Guess Which Texas In-plant Just Installed a Serious Digital Press

By Bob Neubauer

Providing top quality marketing pieces is crucial for every university, and Lora Connaughton knew that if her in-plant at the University of North Texas wanted to keep that high-profile work, it would need to be able to produce the best possible quality. So this week UNT Printing and Distribution Solutions fired up a new 29˝ HP Indigo 10000 digital press. It replaces an HP Indigo 5500 and a Ryobi DI press.

Standing with the University of North Texas' new HP Indigo 10000 digital press are Amber Guillory (left) and William "Mark" Spicer.

"We have seen a considerable increase in the marketing pieces that are used to recruit and retain students, and that trend is forecast to continue here at UNT," says Connaughton. "These pieces have to be of top quality. The Indigo 10000 will allow us to print smaller quantities at a time with more flexibility in the pieces, no loss of quality from offset, as well as adding the variable data capability to those items when requested."

Running 1,725 sheets per hour (4/4), the press offers resolutions up to 2,438×2,438 dpi and can run media from 50-lb. text to 150-lb. cover and 3-18 pt. in thickness. Its key strength, though, comes from its 29˝ format size, which allows the 10000 to print items like posters, pocket folders and six-page brochures. This opens up lots of new opportunities.

Though the in-plant still has its five-color Ryobi offset press, Connaughton notes some advantages the 10000 may have over it.

"The Indigo 10000 also allows for quicker setups with less waste than the offset press, saving time and dollars there for us and our customers."

Watch IPG's 2011 video of UNT Printing and Distribution Solutions.

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Bob has served as editor of In-plant Impressions since October of 1994. Prior to that he served for three years as managing editor of Printing Impressions, a commercial printing publication. Mr. Neubauer is very active in the U.S. in-plant industry. He attends all the major in-plant conferences and has visited more than 170 in-plant operations around the world. He has given presentations to numerous in-plant groups in the U.S., Canada and Australia, including the Association of College and University Printers and the In-plant Printing and Mailing Association. He also coordinates the annual In-Print contest, co-sponsored by IPMA and In-plant Impressions.