Offset Printing
Presstek Teams with New Distributor in Guatemala
Wednesday 27. February 2008 - Compania International de Productos y Servicios, S.A., d/b/a Printer,Brings a Smarter Way to Print to Guatemala
Presstek, Inc., the leading manufacturer and marketer of digital offset printing business solutions, has signed a distribution agreement with Compañía Internacional de Productos y Servicios, S.A., of Guatemala City, Guatemala. Under the terms of the agreement, Compañía Internacional de Productos y Servicios, S. A. who does business in Guatemala as Printer through nine branch offices plus Headquarters, will distribute Presstek DI digital offset presses in the country. This appointment marks the debut of Presstek solutions in the Guatemalan print market and expands the company’s efforts to reach new markets in this region.
“I am very pleased to have Printer as our business partner for Presstek DI solutions,” said Stephen Brower, director of ROW sales for Presstek. “Their professionalism and customer support is a strong part of the value they bring to the customers. I believe that print service providers in Guatemala will benefit from the high quality, cost-efficiency and expanded capabilities that the Presstek DI presses will bring to their businesses.”
Pressteks highly automated sheetfed, four-color digital offset presses offer the most profitable solution for quick turnaround, short-run high quality color printing. DI presses do not require separate prepress systems since the chemistry-free plates are imaged directly on the press. The Presstek DI offers one of the lowest costs per sheet at run lengths of 250 to 10,000, while delivering up to 300 lpi and stochastic screening- without incurring additional time or expense. In addition, more jobs can be delivered in less time with the DI’s ability to go from digital file to sellable color within 10 minutes.
“The Latin American market is an important part of Pressteks growth strategy,” added Mark Levin, president of the Americans Region for Presstek. “We are very excited about the opportunity the Guatemalan market provides and are confident that this new distributor is the ideal partner for us in that region.”
“Adding the Presstek DI to our portfolio of offerings for our Graphic Arts Division means we can bring our customers a new product that is uniquely suited to the needs of our market,” said Roberto Baldizon, general manager of Printer. “We are excited about the opportunity this agreement brings to us, and our customers.”
Presstek and Printer will collaborate on a launch event that will be held soon to kick off the distribution arrangement and begin educating the Guatemalan printing market on the benefits of Pressteks cost-efficient DI digital offset presses.
The DI Product Line
Presstek 52DI – This landscape digital offset press operates at up to 10,000 impressions (20,000 pages) per hour with a maximum sheet size of 20.47 x 14.76″.
Presstek 34DI – This portrait format digital offset press produces up to 7,000 13.39 x 18.11″ sheets (14,000 pages) per hour.
Presstek: A Smarter Way to Print
The 52DI and 34DI offer the following advantages:
> Capability
>> Broad range of substrate thickness up to 20 pt. (0.06 mm to 0.5 mm), for a variety of applications such as printing on onion skin, heavy card stock, synthetics, etc.
>> Maximum sheet size
>>> 52DI: 510 x 360 mm (20.47 x 14.76 inches) per sheet
>>> 34DI: 340 x 460 mm (13.39 x 18.11 inches) per sheet
>> Environmentally friendly
>> No click charges
> Productivity
>> Number of letter-sized pages per hour
>>> 52DI: up to 20,000 pages
>>> 34DI: up to 14,000 pages
>> Fastest path from digital file to sellable sheet – automated 10 minute makereadies; up to color in 20 sheets; quick changeovers
>> Easy color adjustments without remake of plates
>> Uptime reliability and lifetime durability
> Quality
>> Supports superior offset quality of 120 l/cm (300 lpi) and FM screening without additional time or cost
>> Zero Transfer Printing – four colors printed without sheet transfer
>> Superior and consistent sheet-to-sheet, job-to-job, day-to-day
>> Easy to print PMS colors and changeover – automatic press washup and ink key preset for switchback to four-color printing