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News Release from: Screen Europe | Subject: Truepress 344 DI press
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 06 April 2007
Council's DI Press Gives It More Revenue
Potential
Worcestershire County Council has invested in Screen's Truepress 344 DI press.
Worcestershire County Council has invested in Screen's Truepress 344 DI press The Truepress 344 DI gives the council's design and print department the potential to increase its turnover of GBP1million by a further GBP400,000 per annum, said Screen
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 4 Aug 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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As a unit operating in the public sector, the design and print section of Worcestershire County Council is accountable to the public for its business motives and designs.
When its six-year old digital printer broke down, the department undertook a detailed analysis of its requirements and thoroughly researched all available systems on the market.
From its research it became apparent that Screen's Truepress 344 digital offset press with Trueflow Rite software would be able to increase turnover.
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Jerry Priest, design and print business development manager at Worcestershire County Council, said: "One would assume that having to invest in a replacement printer would be a handicap for a small-to-medium sized enterprise like ours.
However, the breakdown of the previous machine turned out to be a real blessing in disguise.
In replacing it, our production levels have soared." He added: "For a start, the Truepress 344 has allowed us to reduce our outsourcing bill by 50 per cent.
We would normally send around 20 jobs out to a third party printer but, now that we can cost effectively produce four-colour runs of around 2000 copies, we are able to produce 50 per cent of this work in-house without even having to take on more staff." Using processless thermal plates, Screen's Truepress 344 is a hybrid press that incorporates the traditional wet offset printing process with the automation and flexibility of a digital printer, said Screen.
It is claimed to achieve the highest quality print on a range of substrates by directly imaging plates inside the press with a first generation digital dot.
The result is a system that offers colour with perfect registration.
Priest continued: "Because we would have to pay a click-charge with our original digital printer, runs of over 500 were not considered cost-effective or practical.
The alternative would have been to invest in a four-colour litho press but with the time spent preparing, maintaining and cleaning the machine, we would only expect to produce maybe four jobs per day in contrast to the 12 we're now able to turn around with the Truepress 344." Worcestershire County Council's latest investment is being used in conjunction with Screen's Trueflow Rite workflow software, which has been installed to facilitate the handling of data, further maximising the division's productivity.
Priest explained: "The software suite includes an imposition module - streamlining the processes undertaken by the graphics team.
I would estimate that Screen's Trueflow Rite software is saving the five people in our design team one hour a day, or in other words a significant time-saving of 25 man hours per week.
This additional time is very precious to us as we need the design team to work ever more resourcefully to keep the Truepress 344 working at its maximum potential." The design and print unit at Worcestershire County Council mainly uses the Truepress 344 to print four-colour DL leaflets, A4 newsletters and A3 posters for internal departments within the council.
This service is occasionally extended to include outside bodies, such as the police force and neighbouring district authorities.
Recently, there has been an emphasis placed on brand awareness across local government (including the Worcestershire County Council).
As a result, the design and print division has been under increased pressure to produce high-quality and consistent colour results, added Screen.
Jerry Priest continued: "It is important that we accurately replicate our burgundy logo every time - it helps the public identify the different departments as being part of a centralised establishment.
Our previous digital printer was so inconsistent with its colour that we were increasingly concerned about our output.
This left us open to criticism.
We can't praise the Truepress 344 highly enough in terms of its quality.
Our concerns were discarded along with the broken down digital printer - we are now printing reliable, spot on colour every time with the minimum of waste." Along with its newly-installed Screen Truepress four colour DI press, the Worcestershire County Council design and print unit, which employs 18 people, owns a two-colour press and a single-colour press that are used mainly to print letterheads and stationery.
The unit also has finishing department of in-line numbering and folding equipment supplied by Horizon.
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