High Speed Inkjet VC Range
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VC60000 : Bell & Bain
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Business Challenges & Objectives
Bell & Bain is one of the oldest book printers in Great Britain.
With extensive production facilities including digital and offset printing.
With publishers demanding ever greater flexibility, Bell & Bain was looking for a high speed, high quality digital print solution, capable of supporting a variety of run lengths, from bespoke one-off books to much longer production runs.
Solution & Benefits
Looked at end to end solutions to improve workflow
The versatile digital platform enables Bell & Bain to produce books and journals of outstanding quality in variable run lengths
Make-ready time has reduced
The investment is allowing Bell & Bain to offer a more responsive service to its demanding client base. Publishers no longer need to hold stock, reducing their costs and eliminating waste
The Pro VC60000 is a game changer. The print quality is outstanding and the digital platform allows us to offer our clients a more flexible service.
Stephen Docherty, Managing Director,
Bell & Bain
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VC60000 : CFI
Business Challenges & Objectives
CFI Technologies was the first commercial printer in France to adopt Ricoh’s Pro VC60000 continuous feed inkjet technology
The aim was to improve consistency and reduce unit costs by consolidating personalised print on a single, more flexible production line
Innovation was a crucial factor
Solution & Benefits
30% cost saving is attributed to the use of regular offset stock
The productivity of the platform is as much as six to nine times that of the high end electrophotographic platform it replaced
Its flexibility has allowed CFI to explore new business opportunities eg its range now includes promotional retail catalogues with deep colour personalisation
The partnership with Ricoh allowed us to increase our market reputation and our market share. We have a joint focus, which helps to make our partnership a success.
Gilles Derouen,
Director of Development,
CFI Technologies
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VC60000 : EDC
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Business Challenges & Objectives
EDC Expert Communication in Poland is the largest independent letter shop in central Europe. It prints two million personalised colour pages every day.
The company carefully evaluated several different continuous feed inkjet systems before making the decision.
Solution & Benefits
The Pro VC60000 allows EDC to print in high quality onto a broad spectrum of regular and coated media. It means EDC can offer its clients better quality at the same price.
Higher quality personalised communication is produced at a lower unit cost and more quickly.
EDC now channels all direct mail, irrespective of run length, through the device.
The Pro VC60000 is a white paper factory. We have consolidated our production on the device. It offers exceptional media flexibility and produces personalised print of the same quality as offset.
Piotr Rogut, Chairman,
Expert Direct Communication
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VC60000 : Hansaprint
Business Challenges & Objectives
Hansaprint, part of the TS Group, is one of the leading print houses in the Nordic region. From Finland it provides a broad range of print and multichannel marketing services.
It’s aim was to consolidate work from other processes on a high speed inkjet platform.
Further major improvements in quality, flexibility and cost were required.
Solution & Benefits
The quality and flexibility has enabled Hansaprint to introduce new and innovative products.
These include point of purchase material, short run books, promotional banners and Finnish versions of the Financial Times.
The FT is printed on its famous 45 gsm salmon pink paper. The printed newspapers look and feel identical to the coldset versions.
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VC60000 : Pondres
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Business Challenges & Objectives
Pondres faced growing client demand and wanted to further enhance quality.
A new high speed press was required that would allow the company to expand its product range by producing personalised marketing communication of exceptional quality at an affordable price.
Solution & Benefits
10 million impressions in first month of production
Pondres has re-established its competitive edge, producing personalised collateral of exceptionally high quality, on demand, at an affordable price.
Ricoh has become a trusted partner, advising Pondres on its strategy and helping it to explore new horizontal market opportunities, like book printing.
The Ricoh Pro VC60000 is opening up new worlds for us. With the Pro VC60000, we have been able to enhance print quality and introduce new products and services that benefit our clients’ businesses.
Jeroen Beckers, Board Member,
Pondres
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VC60000 : Zalsman
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Business Challenges & Objectives
Zalsman is a successful Dutch graphic arts media company
Founded in 1857, Zalsman has over 150 years’ experience in the print industry
Zalsman had used offset and toner-based processes to produce personalised collateral
Solution & Benefits
Zalsman was able to streamline its production processes and improve output quality
The Pro VC60000 has become Zalsman’s go-to production system. It is in constant use, running two shifts a day, five days a week
Adding personalised marketing and short run books to its product range has helped Zalsman build volume and increase profitability
One of the biggest advantages of the Pro VC60000 is its ability to print onto coated offset paper. So we can produce vibrant personalised marketing communication of a quality consistent with offset.
Herman Verlind, Director,
Zalsman
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