Offset Printing - Sheet-Fed

Heidelberg Technologies Help Printers Get Ahead – from Prepress to Postpress and Beyond
May 31, 2007

KENNESAW, GA—May 31, 2007—Heidelberg USA announces the following new product installations: Great Atlantic Graphics Aims High and Scores with Speedmaster XL 105 Great Atlantic Graphics in Malvern, PA is doing higher math these days since the company installed a Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 105 6-color press last month with coating unit, extended delivery and DryStar 3000 dryers, including advanced presetting and storing functionalities. Also installed were Prinect Image Control and the CP2000 Center Options Instant Gate and Prepress Interface. According to Pressroom Manager Cal Bou, the new press already has logged more than 2.5 million impressions after just six weeks in production, turning out commercial

UPMC and Océ Business Services Turn to WorkflowOne for Offsite Print Management
May 14, 2007

DAYTON, OH—May 14, 2007—WorkflowOne announced today that under its sub-contractor agreement to Océ Business Services, the company has secured a multi-year contract with the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) to provide a comprehensive program of offsite print management. UPMC is a leading integrated health care enterprise and one of the nation’s most acclaimed academic medical centers. Under the terms of the contract, WorkflowOne will provide a supplemental strategy for UPMC’s outsourced print. The strategy will include an analysis of UPMC’s current business stationery, marketing materials and forms to determine opportunities for standardization and consolidation, while identifying candidates for print on demand or migration to

Second Weeklong Lenticular Seminar to be Presented by KBA North America in May
May 2, 2007

WILLISTON, VT—05/02/07—KBA North America, a leading press manufacturer, is offering another comprehensive five-day seminar on lenticular printing and prepress work, scheduled for May 29 to June 1. The professional development seminar, held at KBA’s headquarters, brings together KBA’s lenticular, printing and marketing experts with owners and press operators of the award-winning KBA Genius 52 UV press. Lenticular printing is a special technique that involves printing an image on the back side of lenticular plastic, allowing the eye to simultaneously view alternating sections of multiple images to give the impression of 3-D, flip, or motion. “After our first seminar in late 2006, we decided to

Large-format Printing — Size DOES Matter!
May 1, 2007

A SMALL, but growing number of printers are taking a big leap of faith (and finances) to invest in what may well be the commercial and packaging printing equivalent of the Gold Rush. Printers big and small—like Branch Smith Printing, Carter Printing, Ambassador Press and Strine Printing, to name a few—are expanding into large- and very-large-format sheetfed technology and betting the ranch...’er, press...on their ability to boost productivity and expand into new product niches. Hoping to hit the motherload of profitability, printers are staking their claim by offering up to 81˝ formats to blend the high-quality printing capabilities of sheetfed offset with the ability

‘The Refrigerator’ Helps Promote Edison Litho’s Very-Large-Format Press
May 1, 2007

William “The Refrigerator” Perry, a retired Chicago Bears football player known for his considerable size (6-foot-2 and 370 pounds), was enlisted to help promote the new very- large-format capabilities of North Bergen, NJ-based Edison Litho & Printing at the annual GlobalShop Show (held in Las Vegas in March). Perry appeared at Edison’s booth to sign autographs and have his picture taken with show-goers. “We wanted to stand out at the show, and what better way to promote our large-format capability, but to have a celebrity football player at our booth,” says Joe Ostreicher, Edison Litho’s vice president. “We chose William ‘The Refrigerator’ Perry because he

Edison Litho Promotes Its KBA Large-Format Presses at Recent Events
April 30, 2007

Las Vegas show features football great while North Bergen, NJ mayor cuts ceremonial ribbon NORTH BERGEN, NJ—04/30/07—Edison Litho & Printing, one of the largest large-format litho printers in the Northeast, has been effectively promoting its large-format capabilities at different recent events. At the GlobalShop show, the largest retail design and in-store marketing event held in Las Vegas in early March 2007, Edison enlisted William “The Refrigerator” Perry, a retired Chicago Bear football player known for his considerable size—standing 6 ft 2 inches tall and weighing as much as 370 lb.--to promote its KBA Rapida 205 81-inch six-color sheetfed press and its KBA Rapida 162

Heidelberg Technologies Bring Speed, Quality & Growth Opportunities for Printers Across the Country
April 30, 2007

KENNESAW, GA—April 30, 2007—Heidelberg USA announces the following new product installations: Doubled Capacity and New Business in 2007 for Walker Printing Company, Inc. Owner Taylor Blackwell of Walker Printing Company, Inc. has worked hard to gain loyal customers. With the installation of Heidelberg’s 4-color Speedmaster XL 105, the customers are now coming to him. “Our customers are excited about everything the press can do” Blackwell said. “They want to come in and see it run.” Walker Printing Company has more than doubled its capacity since the new press was installed in December, replacing an older Heidelberg model. The company’s new press comprises the latest

Crossmark Graphics Praises Heidelberg’s Customer Service and Speedmaster XL 105; Wins New Lenticular Business
April 25, 2007

Heidelberg’s Service Team Goes ‘Above And Beyond’ For New Berlin, WI Printer KENNESAW, GA—April 25, 2007—The president of Crossmark Graphics in New Berlin, WI is hailing Heidelberg’s innovative systemservice 36plus service package that accompanied the purchase of his six-color Speedmaster XL 105 with aqueous coater. Not only did the Heidelberg service team go “above and beyond the call of duty,” says Crossmark Graphics President Jim Dobrzynski, they got the press up and running over a weekend – and just in time for the printer to win a large, new lenticular job. “This was the best experience I’ve had with Heidelberg,” says Dobrzynski. “It’s the service that

WorkflowOne Lands Multi-Year Contract with Great Wolf Resorts
April 16, 2007

DAYTON, OH—April 16, 2007—WorkflowOne, one of North America’s leading providers of document and business process outsourcing services, today announced it has secured a multi-year contract with Great Wolf Resorts, Inc®, North America’s largest family of indoor water park resorts. As a result, WorkflowOne will become the key provider for print and brand management services, as well as outfitter to the company’s more than 3,500 customer-facing employees. Great Wolf Resorts is the nation’s largest owner, operator and developer of drive-to resorts featuring indoor water parks. While the company currently has nine resorts in eight states and one in Canada, their aggressive growth plans include adding

Leading Healthcare Purchasing Organization and WorkflowOne Sign New Agreement
April 11, 2007

DAYTON, OH—April 11, 2007—WorkflowOne announced today that Premier Inc., the largest healthcare alliance in the U.S., has agreed to a new contract with WorkflowOne to provide document management services to Premier’s 1,700 member hospitals and 45,000 other healthcare sites across the United States. The total sales volume for Premier member facilities for the entire document management category is estimated to be more than $300 million over the three-year term of the contract, which goes into effect May 1. WorkflowOne is among several suppliers chosen to provide products and services in this category. WorkflowOne is a supplier to three of the top five