Sheridan Books Adds Short-Run Cover Capacity with MGI Meteor Digital Press

MELBOURNE, FL—Nov. 13, 2012—MGI Digital Graphic Technology, the manufacturer of multi-substrate digital printing and finishing solutions, announces the installation of a Meteor DP8700 XL digital press at Sheridan Books, one of the nation’s leading book manufacturers.

Sales and local service of the press for Sheridan Books is being provided by Mid-State Litho, MGI’s distribution partner for Michigan.

Located in Chelsea, MI, Sheridan Books provides publishers with complete book manufacturing services. It provides sheetfed and web offset printing, digital inkjet and toner printing, and eBook conversion and distribution product offerings. The company services a wide variety of industry segments, including education, university press, religious, trade, professional/technical, reference/catalog, and independent publishers.

Sheridan Books is one of five Sheridan Group (based in Hunt Valley, MD) companies providing print, publishing services and technology solutions to the publishing industry. As demand for shorter runs of books continued to increase, management realized the company needed to integrate digital production in order to meet customers’ requirements. The solution of choice was a combination of two presses: an HP T-360 inkjet web press and the MGI Meteor DP8700 XL.

The Meteor DP8700 XL is an ideal complement to the HP T-360 with its ability to print dust jackets and covers in a 30˝ format for short run books, which also supports their hard cover customers.

“The most impressive deciding factors for the MGI Meteor DP8700 XL were the quality and the sheet size,” said Tim Cotter, vice president of operations for Sheridan Books. “It was the only sheetfed toner-based digital press that could accommodate our size requirements and the quality was outstanding.