Going Green: The Heidelberg Suprasetter Platemaker

Being green isn’t just a color or using recycled paper. Changing processes can make you green as well. Especially when you are a print shop.

“With the addition of the Heidelberg Suprasetter platemaker, our shop is now ‘greener’ than ever,” Dave Allen said. Not only is the process simpler, it’s faster, too,” he said.

Dave is part owner and operations manager of Executive Press, a full-service printing company headquartered in Richardson since 1981.

“Sherry Valentine in our pre-press department tells me the Heidelberg is a real gift,” Dave related. “Any time we can save our employees time and energy, we’re all for that.”

Sherry manages Executive Press’ pre-press operations and has been in the printing industry since the early 1980s. She also is an operator of the Canon digital press. So, she understands the whole process.

“Before this new machine arrived, it took a significant amount of time to make a plate,” Sherry said. “Now we can make 60 plates a day,” she said. “It was just like adding another printer into our pre-press area.”

Not only is the machine quick, it is also green. Relying on just a printer’s gum being applied to the plates, the Heidelberg does away with film and developer. Consequently, there is less waste fluid from the process and whatever waste there is minimal.

“Going back to my days of stripping negatives, this is a vast improvement both in process and quality,” Sherry said. “Besides, I can do more work in less time than I ever could before the machine arrived.

You can reach Dave, Sherry and the rest of the Executive Press team at 214-217-7000 or at their website.