ACROSS the nation

DC Area Printer Elects a Winner

UPPER MARLBORO, MD—In close proximity to the nation’s capital, family owned District Creative Printing provides services to groups that cater to the federal government, one of which is trade associations. Already operating a fleet of five MAN Roland presses, District Creative Printing recently installed a new five-color Roland 700 HiPrint press with in-line coater, making it the first shop in the Mid-Atlantic with the recently launched midsize model.

New Press Keeps Shop In Vogue

WAUKEGAN, IL—The difference is “like night and day,” says Pete DePerte, vice president and co-owner of Vogue Printers, comparing the difference between his old and new press. The older model press was replaced with a new five-color Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102 with aqueous coater, which DePerte says runs more quickly and with a lot less waste, due to the intelligent presetting of the press via Prinect Prepress Interface. With print quality that has “vastly improved,” he reports that press OKs are now “a walk in the park.”

CALIFORNIA

AUBURN—A second Kodak Trendsetter News thermal platesetter has been purchased by Gold Country Printing, along with a Kodak Prinergy Evo workflow system and Kodak Staccato screening.

EL CAJON—The new workhorse for producing personalized, short-to- medium-run printed material at Ad Mail Direct is a Xerox iGen3 digital production press, which was recently installed to provide the exceptional service, quick turnaround, personalization and mailing capabilities that customers had been requesting come under one roof. The printer also owns a Xerox DocuColor 2060 digital color press.

EL SEGUNDO—Primary Color, a leading print provider for the advertising and entertainment industries, recently relocated its Culver City manufacturing plant here. Earlier this year, the printer’s Irvine, CA, prepress and digital printing facility moved to a new, expanded quarters in nearby Costa Mesa.

LOS ANGELES—Several pieces of Xerox equipment have been installed at Universal Reprographics: a Xerox Nuvera 288 EA, two Xerox Freeflow makeready stations and a Xerox DocuColor 242.