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From the editors of American Printer | A Prism Business
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See how Gartner rated 16 companies and their distributed output
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From the Pressroom...
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Being
green
Several readers responded to my call for green
printers. "We recycle almost everything, from batteries, to paper, to
cans, to cell phones, etc.," reports Dan Walker, quality system
coordinator at Alcan Packaging (Atlanta). We have NO hazardous wastes at
our facility. We conduct clean audits of our site on a monthly basis,
with posted results, and areas with low marks are not looked at kindly.
Everyone here participates eagerly."
Frank Miske III, vice president of sales, Custom Business Forms (CBF)
(Minneapolis-St. Paul) says that his company initiated its green quest
several years ago. "Our waste product is sorted and shipped to
recyclers. Paper is baled, plastics are all baled, our plastic bottles
all are separated out so as not to go to the land fill (this includes
the vending bottles as well), Aluminum cans are separated and recycled,
rags are spun to remove print chemical and distilled for reuse to reduce
pollution. We are down on the average two dumpsters per week; this used
to be as high as five or six."
Miske says that while the ROI is low, "We have clients that appreciate
the work and effort we are putting forth to keep the enviroment clean."
Moreover, CBF is state-certified as a Green Company. "That list has
given us some calls from folks looking for a company that not only
prints recycled paper but practices recycled policies," writes Miske.
We also heard from several vendors, including Amerikal and Heidelberg.
Look for more "green" products in our next issue.
Thanks for reading!
-- Katherine O'Brien; editor, AMERICAN PRINTER, KOB@americanprinter.com
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Editor's Notebook
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Meet Huston
Patterson
Huston Patterson wants to be the largest privately
owned packaging printer in North America. Toward that end, the Decatur,
IL-based printer has launched the HP Experience, dubbed "HPX" for short.
Lead by chief experience officer (CXO) Jeanice Gillett, the program has
four key components: an HPX team that will visit certain clients to
assess and improve the clients' interaction with HP; Web-based and other
integration tools; a training and certification program for the
printers' employees; and a continuous improvement program.
Huston Patterson transformed itself into a packaging printer in the late
1990s. The $20.4 million, 70-employee company had previously specialized
in greeting cards and stationery, but was forced to regroup after its
card customer was sold. Huston Patterson put in its first KBA (http://www.kbavt.com)
Rapida 162a in 2001 and added a second one in 2005.
The company now specializes in printing multiple colored carton labels
and top sheets for packaging and POP customers. See http://www.hustonpatterson.com.
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Graph Expo
Watch
Graph Expo will be held Oct. 15-18 in Chicago. (See http://www.graphexpo.com.)
Inks for the smallest duplicators up to the largest sheetfed
presses
Van Son will be at Graph Expo in booth #3854. The company will show its
complete line of offset printing inks available for the largest
multi-color commercial sheetfed press or the smallest duplicator.
Visitors will see Van Son's Quickson line of process inks, including
Quickson PRO, as well as its high performance Vs3 and Vs5 series
available exclusively at ink company partners located strategically
throughout the United States. Van Son has corporate locations in New
York, Chicago, The Netherlands, England, China and Korea. See http://www.vansonink.com.
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Bizhub PRO production printing systems
bizhub PRO from Konica Minolta: a powerful, networkable family of
digital production print devices built to meet the most demanding
applications. Powerful, to meet high-volume demands. Cost-effective, to
make short-run printing economical. And scaleable and versatile, to grow
with your workflow. Get details now.
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What's New
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Environmentally friendly press
chemistry
Amerikal Products Corp. (Waukegan, IL) has launched a
new Web site featuring its Genesis pressroom chemistry.
"We've been leading the way with the energy curable market for many
years," said Robert T. Danielson, vice president of business
development. "The time has come to increase our marketing efforts and
the website is the first step in this process."
The site features non-solvent based fountain solutions, blanket and
roller washes manufactured utilizing renewable resources, technical data
sheets for each product, innovative technologies such as Thin Ink Film
Technology, frequently asked questions and additional specialty
pressroom chemistry products. See http://www.genesischemistry.com.
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Get MAN
parts and consumables online
MAN Roland Inc. has launched a new Web site to
automate the selection and purchasing of parts and consumables by
commercial printers who rely on its sheetfed and web offset presses.
Named manrolanddirect.com, the interactive portal connects MAN Roland
customers with an inventory of over 80,000 spare parts and consumable
components. The site went online last month for MAN Roland-equipped
newspaper facilities, and is now accessible to any printer who runs a
MAN Roland press.
See http://www.manrolanddirect.com.
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 The Ilumina on-demand color solution by Xante
is a digital color press with spectacular quality to compliment your
existing workflow. This high-speed heavyweight blasts through on-demand
color on a wide array of medias from lightweight flyers to heavyweight
postcards. For more information call (800) 926-8839, or (251) 473-6502,
or visit http://www.xante.com.
