Wednesday 01-07-2009 08:10:52am

Printing Presses and Equipment

Sheet-fed Offset Press in Operation

Did you know there are almost as many types of printing presses as there are types of printing jobs?

There are 1-color through 10 plus-color sheet-fed presses; small presses with a sheet size of 8 ½" x 11" for small jobs and there are larger presses with sheet sizes of 52" x 77" for posters and signatures. There are presses with in-line coatings. There are web presses that are half-size and full-size; some with in-line folding and finishing; automated inserting and binding options; some with heated dryers and some with UV dryers. There are some presses made just for running labels; some made just for running heavy board materials; some made just for running uncoated papers and some made for coated papers.

These are just a few of the press equipment options of the many hundreds available. And there are nearly as many options in bindery equipment. Because of the simple economies of volume, most printers have only a few printing presses and pieces of bindery equipment.

Do you know which equipment is best suited for your next project? Does your printer have the best printing press for each and every job you send them? If not, then do you know the best printers with the right equipment? Strategic Print Solutions does. Why not let us show you the results on your next print project?

Strategic Print Solutions

Strategic Print Solutions grew from the founder’s constant struggle to efficiently and effectively produce his customer’s wide range of print projects on the limited printing equipment at the print shop where he worked. “A large percentage of the work we produced could have been more efficiently produced on someone else’s equipment”. This struggle to fit a wide variety of projects on a few printing presses was one of the main motivations for opening Strategic Print Solutions. Today our main goal is to help our clients meet their printing needs by producing each project as efficiently as possible while holding the “quality” bar high. This means partnering with print manufacturers who collectively have a variety of specialties and equipment and who are among the best in the printing industry.

Presently we have partnered with over 70 print & print-related manufacturing companies to meet the many varied needs of our clients. You might ask “Why aren't one or two printers enough? After all, most businesses only have one or two printers they typically rely upon to meet their print needs, right”? These businesses don't realize how much they are likely overpaying for printing by handling things with virtual exclusivity this way. Why not let Strategic Print Solutions show you a better way to provide your printing needs.

Strategic Print Solutions does all the work for you, from helping you with project specifications when needed, letting you know ways you can save money, working with the printer from start to finish. All you need to do is sit back and take all the credit when you get back a cost-effective, beautifully printed piece. Sound easy? It is when you use Strategic Print Solutions.

You probably have many tasks requiring your time and energy. Let us set you free to focus on other tasks without worrying about all the little details of your print projects.

Strategic Print Solutions is located in Fairfax, Virginia in the suburbs of Washington, DC.

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