Archies limited based in Naraina Industrial Area of New Delhi is the market leader in the greeting card industry in India. It dominates the organized or branded greeting card industry with over 60% market share. The company creates, prints and decorates greeting cards, calendars and stationery which it sells through its retail chain. Archies has a complete offset printing plant with prepress,multicolor offset presses and postpress decorating and finishing equipment. As the leading greeting card brand in the country,Archies produces greeting cards,calendars and stationary for their own retail outlets exclusively while consciously targeting malls and other prime retail space for opening its own branded stores. It currently has 230 plus exclusive outlets of its own and 300 franchisee outlets in 66 cities in 15 states across India and in the neighboring countries.

The Challenge

The challenge was to add value to the expression industry by adding new and personalized messages and images more efficiently.

The Solution

While we’ve a unit for the offset printing for our long run work,short-run printing is done on a Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS LD6501 digital press and PR 6500 software. The printing efficiency of the short run work has improved and the cost has been reduced by 50%.

Improvement & Key for Success

• Paper of almost any quality can be printed on the bizhub PRESS LD6501 giving great flexibility in the short-run production process.
• Automatic duplex printing saves both time and resources.
• There has been a reduction of up to 50% in cost with the increased use of the Konica Minolta Bizhub PRESS Ld6501.

New Delhi based Basic concept is an advertisement and creative agency with its own in-house digital press for documents,brochures and books as well as a wide format printer for signage and POP displays.According to the director of the firm Mr. Amit Puglee, his company was the first Konica Minolta digital press customer in India .Customers from institutions and industry including the healthcare industry rely on the company’s combination of creative and print execution capabilities.The company also prints and produces creative and short runsolutions for other printers.

The Challenge

Basic Concepts’ main challenge was on-time delivery. They were unable to deliver short run jobs on time to their customers.The need was for quality,efficiency,speed and competitive pricing.

The Solution

We bought the Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C6000 with a large capacity tray A3+ LU-202 paper supply tray. They now print upto 50,000 copies per month on the Konica Minolta press with its externalcontroller.

Improvement & Key for Success

• Reliable quality and increased uptime have allowed us to meet our commitments in a timely fashion.
• The overall capital cost was completely justified.
• Operational costs effectively look after the up-time and reliability of the system which yields quality and speed.
• The print quality has improved while the costs are entirely competitive and have lead to better profits.

Dynamic softlink before entering into print business,started their first begin with the business of garment designing in Surat,which is the hub of garment business in the country.Soon they realised the demand and opportunities in printing business and entered in the field of software development for garment design and in very short time they gain good reputation in the market. Company recognize the importance of print proof of the design which leads them to explore print solutions in market for digital printing and they started their print services for customers in 2005. Dynamic softlink define themselves as a software development company which is diversified to digital printing.

The Challenge

Current print solutions found to be inconsistent with faded colour output which makes difficult to satisfy the customers. The real challenge was to produce vibrant prints from RGB files with consistency, ensuring timely delivery and high customer satisfaction.

The Solution

We brought our first digital kit in 2005 which could not produce print consistently, and then we came across Konica Minolta’s technology.The Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C8000 and bizhub PRESS C70hc,has since been the cornerstone of our company,producing vibrant prints,ensuring timely delivery and high customer satisfaction. The two machines,particularly,the bizhub PRESS C70hc,produced the colour depth the company needed for its print. The bizhub PRESS C70hc also provided the ability to print on longer sheets,which we use for printing cover pages for albums, etc. bizhub Pro C8000’s 80ppm offer high image quality with speed. Switching to Konica Minolta proving to be a successful one in customer satisfaction, return on investment and the company is now looking to target at least 500 customers out of 50,000 in the city of Surat.

Improvement & Key for Success

• Affordable pricing.
• Reasonable FSMA.
• Ability to print on longer sheet 13x47inch ideal for printing covers of photo albums.
• Sharp images and vibrant colours.
• High speed of 80ppm and 70ppm enables quick turnaround.
• In-house design and printing.
• Correct colour reproduction.
• No tonal variations.
• Higher business because of customer satisfaction.

Dynamic softlink before entering into print business,started their first begin with the business of garment designing in Surat,which is the hub of garment business in the country.Soon they realised the demand and opportunities in printing business and entered in the field of software development for garment design and in very short time they gain good reputation in the market. Company recognize the importance of print proof of the design which leads them to explore print solutions in market for digital printing and they started their print services for customers in 2005. Dynamic softlink define themselves as a software development company which is diversified to digital printing.

