Printing companies need post-press processing

Once upon a time, a printing consumer would be amazed at the printing factory. “I thought this work was done and it was done yesterday.” In addition to unrealistic hymns, what customers really think has become a “one-step factory”. origin. As the customer's needs have become acute, printers hope to maintain a good regular customer list. They look for factors outside the pressroom and soon learn about the combination of extensive electronic prepress and postpress capabilities to meet these ever-decreasing deadlines. The final deadline is very necessary. "In today's business, a short-term cycle (operations) of reasonable prices is everything," said Haig Atain, Chairman and CEO of Haig's Qaality Prionting, Palm Springs, CA. "Remembering it is important because users You can do this in New York and tomorrow you can go to San Francisco to do it." The concept of short-cycle and "one-step factory" is closely linked, and printers have been riding on the train with the intention of satisfying all customers. Need or at least close to this goal. This means that printers must not only provide basic post-press processing services, but also include certain special services: size reduction or other special folding; mechanical binding, such as spiral wire nails, plastic ring wire binding; hot foiling, embossing, molding Cut and so on. It will be a costly proposition to extend the service to special postpress services. Especially for those printers who sporadicly need such equipment. The machinery consumes many dollars. “We started to provide special services mainly because we often have emergencies.” Ataden commented, “This is a business based on short-term cycles. We have to do a job and we have to wait three or four days in order to work from The bindings are back because it will be screwed tightly at the end of the binding.” “Through a workshop, we have fully mastered the work, and the running cycle is much faster than in the past,” he added. By not handing over post-press processing jobs, Atamain has successfully transferred the saved capital to necessary equipment and hired several workers in the sector. For four or five requests for postpress processing a day, budgetary expenditures are not very difficult. Haing's Qualify Prifing has a folding creaser with a folding machine and a gluing machine to complete the current folding and collating. Since Atamain can also do foiling and embossing, the only external processing job he needs is the impression. The company now realizes that there is more profit per job (which can be earned) and the customer appreciates the convenience of faster printing cycles and all aspects of finishing a job in a workshop. We are known as the “one-step factory”, Atamain said, “We can actually sell the combined film to our customers, for example, to make it an additional value income production rather than a burden. Now we can easily work on The corners add some film, but in the past we always managed to avoid talking to the customer about this issue because we had to send the job out and it would become complicated.” Haig's Qualify Qrinting company by using such as random screening and six Technologies such as color printing have been developed and (now) are looking for further special services. Atamain revealed that the company will add UV coating equipment (he calls it relatively inexpensive) and mail service in the near future. Other traditional printers also saw the future of special post-press processing. According to Dot Printer Tpat Cullen, their factory received the requirements for die cutting, creasing and folding from the outside plant. Today, it can be completed at a full-service printing plant in Irvine CA. Cullen said that the newly purchased Dick Roll Marathon fence folding machine is very easy to use. He added that many commercial bookbinding companies may also have this type of machine, but for a given equivalent investment, there are very few printers would be so boasted. High-end models with accessories (prices) up to 100,000 US dollars. "Previously, the concept of production of a barrier folding machine in a printing factory was just one thing we thought could no longer be more difficult," said Cullen. "Now, there is more demand for this type of product. Last year, compared to three years ago, we probably sold twice as many fenced folding machines," added Cullen. He estimated that Dot Printer now only sends about 20% of special post-printing jobs, mainly large-format die-cutting. Some orders, such as folding performance, are still handed over to the factory because the folded attachments purchased cannot adjust the line spacing. Keeping the competition “The rate of return on investment and customer demand is all that needs to be done,” Cullen commented: “It has allowed us to lower the introduction price and put more money on the job. If we know we will be )Working in the factory will make us more competitive.” Cullen is convinced that soon, Dot Pinter will buy additional special post-processing equipment like the large-format die-cutter, and the folding machine attachment will also be die-cut. Folding lines are considered. “Immediately finished at the end of the page,” explains Cullen. “You don't have to go to the die-cutting machine.” Kevin Burgess, MD, head of the MD.White Plains automated press, praised the customer’s need for a one-step shop to make him The company has performed a long and difficult observation to provide more special services. "The more you do in the factory, the more amazing your sales growth." His factory special services include: wire binding (binding), plastic ring binding (binding) and saddle stitching (binding). Supplementary automatic print supplies also include electronic prepress (device), CD-ROM, network and print mail services. The expansion of auto-loading becomes the main direction of stable post-press processing, high-speed bag making machine. Although there are untrustworthy price tags, it is also expected to recover costs in the short term. "We are looking for growth," Burgess said when it comes to allowing users to introduce public add-ons. “It is a considerable investment: 30-50 thousand US dollars, people who have already equipped the equipment seem to make up for their capabilities.” According to Brian Gallagher of the bindery factory, providing one-step commodity production also provides ZBR publishing Economic advertising. Last year alone, Haverhill MA-bcsed grew by 30%-40%. "Our sales have started to show marked improvement and the real development is mainly because we can provide perfect services." Gallagher firmly believes, "We are gradually making ourselves a company of "all commodities" - a complete CTP workflow, but also provide all the assembly and practice work. In the binding plant there are many CD assembly work to be completed." Z BR now with India The development of post-processing has a place in the market. "I think other printers and binders can't compete with us because we provide shorter print cycles with digital capabilities," said Gallegher. "There is indeed a binder plant larger than ours, but I don't think other companies can operate faster or say they don't have the ability to provide all the services like we do."