New Products & Services
JUST OUT
Paris Business
Products, Westampton, N.J., launched Documents Now™
v 2.0 check production software that enables distributors
and check resellers to design, print and sell customized
blank checks using a computer, laser printer and MICR
toner. This version offers more tools, editing capabilities
and improved performance, according to the company.
It features an intuitive check-designer application,
which allows distributors to customize checks. Other
upgrades include customer and database management tools,
advanced batch print options, accounting program templates
and more, the company said. Call (800) 523-6454.
Independent
Printing Company Inc., De Pere, Wis., launched its
2005 Presentation Folder Marketing Kit. It features
box pocket folders, CD/DVD holders, file folders and
hotel key card holders. The kit also contains a stock
selection guide with 17 new stocks and 4-color photos.
Call (800) 236-2439.
GPA Inc., Chicago, launched the ULTRA FILM®
Premium Printable Films Swatchbook featuring samples
of more than 76 printable film products. The samples
are shown under nine product tabs: White Films, Window
Films, Specialty Films, ClingZ®, Synthetic Paper,
Styrene, Rigid Vinyl, Polyester, Mounting Films and
Laminates. Products include flexible vinyl, polypropylene,
semi-rigid vinyl, window-cling vinyl, acetate, silver
and gold polyester, holographic-metalized rigid vinyl,
phosphorescent vinyl and ClingZ®. The swatchbook
allows users to see and feel the substrates, according
to the company. Each product tab includes information
on sheet sizes, availability and application ideas.
The swatchbook also is a comprehensive resource on printable
film products. Call (800) 395-9000.
IPG Imaging Professionals, Lake Forest, Calif.,
launched a superwide banner. The 140 x 13-foot banner
on durable mesh vinyl substrate was used at the opening
of the H.D. Buttercup Manutailer™ Furniture Mart.
The company used its NUR Expedio 5000 UV printer, which
offers 8-color, 720 d.p.i., high-quality superwide graphics
at speeds up to 2,000-square foot per hour. Its roll-fed,
wide-format inkjet production press is equipped with
UV-curable inks for durability in both indoor and outdoor
applications, according to the company. Call (800) 733-6660.
FYI
Ennis Inc., based in Midlothian, Texas, announced
that two of its facilities now offer shorter production
times. The facilities in Bellville and San Antonio,
both in Texas, offer production times of three to five
days on exact repeat orders of 50,000 or less. Shorter
production times allow the facilities to increase efficiency
and profits for their customers, according to the company.
The Bellville facility specializes in short to long
run production of custom continuous forms, snap-a-part
forms and checks. The San Antonio location primarily
manufactures short run custom continuous forms, checks
and 4-color forms. Call the company’s Bellville
plant at (800) 634-4494 and San Antonio plant at (800)
235-0022.
Interform Solutions, Bridgeville Pa., installed
a 2-color Heidelberg Printmaster QM 46 press. It features
automated plate hanging, in-line blanket washing system
and an infrared drying system to run coated papers with
ease. The press offers high print quality and
flexibility, making it ideal for small-format offset
printing projects, according to the company. Interform
Solutions also added a 50-inch roll stand for its 6-
and 8-color UV presses to offer re-insertion capabilities.
It added a 22-inch Harris 3-color press for roll-to-fold
continuous singles with delivery times from 48 to 72
hours on press-ready artwork up 50,000. Call (800) 255-3370.
Wise Business Forms Inc., Alpharetta, Ga., purchased
a Hewlett-Packard Indigo Press 3050. The company’s
NextWave division will utilize the press for short runs
and personalized digital printing. The Indigo 3050 offers
maximized workflow through electronic collation, automatic
duplexing, seamless job changes, in-line densitometer,
and high-definition imaging and liquid HP ElectroInk
that create rich, vibrant color prints at a resolution
of 812 x 812 d.p.i. up to 230 lines per inch, according
to the company. Call (888) 815-9473 or (770) 751-3599
(fax).
RECOGNITION
FileAmerica, Fordyce, Ariz., is celebrating its
30th anniversary. Formerly known as Lyon Folder, FileAmerica
changed ownership and revamped itself over the last
three years, investing in state-of-the-art printing,
folding and die cutting equipment, and expanding its
facility. The company specializes in custom file products
and offers a variety of products such as medical records,
X-ray jackets, classification folders, case binders,
pressboard folders and presentations folders to a wide
variety of industries, including health care, legal
and real estate. Call (302) 778-0220 or (302) 778-4365
(fax).
