CTP - Computer to Plate

Gateway Printing Runs with Assurance on Heidelberg Prepress and Press Equipment

Tuesday 01. March 2011 - Gateway Printing & Office Supply, Inc., Edinburg, Texas, reports the installation of a Heidelberg Suprasetter 105 CtP device with Prinect Prepress Manager workflow and Prinect Prepress Interface to ensure the direct transfer of print-relevant parameters from the prepress to the press setting stage with minimal waste.

The company also installed a second Printmaster QM 46-2 concurrently with the new Suprasetter, which is used to image Saphira Chemfree plates.
Gateway Printing & Office Supply, Inc., along with its subsidiary, Jones & Cook Stationers, Inc., serves customers across North America from locations in Edinburg, Brownsville, Corpus Christi, McAllen, Houston, and San Antonio, offering office supplies, office furniture and teaching aids, along with its full service commercial and promotional printing. The company’s printing division produces high-quality, four-color and five-color printing for national and international businesses, as well as for local companies and organizations.
Gateway’s pressroom houses Heidelberg presses exclusively, including the pair of Printmaster QM 46 2-color presses, a 5-color Speedmaster SM 52, a 5-color Speedmaster SM 74, and a 4-color Speedmaster SM 102. The company also offers a broad array of finishing services with the help of a POLAR 137 EM paper cutter, B20 and B30 continuous-feed Stahlfolders, and a Stitchmaster ST 90 saddlestitcher.
The number one reason Gateway turns to Heidelberg for its equipment and software needs is reliable and ready service, said Sonia Garcia, Vice President of Printing. “Aside from having the best equipment in the world, Heidelberg technicians are incredible,” she said. “One even answered the phone while he was on vacation!”