Ten Newspaper Printers Turn to KODAK Solutions for Thermal Platesetters, Digital Plates, Workflow, Screening and Digital Solutions

Ten Newspaper Printers Turn to KODAK Solutions for Thermal Platesetters, Digital Plates, Workflow, Screening and Digital Solutions

Printers in nine states and one Canadian province have become the latest to select KODAK solutions to meet the deadline challenges and productivity demands of the newspaper environment. Chicago Tribune purchased seven KODAK VERSAMARK DS5120 Printing Systems to handle addressing and labeling for its Total Market Coverage (TMC) and zoned newspaper products.

“The KODAK VERSAMARK equipment is simple to integrate with our inserting equipment, and it is ecologically and employee friendly. We were attracted to these continuous inkjet units for labeling our products because they are relatively low maintenance and feature self cleaning heads,” said Larry Rutherford, Senior Project Manager with Chicago Tribune. “With the VERSAMARK units, we’re now going to label our insert packages, which will expand traceability and accountability. We will be able to more easily audit our distribution centers, which will further enhance our quality controls.”

Steve Hoffman, Director of Printing at The Columbus Dispatch in Columbus, Ohio, said, “We evaluated the technology options on the market and made the decision on the KODAK TRENDSETTER NEWS thermal CTP device because of the stability of the process, accuracy of the reproduction, and price of consumables. We evaluated five different vendors and they were all good firms and highly professional in their presentations. Our experience with Kodak has been excellent from the beginning. The Kodak reps have been very knowledgeable about their products and prompt in responding to our questions.”

The Columbus Dispatch ordered three KODAK TRENDSETTER NEWS 200 Platesetters and KODAK THERMALNEWS GOLD Digital Plates. The company publishes 230,000 copies on weekdays; 300,000 on Saturdays; and 360,000 on Sundays of its flagship daily, along with 22 community weeklies, a Hispanic weekly, the Columbus Alive alternative weekly and a variety of commercial projects.

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