02.08.16
Richmond, VA-based Blueprinting Services of Virginia is growing by providing higher-quality color printing, newly installing EFI’s H1625 LED wide-format printer. The 65-inch hybrid roll/flatbed inkjet printer helps the 28-year-old printing company adjust to changes in a market where clients demand digital convenience and superior color imaging.
“We began as a reprographic shop serving the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industries,” said David Hinckle, the company’s president. “Clients used to come into the shop with a roll of drawings and ask for five copies. It’s not that simple anymore. Now, clients ask us to download a variety of files from various locations, assemble everything and run two sets.”
Konica Minolta Business Solutions (KMBS) sold, installed and provides training and support on Blueprinting Services of Virginia’s new printer as part of a recently expanded EFI/KMBS distribution partnership for EFI Wide Format products.
“This acquisition will benefit our business in a couple of ways,” Hinckle said. “It gives us the opportunity to offer more graphically rich and color-intense printing services to our AEC customers, and it also opens the door for us to enter the sign and display graphics market.
“The day KMBS finished installing our new printer, we were still running tests and I got a call from a customer asking if I could do construction signage,” Hinckle said. “So right out of the chute, we had a $1,000 job we would not have had before. The client needed the signs the next day, and we were able to help him out.”
Blueprinting Services of Virginia’s new entry- to mid-level production printer is designed to maximize image quality with single-pass, multilayer printing capabilities, true eight-level, variable-drop grayscale printheads and the industry’s leading white ink. The printer’s “cool cure” LED inks help EFI customers like Hinckle profit from lower running costs and the ability to print on high-value, specialty substrates that cannot withstand the heat of conventional drying or curing methods.
“We began as a reprographic shop serving the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industries,” said David Hinckle, the company’s president. “Clients used to come into the shop with a roll of drawings and ask for five copies. It’s not that simple anymore. Now, clients ask us to download a variety of files from various locations, assemble everything and run two sets.”
Konica Minolta Business Solutions (KMBS) sold, installed and provides training and support on Blueprinting Services of Virginia’s new printer as part of a recently expanded EFI/KMBS distribution partnership for EFI Wide Format products.
“This acquisition will benefit our business in a couple of ways,” Hinckle said. “It gives us the opportunity to offer more graphically rich and color-intense printing services to our AEC customers, and it also opens the door for us to enter the sign and display graphics market.
“The day KMBS finished installing our new printer, we were still running tests and I got a call from a customer asking if I could do construction signage,” Hinckle said. “So right out of the chute, we had a $1,000 job we would not have had before. The client needed the signs the next day, and we were able to help him out.”
Blueprinting Services of Virginia’s new entry- to mid-level production printer is designed to maximize image quality with single-pass, multilayer printing capabilities, true eight-level, variable-drop grayscale printheads and the industry’s leading white ink. The printer’s “cool cure” LED inks help EFI customers like Hinckle profit from lower running costs and the ability to print on high-value, specialty substrates that cannot withstand the heat of conventional drying or curing methods.