The Challenge

Current print solutions found to be inconsistent with faded colour output which makes difficult to satisfy the customers. The real challenge was to produce vibrant prints from RGB files with consistency, ensuring timely delivery and high customer satisfaction.

The Solution

We brought our first digital kit in 2005 which could not produce print consistently, and then we came across Konica Minolta’s technology.The Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C8000 and bizhub PRESS C70hc,has since been the cornerstone of our company,producing vibrant prints,ensuring timely delivery and high customer satisfaction. The two machines,particularly,the bizhub PRESS C70hc,produced the colour depth the company needed for its print. The bizhub PRESS C70hc also provided the ability to print on longer sheets,which we use for printing cover pages for albums, etc. bizhub Pro C8000’s 80ppm offer high image quality with speed. Switching to Konica Minolta proving to be a successful one in customer satisfaction, return on investment and the company is now looking to target at least 500 customers out of 50,000 in the city of Surat.

Improvement & Key for Success

• Affordable pricing.
• Reasonable FSMA.
• Ability to print on longer sheet 13x47inch ideal for printing covers of photo albums.
• Sharp images and vibrant colours.
• High speed of 80ppm and 70ppm enables quick turnaround.
• In-house design and printing.
• Correct colour reproduction.
• No tonal variations.
• Higher business because of customer satisfaction.

Repro India is one of the best book print companies in India and offers varied services in the segment including content, print and fulfilment solutions to publishers, corporates, education institutions and governments. By providing a book dummies to simplify client approval process,it also offers several value added services to enrich customer experience. The company has 1000+ employees who works in three shifts to produce demanded production for book printing industry.

The Challenge

Repro India used an Ink-jet printer to prepare book dummies (sample copy for approval purpose).It produces 40-50 dummies in a day,the dummy making process was tedious because to the limitations of paper choice and also it has issues with colour matching.

The Solution

We have been using Konica Minolta press for more than two years. With Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C6000 installation,we are now able to provide dummies on coated as well as non-coated substrates,thereby the customer is catered with a dummy that is much more similar to the final output. This is because of the ability to choose different media plus consistency in colour reproduction which matches the offset machines. Plus the machine reproduces 2%- 3% dots very well. We are now using 80gsm uncoated paper, 130gsm coated paper and 250gsm for cover,all printed on bizhub PRESS C 6000 for making dummies.

Improvement & Key for Success

• Since the dummy book is printed using the paper that is specified for the final output, the client approval process has become much more reliable.
• Excellent image reproduction; a colour quality that is comparable to offset output.
• Commercial and click prices is lower than that of previous devices.
• liberty to use coated as well as non-coated substrates.
• Excellent service support.
• Sturdy machine and zero breakdowns.
• Operator friendly machine.
• Added advantage of auto duplex print support on thicker media.

Vakil & Sons has been a pioneer in the printing and publishing business for more than 66 years.Equipped for a publishing and print media, Vakil & Sons reigned majorly in greeting cards, annual reports and commercial printing for decades. The company also houses a bookshop which displays children literature in its premises in Mumbai. They use digital print solutions for proof and make ready,even now for short run job to complement offset segment.They are producing 1 lakhs print volume per month from their in-house digital presses.

The Challenge

Vakil & sons did not have any digital proofing system in-house. The challenge was the need to outsource digital proofing as they had to outsource for the same.

The Solution

Though our core business was publishing and printing,our company lacked the capabilities of in-house digital proofing and relied on outsourced proofing which was time consuming for every job we received. Finally, we came across Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C6000 and have seen the demonstration which lamped ideas to have our own digital proofing press because of the reasonable solution and multitasking performance of the engine. Now with bizhub C6000 the company is able to offer quicker digital proofs and in addition it also caters to print on-demand books and digitalwedding cards.The company prints 15 to 20 POD jobs per month with quantities of 100 to 200 copies.

Improvement & Key for Success

• Excellent image reproduction;a colour quality that is comparable to offset output.
• Liberty to use coated as well as non-coated substrates as well as textured media for greeting & wedding cards.
• Faster turnaround.
• Sturdy machine, zero breakdowns.
• Operator friendly machine.
• In-house digital proofing saves time and efficiency.
• Faster turnarounds,able to provide better service to the customers.
• New avenues of digital printing such as BOD and digital wedding cards.
• Fastest return on business investment.
• Banner printing complete the book printing solutions for us.

