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"This puts pressure on finishing equip-
ment manufacturers."
Earlier this year, book and transaction-
al printer O'Neil Data Systems installed
its latest finishing solution in its Plano,
TX facility. The Sprint Variable Data
Book Finishing System from VITS Inter-
national is a three-web offline configura-
tion delivering directly to a Kolbus per-
fect binder for the production of intel-
ligently bound, personalized booklets at
high speeds. The system, which supports
three HP T410 inkjet printing presses
into one advanced book finishing line, is
highlighted by VITS's latest cutting and
stacking technology and Clear-Channel
Register Control.
"This is the third jewel of the crown
for the Sprint Variable Data Finishing
System," said Nick Gerovac, director of
sales and marketing at VITS. "We now
have successful installations in the book,
direct mail, and newspaper markets sup-
porting inkjet production in both inline
and offline."
HP's Murphy added, "This VITS tech-
nology offers high-speed book finishing
capabilities. It marries multiple webs into
a single finishing stream—collating, cut-
ting, and binding."
Back in Utah, Hudson Printing has
been up and running since mid-April
with selective binding thanks in part to
the world's first Eurobind PRO adhesive
(PUR) perfect binder with sequential
feeding from Heidelberg. The Heidelberg
is "doing such a great job" that Hudson
took its old perfect binder off line and
sold it in June.
Hudson's bindery also houses a Stan-
dard Horizon StitchLiner saddlestitcher
featuring a pair of six-pocket towers and
two sequential units for text pages and
covers. "Each of its 21 pockets [either]
fires—or not," he concluded. "Mechani-
cally, the machine could handle selective
binding, but Standard had to write soft-
ware for it," Gardner explained, adding
that the system doesn't care if the printed
output is produced offset or digital.
Media and print solutions provider
Documation, Inc. added its second
HP T230 Inkjet Web Press last year.