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Innovative Installations
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Magazine
quality printing on a flexo press?
Gateway Packaging Co. (Granite City, IL) (http://www.gatewaypackaging.com) has installed the
first Drent Goebel Wide Web VSOP (Variable Sleeve Offset Printing) press
in North America. The press was custom built with a 49-inch web, the
largest VSOP wide web in the world. A 32,000-sq.-ft. expansion houses
the new press, digital CTP equipment and a customer press check area.
The press combines the high quality and speed of offset printing with
flexo's flexibility. The new sleeve technology allows quick changeovers
for variable repeat lengths, which traditional offset printing does not
offer. In addition to the ease of sleeve changes, production speeds can
run in excess of 1000 feet per minute.
According to Gateway, magazine quality printing is now possible for
flexible packaging. This press will print on a variety of substrates
including, paper, film and paperboard. Colors are rich and sharp with
offset printing, comparable to rotogravure and engraving. An electronic
register guidance system is one of the many high tech features of the
VSOP that enables consistent high quality printing.
Other features of this VSOP offset press include a seven-color EB
(electron beam) ink system and EB coating and drying. The EB process
provides a high gloss coating that gives maximum resistance to chemicals
and damage due to scratching and scuffing of the print surface. The EB
system also provides faster curing and drying of the inks, therefore
allowing higher press speeds and quicker turn-around on finished goods.
See http://www.drent-goebel.com.
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Michigan printer goes with chemistry-free
plate
Lee Printing Co. of Clinton Township, MI, (http://www.leeprint.com) is the first print shop in
the United States to install Heidelberg's Saphira Chemfree Thermal
Plate. Released at PRINT '05, Heidelberg's new package combines the
company's negative working, offset aluminum plates with its thermal
platesetter, the Suprasetter.
Lee Printing installed its first four-color press, a Speedmaster SM 52
from Heidelberg, in April 2005. Shortly after the purchase, the shop
transitioned from film processing to computer-to-plate technology and
installed a Suprasetter 74 to keep up with the increased speed and
capacity of the new press. Since the installation, Lee Printing has
increased its productivity by approximately 70 percent.
The Saphira Chemfree Thermal Plate is a traditional aluminum grained
printing plate that uses a new coating technology called micro spheres.
The latex-based micro sphere coating is non-ablative and eliminates
traditional thermal plate processing variables. The Suprasetter's
patented thermal laser (830nm) is used to bond the micro spheres to the
base metal and expose the plate, forming the printing image.
Designed for a wide range of sheetfed commercial printing applications,
the Saphira Chemfree Thermal Plate uses no developer, no water and no
large footprint processor. The technology reduces chemical costs by
eliminating high-volume water and waste associated with the traditional
thermal process and is environmentally friendly.
Lee Printing purchases its consumables products exclusively from
Heidelberg. The company orders its consumables and accessories online
through Heidelberg's Web site. See http://www.heidelberg.com.
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xpedx Printing Technologies is the exclusive U.S importer/distributor
for Ryobi presses. Based in Lenexa, Kansas, this xpedx division offers
technical support, training, a large parts warehouse, a showroom/demo
center and more. It currently has 50 dealers across the U.S. responsible
for local sales and service. For information, visit ryobi.xpedx.com.
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News You Can Use
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See you on July
24!
American Printer's VARIABLES variable-data printing
conference is fast approaching. Keynote speaker Alin Jacobs, vice
president of creative services for DME, shares the good, the bad and the
ugly of running a growing and successful variable data business. Other
speakers include Keith C. Reed from the USPS sharing tips on how to
better work with your local Postal Service and Mike Chiricuzio, a
well-known industry consultant, who will provide helpful insights on
getting the best price for your VDP services. Don't miss this
must-attend conference in Chicago on July 24-25. Go to http://www.variables.americanprinter.com to register.
Do it today!
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Trim Out
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It's a Photoshop
cook-off
O'Reilly's 2006 Photoshop Cook-Off contest winners
will vie for a Adobe CS2, a Pentax K100D Digital SLR and DA 18-55 mm
lens kit, an Epson Stylus Photo R2400 printer and other prizes. The
Grand Prize winner will receive a prize package worth more than$9,600.
Five category winners will receive packages worth more than $3,000 each.
The total value of all prizes exceeds $27,000.
To enter, take up to three of your own photos and manipulate them with
Adobe Photoshop, using recipes from any of O'Reilly's five Photoshop
Cookbooks. There's no entry fee. Deadline for entry is August 15, 2006.
Prizes will be awarded on November 2, 2006 at the PhotoPlus Expo in New
York.
You don't even have to buy the O'Reilly book -- some free recipes are
posted on the company's site. See http://digitalmedia.oreilly.com/contest/.
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