The
print media industry supports a substantial herd of commentators whose
lives are spent promoting the latest advances in Workflow technology
and MIS software systems.
Without doubt, these developments have driven tremendous improvements
in the efficiency of the modern printshop, enabling UK based companies
to continue to produce competitively in an increasingly globalised
marketplace. Yet neither the most integrated JDF Workflow package nor
the most analytical MIS can tell a printer which is his first OK sheet.
For the vast majority of printers, running either sheetfed or web
presses, this means that discarding good copies with the bad is a fact
of life.
It may be a relatively small number of sheets per make-ready, but the
costs mount up over any significant period of time. In addition,
wasting sheets from the bottom of the pile means overproducing at the
top. This extends run lengths and press time - potentially negating
much of the savings that the integration of workflow may have created
in the make-ready process.
Most printers spend more money on paper than anything else, so why do
they both overproduce and throw so much of it away? Finance Directors
around the country are pulling their hair out at the thought of this
needless waste, even before they see the costs of disposal.
For over 50 years, Vacuumatic have been busy producing effective
solutions to resolve issues such as these, which affect almost all
printers on a day-to-day basis. Our inline units can tab the first OK
sheet, mark bad or damaged copies during the run and batch the stack
from top to bottom. An accurate indication of the total number of good
sheets that each stack contains is assured. In this way a printer can
quickly experience reductions in waste and gain a clearer picture of
actual productivity.
It seems pretty obvious when you think about it, but in these hi-tech
times the simple answer is often passed over for the more glamorous
sounding. Tabbing solutions are competitively priced and easy to
install. Who knows, if you fitted one to your press you might save
enough money to buy the Workflow system you’ve heard so much
about.
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