Prepress
Winchester Printers Removes Prepress Bottlenecks with Suprasetter 105
Wednesday 03. March 2010 - Winchester Printers, Inc., Winchester, Va., recently installed a Heidelberg Suprasetter 105 SCL with Prepress Manager workflow, replacing a Heidelberg Prosetter, to take advantage of the efficiencies made possible by the automated features of the new thermal platesetting system.
The management team of Winchester Printers said, “This automation has enabled us to eliminate the bottlenecks that use to impede our production. The daylight load Suprasetter with its Saphira Chemfree thermal plates and automatic plate stacker enables the unit to run virtually unattended, which has lowered our operating costs.”
Winchester Printers, Inc. is a family owned and operated full-service commercial printer having served the needs of businesses, universities, organizations, and associations throughout northern Virginia and parts of Maryland, West Virginia and Pennsylvania for more than half a century. In addition to its Prinect-based prepress workflow, the company also operates a Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 102 2-color perfector, a 6-color Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 74 perfecting press with in-line coating tower, a 4-color SM 74 perfecting press and a pair of Heidelberg Printmaster QM 46 2-color machines, as well as a Heidelberg Windmill letterpress. The bindery hosts a POLAR 45″ programmable guillotine cutter with paper handling capabilities, and a Heidelberg Stitchmaster ST 100 8-pocket plus cover feeder saddlestitcher with Rima stacker. Given its robust capabilities and commitment to superior customer service, its no wonder Winchester Printers prides itself on exemplifying “Old Fashioned Values with Todays Technologies.”
“In our experience, it is easy to partner with Heidelberg,” Hottle said. “Heidelberg has always supported us with fast, efficient service and high quality equipment. We do not see a reason to go anywhere else.”