Low Waste, Short Run Printing: A Transformative Print & Delivery Production Model.
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Transcript of Low Waste, Short Run Printing: A Transformative Print & Delivery Production Model.
Low Waste, Short Run Printing: A Transformative Print &
Delivery Production Model
Transformative Print & Delivery Model
•Vision: Align available, proven technologies and new innovations to deliver higher-impact print content to households at a lower cost
A more comprehensive approach
– Print– Assemble content– Distribute
A more agile production platform
– Localized– Lower operating costs– Faster turn-around– Expanded utilization
A more dynamic and targeted product
– Premium-quality color printing– Web offset, digital hybrid– Just-in-time production– New format and content options
Transformative Print & Delivery Model
• Methodology:– Multi step development
process– Introduces stand alone
products which build on existing technology
– Taking a print operation from its current state to future state
DesiredFuture State
Magnum Compact
MagnaPak
CurrentState
OmniX
InkjetCommercial Folder
Polywrapping
Step 1: Magnum Compact
– 45 K copies per hour– Auto plate change– Quick make readies– 4/4 Color– Single width machine
Comparison: Efficiencies (HO v 6 tower Compact)
Goss HO Press Magnum Compact
Configuration 5 mono, 6-3 color 6 tower smaller footprint
Color Pages 24 24 comparable
Manning 10 4 60% labor reduction
Plate Change 30 minutes 3 minutes 90% reduction
Power 619 kW 335 kW 46% reduction
Adding Ribbon Shifters
4 broadsheet pages web
6 broadsheet pages per web
Goss HO Press Magnum Compact Configuration 5 mono, 6-3 color 4 tower w/ribbons smaller footprintColor Pages 24 24 comparable
Manning 10 3 70% labor reductionPlate Change 30 minutes 3 minutes 90% reduction
Power 619 kW 229 kW 63% reduction
Comparison: Efficiencies (HO v 4 tower Compact)
Comparison: Print schedule (1 pass v 2 pass)
Comparison: Print schedule (1 pass v 2 pass in zones)
Step 2 – Updated “Mini” Magnapak
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• Modify the Magnapak • 8 hopper, 2 delivery inserter• Multiple openers to enable all sections to be nested
Step 3: Add Commercial Folder
• Add a commercial folder to the Magnum Compact to produce Semi-Commercial Insert Products.– Chopper Folds/1/4 Folds– Double Parallel– Add sheeter– Format flexibility
Step 4: Develop a Digital Hopper
Signature
Creation
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• Create just in time 4 color flyers• Produce a unique, targeted ad
(zone of 1)• Combine inserts and digital flyers
– Selective• Place the variable content
closest to the final delivery point
• Driven by OmniX
Feeder
Step 4: Digitally Enhanced Magnapak
Step 4: Add Digital Capability to the Magnum Compact
• Ink jet the top of each section• Speeds of ink jet match press speed and qualities• Driven by OmniX• Produce a micro zip ad or editorial, but not a Zone of 1
Step 4: Add Digital Capability to the Magnum
• There are numerous installations of hybrid production lines
currently in operation. There a 9 Goss commercial presses using hybrid printing to produce:
– Catalogues– Direct Mail– Inserts– Commercial
Step 5: Contain the Package and Address It
• Place the output of the package in a wrapper• Ink jet the address for distribution• Combines Goss systems in use today
Step 6: OmniX
• Workflow product– Based on Omni Zone– Press impositions– Warehouse / Inventory– Production planning
• Press and inserter– Reporting Module– 42 Mailroom Systems – Omni Zone systems operational– 8 Press Systems – OminX systems operational– Workflow product for Goss equipment
Your future state?
• Newspaper– Traditional format – 4 section broadsheet– Single width operating costs
• Print Center– Free standing inserts– Produce JIT inserts digitally
• Distribution Center– Custodial control of the package– Unique content per package
Thank you