Around eleven years ago, Mr. Balaji, Proprietor of Bangalore’s King Productions started his business with an Internet cafe. They used to get colour printing requests frequently from the customers. This made Balaji to get into digital printing.”We have been into digital printing from the beginning,” he says. Earlier this year, Balaji installed his first Konica Minolta Digital Press. nWe have disposed off our earlier digital machines,” he informs. With ISKCONand Ashoka Farmaids as their main customers,King Productions’ majority customer baseconstitutes reseller printers having almost 95% share in their total turnover and the rest 5% are corporates. Balaji says, n the competition has been stiff so far.” However,he expects good growth after installing the Konica Minolta press: “The growth in the past 11 years though has not been as expected,yet after installing the Konica Minolta,I am very positive about growth prospects. The growth further boost because of Konica’s low click charges,amazing print quality and good service.” King Productions is mainly into commercial printing segments like brochures,visiting cards,envelopes,letter heads etc.Balajihighly appreciates the good rapport he enjoys with Konica team from the day one and is keen to go with the new technology as it comes.

The Challenge

The main challenge was to have a machine to solve print quality problem as their suppliers were very strict with toner yield calculations and their FSMA (click charge) was high.

The Solution

After installing Konica Minolta digital press we don’t face any quality issue, all thanks to our new Konica Digital Press. Earlier,suppliers were very strict with toner yield calculations and their FSMA (click charge) was high. Post Konica Minolta installation, we no longer have any interference,with Konica Minolta,we are enjoying a hassle­ free contractual period,” emphasizes Balaji.

Improvement & Key for Success

• Best quality print with colour consistency.
• Maximum machine uptime due to proper supply of toner and parts.
• low running cost.
• Auto duplex for 300gsm & maximum simplex 350 gsm stock support enhance the demand.

Around eleven years ago, Mr. Balaji, Proprietor of Bangalore’s King Productions started his business with an Internet cafe. They used to get colour printing requests frequently from the customers. This made Balaji to get into digital printing.”We have been into digital printing from the beginning,” he says. Earlier this year, Balaji installed his first Konica Minolta Digital Press. nWe have disposed off our earlier digital machines,” he informs. With ISKCONand Ashoka Farmaids as their main customers,King Productions’ majority customer baseconstitutes reseller printers having almost 95% share in their total turnover and the rest 5% are corporates. Balaji says, n the competition has been stiff so far.” However,he expects good growth after installing the Konica Minolta press: “The growth in the past 11 years though has not been as expected,yet after installing the Konica Minolta,I am very positive about growth prospects. The growth further boost because of Konica’s low click charges,amazing print quality and good service.” King Productions is mainly into commercial printing segments like brochures,visiting cards,envelopes,letter heads etc.Balajihighly appreciates the good rapport he enjoys with Konica team from the day one and is keen to go with the new technology as it comes.

The Challenge

The challenge of promoting their digital capabilities as well as encouraging customers to go for another digital quality expect for glossy.

The Solution

We introduced a new quality i.e. matt with our Konica Minolta bizhub PRO C6500 we entered into the digital print market in Kerala with a Konica Minolta digital press offering matt finish prints. We convinced our customers, who used to do glossy prints,that matt finish is closest to the offset print quality. We educated our customers that it was the future print technology and was going to be the bench mark for future print quality. The result was that after a couple of years in 201Owe started our second unit in Tiruvalla where we installed Konica Minolta bizhub PRO C 6501.

Improvement & Key for Success

• Introduced new revolution in Digital Printing, with their matt finish and high quality prints.
• Due to wide range of media support so we are able to do wide range of jobs including, posters, visiting cards, brochures, leaflets, books, catalogues, magazines, flyers, danglers, menu cards, direct mailers, wedding cards and business cards etc.
• lPrint quality near offset Quality due to matt finish print quality.

A one-stop shop for all the digital print requirements;from vinyl printing to poster printing,CAD printing to bonner printing. Vicky Stationers & Copiers With its wide range of print solutions,caters to both walk-in customers and B2B clients. They have print solutions from Konica Minolta bizhub Pro CBOOO and one from other OEM.They are producing monthly print volume upto 1 lakh prints,where BO%volume is being done on Konica print solutions.

The Challenge

The challenge was to invest in an equipment which provide a low running cost at a competitive investment without compromising on print quality. As of now, their other print engines were not achieving the margin due to high commercial price for print.

