ACROSS the nation

New Press Heats Up Southern Market

ATLANTA—A five-color Sakurai 575SDC sheetfed press with in-line coater is now running jobs at Canterbury Press. The machine, which is the first of its kind in the Atlanta market, was installed by dealer Paper Handling Solutions.
ARIZONA

TEMPE—Business Cards Tomorrow (BCT) has added a Presstek direct imaging (DI) press to its facility here and in Denver to support increased demand for short run, fast-turnaround printing.

CALIFORNIA

HAWTHORNE—Lithographix Inc. has installed a Sentinel ink management system from Accel Graphic Systems on its eight-color Mitsubishi D3000 press.

ROCKLIN—J&M Printing, a general commercial printer, has installed a four-color Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 52 sheetfed press with in-line
aqueous coater. The SM 52 is now running alongside two additional Speedmaster SM 52 presses, one with perfecting capabilities.

COLORADO

GREELEY—Kendall Printing recently purchased its third Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 102 press. Added to complement its all-
Heidelberg pressroom, the new 10-color SM 102 with perfector and coater was installed alongside the shop’s new bindery equipment, which includes a Stitchmaster ST 350 saddlestitcher and a Polar 137XT cutter. The company also uses Heidelberg’s systemservice 36plus program.

GEORGIA

ATLANTA—DATAMATX, a provider of printed and electronic billing solutions, has launched FolioPDF and eApprove2 services to streamline the pre-print and customer approval processes. The two services were developed in-house by DATAMATX staff.

ILLINOIS

VALMEYER—MAR Graphics, a trade-only printer, has finalized the purchase of a 10-color press from Muller Martini. The Concepta web press with inter-station UV dryers and two-sided video web inspection accommodates 50˝ rolls.

WOODSTOCK—Brown Printing’s facility here has been named Time Inc. “Printer of the Year” for 2005. Brown also has facilities in Waseca, MN, and East Greenville, PA, both of which also produce Time Inc. work.

KENTUCKY

FLORENCE—Lohr Printing has delved into the digital printing market with the addition of a Xerox DocuColor 8000 digital press. After purchasing the digital press through Enovation Graphic Systems, the company transformed a former darkroom into a new prepress area.