Printmaster GTO 52 - User Report: Printshop Ackermann
10/16/2008
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At last! The new Printmaster GTO 52 five-color press with
perfecting device, numbering and perforating unit, and Prinect
Classic Center was delivered at the start of September 2008.
Following a move to a larger building in March this year, Ulrich
Thomackenstein, Owner of the print shop Ackermann, found the
opportunity to install this new press. It replaced a Printmaster
GTO 52 two-color press that had faithfully served the print shop
for over seven years with an average of 3.5 million prints each
year.
The previous premises, just two streets away, gradually became too small for office space, paper storage and, most of all, the machinery. Its equipment comprises three Heidelberg platen (Tiegel) presses, a Heidelberg cylinder, a Wohlenberg cutter, a collating machine, a GTO 46 single-color press, and now the newly installed Printmaster GTO 52 five-color press.
With a total staff of four, Thomackenstein himself also prints and is now able to do this on the new press. He took over the business around 13 years ago, and because the name of the company he acquired - "Ackermann" - was well respected, this was simply retained.
Beside the printing process, the company Ackermann also offers finishing such as cutting, simple folding jobs, die cutting, numbering, perforating, and scoring. Finished print products are dispatched either by the print shop itself or by a delivery service.
Thomackenstein opted for a Printmaster GTO 52 five-color model exhibited at the Heidelberg booth at drupa 2008. The simple, familiar operation, reliability and price/performance ratio were key reasons for acquiring the press. "As we were faced with an increasing number of color sets, and given that we mainly handle four-color jobs, it was clear we would no longer be investing in a two-color press," says Thomackenstein. Quite the opposite in fact, as the fifth unit can now be used for coatings, enabling an enhanced range of design options and shorter throughput times.
Run lengths can cover anything from around 500 to 15,000 sheets at an average of five jobs a day and with grammages of between 100 and 200 grams per square meter. This in particular is where Prinect Classic Center, the remote color and register control unit, really comes into its own. "The press can be operated even more effectively and I'm able to cut my setup times significantly," says a delighted Thomackenstein.
Almost half a million prints were produced on the new press within the first eight weeks of installation. All types of business stationery, brochures, and flyers are printed on the Printmaster GTO 52, mainly for regular customers, including insurance companies, hospitals, industrial and commercial enterprises, and advertising agencies.
"We are delighted with the new Printmaster GTO 52 and particularly value the level of service we got from Heidelberg, which ensured installation went smoothly and operators soon felt at home on the new press," says Thomackenstein.
The previous premises, just two streets away, gradually became too small for office space, paper storage and, most of all, the machinery. Its equipment comprises three Heidelberg platen (Tiegel) presses, a Heidelberg cylinder, a Wohlenberg cutter, a collating machine, a GTO 46 single-color press, and now the newly installed Printmaster GTO 52 five-color press.
With a total staff of four, Thomackenstein himself also prints and is now able to do this on the new press. He took over the business around 13 years ago, and because the name of the company he acquired - "Ackermann" - was well respected, this was simply retained.
Beside the printing process, the company Ackermann also offers finishing such as cutting, simple folding jobs, die cutting, numbering, perforating, and scoring. Finished print products are dispatched either by the print shop itself or by a delivery service.
Thomackenstein opted for a Printmaster GTO 52 five-color model exhibited at the Heidelberg booth at drupa 2008. The simple, familiar operation, reliability and price/performance ratio were key reasons for acquiring the press. "As we were faced with an increasing number of color sets, and given that we mainly handle four-color jobs, it was clear we would no longer be investing in a two-color press," says Thomackenstein. Quite the opposite in fact, as the fifth unit can now be used for coatings, enabling an enhanced range of design options and shorter throughput times.
Run lengths can cover anything from around 500 to 15,000 sheets at an average of five jobs a day and with grammages of between 100 and 200 grams per square meter. This in particular is where Prinect Classic Center, the remote color and register control unit, really comes into its own. "The press can be operated even more effectively and I'm able to cut my setup times significantly," says a delighted Thomackenstein.
Almost half a million prints were produced on the new press within the first eight weeks of installation. All types of business stationery, brochures, and flyers are printed on the Printmaster GTO 52, mainly for regular customers, including insurance companies, hospitals, industrial and commercial enterprises, and advertising agencies.
"We are delighted with the new Printmaster GTO 52 and particularly value the level of service we got from Heidelberg, which ensured installation went smoothly and operators soon felt at home on the new press," says Thomackenstein.
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