Ricoh Latin America drives book printing industry with digital innovation
Ricoh Pro C7200 elevates the quality of printed materials to meet customer needs and support the growth of publishing companies.
Book printers face significant challenges, as it is not just a matter of complementing offset with digital, but how to reinvent production and industry processes to meet the demand for demanding contracts, short runs and flexible business models.
The last two years have shown solid growth for independent publishers, connecting readers to new market channels. Larger publishers, on the other hand, have taken a conservative approach to book order quantities, are ordering more in smaller quantities rather than letting multi-year books sit in warehouses.
As short-run requests increase, managing operations and deadlines has never been more difficult for book printers. Keeping track of so many jobs can be time-consuming, and manually planning the most efficient way to leverage resources (without missing any deadlines) can seem impossible.
Digital printing has evolved to help printers solve these barriers by simplifying and automating many of the steps in digital production. New book printing technologies enable publishers to offer their customers more flexibility, better turnaround times and attractive pricing, so they have become a critical component to their growth and expanding their capabilities to exceed their customers' expectations. These technologies, among many other benefits, allow users to develop predefined rules for classifying jobs, which helps automate many of the manual steps and group similar jobs together to simplify printing and finishing.
In this context, Ricoh Latin America provides scalable solutions that help take on the most demanding jobs and deliver quality results every time. Through the Ricoh Pro C7200 Series portfolio of digital presses, companies get the highest productivity, substrate versatility, quality and color consistency, with the ability to go beyond CYMK with the fifth color.
Pro C7200s systems can be tailored to meet all your production needs. New and improved inline finishing and feeding options adapt to your processes and workflows. Production printing operations require reliable and productive technology that enables them to produce high quality prints at an affordable price. In-house production allows you to reduce lead times, consolidate volume and reduce costs. Compact, productive and easy to use, it is the perfect solution for any editorial printing environment.
Outstanding features and benefits:
- Print quality comparable to offset
- Wide substrate compatibility, for a variety of papers such as textured, envelopes and translucent paper.
- Modular configuration to suit any need.
- New in-line finishing to support a wider variety of booklet applications such as 30-sheet booklets with coated covers, square spine and A4 landscape booklet.
In addition, Ricoh recently announced innovative new gold and silver toners available for this equipment, enabling customers to migrate critical applications from offset to digital with single-pass embellishment. These unique additions enable the production of a wide range of enhanced print applications and open up new revenue opportunities for customers looking to differentiate their offerings to meet the changing and diverse needs of their customers in today's competitive marketplace.
