Success

Success Stories

Here are some recent success stories we are particularly proud of. They are successful solutions to some of the hard (and not so hard) problems and challenges that our customers have presented to us.

They attest to our deep knowledge, experience, and competency in prepress, press, and post-press processes, not to mention color management. They attest also to our deep knowledge, experience, and competency in and with computers, in particular, Mac OS X, Linux, and Unix.

Newspan Media Outputting Plates Within Minutes of Training: Fusion Systems Saves the Day from Over 2000 Miles Away

INDUSTRY: Newspaper Publishing. LOCATION: Houston, Texas

Newspan Media, in Houston, TX, was in the process of installing a new GOSS press to go with their new Alfa CTP device driven by the latest Fusion Workflow ESP workflow solution. Our service technicians installed the workflow onsite at the same time that the CTP device was being installed. With Workflow ESP installed, configured and up and running, plates were outputting in relatively short order.

Pressroom Quality Improved by Fusion Systems' CIP3 Workflow Implemented at The Tooele Transcript Bulletin

INDUSTRY: Newspaper Publishing. LOCATION: Tooele, Utah

As part of a recent pressroom quality improvement program, in December 2006 The Tooele Transcript Bulletin (a PageCo member) in Tooele, Utah, upgraded their Fusion Systems' workflow to be CIP3 capable. With the Fusion Systems' CIP3 workflow, ink keying data is communicated to a LithoTel gateway, on the 40-inch 6-color press at The Bulletin. By starting jobs with the ink fountains tuned to the coverage of the job, the CIP3 workflow drives make-ready time and material usage down, while adding consistency between shifts and reruns. For more information about this improvement and about Fusion Systems' CIP3 and JDF workflows, please contact Fusion Systems International.

The Daily Breeze Bolsters Prepress Production with Fusion Systems' Automated Prepress Solutions

INDUSTRY: Newspaper Publishing. LOCATION: Torrance, California

The decision to invest in new Fusion OS X RIPs with DigiPage™ and FTIFF™ workflow plug-ins to replace older, out-dated RIP technology has provided highly measurable returns. The workflow's built-in capabilities for direct file printing, job-name cleansing, advanced true-page numbering, automated file routing and sophisticated soft-proofing have dramatically reduced production time requirements and wasteful proofing materials usage.

The Northern Virginia Daily Builds Prepress Automation to Grow the Business

INDUSTRY: Newspaper Publishing. LOCATION: Strasburg, Virginia

In early 2000, management at The Northern Virginia Daily, a well-established newspaper in Strasburg, Virginia, recognized a trend of declining subscriptions despite an expanding regional population. A strategy for increasing subscriptions needed to be found.... In September 2005 a new ECRM News CTP platesetter was installed along with Dynagram Automation, a full-featured imposition application. [Not much time passed however before it] ... became painfully clear that an essential component was missing from the system. The need for post-RIP page-pairing and digital integrity in proofing became essential...

Grants Pass Daily Courier Modernizes its Prepress Workflow

INDUSTRY: Newspaper Publishing. LOCATION: Grants Pass, Oregon

Running daily production with antiquated front-end hardware and software can be nerve racking, time-consuming, and potentially disastrous. On the other hand, modernization projects can be daunting and there has to be some measurable return, prior to committing dollars.

Harris Publishing: Taking Control of Quality

INDUSTRY: Commercial Printer/Publisher. LOCATION: Idaho Falls, Idaho

The need for a better production process became critical... Harris embarked on a exhaustive search and evaluation of all available prepress production options. It needed a solution that was reliable, scalable and open, and one that could easily handle existing production levels... Harris Publishing purchased a Fusion Systems Publishing Suite.