Production Color Inkjet: You Could Implement it Yourself....
So you have decided to jump into the high speed inkjet printing market. And you have gone so far as to have placed an order with one of the printer vendors, as well as purchased some finishing equipment. Congratulations!
Now how will you implement this paradigm-changing technology in your facility?
You probably realize that an inkjet production press will change how you think about your printing business. Sometimes the changes that are coming at you are obvious: You are looking forward to eliminating the overprinting of variable information, the elimination of signature or document collation equipment and the product waste that is inherent in that process, and you are especially looking forward to the ability to profitably bid on smaller job sizes, now that you have variable inkjet printing in your shop.
But the transition of your people and operations, from sales right through to the warehouse will not be so obvious. The work has just begun once you have made your equipment selection.
You can implement the project yourself.
But who from your valuable team will you pull away from their regular job to dedicate to this project? And will they have the experience in inkjet systems installation to avoid the many pitfalls that they could encounter in specifying optimizing workflow and front ends, defining paper substrate performance and quality, maximizing the unique finishing and other ancillary equipment? Will they know how to identify your staffing skillsets, and make the necessary changes in training or replacement?............
Now how will you implement this paradigm-changing technology in your facility?
You probably realize that an inkjet production press will change how you think about your printing business. Sometimes the changes that are coming at you are obvious: You are looking forward to eliminating the overprinting of variable information, the elimination of signature or document collation equipment and the product waste that is inherent in that process, and you are especially looking forward to the ability to profitably bid on smaller job sizes, now that you have variable inkjet printing in your shop.
But the transition of your people and operations, from sales right through to the warehouse will not be so obvious. The work has just begun once you have made your equipment selection.
You can implement the project yourself.
But who from your valuable team will you pull away from their regular job to dedicate to this project? And will they have the experience in inkjet systems installation to avoid the many pitfalls that they could encounter in specifying optimizing workflow and front ends, defining paper substrate performance and quality, maximizing the unique finishing and other ancillary equipment? Will they know how to identify your staffing skillsets, and make the necessary changes in training or replacement?............