14 ■ October 4, 2010 • GRAPH EXPO
Official Show Daily • Cygnus Graphics Media Automated Paper Procurement in Print Job
Bidding and Production EFI (Booth 2000) and xpedx (Booth 3200) showcase purchasing through a single print MIS software package
and in-plant printers have the ability to automate paper and substrate purchasing through a single print MIS software package, reports xpdex. Print jobs can be estimated more quickly and accurately—and substrate specifications can be fully integrated in each print job. Paper and substrates account for as much as half of a total job cost, and specification decisions directly impact total job profitability and cost, making automation a critical business issue for printers today. xpedx, one of North America’s largest paper and graphics supplies distributors, and EFI, devel- oped the new capability offered within EFI PrintSmith MIS software. It is being demonstrated in the xpedx booth 3200 during GRAPH EXPO.
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For PrintSmith customers The new integration capability in PrintSmith, which is available to all
or the first time, small and mid-size U.S.
commercial
xpedx and PrintSmith customers run- ning version 8.1.10 or later, enables printers to view the current xpedx catalog for paper and substrate infor- mation and specification, view current, customer specific, pricing for their business and view current local and regional substrate availability. Addi- tionally, printers can send their elec- tronic purchase orders directly to xpe- dx systems, receive order confirmation and invoices by email and monitor and manage all purchasing and deliveries. This new system gives printers the ability to integrate paper and sub- strate data into front-office operations and the entire production workflow, benefitting prepress, pressroom and postpress.
Prior to the launch of the EFI PrintSmith version 8.1.10 or later, all of the functions outlined above were manually handled via computer, phone or fax.
Automating all functions through a single software application provides
Brown Printing Purchases Industry’s First 75" Goss Sunday 3000
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rown Printing Company (Waseca, MN) has acquired the world’s first Goss Sun- day 3000 web press with
an extended 75-inch web width. The purchase underscores Brown’s com- mitment to building the most modern platform in the industry.
The 4-unit 32 page press will be capable of producing saddlestitched and perfect bound product up to 9” wide, a first for single-circumference web presses. Brown will equip the press with closed loop color, as well as automated register and ribbon controls
Robin Mayward, Senior E-business Manager for xpedx demonstrates EFI PrintSmith.
important new cost savings, production efficiencies and streamlined opera- tions—key benefits as printing com- panies and operations seek to maxi- mize profitability, minimize cost and improve competitiveness. The xpedx integration in EFI PrintSmith enables printers to save up to 10 minutes (or more) per estimate when confirm- ing product availability—a potential multiple-hour time savings each day depending upon the number of esti-
mates. It provides automatic product file updates with customer-specific pricing, resulting in savings of several hours per month in product file main- tenance. Customers also benefit from increased order placement speed and accuracy. Electronic orders are placed into xpedx systems immediately and the needed inventory is held for the customer. This also eliminates manual transcriptions by the customer and data entry errors.
Presstek Launches New Customer Loyalty Program
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that increase efficiency while maintain- ing the high level of quality Brown’s customers have come to expect. “Brown’s facilities are among the most
modern and efficient in the country. In fact, the last Sunday 3000 press installed in the U.S., back in 2008, was also purchased by Brown,” explains Volker Petersen, president and CEO. “We con- tinually look for ways to improve our productivity in order to better serve our customers. Brown’s history of strong reinvestment puts the best equipment, service and technology at our custom- ers’ fingertips.” “Brown Printing has been a long- standing leader in bringing the advan- tages of the latest high-speed, wide- web technology to its catalog and publication customers,” according to Jochen Meissner, Goss International president and CEO. “We are grateful for this opportunity to extend our relationship and work with the team at Brown on another groundbreaking project.” Installation of the new Goss press
Sunday
The new Sunday 3000 will join this existing Sunday 3000 press at Brown Printing in Waseca, MN.
in Brown’s
Waseca, MN facility will begin in the spring and is expected to be completed by July 2011.
resstek, Inc. (booth 2600) is launching Presstek Awards, a customer loyalty program that offers points for pur- chases of prepress and pressroom consumables from the company, including products purchased through its online store,
shop.presstek.com. The program is available to print pro- viders located in the U.S. and Canada. “We have many loyal customers who purchase Presstek and other brand prepress and pressroom consumables directly from Presstek through our e-commerce site and our consumables telesales force,” says Scott McGowan, Consumables Marketing Manager for Presstek. “This is our way of thanking them for their loyalty and business. Customers will earn two Presstek Points for every dollar of qualified Presstek-branded supplies and one
point for each dollar of qualified third party branded supplies purchased.” Presstek is offering bonus points for customers who place orders online, as well as for customers who opt to use a credit card for their purchases rather than being invoiced for later payment. Points can be redeemed for a num- ber of awards, ranging from trips and appliances to electronics and selected Presstek products. Full details about the program can be found at www.
Presstekawards.com.
(L to R) Bill Lamparter, President of PrintCom Consulting who administers GASC’s Positive- ly Print program; Gary Stackpole, Printing and Graphics Association—Mid-Atlantic; Gavin Jordan-Smith, Xerox; Warren Werbitt, Pizzaz Printing; Don Murphy, Hewlett-Packard; and Ralph Nappi, President, GASC celebrate the power of print at last night’s reception.
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