Helping printers profit and in-plants prove their value : xpedx E-Newsletter

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•	03/24/2008

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Printers Need a Fresh Choice in 40" Sheetfed—
Ryobi Responds with New 1050 Press Series

Multicolor sheetfed offset presses in the 40" range are the high-performance stars of the commercial and package printing worlds. Printers with older presses in the category know that nowadays, staying profitable in 40" markets means more than just having a press with the right sheet size. It means replacing legacy iron with a state-of-the-art platform supported by a full range of automated systems for quality control, quick-setup efficiency, and ease of use by operators with today's prevailing levels of skill. Printers operating smaller presses aspire to own 40" equipment for the productive capacity that only a full-size press can offer.

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No UV Tower? No Problem. An Offline Coating System Brings Protection and ‘Pop’ to Every Press in the Shop

No other finishing process can match the surface protection and the visual “pop” that UV coating gives to direct mail and many other kinds of printed matter. That’s fine for printers with UV-equipped presses—but what about printers who aren’t ready for the investment cost of conventional inline UV?

A much more affordable alternative—offline UV coating—not only lowers the price point but brings this value-adding, profit-building capability to every press and printing process in the shop.

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How do I break into Variable Data Printing?

Sales growth rates in the low single digits are the norm for conventional printing. Today, sales of variable data printing (VDP) with digital presses are growing by 15%, 20%, and even more per year. The opportunity is striking—but so is the challenge of breaking into a market that requires new equipment, new software skills, and a new sales mindset for success with VDP output.

The challenge has been on the minds of experts at the xpedx National Technology Center (NTC), a combined testing, training, and product demonstration facility that xpedx operates in Cleveland, Ohio.

Submit your questions to xpedxENews@xpedx.com. We’ll respond directly and publish select answers here.

Making Your In-Plant a Profit Center

There was a time when an in-plant printing operation was little more than one component of a company’s overhead. Those days are gone. If your in-plant is not on its way to becoming a profit center, it may not survive.

Transforming your in-plant into a focused, efficient, and growing business is possible with the right expertise.

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