The Government of India Press on Minto Road in New Delhi executes varied printing jobs for ministries and departments using a vast portfolio of highly-advanced and modern printing machines and equipment. Over the last one year, the press has added five brand new Komori sheet-fed offset presses to its portfolio.  Â
The press was established in India’s pre-independence era. When Delhi was announced as the country’s new capital in 1911 to be shifted from Calcutta, some central secretariat departments were moved alongside in which a portion of the government of India Press was included. In 1923, on the general re-organization of all the branches of Government of India Presses, the Delhi unit was totally separated. Its new building during the British Rule Era on Minto Road was inaugurated in 1931 and that is where the five Komori presses are running productively.Â
The directorate of printing oversees five different branches of the Government of India Press, which are located in New Delhi (Minto Road, Mayapuri, and Rashtrapati Bhavan), Nashik (Maharashtra), and Kolkata (West Bengal). The directorate has assigned these presses to take care of printing varied documents, viz. daily bulletins, manuals, standing committee reports, highlights, synopsises, as well as President Secretariat documents and many others.
Right from DTP jobs, multi-color offset printing and various associated tasks, the Minto Road press makes its best efforts to meet the exact requirements of prints of all kinds in desired quality, textures, colors, and value-added services demanded from all the ministries and departments. Print value and productivity at the branch has tremendously been improved following the installation of five Komori offset presses in its production setup.
Marking the beginning of the installations of five Komori offset presses, a Lithrone GL 440 advance press landed first. Jitender Rohilla, general manager–sales, Komori India, says, it has been an honor to have the Government of India Press as its client. After the first press, a Lithrone GL 529+Coater was installed and thereafter, all the remaining three machines, – ‘Lithrone GL 240P advance presses for back-to-back printing’ were installed in a matter of a few weeks.Â
The press has been using machines from different brands. In 1931, an advanced Dawson Payne & Lockett (London) proofing machine was installed. Likewise, over the years, presses from leading brands such as Miller, Adast Dominen, Web Offset Press, Max, and HMT were installed. Some were discarded and a few of them are running.Â
The Lithrone GL 529+Coater now running at the Minto Road facility can operate at a speed of 16,500 sph, handling stocks up to 0.8 mm thick. On the other side, the Lithrone GL 440 Advance is a 40″ press, printing at a speed of 16,500 sph. The Lithrone GL 240P Advance offset press trio is ideally designed for two-side printing at 15,000 sph.
