Postpress: General
Shrink to fit
Sep 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By AP staff
Blanks Printing & Imaging's (Dallas) fulfillment division knows how to perform quick changeovers. Its jobs run from hundreds to millions of pieces, from...
Package deal
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien
Heidelberg expands its range with die-cutters and folder/gluers....
Air Care
Dec 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By AP staff
Cedar Graphics eliminates some nagging static and humidity problems with the installation of several Princess 2 humidification units from ML Husson....
Foiled again!
Oct 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By AP staff
Whether it's a Valentine's Day card or a video game you bought for your kid, a foil stamped and/or embossed image will catch your eye. The use of foil...
Cutters
Hands off
Jul 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Carrie Cleaveland
Picture this: An automated jogger aligns whole skids of paper in one turn. Lifts are loaded, a gripper loading system brings lifts to and from the knife,...
Package deal
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien
Heidelberg expands its range with die-cutters and folder/gluers....
Finishing Touch
Nov 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Carrie Cleaveland
With the combined folding and creasing capabilities of Morgana’s DigiFold, Allegra Print & Imaging is poised to keep growing....
Cutting time
Jul 1, 2006 12:00 AM, By Denise Kapel
Pepper Printing and The Hennegan Co. recently installed new automated Polar cutters from Heidelberg. As a result, these two very different companies have gained similar benefits: decreased costs, less physical toll on cutter operators, and better postpress productivity. Cutter automation is helping ease the bottleneck between increasingly efficient pressroom operations and the loading dock. ...
Folders
Keeping score
Sep 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien
Remember Dan Aykroyd's Bass-o-Matic sketch on Saturday Night Live? It comes with 10 interchangeable rotors, a nine-month guarantee, and a booklet, Aykroyd...
Package deal
Jan 1, 2007 12:00 PM, By Katherine O'Brien
Heidelberg expands its range with die-cutters and folder/gluers....
Finishing Touch
Nov 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Carrie Cleaveland
With the combined folding and creasing capabilities of Morgana’s DigiFold, Allegra Print & Imaging is poised to keep growing....
The Stevie Awards
Nov 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By Steve Johnson
Six months ago, I asked AMERICAN PRINTER readers to help prove a point by sharing their variable-data printing (VDP) case histories. Not the same old...
Cover 2 cover
Oct 1, 2006 12:00 PM, By AP Staff
Fully automated bookletmaking In booth 2446, Standard Finishing Systems will launch the new Standard Horizon SPF/FC-200A fully automated bookletmaker,...
Saddlestitchers
Service and stitchability
Nov 1, 2005 12:00 AM, By Carrie Cleaveland
When Des Plaines Publishing Co. (DPPC) added its first piece of bindery equipment in April 2005, employees went through a sense of production vertigo. The crew was completely new to saddlestitching. Most had not even see a stitcher before....
Folding, stitching & gluing impossible jobs
Feb 1, 2005 12:00 AM, By Carrie Cleaveland
For 105 years, Rickard Bindery has specialized in jobs best described as almost impossible. "We enable our customers to sell the oddball-goofy-crazy things," says president Jack Rickard. ...
The customer-conscious printer is always right!
Dec 1, 2004 12:00 AM, By Carrie Cleaveland
Data Communique’s willingness to adapt to the needs of specific customers is the driving force behind the company’s evolution. What started as a traditional corporate printer and fulfillment house has become a leading innovator in data conversion; document, data and content management; desktop publishing; electronic receipt and delivery of files; and electronic on-demand publishing....
August cover story: The latest and greatest midrange saddlestitchers
Aug 1, 2004 12:00 PM, By Leslie Shiers
New saddlestitching upgrades have made some of the bells and whistles of automation available to smaller print shops. Vendors also have improved manual...
Do you want that booklet stapled, stitched or squashed?
Jul 1, 2003 12:00 PM, by Katherine O'Brien, Editor | kobrien@primediabusiness.com
Jul 1, 2003 | If you haven't looked at bookletmakers lately, you might be surprised to see how they've changed. On the conventional side, vacuum sucker-equipped machines,...
Perfect binders
PUR in every glue pot?
Apr 1, 2005 12:00 AM, By Katherine O’Brien
What’s in your perfect binder’s glue pot? Many trade binderies and commercial printers are adding polyurethane reactive (PUR) alongside the more familiar ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) hot melt and polyvinyl acetate (PVA) cold emulsion adhesives....
You want it when?
Apr 1, 2004 12:00 PM, By American Printer staff
April 1, 2004 | In the early days of on-demand printing, few perfect-binding options existed. And, in some cases, the finished books weren't likely to win any ribbons...
PUR and perfect binding
May 1, 2003 12:00 PM, by Chuck Cline, President, Binding Solutions LLC | bookbinding1@hotmail.com
Mar 1, 2003 | There are a number of binding options, including polyurethane reactive (PUR), ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) hotmelt and polyvinyl acetate (PVA) cold emulsion...
Tight staples and square spines
Apr 1, 2003 12:00 PM, by Samantha Oller, Senior associate editor | soller@primediabusiness.com
Apr 1, 2003 | Each year, the Binding Industries Assn. International (BIA) (Chicago) recognizes exceptional binding and...
9 ideas for better on-demand binding
Mar 1, 2003 12:00 PM, by Frank Shear, President, Seaboard Bindery | frank@seaboardbindery.com
Mar 1, 2003 | On-demand projects offer different finishing challenges than long-run, high-volume jobs. Quick setup and turnaround times are essential poor planning...
