their Business Prospects

The Ricoh Pro C901’s inline finishing capability means that certain jobs can bypass the company’s bindery altogether on the way to the customer, enabling Winchester to meet tight delivery deadlines. One recent job, for example, called for the overnight production of a short-run of 20-page saddlestitched booklets. “A rush job like that would have been impossible to complete the work on time with our previous digital press, which lacked inline finishing,” Hottle said.

“The Ricoh is a workhorse press that handles digital jobs quickly, and produces high-quality work with a minimum of downtime,” Hottle concluded. “We use it for anything and everything that fits—from business cards to postcards and booklets— including helping us with scheduling during busy times when our offset presses are all loaded up. At the end of the day we’re going to be more profitable with the Ricoh Pro than we were before.”

The company’s equipment lineup includes 40˝, 29˝ and small-format Heidelberg offset presses, a 45˝ POLAR programmable guillotine cutter, a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST100 8-pocket saddlestitcher with stacker, and a 65˝ Rastek wide-format inkjet printer, which represents a growing market for the company. On the front end, Heidelberg’s Prepress Manager workflow powers a Suprasetter 105 with Autoloader, used to image Saphira Chemfree plates. Winchester Printers also takes advantage of Saphira inks and coatings in the pressroom.