CPX INSTALLS CANON VARIOPRINT IX3200

Queensland-based print company, CPX Printing and Logistics, has installed a Canon varioPrint iX3200, saying it will help the company extend its services to the Australian publishing industry with its “impressive uptime and productivity”.

While many print companies worldwide are now producing bookwork for publishing companies on the varioPRINT iX-series, CPX is currently one of only a few Australian businesses that possess the varioPrint iX3200 technology, along with in-house finishing equipment and the capabilities for flexible run lengths for publishing production.

James Bennett, director of CPX said, “it’s absolutely amazing technology. We now have 97 per cent uptime with the Canon iX3200. To keep up with it, we’re pulling jobs from other offset press and toner machines and running them on the iX3200. If you spoke to my staff, they would say to you that the device is amazing.”

Finding the perfect printing technology for CPX was not a decision taken lightly. “I visited over 12 sites across the world looking for CPX’s sheet fed solution’’, he said, adding that ultimately, the print quality, productivity and flexibility of the Canon varioPrint iX3200 meant it was the obvious choice.

Now implemented in their Kelvin Grove print production and warehousing facilities, the team at CPX have found the adoption of Canon technology incredibly easy. “It was seamless, we were shocked at how fast we could adopt the technology. We have been working in the digital production environment for a very long time and we have a strong understanding of digital files. So, when you give us a product that works, it’s very simple.”

The varioPrint iX-series combines image quality and a wide media range, with the productivity and cost efficiency of inkjet.

Craig Nethercott, managing director of Canon Production Printing Oceania said, “the appeal of inkjet is its excellent productivity in the face of ever tighter deadlines, and higher volumes of short-run jobs needing quick changeovers. With the Canon varioPrint iX-series, there’s no longer a need to compromise between quality and media range, or between productivity and cost efficiency. We have been very impressed in how quickly the team at CPX have embraced the new capabilities the iX3200 has delivered to their business, and look forward to continuing to support them in their quest to change the publishing landscape here in Australia.”

Brisbane-based CPX Printing and Logistics is a privately-owned business that has an extensive range of production services, including on-demand solutions aimed at reducing customer held stock levels and associated long-term inventory costs. As one of the biggest offset and digital printers in Queensland, the Canon iX3200 claims to be the perfect tool to execute CPX’s plans to expand its reach even further.

“We had a previous generation competitor inkjet before, but with the iX, we have added a reliable engine that produces top quality and is ideal for publishing work. We intend to aggressively attack the market and provide innovative solutions. We have invested into the right machinery, and we have developed systems that make it easy to work with us,” Bennett concluded.