Rob Baldwin (left) and Kevin Rideout with the new Konica Minolta.
A new Konica Minolta production system has cut click costs dramatically for South Wales-based Premier Print, trebling output and opening up new markets, including a new contract win in education.
The investment in a 60-pages per minute bizhub Press C1060 and Duplo DC-645 cutter and slitter is augmented with business development support by Konica Minolta under its Digital 1234 programme.
Rob Baldwin, joint owner of Premier Print with Kevin Rideout, said: ‘It’s early days because we’re not yet fully utilising all the fantastic potential of the new Duplo, but I am just so pleased with how things are going. We’re already making full use of the Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C1060, which I’d recommend to anybody.’
He added: ‘The print quality is superb. In the past you could always tell whether it was litho or digital because the toner had a noticeable sheen, but the clarity and quality now is fantastic. This, combined with the Duplo, which I know is also a great machine, is helping us to cut down on our outsourcing costs.’
Another benefit of the Duplo/Konica Minolta set-up is the prospect of setting up a web to print system and growing into new markets. ‘We’re successful because we’re continually moving with the times,’ said Mr Baldwin.
