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News Release from: Presstek Inc | Subject: Directpress 5334DI, Vector TX52, Facet RIP
Edited by the Printingtalk Editorial
Team on 18 September 2006
DI Presses, CTP And RIPs Ease Short-Run
Progress
Presstek plans to showcase an array of products that enable print service providers to exploit short-run colour business opportunities at Graph Expo 2006.
Presstek plans to showcase an array of products that enable print service providers to exploit short-run colour business opportunities - the fastest growing segment of the printing market - at Graph Expo 2006 The Presstek stand - 3822 - at the largest North American printing trade show from October 15 - 18 in Chicago (USA) will highlight the company's DI press and chemistry-free CTP platemaking technologies
This article was originally published on Printingtalk on 18 Mar 2003 at 8.00am (UK)
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Ed Marino, Presstek's president and chief executive officer, said: "The demand for high-quality, short-run colour is no longer an emerging trend but a daily reality for today's print service providers.
Whilst market data shows that other areas of the print market are shrinking, short-run colour is growing.
We are excited to demonstrate how our range of digital systems addresses that growth opportunity for today's print service providers." He continued: "Whether they choose to address this opportunity with the speed, quality and profitability of a highly-automated DI press, or with the efficiency and high quality of chemistry-free CTP platemaking for conventional offset, Presstek's systems are designed to be the fastest path to the digital future for printing establishments, regardless of their size." Presstek said that its DI presses are providing businesses with the benefits of faster, more cost effective print production.
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Fourth generation printer Grover Daniels, chief executive officer of Boston's Copy Cop in the USA, installed a Directpress 5334DI as the centerpiece of the company's production facility supporting eight retail locations.
He said: "When I first started the work of turning around the company, my strategy was to focus on toner-based production printing.
But we were seeing a huge demand for higher quality, faster turns, and we came to the conclusion that adding a DI press to the mix would put us in an entirely different category, and it has.
The DI is incredible.
I am up to 7,000 impressions per hour with sellable sheets almost as soon as I start printing." Mellon Financial's corporate publications department provides services to its in-plant operations, as well as to work from other companies.
The company was seeking a metal computer-to-plate technology to keep the operation profitable and selected the Presstek Vector TX52 with chemistry-free Freedom plates and a Presstek Facet RIP.
Mellon's manager, Michael Renn, commented: "Like the rest of the industry, we were seeing increasing demand for shorter runs and faster turn times with no compromise in quality.
Whilst our toner-based production allowed us to cost effectively produce ultra-short runs, we needed to find a more efficient system for longer runs to remain competitive." He further explained: "I liked the Vector because it was economical and chemistry-free.
Some of the systems I looked at cost more than our presses.
I had been waiting for a metal plate system that could deliver against our requirements, and the Vector TX52 was able to do that.
The Presstek Vector TX52 with Freedom plates was the simplest and best system in the market." Renn continued by adding that, in his opinion, there are very few products for which he would give a strong recommendation, but in the case of Presstek's, he would more than recommend this product to anyone needing a high quality, cost effective metal platemaking system.
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