John White (right), owner of Angus Print with his son Mark and the Horizon SPF/FC 200L
Leeds general commercial printer Angus Print has invested in a Horizon SPF/FC 200L bookletmaker capable of landscape feeding to expand its services and increase capacity.
The 4,500 bph Horizon SPF/FC 200L, combines all the highly automated features of the SPF/FC200A bookletmaker with the ability to feed A4 landscape sheets up to 640 mm in length.
JDF-ready, the system offers instant set-ups via a large icon-based colour touchscreen for user-friendly operation. The screen can be used for on-the-run fine tune adjustments as well as the store and recall of up to 200 jobs.
‘Five years ago we moved premises and away from film to ctp,’ said owner John White. ‘Then earlier this year we invested in the five colour press with new workflow and ctp. Since then we have been improving our automation.’
He continued, ‘We have also seen job run lengths decrease and so needed a solution that was easy and fast to set up. With the Horizon we can interrupt longer runs for short turnaround work as well. Offering landscape as standard opens up market opportunities for us too – it is something our older system just couldn’t do.’
‘It has made a massive difference and it is something we had to do or we wouldn’t still be here,’ explained Mr White. ‘We can now be more cost effective with production and that makes us more competitive in the market place.
The company counts the NHS and Leeds Beckett University as well as agencies among its clientele. Angus Print produces litho work on a five colour Komori B2 and a two colour Ryobi B3 press and digital on a Konica Minolta Bizhub press.
‘We can complete more jobs and we are slicker and more flexible too. For example we ran a ten set magazine which has a 16,000 run every five weeks. This took us six hours whereas beforehand it would have taken two days.’
He concluded, ‘We like to make our customers happy by supplying them with a wide range of quality services. We also have a great team working with us and investing in the business with easy to use systems makes them happy too.’
