Mailing Equipment

I'm sure those of you who attended Print 09’ noticed that the floor traffic wasn’t too bad. I’ve seen busier shows, but unlike some of the past Graph and Print shows, even the busy ones, many companies attended with the mindset of making some capital investments. Hopefully this is evidence of an economic rebound.

Several noteworthy pieces of equipment were debuted at Print 09’.

Follow up:

We highlighted a few in our monthly email blast. I’ll reiterate some of them here:

•Full Color Envelope & Postcard Printing: This is a new generation laser printer that can print in full color without the envelope-jamming problems of most small lasers. It also comes with a high capacity feeder that can hold hundreds envelopes or postcards, and print at speeds of up to 4,000 per hour. This allows you to offer high quality, variable color printing at a reasonably low price. Print at up to 1200x600dpi, with graphics, or variable addressing on a variety of stocks.

•New Booklet Tabber: Up till now, most of our focus has been on the floor model machines, but Accufast has just developed a table-top unit that can apply all three 1.5" tabs simultaneously! Most mailers have smaller booklet volumes that only account for 5%-10% of total volume. Instead of buying a second floor model and tying up all of your tabbing equipment for one job, why not run the volume on a table-top unit? This machine will apply the tabs on both the head and foot of a booklet in a single pass, quickly and easily!

•Front & Back Inkjet Printing: This solution has been available from Buskro for several years, but new advancements have allowed them to drastically decrease the cost, making the solution much more affordable. Print matching variable data on both sides of your document or mailing piece with Atlas, UV or HP technology.

•L- Series Inkjet Printer: The Domino L- Series, featuring Lexmark Printing technology, received a lot of attention from mailers looking to add additional inkjet capacity. This is due to several features including speeds that are almost double that of the nearest competition, and a lower cost of consumables, plus higher overall quality then other inkjets within the same class. Cartridge-based inkjetting taken to the next level!

•Lake Image introduced Print Quality Check software. This allows you to take action when running high speed documents on a web press or digital printer. The PQ Print Quality system will keep you from making costly printing mistakes by identifying streaks, voids, blemishes, broken characters, etc.

•Tabber Upgrades for booklet tabbing: Many customers had the chance to see large tabbers with upgrades for the 1.5" tabs. If you have an existing tabber, please don't' forget to call us to find out the necessary upgrades for keeping your equipment compatible with USPS specifications.

As always, give us a call or visit our website for information on some of the mailing equipment we have to offer! www.addresserbasedsystems.com