equipment
Workstations, Pre-Press, Software, Typesetting & Graphic Design
- 3 Mac G5s and 3 Mac G4s
- Adobe Indesign with all images and fonts
- QuarkXpress with all images and fonts
- Adobe Illustrator with linked graphics and all fonts
- Adobe Illustrator with nested graphics (not recommended)
- Photoshop .psd files with all required fonts and bleed requirements
- Macintosh Server all gigabit transfer
- CD, DVD, and Dual Layer DVD Burners
- AGFA Sherpa 43ds or color imposition proofs (bluelines)
- Epson Stylus Pro 9800 Ultra Chrome - Epson certified color Digital Color Proofing System (Hi_rez Proof)
- HP Laser printers/600 dpi
Agfa Apogee X Workflow
- The inclusion in ApogeeX 4.0 of the Adobe PDF Print Engine, which allows PDF files to be rendered nataively throughout the workflow, eliminating the need to flatten transparent artwork, enables a more efficient and reliable end-to-end PDF workflow.
Proofing (Digital Blueline & Digital Color Proofing)
- Blueline proofs have been replaced by the Sherpa 43d inkjet in full color for imposition proofing. They are trimmed to exact size, and folded to job specs.
- AGFA Sherpa 43ds or color imposition proofs (bluelines)
- Epson Stylus Pro 9800 Ultra Chrome - Epson certified color Digital Color Proofing System (Hi_rez Proof)
Computer to Plate
- Agfa Palladio with Sublima screening. Sublima screening is Agfa Graphics’ most advanced screening option. Its cross-modulated (XM) screening technology is designed to dramtically improve print quality with no extra effort on press. Sublima lets our press easily hold a 1-99% dot at higher frequencies, so it captures the finest details and the most vibrant colors.
Digital Printing
- Canon Digital Color Copier CLC4000 with Fiery with maximum 12x18 output
Large Format Printing - Signs and Banners
- HP DesignJet Z-6100ps - 60” Wide Engine
- Media width 24 to 60”
- Resolution up to 2400 x 1200 optimized dpi
- 8 color (cyan, light cyan, magenta, light magenta, yellow, light gray, matte black, photoblack)
Presses
- Komori Lithrone 20 x 28” 5 Color Press with inline coater, aqueous coating unit, extended dryer and capacity to run various weights of sheets from 60lb. book to 32pt. board, fully digital ready new integrated operation stand eqipped with a newly designed Dual TFT touch panel, fully integrated control possible during real-time operation using CIP4 data, easy color matching and advanced color management that ensures printing standarization
- Heidelberg MOFPH+L 5 Color Press (with Coating Unit & Perfector) with a capacity to run various weights of sheets from 60lb. book to 20 pt. board, computer enhanced with a CPC-Tronics (Computer Print Control) interactive operating system
- AB Dick 9810 Presses 2 Color Press
- AB Dick 9870 2 Color Press with envelope feeder
Bindery
- 2_36” Polar EMC Programmable & Computerized Cutters
- Standard Horizon MC-80 Booklertmaker Binding Machine Suction Feed Collator & expandable 2 towers with advanced programming for non-stop productivity from 8 pages to 80 pages
- Baum 20x26 Folding Machine
- Stahl Folder Machine
- Rollum Numbering Machine
- Rollum Perforating & Slitting Machines
- Challenge Six Hole Punch Power Drills
- Challenge Power-Fold Folding Machine
- Velo Bind Machine
- Spiral Bind Machine
- Seal & Shrink Wrapping Machine
- Padding Racks
- Slitter
