Offset Printing - Sheet-Fed

WITH THE massive Drupa exhibition in Germany just seven months away, Graph Expo 2007 held in Chicago last month won’t go down in graphic arts history as a watershed event from a jaw-dropping new product standpoint. But that didn’t stop more than 20,000 upbeat attendees from filling the aisles at what was the largest Graph Expo event since 2000, and the second largest ever. Despite the Drupa effect, from a traditional offset printing standpoint there were a few new presses introduced, several automation and makeready advancements on display and, of course, a sprinkling of press sale announcements. An emphasis on environmental sustainability and improved

CHICAGO—9/24/07—Chicago printer M&G Graphics caters to many of the Windy City’s premier institutions. Since 1984, M&G has printed brochures, mailers, postcards and annual reports for an impressive client list that includes the Chicago Park District, Field Museum, Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Historical Society and Morton Arboretum. “The quality requirements of our customers are quite high,” said Josephine Meyer, owner. “The Mitsubishi Diamond 3000S is surpassing their requirements.” A first-time Mitsubishi press buyer, M&G installed the five-color, 40-inch sheetfed press with coater in July to replace two six-color machines from another manufacturer. The Diamond 3000S is doing the job of the older

WILLISTON, VT—9/24/07—KBA North America, a leading press manufacturer, is announcing that Quest Graphics, a Maryland Heights, Missouri large format printer, will be installing a new fully-automated KBA Rapida 162 64-inch six-color sheetfed press equipped with inline UV capabilities in early fall. “For the past two to three years, we have needed to purchase a new press,” says Dan Cribbin, president of Quest Graphics. “It’s a two-fold reason. First, we needed additional capacity. Secondly, our customers were demanding faster turnaround and inline UV capabilities. We knew that we needed a new fully-automated press.” KBA’s large format leadership holds the key While the firm considers itself

WILLISTON, VT—September 11, 2007—KBA North America, a leading manufacturer of printing presses, and xpedx, the world’s largest distributor of printing papers and graphics supplies and equipment, said today they have formed a joint marketing agreement under which KBA will use printing papers from xpedx and include xpedx products in its press demonstrations, education and training seminars, and print tests. “This alliance will benefit printers because they can see how specific papers perform on KBA presses,” says Eric Frank, vice president of marketing for Williston, VT-based KBA. “Printers will also get up-to-date information on technical and environmental issues surrounding paper and learn about new

LOVELAND, OH—Sept. 6—xpedx Printing Technologies and Ryobi showcase the U.S. debut of the new full-format, RYOBI 920 Series of four-and five-color presses at Graph Expo 2007 in Chicago, September 9-12. The 8-up press is the largest ever introduced by Ryobi in the U.S. and underscores the commitment of xpedx and Ryobi to provide a full-line offering of highly advanced multi-color offset presses to U.S. printers. xpedx is North America’s largest distributor of printing papers and graphics supplies and equipment. xpedx Printing Technologies, the exclusive U.S. marketer and distributor of Ryobi-branded presses, will be demonstrating the RYOBI 924, a 24” x 36” four-color press at

NEW YORK CITY—September 4, 2007—Mimeo.com (http://www.mimeo.com), the innovator of online, on-demand digital printing for customized business documents and marketing materials, announced today the promotion of John Delbridge to Chief Operating Officer. Delbridge, who formerly served as Chief Financial Officer, will now lead all aspects of Mimeo’s operations including new product development, the online user experience, print production, customer service and office operations. “John’s an invaluable member of the senior management team, and has made significant contributions to the company’s growth,” said Adam Slutsky, Chief Executive Officer of Mimeo.com. “By asking him to take on these new and expanded responsibilities, we have begun

WILLISTON, VT—09/02/07—KBA North America announces that Holger Garbrecht has been named president and CEO of KBA North America, replacing Ralf Sammeck, who has been promoted to executive vice president of worldwide sheetfed sales and member of the Management Board for KBA. “I look forward to taking over this dynamic company that is now a combination of both sheetfed and web sales and service in North America,” said Garbrecht. “KBA North America is the unparalleled technology leader in printing presses. The firm continues to introduce groundbreaking press designs and the largest range of presses for printers of any size. I’m proud to be part of

Uncoated papers can produce unique effects thanks to their high volume, weight, and opacity. Printing them successfully, however, requires some special attention to detail. For best results in image modulation, Heidelberg recommends using compressible blankets with hard packing and setting a higher contact pressure than with coated papers. Uncoated papers printed with inks that dry oxidatively should have a pH value of about 5.5, since acidic stocks can lengthen drying times—as much as four times longer than in jobs with coated papers. With this in mind, avoid stacking uncoated sheets so high that they begin to take deposits from darker motifs or larger

KENNESAW, GA—August 30, 2007—Taylor Corporation of North Mankato, MN has become the first U.S. printer to incorporate Heidelberg’s innovative Anicolor technology into its pressroom. The print division was so impressed with this zoneless short inking unit with dampening system that it has installed several Speedmaster SM 52 presses with Anicolor. “Anicolor does everything Heidelberg said it would do,” raves Craig Krone, Taylor Corporation’s vice president of Information and Technologies for Personalized Business Products. “The 20th sheet off the press is consistent with the last one of the run.” Anicolor is the world’s first zoneless short inking unit with dampening system available on Heidelberg’s Speedmaster SM

WOODRIDGE, IL—08/30.07—KBA North America, a leading sheetfed offset press manufacturer based in Williston, Vt., is honored to be producing a new press for All Out, Inc., a commercial printer. The shop has experienced rapid growth after seizing the large format market with the installation of a KBA Rapida 142 56-inch five-color press in July 2006. The new press, which will have six color units plus interdeck UV capabilities, will be installed in All Out, Inc.’s newly-expanded 37,000 sq. ft. facility in December 2007. “We have experienced significant growth since the installation of our first KBA press,” says J.B. Capuano, All Out Inc.’s president.