Digital Print Partners (DPP), the newest player in the Midwest’s competitive digital printing market, held an Open House on Wednesday, September 18, in its new 102,000-square-foot facility in Bolingbrook, Illinois, about an hour from downtown Chicago. At the event welcoming more than 40 to its massive operations base, DPP introduced the machinery at the heart of its cutting-edge operations: a Barberan Jetmaster 2.0 Single-Pass Digital Printer and an ElitronKombo TAV-R digital cutting system.
DPP has been doing business for the past 60 days since its Barberan has been operational. “We’re taking business with our partners first because they’re the ones who believed in the quality of what we’re doing and now we’re officially taking our business to the trades,” says Karin Mander, DPP’s General Manager, who was quick to applaud the efficiency of her staff of five who maintain operations at the facility.
The business partners who maintain a financial stake in DPP are Bay Cities, American Box Company, and Standard Litho, who chose Mander as the perfect candidate for the GM position. With more than 30 years of corrugated industry experience, she has held multiple roles, frin project management, to sales, to management, always with a focus on operations. This diverse experience has given her a well-rounded perspective on the industry in which she carved out a successful career by staying true to her beliefs and maintaining confidence in her knowledge.
“I am so optimistic about our rapidly evolving industry and especially, the future of digital printing, with DPP prepared to lead the charge,” says Mander of her company and her critical role in it.
In addition to DPP’s state-of-the-art Barberan Jetmaster 2.0 Single-Pass Digital Printer, DPP invested in an ElitronKombo TAV-R, an advanced, high-performance digital cutting system designed primarily for the packaging, display, and signage industry. Fully automated, the TAV-R fits perfectly in DPP’s “production environment of the future” model. “Between the Barberan and the Elitron, we have the best of the best in digital manufacturing at DPP, which enables us to provide results for our clients at the best possible price,” she says.
As to why DPP chose Barberan as the press on which to base its digital future, Mander says technology, speed-to-market and proven reliability were the partners’ primary motives. Over the last 60 days it’s been in operation, the digital press has produced up to an impressive 3,500 pieces an hour. Barberan’s service, support and training staff continues to provide whatever DPP needs, whenever it needs it.
Other key highlights include: 600 DPI; prints as small as 5-point font size; reverse out 6-point font size; 72.4-inches by 133.6-inches max printable area; Pantone color validation; cost-efficiencies; easy file submission; inventory reduction; litho-like quality; on-time deliveries; and expanded gamut.
DPP currently runs one shift with the goal of filling it to capacity before adding more shifts. “Once
we get to that point, we can talk about adding other machines because we certainly have the
space,” Mander says. “Whatever we might add in terms of machinery, we’re not going to cloud the
market with the other trades who are excellent at what they do. DPP knows its lane and our goal is
to be the best at what we do.”
