Inkjet & Digital Printing
Official State Printer of Brazil employs Nipson VaryPress Digital Presses for High-Pressure Print-On-Demand Application
Thursday 22. May 2008 - Nipson is pleased to announce that their Brazilian distributor, International Printers Services (IPS Brasil), has installed a VaryPress 200-30 twin engine duplex (TED) system at "Imprensa Oficial do Estado de Sao Paulo", the official state printing office of Brazil.
The office needed a true “Print-on-Demand” solution to produce information for top public administration members in a timely manner. The speed and reliability of the VaryPress printers allow the agency to get up-to-date news summaries into the hands of these top officials every day.
One of the functions of the Imprensa Oficial is to provide a clipping service for administration officials to help them stay informed about current events. Each day, all year around, clippings from major newspapers of the country are gathered and compiled into a summary. Then the staff must work in a time “window” from midnight to 05:30 am when all the news clippings must be collected, organized, printed, bound, and prepared for distribution. The finished document, which averages about 120 pages, has to be on the desks of over 350 public officials first thing in the morning, so it is critical that everything go smoothly; any delays would greatly reduce the timeliness of the news and the value of the document.
After searching the market and making a public tender, the Imprensa Oficial settled on a twin-engine duplex (TED) version of the Nipson VaryPress 200-30. The duplex configuration, made up of two high-speed digital production presses, prints on both sides of the page for maximum efficiency and economy, while the high speed (1,212 A4 pages per minute) and high duty cycle dependability of the VaryPress ensures that the news summaries are distributed on time. The
VaryPress is built for 24/7 operation, and its high quality 600 dpi “offset-quality” output ensures that the clipping reproductions are clear, sharp, and legible.
An additional benefit comes from the outstanding versatility and durability of the VaryPress printers. Because they can only print the news clipping compilations at night, the Imprensa Oficial has been able to utilize their VaryPress printers for other print jobs during the day, such as printing books on demand as well as a variety of different projects for the various public offices of Sao Paulo. With its ability to print on a wide range of substrates, the VaryPress can handle just about any application, making it a very economical addition to their operation and a great investment.