High-Speed Inkjet Presses: Next Round of Investments

Cotter did his product research in conjunction with Ed Hartman, vice president of operations for Sheridan's sister company The Sheridan Press, which produces short-run books and short-run magazines and journals. Both are units of The Sheridan Group.

Top on the list of factors in the purchase decision was the ability to match offset output. Sheridan Books and Sheridan Press provided live job files to all vendors under consideration, and the 1,200x600 resolution HP T300 was the closest match. Sheridan is also an ISO-compliant company, and HP was the only vendor that could adhere to ISO standards, according to Cotter. Sheridan is currently working with HP and GRACoL to make the press G7 compliant.