(L-R) Leda Struga, digital & mac operator and Chloe Fisher, assistant office manager
TG Print & Design has installed a Morgana DigiBook 200 PUR perfect binding machine after it helped to gain more work during its trial period.
The company prints both litho and digital work and offers its binding services out to the trade. The company uses a Heidelberg XL75, with a combination of Konica Minolta 6000 and MGI Meteor machines handling its digital throughput.
Dave Duhig, managing director, said, ‘In addition to winning new trade work, the DigiBook means that we are saving money on placing PUR work out ourselves, and keeping a much tighter hold on production schedules. The fact that we can now produce PUR binding at a more cost effective price means that we have been able to tempt a number of customers to try it – they then become hooked on the quality of bind they get back.’
The DigiBook 200 handles spine lengths from 110 to 320 mm and the maximum thickness is 50 mm. Retractable spine milling means that the device can go from soft- to hard-cover binding at the flick of a switch. Side gluing for the cover hinge is adjustable depending upon the cover style required.
Short-run work completed on the DigiBook 200 has included the production of advance copies and even proof copies of publications. ‘It makes a big difference to how customers view you as a supplier when you turn up with a couple of finished books rather than a whole bundle of loose sheets,’ concluded Mr Duhig.
