DPS Purchases Eight-Color RMGT 9 Series Long Perfector
Graphco, the leading provider of the most popular 8-up sheetfed offset press in North America, is proud to announce the sale of an 8-UP RMGT 920PF-8+LED eight-color Long Perfector to DPS, Inc. in Winter Park, FL, near Orlando. While the acronym of the company features Digital Printing Solutions, DPS prints a large volume of its work in offset.
A key highlight of this installation is the press’s advanced LED Curing Technology, which has revolutionized DPS’s printing operations. The full-sized 8-UP press has already proven its value, enabling high-speed, high-quality production for the company’s busy political direct-mail season.
“Our new press makes high-volume, fast-turnaround work possible, and LED instant-curing technology is one big reason,” said Terry Sutton, Owner of DPS. The firm recently completed a major project—printing 286,000 mailers within two days of receiving artwork. LED Curing Technology ensures printed materials are immediately dry and ready for the next production step, significantly speeding up workflow.
The use of UV inks from Toyo has further optimized DPS’s production efficiency. “Not having the printed product sit to dry is essential to keeping work flowing smoothly through the plant,” Sutton explains. In the past, DPS often used aqueous coating to expedite drying, even at additional cost. Now, LED Curing eliminates the need for such measures while delivering superior results.
Chris Manley, President of Graphco, highlights the aesthetic and operational benefits of UV inks: “LED inks are 8% to 10% glossier than traditional oil-based CMYK inks. Sheets coming off DPS’s new RMGT press almost have a sheen comparable to aqueous coating, without the energy-intensive drying process.”
Digital Printing Solutions: An All Ryobi/RMGT Shop
Founded in a garage in 2001, DPS begins its 25th year in business in 2025. In addition to now having a color and monochrome digital printing line up, “we’ve been an all Ryobi/RMGT shop for about 17 of those years,” reveals Sutton. Its offset and digital presses are G7-certified by Idealliance for coordinated color calibration. The firm also features a full-service bindery. Its 35 employees work around the clock (two 12-hour shifts), Monday through Thursday. Within the 31,000-square-foot Florida manufacturing facility, press crews had been running a 6-color RMGT sheetfed-offset press with an aqueous coater. However, after six faithful years in service, Sutton says, some work was taking too long to produce.
The new 8-color RMGT 920 perfecting press can run 13,000 sheets per hour. “It was just time for better technology,” he notes, illustrating the example of 20,000 copies of an artist’s calendar that the company has been printing for four years. Before, press proofing took three days because of running two-up, one side at a time. This year that process was expedited by running four-up and printing both sides of the sheet simultaneously on the larger format (24x36-inch) perfector. “The job was out the door in five hours!” Sutton exclaims.
The addition of LithoFlash measurement and control technology ensures consistent color accuracy, while reducing makeready waste. “Every single sheet pull was perfect,” Sutton notes, praising the system’s ability to maintain color consistency across press runs.
With its proprietary job-ticketing system, DPS efficiently manages over 3,000 digital and offset jobs monthly, maintaining an impressive on-time ratio of nearly 90%. The company’s investment in LED Curing Technology and cutting-edge equipment positions it as a leader in high-speed, high-quality printing solutions.
“Graphco is extremely proud of our engagement with Terry and the DPS Team, and we absolutely love keeping our Ryobi/RMGT customers happy as their businesses grow and flourish,” states Manley. “It’s great to see Florida, and the Southeast, becoming Graphco/RMGT Country.”
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