Foyer upgrades printing with PrintFlow

Gold Coast operation Foyer Printing has installed PrintFlow DIPS on its two B2 Komori presses, bringing digital ink preset control to the machines, reducing make-ready by half, improving colour, and reducing waste.

PrintFlow Digital Ink Preset System fits almost all presses, making them CIP3 compatible. It is supplied by Colour Graphic Services.

Foyer Printing was established in 2000 by Ron Rankin with a single-colour offset press, specialising in service, club and trade printing. Since then he has added the pre-owned Komori 28s, A3 digital, finishing and wide format, and today employs 40 people. He has acquired Ashmore Printing and Design, Tweed Print and Gold Coast Printing along the way.

David Crowther, managing director of Colour Graphic Services, says: “The installation was delayed by the Queensland lockdowns, but is now in full operation – and the customer is delighted. The Komori 28s have been brought up to today’s automated ink control standards with the addition of PrintFlow CIP3 capability.”

He continues: “Within one day, Foyer was able to reduce make-ready times by more than half. Following the implementation of the optimised ink profile, Foyer was able to achieve its standard colour within 40-50 sheets. The time savings alone now allow for increased productivity and job capacity over the customer’s two shifts. ROI is expected to be realised within two to four months.”

Printflow DIPS links prepress workflow and press consoles, automatically programming ink key settings for each new job. The DIPS package includes hardware and software necessary for communication between prepress equipment and press consoles.

Crowther says operator training can be done in a couple of hours. He says DIPS introduces older offset presses into a modern production workflow, and that it can do the same for newer presses, “often at lower cost than OEM prices.”

“It’s been a pleasure to help a great printer like Foyer Printing to maximise its offset press investment in this way, using PrintFlow DIPS. There are well over 2,000 similar installations worldwide, including several in Australia and New Zealand since we signed up with PrintFlow at drupa 2016,” concludes Crowther.