Print Fast, a quick print shop located in Ashland, Ore., had been running a one-color Heidelberg press it bought in 1997.
For his first venture into sheetfed offset printing, Chad Hightower chose a new 2-color Printmaster QM 46 press from Heidelberg.
To better understand printers’ views on the future of sheetfed lithography, PRIMIR (the Print Industries Market Information and Research Organization) commissioned Reed Business Information to conduct a study entitled Trends in Sheetfed Lithography: 2006-2011.
Around 391,000 visitors representing 138 countries attended this year’s Drupa trade fair, held in Düsseldorf, Germany. Mitsubishi filled the 17,000-square-foot exhibition space with the largest number of printing units the company has ever brought into a single event.
The print media remain popular, even in the age of electronic media. Despite the ongoing cost pressures, rotogravure printing still has a significant share in the daily production of magazines and catalogues.
Malloy Inc., a premier book printing company in Ann Arbor, Mich., recently installed a Speedmaster SM 52 with Anicolor and a Suprasetter A52 platesetter, both from Heidelberg.
When asked why he chose to install a new Heidelberg 5-color Speedmaster SM 52 press, Raff Printing Vice President and part-Owner Ron Yeckel says it simply – “Its just the best.”
