Technical specification of Printing Equipment

The Complete Service
As printers since 1903, Geerings have continually invested in the business to stay at the forefront of the industry. Today all our customers reap the benefits of that investment when they take advantage of a truly complete, highly professional print service.

Typesetting Technology

Geerings' continued investment in advanced setting equipment allows us to work, flexibly, swiftly and accurately from text provided in a range of formats, including OCR scanning facilities, formatting text files suplied or keying from hard copy. Our fully integrated system works on both Mac and IBM platforms.

Scanners

Linotype Quickstep
A3 flatbed scanner.

Saphir Ultra II
A4 flatbed scanner.

Finishing In House

Our own highly automated bindery allows us to finish jobs in-house, economically.

Stahl B1 Folders

6-station plus cover feed Muller Martini Saddle-Stitcher/Trimmer

Muller Martini 3020 Binder with in line Gatherer and Three Knife Trimmer

Ancillary equipment for drilling, stabbing, numbering, perforating and scoring.

Packing and Despatch facilities.

Designing for Success

Our highly experienced and creative in-house design team is supported by advanced design software.

Design:
Illustrator and Freehand.
Page
make-up:
QuarkEpress, Pagemaker and InDesign
Images:
Photoshop.
Word Processing:
MS Word and
Access software

From PC to Page

Using our expertise we are able to help you save time and money. You generate material on your PC, as simple text or full pages produced on DTP software, and we will take the data downline on ISDN, email link or accept your CD discs. At Geerings we make technology work for you.

 

Equipped for
your Job

Our pressroom is equipped with single, multi and full colour Heidelberg presses, allowing us to choose the machine which best suits the colour, size and quantity requirments of your job.

Heldelberg SORD

Heldelberg SORM

Heldelberg SORMZ Two Colour

Heldelberg 74 Speedmaster Five Colour (perfector) + Infra Red Drying with CPC.

Heldelberg 102F Speedmaster Five Colour + Infra Red Drying with CPC

 

Output
Heidelberg Herkules B2
Imagesetter with Signastation
Imposition software.
Nashua 1200 dpi colour laser printer.
Minolta 600 dpi mono laser printer.
QMS 600 dpi mono laser printer.

Controlling Production and Quality
From initial consultation to delivery of the finished job, we will keep you informed of progress and deal with anyh questions you will have. A computerised production control system allows our works management team to keep a tight control of every job at every stage.