Offset Printing

Rick’s Printing Sees Record Growth, Credits Heidelberg Presses

Friday 06. February 2009 - According to Rick Jacobs, taking the first step into mid-sized offset printing has been "better than my wildest dreams."

The owner of Rick’s Printing in Portland, Ore. has run his new 4-color Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 74 press for a little over two months and is already singing its praises. “The CD 74 has allowed us to be very competitive in our market,” Jacobs said. “We can now compete with some of the 40-inch presses in our market, and can deliver higher-quality results at a lower cost than most of our competition.” With automated makeready and user-friendly operation, the CD 74 is a perfect complement to the pressroom at Rick’s Printing. Since its installation, the press has been running for approximately 12 hours per day, producing high-quality general commercial work. “We’ve been buried in work on the new press,” Jacobs said. “We are able to take some of the pressure off of our Printmaster PM 52 press and be more strategic about our production methods.” An all-Heidelberg shop, Rick’s Printing operates a Printmaster QM 46 press along with the PM 52 and CD 74 presses. All three presses are supported by a Prosetter 74 violet platesetter from Heidelberg, which was installed last year, as well as Heidelberg Saphira Consumables. “When my wife and I started this company with a QM 46 press and one POLAR cutter from Heidelberg, I would have never believed the growth we would experience in seven short years,” Jacobs said. The truth is in the results: Rick’s Printing has experienced month after month of record growth and is planning for more. “We will continue our aggressive growth strategy with Heidelberg equipment.”