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INDIANAPOLIS—Litho Press is celebrating its 50th anniversary with the introduction of a new MAN Roland 700 sheetfed press. The six-color, 41˝ press with coater, which was installed last autumn, gives the $5 million printer the ability to offer a broad range of products. "It is all about customer service—giving customers what they want whenever they want it," explains Litho Press Vice President Bernie Lacy, who runs the company in conjunction with his father Jack, president, and his brother John, vice president. "Because of the fast makeready times and the wide range of stocks and plastics we can run on the Roland 700, the press

PEWAUKEE, WI—The rabbit is out of the bag at Quad/Graphics. One of the nation's leading privately held printers has revealed that when it launches its print production operations at its Oklahoma City plant in the spring of 2003, a new breed of gravure presses, designed to outperform other printers' presses in speed, productivity and cost-effectiveness, will be leading the way. The press, courtesy of Italian manufacturer Cerutti and manufactured to Quad's specifications, will be equipped with "jack rabbit gravure" technology—full automation from cylinder loading through signature delivery, including computerized process control systems by Quad/Tech, Quad/Graphics' research and development division. According to Harry

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