Finishing - Conventional

Steve Priesman admits he once was “hesitant and negative toward lamination overall” — even to the point of avoiding it. That has changed, however, since his in-plant at Omaha Public Schools installed a Graphic Whizard PT33LSC laminator.

Duplo USA announced the winners of the 2020 Shima Awards, its annual print embellishment competition, and one of them is an in-plant. The shop has produced some outstanding recruitment and marketing pieces with tactile effects.

Today, the PRINTING United Digital Experience will focus on wide-format finishing and workflow. One panel discussion will feature in-plant manager Richard Beto, of the University of Texas at Austin, who will talk about how his in-plant’s Colex automated cutter has become essential to its business.

The efficiency of digital printing can be squandered if the postpress process isn’t equally efficient. Facing just such a disconnect, the in-plant at the University of California, Santa Cruz considered its options and installed a solution that resolves the output problem and increases the in-plant's value.

When you’re a printer, you don’t want a small flaw to ruin an otherwise beautiful printed piece, but that’s what was happening at Wichita State University’s Shocker Printing Solutions -- until the in-plant found a solution.

When Sanford Health's Print and Mail Services was searching for equipment to help remove some hand work involved in rounding corners on informational badge cards, Manager Lisa Stelter found the solution it was looking for while at PRINTING United.

Embellishments such as foil stamping, diecutting, embossing, and specialty coatings can not only heighten visual appeal, but deliver measurable, profit-driving results. Thanks to new technology, embellishments are now also available for digital printing for short-run, customized, and personalized applications.

The team at Printing Services at the University of West Alabama is always looking for new revenue streams. It found what it was looking for in a tabletop printer for making plaques, trophies, and window decals.

The demand for flatbed printing and cutting is so strong at Lake Land College, the in-plant literally can’t risk marketing it and making it more popular.

When the 23-year-old SABER paper cutter at the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office was ready for replacement, the in-plant decided a smaller cutter would be a better fit to fulfill the in-plant's needs.