PrintOnDemand-Worldwide ‘Goes Live’ with SCREEN Truepress Jet520HD Press

PrintOnDemand-Worldwide (PODWW) has gone live with a SCREEN Truepress Jet520HD press — the world’s first inkjet printer using specially developed SC inks to print on standard litho coated paper without priming or coating treatment.

The Truepress Jet520HD press provides the consistent quality and flexible production that the Peterborough, U.K.-based, PrintOnDemand-Worldwide, requires to serve the trade, academic, STMs, journals, photo-book, training and self-publishing sectors.

“PrintOnDemand-Worldwide focuses on a ‘book of one’ approach. Shareholders want to hold content, not stock. Customers want books on-demand, they don’t want to wait,” PODWW Owner and Managing Director Andy Cork said. “The ‘book of one’ is about producing books as they’re needed instead of having warehouses full of stock which may or may not be bought, and incur cost and tie up much needed cash.

“The SCREEN Truepress Jet520HD press contributes to that vision with its consistent high quality and outstanding productivity. SCREEN is the industry’s biggest secret,” he continued. “Whether it’s a litho first-print or a POD reprint, there’s minimal difference in quality. The speed and the impressive uptime of the press means we can produce in excess of 4000 books permitting us to deliver them same-day/next day depending on the product line.”

The SCREEN Truepress Jet520HD is a high-definition inkjet web press with precision droplet size control and a true print resolution of 1200 x 1200 dpi, achieving the colors, textures, details and solid ink areas expected for high-end publication work. Running at speeds up to 150 meters per minute, the press is highly productive, requiring negligible downtime for maintenance.

“The SCREEN press is very user friendly. My rule of thumb when it comes to purchasing new technology is that if my grandma can’t operate it, I don’t buy it,” Cork said.

The 492-feet-per-minute SCREEN Truepress Jet520HD is equipped with SCREEN SC inks to maximize the quality of the press. SC inks are compatible with a wide range of paper stocks including standard offset coated papers, without the need for pre-treatment.