Bindery - Finishing

ALL IT TOOK was one awful binding job by an outside printer to make Auburn University start looking at perfect binding equipment. “We sent 200 books to a local printer and they messed them all up,” recalls CopyCat Manager Glenda Miley, still clearly peeved at that printer for charging her anyway. Her in-plant had to reprint all 200 books and send them elsewhere for binding—a big money loser overall. Miley realized her Auburn, Ala.-based in-plant could have saved the university lots of money if it had its own perfect binder. So one year ago, the shop installed a Duplo DB250. “We’ve never looked back,” she proclaims.

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HAUPPAUGE, NY—01/25/07—On March 7th, 2007, Muller Martini and Nipson America will present an open house featuring demonstrations of a complete OnDemand digital book printing and perfect binding line. The open house will take place at Muller Martini headquarters on Long Island. More than 1,200 attendees throughout the industry have been invited to the event. During the open house, a full inline digital book printing and binding workflow will be demonstrated, comprised of two Nipson VaryPress 400 digital printers with unwinder, sheeter and stacker, a Shuttleworth Star RollerTM conveyor, and a Muller Martini SigmaBinder perfect binder, SigmaTower cooling tower and Esprit three-knife trimmer. “We see

THE GRAPHIC arts market saw the need for industry standards and understood the growing XML (Extensible Markup Language) development when it supported the decision to create CIP4 (www.cip4.org). This association includes major equipment and software vendors in prepress, digital printing, offset and finishing. CIP4 created the Job Definition Format (JDF) as a standard way to exchange and understand job information. This process can begin to empower creative and production staffs to support an efficient manufacturing process. Tremendous efficiency can result from understanding the interdependence of each department. We largely still depend on paper-based processes that are isolated and disconnected with our current way

More coverage of Graph Expo product introductions . IT MAY be telling that the majority of presses in operation around the show floor of Graph Expo and Converting Expo 2006 last month were of the digital variety. Offset units were conspicuous in their absence. Digital presses have become part of the commercial printing mainstream, rather than being a specialty product segment or market niche. To emphasize this, Hewlett-Packard shared results from an InfoTrends study that surveyed a sampling of digital color printing buyers and producers. The research firm found that the percentage of color printing jobs with a run length

Andover, MA—October 30, 2006—Standard Finishing Systems, a leading supplier of automated post-press and paper handling solutions based in Andover, MA, has promoted George Vergilis to Director of Sales. Vergilis will retain overall sales responsibility, and a new National Sales Manager will be added to the team to coordinate field sales programs and activities. “George has done an outstanding job motivating our field sales team, managing our dealer channel, and achieving record sales over the past decade,” said Standard Managing Director David Reny. “We expect his continued leadership and customer focus will guide Standard to the next level of sales success.” Vergilis brings

DESPITE THE growth of electronic communications, mail is still considered the most direct and effective communications vehicle for reaching customers and prospects. Direct mail use continues to rise. What some might not realize is just how much the choice of folding and inserting equipment can impact the effectiveness and integrity of a mail piece. The folding and inserting function can make or break how a customer perceives your organization. When identifying the appropriate folding and inserting systems for your in-plant, first determine the volume you need to process. Typically, low- to mid-range tabletop inserters produce about 4,000 to 60,000 finished pieces per month

Here is a sampling of just some of the many products that will be shown at GRAPH EXPO and CONVERTING EXPO 2006. Gämmerler will launch the BL 408 bindery stacker for use behind saddlestitchers, perfect binders, folders and inserters. Features wide format range, two-stage stacking system and a low copy drop height. The infeed is equipped with four top belts and eight bottom belts. Visit Booth Number 3004 Van Son Holland Ink will exhibit its Quickson line of offset printing inks: Quickson PRO, Vs3 and Vs5 series. Quickson PRO works on any size press and application, and provides excellent rub resistance. Vs3

WHEN IT’S time to shop for a saddle stitcher, automation, quick setup and ease of makeready are neccesities. But what other new features are available that might help your in-plant? And how should you go about comparing equipment? We talked with saddle stitching experts at several companies to get their tips and ideas to help you get the best machine for your in-plant. Buying Tips When comparing equipment, examine a range of format sizes and provide job samples (floating cards, envelopes) to equipment manufacturers, ensuring the best possible fit for your shop’s individual needs. —Steven Calov, Heidelberg USA Look for a line that will

JDF-enabled workflows can significantly improve makeready in the bindery, according to research performed by the Printing Industries of America/Graphic Arts Technical Foundation (PIA/GATF). The findings include: * 75% faster makeready on stitchers. * 90% faster makeready on cutters. “The promise of this technology to assist printers to greater productivity will enable those using JDF to be more competitive and more profitable,” remarks PIA/GATF Chief Operating Officer George Ryan. Leading the research efforts on JDF is Dr. Mark Bohan, PIA/GATF’s director of research and integrated technology. Dr. Bohan will also lead a two-day workshop in September discussing precisely what needs to be done to take advantage of JDF. The session