A prominent pre-press bureau based in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, Govind Digital Print Art recently ventured into digital printing to grab some fresh business in short-run jobs with the strategic investment in a Ricoh Pro C9500 digital color production press supplied and installed by Monotech.
“Our relationship with Monotech Systems dates to the day when we bought a Cron UV CtP system from them in 2022,” says Hemant Billore, partner at Govind Digital Print Art.
As a globally acclaimed Indian machine manufacturer and a representative of Ricoh, Cron, and other global brands in India, Monotech serves as a one-stop solution provider for the printing & packaging industry. The company’s installation base of Ricoh digital production presses keeps expanding with constant inclusion of prominent customers like Govind Digital Print Art and many in other cities.
Run by three brothers as business partners—Hemant Billore, Govinda Billore, and Durgesh Billore—leading a team of 10 highly-skilled print professionals, Govind Digital Print Art over the last one decade has proven itself as a leading pre-press bureau capable to deliver more than 500 plates per day. Now, it’s the company’s turn to make it in a similar manner in digital printing, offering short-run and print-on-demand (POD) jobs with the recent installation of the Ricoh Pro C9500.
The Ricoh Pro C9500 is designed vigorously for high-volume jobs with accuracy in colors and print quality. It is capable of operating at an unprecedented speed, which is upgradable to 135ppm, for delivering graphic prints in the industry’s leading resolution of 2400x4800dpi. Media flexibility of the digital press is laudable as it prints substrates as thin as 40gsm up to 470gsm thick, which eventually enables Govind Digital Print Art to engage in printing and production of a vast range of applications.
In addition, at the core of Ricoh Pro C9500 is EFI Fiery Digital Print Servers, which significantly improve efficiency and quality in print outputs. Designed to facilitate precise job management and color control, Fiery Command WorkStation in the servers supports the Ricoh press’ variable data printing capabilities in exceptional RIP speeds and smooth PDF workflows. This in turn empowers the team Govind Digital Print Art to engage in quick production of high-quality prints and personalized graphics.
“Ricoh Pro C9500 has built up our confidence to make waves in the digital printing arena. Compared to any other digital production press in its class, this Ricoh workhorse from Monotech Systems is built strong to run at high speed on widest range of lightweight as well as heavyweight stocks,” says Hemant, adding, “These exceptional capabilities of this digital production press eventually help us engage in printing of varied short-run jobs unconventionally.”
According to Hemant, what they are currently producing using the Ricoh Pro C9500 consists of a range of short-run and POD items, viz. books, cards, catalogs, etc. He conclusively conveys, “We further look ahead to expanding our digital printing vertical with more machines, perhaps from Monotech because they provide us the value for money machines and amiable after-sales support anytime, under any circumstance.”
