Having already had the experience of working with a variety of digital printing machines, Powai-based Impact Graphics opted for its first Ricoh production printer in early January, the Pro 8100s black and white press. Primarily meeting the demands of corporate customers like Larson & Tubro and Wipro, Impact Graphics provides commercial printing services such as printing letterheads, visiting cards, brochures, booklets and leaflets. Offset printing services are being outsourced to a third party. The printing firm operates out of a 1,250 square foot space and employs around 30 people. Having been in the business for little over seven years now, the print house has developed a sizeable client base in the Powai area which has many big corporate offices.
“We are using digital printers from all major brands such as Canon, Xerox and Konica Minolta. So we thought why not try Ricoh as well. Due to rise in volumes we were in need of a monochrome press. We got very positive feedback from our peers about Ricoh when we were on the lookout for a new press,” says Ramesh Patni, proprietor of Impact Graphics. Patni saw the demonstration of the Ricoh Pro 8100 series at Pamex 2015 which was held in Mumbai in December last year and decided to book the order on the last day of the event. The Ricoh Pro 8100s has a print speed of 95 ppm.
Since installation almost a month ago, Impact Graphics has managed to print close to 350,000 impressions on Ricoh Pro 8100s. After addition of the latest Ricoh printer, the print house now employs two color digital and three black and white digital printers. Along with the print set up, the finishing department too is in-house and fully equipped with binding, laminating, cutting machines. Talking about the experience with the Ricoh, Patni says until now it has been very good but adds, “We feel 95 ppm is slightly slow when we take into consideration the kind of volumes we deal in. We should have opted for a slightly faster press. But maybe we can look at a faster version later this year or early next year.”
