 |
|
Computer-to-Plate Kickoff at Courier Kendallville Courier has inked a deal with industry frontrunner Creo Products to install a thermal computer-to-plate (CTP) imaging system in our Kendallville plant. This technology is flush with benefits including improved registration and print quality, tighter process control and faster throughput. "The #1 priority is quality," said Steve Franzino, Vice President of Technology, "It's about building a better book." Kendallville was chosen for the first installation because of the benefits gained in print quality and process control of four-color work. The new large-format system is capable of imaging any size plate used in the plant, ensuring complete flexibility. Delivery is scheduled for the end of February, with installation and testing to begin in March, and full production slated for early April. Courier will link Kendallville's existing Scitex workflow, including trapping and color and image management, with the new system's automation and superior imaging. This will allow our customers to realize a greater benefit from our already proven and completely digital workflow. The workflow has been in place for two-and-a-half years and includes digital proofing. "We anticipated the technology and ironed out the workflow issues first. As a result, we can guarantee 100% proofing fidelity with CTP right out of the box." says Franzino. "You can't get any more confident than that." It's Showtime Look for Courier in February at two of the publishing industry's most important trade shows. We will be exhibiting at PubTech in Chicago (Booth #330) on the 4th and 5th and at BookTech in New York (Booth #303) on the 17th and 18th. So stop by to check out our new booth and catch up on the latest from Courier. While you are at the shows, go see the presentations by Courier employees. Peter Tobin, VP of Sales and Marketing, will speak on the future of print at PubTech, and Peter Clifford, VP of Production Services, will speak on paper buying for the small publisher at BookTech. For more information or a free pass to the BookTech exhibit hall, please e-mail your request to marketing@courier.com. Courier.com Web Page Update If you haven't logged in to Courier.com yet (www.courier.com), what are you waiting for? This informative web site contains all the information you need to maneuver around the Courier organization for information and support, as well as valuable tips to help you do your job. At Courier.com you can learn how to send us your job over the internet, get answers to your prepress questions and size up our extensive equipment and capabilities list. You can get financial information, learn about our history, read back issues of Fine Print and catch the latest news releases. You can get addresses, directions, phone numbers, e-mail and much, much more. The home page of the website is designed to highlight what's new at Courier, with direct links that bring you quickly to the latest information. There is always something new at Courier.com, so please visit us often. EPP - Tip of the Month Trapping can often be a Tints or shades of spot colors and single process colors are fine, but don't apply a tint or shade to four-color process color . For example, if you've composed a red from 100% magenta and 100% yellow, don't make a pink by applying a 50% shade. Instead, create the pink you want from a combination of process colors, and use this at 100%. EPP Tips are from Right from the Start, published by Courier Corporation. The guide is available in PDF form online, or you can request a printed copy through your sales representative or by e-mailing Priscille Georgeou at georgeou@courier.com. Here and There...Changes at Courier Does your contact at Courier have a telephone number with a 508 or 617 area code? If so, then please note that the area code has officially changed. All Courier numbers in the 508 area, including our main number, 251-6000, are now in the 978 area, and all Courier numbers in the 617 area are now in the 781 area. The old codes work for now, but soon they will not. Also, we have moved our California sales office from San Mateo to: 22320 Foothill Blvd. Suite 425 Hayward, CA 94541 tel: (510) 583-7390 fax: (510) 583-7392. Courier People On the Move Don Hunter recently rejoined Courier as Director of the Year 2000 Project. From 1991 to 1993, Don served as Courier's Director of Quality and then as Director of Manufacturing at Courier Westford. Most recently he was Vice President of Manufacturing for Nutcracker Snacks. Mike Martin has joined Courier as a New England Sales Representative. Mike has been selling bookbinding materials for Ecological Fibers since 1992. Thanh Huynh has been promoted to Estimator/Biller in the Production Services Department at Courier Kendallville. This Just In... Congratulations to Steve Franzino, V.P. of Technology at Courier. Steve was just named an officer of the Research and Engineering Council of the Graphic Arts Industry. |
Send your questions and comments to french@courier.com |
|