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Gopher State Goes Thermal

MINNEAPOLIS—Gopher State Litho has bolstered its prepress department with the acquisition of a new Fujifilm Javelin Luxel T-9000 CTP HS thermal platesetter. The Javelin features an eight-up format.

Trend Offset Installs Stitcher

CARROLLTON, TX—Trend Offset Printing, based in Los Alamitos, CA, with facilities in Texas and Florida, has installed a Muller Martini Bravo S saddle stitcher at its Southwest Division facility here. The Bravo S converts signatures into books at a rate of 12,000 cycles per hour.