Mid-State Litho's Tips, Tricks, and News for the Printing Industry
MSL’s Digital Freedom Tour has been scheduled to continue Wednesday, March 28th, tentatively from 10am to 5pm. Our next stop will be at Oakland Schools Summit Campus, 2214 Mall Dr. E, Waterford Township, MI 48328. Find directions, a map of the Oakland School campus and a list of other featured equipment on our website. Stay tuned for further updates and announcements to find out when MSL will be bringing the Meteor DP8700 XL Digital Press and Digital Freedom to your area.
Along with the edition of our new sales team member, MSL is also updating our sales team’s coverage areas. To help our customers know who exactly they should contact for assistance and information regarding equipment, we have created a map of the lower peninsula of Michigan outlining the sales and system specialist in your county and provided their contact information.
Doug Barrett- Green
810.691.6335
doug@midstatelitho.net
Dick Miller- Purple
810.287.1172
dick@midstatelitho.net
Steve Barrett- Blue
810.577.5599
steven@midstatelitho.net
Steve Chmielewski- Yellow
734.320.3993
stevec@midstatelitho.net
Mid-State Litho is very excited to introduce our new sales and system specialist, Steve Chmielewski. A Michigan native, Steve brings 30 years of experience and extensive knowledge with him. Steve managed the Eastern third of the United States and had 10 sales reps which he supported. His experience includes past work with Mitsubishi and Heidelberg. At Heidelberg, he worked for many years as a demonstrater and then as a sales rep in Alabama. His most most recent experience is with Presstek, where he specialized in digital image printing. He has also worked with offset presses, prepress, cutting, folding, stitching and finishing. A second generation printer, Steve has first hand experience as a press operator going back to the early 80′s from his father’s Detroit based printing company. This experience has helped him understand the wants and needs of print shop owners and press operators like you.
Steve will be handling the southern third of the lower peninsula of Michigan. You can expect to see him soon, as he is already on the road working with customers. With our world of print changing continuously Steve has decided to come back to Michigan and work within the dealer community. His background will allow him to help you with all of your changing needs. He can set you up with a digital press (MGI Meteor Pro 8700), place a six color Sakurai with a coater, set up your bindery with the latest finishing solutions matched to the short run world of digital. There really isn’t any other dealer with the product line he has to offer and he has the knowledge to help make sure you get exactly the right solution.
Take some time and get to know Steve. He will be your rep for a long time as your partner with Mid-State Litho. Talk to him about the issues that keep you awake at night. He will work together with you to solve those problems in the most cost effective way. The more money he helps you make the more likely you are to buy equipment from him.
What is it that keeps you up at night or is an area that you need to look in to?
You can contact Steve at 734.320.3993, or email him at stevec@midstatelitho.net.
On January 12, MGI hosted a webinar featuring the testimony from three different Meteor users, including Michigan’s Grand Rapids Community College. It is a great opportunity for anyone interested in this digital press to hear directly from the users what they think. Here is the link to watch the video of the webinar:
http://www.mgi-fr.com/webinar/MGI-2012-Webinar-form-.html
You may know MSL recently teamed up with Morgan. Now MSL is excited to announce our new partnership with Spiel Associates, Inc. Spiel Associates is one of the largest bindery equipment vendor in North America.
One of Spiel’s featured products is the Sterling Digibinder. This table top perfect binder works like a floor model perfect binder, but takes up much less space. Perfect for in plant and on demand printers, the Digibinder is fully automated with absolutely no set up. You can go from thin to thick books without making any adjustments. This perfect binder is able to bind up to 360 books per hour up to 2 inches think.
MSL’s own team member, Brent Taylor, received training from Spiel this past week, and is now ready to assist our own customers with the Digibinder. For more information on the product, please call 800.343.4231 or email krista@midstatelitho.net.
If you are considering going to Drupa this year, officials are standing by to assist you in your travel arrangements, including acquiring a visa to travel to Germany. The Düsseldorf based trade fair is the largest in the industry and offers valuable insight into where the printing industry is heading and what you need to do in order to stay competitive in the ever-changing market. You can also order your tickets for the event in advance, saving you time and confusion upon your arrival, or find information about travel accommodations such as hotels and flight deals. If you are thinking about attending Drupa this year, remember it is never too early to begin planning your trip.
MSL has recently added a used equipment page to our website, which is kept updated to reflect the constant changing used inventory we have to offer. Currently MSL has a used DPX4 platesetter from Mitsubishi available.
The DPX4 offers polyester plate imaging for printers who want to obtain the benefits of CTP at a fraction of the cost of metal. Mitsubishi Imaging products are known for excellent performance and high quality. The DPX 4 is a prime example, offering a highly productive, fully daylight-operational and automatic computer-to-polyester plate system. With the DPX4 you can produce imaged, punched and processed plates which are cut-to-size and ready for immediate use. Dual cassettes allow the user to quickly change between plate sizes without having to reload the machine.
Operation and maintenance are simple and will save you valuable time. Additionally, the DPX 4 has a very small footprints, taking up minimal space, leaving you more room for production.
To learn more about the DPX4 we currently have in-store, please contact us at 800.343.4231 or email our Marketing Coordinator at krista@midstatelitho.net.
In one week, January 25th, registration for Drupa begins, along with the countdown to the world’s leading trade fair for the print media industry. Drupa 2012 will focus on new innovations in print functionality; that it, practical print concepts which are effective. You can expect to find exhibitions focusing on the fields of printed electronics and green printing, which played a major role in Drupa 2008. If you are interested in finding out more about Drupa or arranging your visit, check out the visitor’s pamphlet.
Be sure to check back on our blog and website often to find out more about this upcoming major event. Rather you’re planning to attend or not, if your business involves print, Drupa affects your business.
2012 is a big year for MGI. The digital printing and finishing equipment vendor celebrates 30 years of business. To mark this achievement, MGI officially launches their new logo design today.
The inspiration for their new logo came from MGI’s key values, “a fighting spirit laden with innovation”. The new look also features dots, rather than pixels, reflecting the company’s evolution towards inkjet technology. You will start to see the new logo being slowly integrated over time on MGI’s and MSL’s websites and other promotional medias.
MSL is pleased to announce our new partnership with Morgana. Morgana is recognized as a leading innovator in the development of finishing systems. The AutoCreaser Pro 33 provides the complete solution to the problem of cracking that occurs when folding digitally printed output. This automatic creaser is capable of handling conventionally printed card, laminates or cross-grained stock. The Morgana AutoCreaser Pro 33 employs a unique creasing rule and matrix which eliminates tearing and cracking.
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