HDC, a Scottish company that prints books for the education sector, has installed its third offline MorganaPowerSquare 224VF, complete with high capacity dual bin feeder.
The Renfrewshire-based business acquired the bookletmaker via Canon UK, an authorised dealer of Morgana offline and Plockmatic inline finishing units. HDC also prints predominantly using Canon digital equipment.
‘Whilst our inline unit has been a great success,’ explained HDC managing director Robin Clark, ‘the latest Morgana PowerSquare 224 with the VF feeder can be much more efficient and more versatile in an offline configuration, where it can handle the output from two or three of our mono and colour Canon presses. This will allow us as a business to be much more productive – which can be critical for our especially busy periods, such as before the start of the new school year.’
The PowerSquare 224VF can stitch, fold, spine form and trim books up to 224 pages thick. its dual-bin, vacuum-assisted, feeder has a loading capacity of 540mm and both bins can accept pre-collated printed sets. Optional barcode readers can also be fitted to the machine for variable page count jobs or to ensure set integrity.
‘We know the robustness of the unit and could appreciate the productivity of having it installed as an offline system, so we didn’t need to look anywhere else before we made our choice,’ Mr Clark finished.
‘Canon have been our supplier of choice for many years, so it was easy to deal with them regarding the latest order. The machine build of the finishing units has been excellent. The reliability of the finishing products has been exceptional, and the unique square-back finish that they produce really helps our products to stand out.’
