Leeds general commercial printer Angus Print expects to achieve return on investment in under a year on its new IFS-supplied Horizon SPF/FC 200A bookletmaker.

A broader range of services and increased capacity are the reasons for the anticipated fast payback states John White, owner of the operation that counts the NHS and Leeds Beckett University as well as agencies among its clientele. Angus Print produces litho work on a five colour Komori B2 and a two colour Ryobi B3 press and digital on a Konica Minolta Bizhub press.

“Five years ago we moved premises and away from film to ctp,” states owner John White. “Then earlier this year we invested in the five colour press with new workflow and ctp. Since then we have been improving our automation.”

Says John: “We have also seen job run lengths decrease and so needed a solution that was easy and fast to set up. With the Horizon we can interrupt longer runs for short turnaround work as well.”

The 4,500bph Horizon SPF/FC200A bookletmaker offers instant set-ups via a large icon-based colour touchscreen for user-friendly operation. The screen can be used for on-the-run fine tune adjustments as well as the store and recall of up to 200 jobs.

“It has made a massive difference and it is something we had to do or we wouldn’t still be here,” explains John. “We can now be more cost effective with production and that makes us more competitive in the market place.

“We can complete more jobs and we are slicker and more flexible too. For example we ran a ten set magazine which has a 16,000 run every five weeks. This took us six hours whereas beforehand it would have taken two days.

He concludes: “We like to make our customers happy by supplying them with a wide range of quality services. We also have a great team working with us and investing in the business with easy to use systems makes them happy too.”