Oregon printer excels with KBA press

Nov 29, 2007 1:50 PM

Commercial and publication printer B&B Print Source (Portland, OR) is experiencing higher quality, reduced makeready times and faster running speeds with its new Rapida 105 press from KBA North America (Williston, VT).

“Our need for a new press was twofold,” says Mike Stevenson, president, B&B Print Source. “First, we were experiencing tremendous company growth, and second, we could see incredible opportunities in long runs that our existing customers currently ran on a web. After reviewing equipment from four major press manufacturers, we chose the KBA Rapida 105 41-inch six-color sheetfed press with coater. With the higher speeds and greater net output of the 18,000-sph Rapida, coupled with the lower operating costs, which include quicker setup and makeready times, we were able to aggressively compete for the web business. Since we have always been known as a high-quality printer, the greater speeds of the Rapida still had to produce the high-quality print our customers are used to. I can tell you that the level of quality has actually increased with the Rapida press.”

Washup times are reduced because of KBA’s unique feature of disengaging any unused print or coating unit; replacement of coater blankets is now done using a toolless semiautomatic plate feature; registration is achieved through an automatic camera feature; all air settings are preset and sent along with the CIP 3/4 information; and practically all print unit adjustments are made through the console rather than with tools at the print unit.

Popular Stories

Hybrid Proofing

Dealing with irate customers

Does painless RGB to CMYK conversion exist?

The best PDFs

Into to lamination systems/materials

Powered by Disqus

Print & Media Buyer

Fall 2008 Print & Media Buyer
Cover Story:Green Printers
Expert Advice: Sustainable papers
Last Word: Print in 2018...

ONLINE SPOTLIGHT

Drupa 2008 coverage A collection of American Printer's coverage of the 2008 Drupa show. We will include more articles as the show approaches...

Online Spotlight Archive

advertisement

Resource Center

Select Newsletter InRegister E-Clips Chief Marketer Buyer's Guide JOBZone Equipment Auctions Purchase Paper Used Equipment Special Reports Environmental Excellence Awards 2007 Web Offset Survey The Workflow Connection Web Offset Survey Addressing the Issues Small Printers Report The Great Graph Expo Mash Up Web Offset & Inkjet Web Offset Outlook 2006 Innovation, performance, tradition: Pitman celebrates 100 years Digital Platemaking Without the Chemistry Bigger is Better Web Offset Report 2005 Kohl & Madden, a Sun Chemical Co. Presstek KBA Karat: Exceeding the profitability challenge Web Offset Survey 2004 PROCESS AUTOMATION Part 1: JDF and process automation PROCESS AUTOMATION Part 2: JDF & the supply chain PROCESS AUTOMATION Part 3: A progress report

events rss JobZone