Digital Services
Our extensive prepress department creates, assembles or plates
more than 200,000 individual pages per year. We are able to
work with a variety of digital media with multiple options
for electronic transmission. Kodak Prinergy® (formerly
CREO) direct-to-plate and proofing systems allow us to exercise
precise color control over our clients' digital workflow.
We offer conventionally screened, continuous tone or on-line
soft-proofing options based upon customer preference. Kodak
Staccato 20 micron screening process is an option available
throughout our pressroom. Synapse® InSite allows our customers
the flexibility of remote proofing and page approvals and keeps
the job visible throughout the prepress process.
With first-class mail slowly eroding away, the time is now to implement five-day delivery, according to Sam Pulcrano, vice president of sustainability for the U.S. Postal Service. “The dilemma we have is it’s growing and growing exponentially,” Pulcrano said during a March 29 conference call. “We really can’t do anything without legislative changes.”
The Postal Service has seen its mail volume fall 20% since 2006, and it’s expected to drop another 20 billion pieces in the next 10 years. First-class mail is expected to fall by 30 billion pieces, while modest growth is anticipated for advertising mail.
Multichannel MerchantAmerican Press in Gordonsville, Virginia has had several crews qualify for the Pacesetter Club in past years with its Pacesetter 1000 stitcher. This year, crews on all three shifts did the same with a new Pacesetter 2200 system, averaging as high as 20,875 books per hour.