73 May / June 2024 - Issue 348 email: news@printmonthly.co.uk While much is said and written about the importance of diversification – and rightly so given the level of competition in the current market – print service providers (PSPs) should also ensure that they continue to offer high quality core services to their customers. Staple services such as business cards, flyers, leaflets, and brochures will always be in demand from customers, and ensuring you have the right sort of equipment in place to deliver such work will help retain customers in the long run. Also included in this group of services is booklets, with demand for these products constant. With this in mind, Print Monthly speaks with several manufacturers and suppliers about the latest and most popular offerings in bookletmaker technology and how these machines can help PSPs continue to deliver quality work to customers across a range of markets. Rising Demand Duplo has a number of bookletmakers in its range, with the latest being the new iSaddle Senshi, its flagship booklet production system that launched in March this year. The Senshi introduces multiple tower collators and a chain-driven saddle while also using stitching and trimming technology from the existing iSaddle 5.0. A typical configuration would have six collating towers, feeding flat sheets into a folder to drop on a saddle or a previous section. “Designed to meet the demands of fast-paced operations, this machine offers unmatched performance, ensuring high-quality saddle-stitched booklets with efficiency and reliability,” Duplo UK head of sales Craig Harry says, adding: “Key advantages and impact for PSPs include flat-to-finished book, meaning no need for folded sections; significantly reduced makeready times; increased productivity; end-to-end automation; and the intelligence to handle the increasing number of short runs and complex jobs with ease.” The new launch means Duplo now has five stages to its bookletmakers: DBM-150, DBM-350, DBM-700, iSaddle 5, and now the iSaddle Senshi. The entry-level range is the DBM-150 bookletmaker, available as hand-fed with a four-edge trimmer but can also be fitted with intelligent towers or a digital sheet feeder. Next, the DBM-350 range has options for either digital or light commercial print runs with the same towers and digital feeder as the DBM-150. Moving to the next stage and the range for the DBM-700 bookletmaker launched in November last year. BOOKLETMAKING BRILLIANCE A staple offering of many print businesses, Print Monthly takes a closer look at some of the latest developments and advancements in bookletmaking technologies, analysing the core advantages for users BOOKLETMAKERS ▲Duplo rolled out its DBM-700 bookletmaker in November last year
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