Cenveo Elevates Print Publishing with HP
(Press Release) BARCELONA, Spain, 25 August 2011— HP announced that Cenveo, one of the world's largest providers of print and related resources, has upgraded its short-run publishing and customised collateral capabilities by purchasing an HP Indigo W7200 Digital Press.
Installed recently at one of its core U.S. digital production facilities in Hurlock, Maryland, the new press enables Cenveo to:
- Reduce upfront costs for scientific, technical and medical journal publishers, replacing longer-run offset print and warehousing operations with offset-quality, medium-run-length print-on-demand fulfilment;
- Support rapid growth in high-value, fully personalised marketing collateral; and
- Sell more customised hybrid production jobs requiring a combination of offset and digital print production, using the W7200 to replicate the colour quality of offset lithography.
"Our customers want to save money through just-in-time production and the marketing benefits of variable-data personalisation, without sacrificing the level of printing they get with traditional offset," said Cappy Childs, president, Digital, Logistics and Sales divisions, Cenveo. "The HP Indigo W7200, with its offset-quality imaging and high productivity, is a step forward for us.
Integration into streamlined, end-to-end workflows
Cenveo wanted the "latest and greatest" for its Hurlock facility, and the W7200 advances the company's offerings while integrating into its highly productive prepress, digital print and finishing workflow. Prepress colour management and press fingerprinting at Cenveo plants are based on the G7®^(1) method, and the HP Indigo W7200 Digital Press's broad colour gamut conforms closely to the colour quality and repeatability metrics Cenveo maintains in its commercial print production facilities.
Cenveo has extensive experience in digital colour printing: its Hurlock facility has run digital colour presses from HP and others for the past five years, and the broader Cenveo organisation includes digital colour presses from every leading manufacturer.
"An organisation like Cenveo, with its years of expertise in digital colour printing, knows what it wants when it comes to installing an offset-quality digital press that can deliver results," said Jan Riecher, vice president and general manager, Graphics Solutions Business - Americas, HP. "The HP Indigo W7200 brings more value to the publishers and marketers Cenveo serves."
Along with the press, Cenveo purchased an HP SmartStream Production Pro Print Server, a 64-bit digital front-end controller that streamlines data processing and integrates with Cenveo's sophisticated and tightly colour-managed prepress workflow. The company also installed an in-line cutting and finishing solution from Hunkeler to further streamline its journal production operations.
HP Indigo imaging: maximising quality and value
Designed to meet offset-quality, application-focused production needs, the HP Indigo W7200 is the most productive Indigo press model, printing up to 7.5 million pages per month. Capable of printing up to 240 four-colour, or up to 960 monochrome, A4/letter-size pages per minute at resolutions up to 2,400 x 2,400 dots per inch, the press is an ideal solution for colour publishing applications, transactional/transpromotional printing, direct marketing work and photobook/photo specialty production.
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About Cenveo
Cenveo, headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut, is a leading global provider of print and related resources, offering world-class solutions in the areas of envelopes, custom labels, specialty packaging, commercial print, publisher solutions and business documents. The company provides a one-stop offering through services ranging from design and content management to fulfilment and distribution. With approximately 10,000 employees worldwide, the company prides itself on delivering quality solutions and service every day for customers.
About HP
HP creates new possibilities for technology to have a meaningful impact on people, businesses, governments and society. The world's largest technology company, HP brings together a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure at the convergence of the cloud and connectivity, creating seamless, secure, context-aware experiences for a connected world.
- Companies:
- Cenveo Inc.
- Digital Press
- HP
- People:
- Cappy Childs