The Solution

Considering its pre-requisite for quick return-on-investment,Konica machine was an easy choice for the company_ In addition to this,the speed and quality were the other reasons for the investment. We purchases bizhub Pro CBOOO with fiery controller.We are satisfied to have a best quality printer with very competitive cost in pricing and now we cater more businesses and print more volume every day. Our customers are also satisfied with the completion job within the timeline. We found good response of glossy print of bizhub Pro CBOOO with having capacity of heavy stock duplex print,which enhance our business in market.Power consumption of printer is lower than other solutions in this segment due to its single phase connection.

Improvement & Key for Success

• The ability to print on texture media.
• Competitive capital investment gave the business need.
• Better colour quality.
• low power consumption as.
• Dual fixing with effective gloss output.
• Fast print gives big volume and customer satisfaction.
• Thicker paper can be fed in auto duplex mode.

Universal Cards & Prints is a house of card manufacturing,which also produces graphic arts in printing business. The company,which manufactures taslin-based cards,printed on other digital presses. The company have a total manpower of 10 workers who work in day shift and produces up to 40 thousand prints in month. They also cater the work of graphics and print on demand from the field.

The Challenge

In 2012 the company recived an order for printing and supply of 30 lakhs taslin-based cards, which is not supported by the available print soluitons. They required to have a solution which can fix all these problems with good price performance ratio as well as reliable print quality.

The Solution

To cater the order of printing 30 lakhs card, we considered Konica Minolta bizhub Pro C8000 in 2012, surprisingly we completed the job with full customer satisfaction.We then quickly entered the graphic arts printing, putting the bizhub Pro C8000 to use and it has met the challenges poised by its many customers,that includes, printing on varied substrates, high quality print,quick turnaround,and most importantly competitive cost. Today on an average we cater to 30-50 customers per day,printing 1200 to 2000 prints a day. We are delighted to have this solution with us and always looking for new solutions from Konica Minolta in future.

Improvement & Key for Success

• Superior print in its segment.
• Open up new field of business in graphic art.
• Made the company profitable by cutting edge price performance ratio.
• Auto duplex print support on 300 gsm stock is added advantage.
• Double fusing effects are impressive for our customers.
• Fast return on investment.
• Online service and support control is a bonus.

Amrit Color Lab wos set up in 1998 as a photo book business in Amritsar,Punjab.Today,the company expands its photo book printing business to a new level and have three in-house design studios each with its own state-of-the art Konica Minolta press. With a workforce of 10-15 employees,the company majorly caters to local as well as corporate customers.

The Challenge

Amrit Color Lab’s main challenge was to produce quality color prints efficiently.Since sales were constrained by not being able to deliver the increasing volume of work on time,the company needed a higher output.

The Solution

We are quite enthusiastic and passionate about Konica Minolta solutions,the company has several bizhub presses that give us a complete range of quality and efficiency on a variety of surfaces and media.The presses include the latest bizhub PRESS CBOOO;a bizhub PRESS C70hc,a bizhub PRESS 1060 and a bizhub PRESS C224e. Producing more than 1,00,000 prints every month on Konica Minolta presses,we’ve multi-fold our sales in recent years. Our efficiency has been increased dramatically with the use of large capacity inputs trays such as theMLU-407 and the A3+ LU-202 paper feed units.Being an early user of Konica Minolta’s print solution,we are very impressed with the performance of its digitalpresses and other print solutions.

Improvement & Key for Success

• The quality of photo books has improved with increased customer satisfaction.
• Together with a high print quality the efficiency of the overall operation exceeds expectations.
• Flexibility to print on different substrate and media offers more products and solutions.
• The full range of services combined with the high speed of the new digital presses helps in timely delivery.
• The higher confidence level of organisation leads to better sales revenues.
• Able to handle any type of photo book job.
• Able to compete with offset printing and deliver much better quality and accuracy with faster turnarounds time at competitive costs.

Started as a digital photo album specialist with Noritsu presses.KCL was established 15 years ago. They entered digital production seven years ago and besides doing photo albums, they are in also catalogue work. The company has three locations in Surat,one each in Ahmedabad,Rajkot,and Jetpur,and one in Pune,Maharashtra with a monthly print volume from 10 to 50 lakhs. The Jobs are sent and received from designer, these are print ready files,which are printed and post·press requirements fulfilled,wherever needed.

The Challenge

Surat is a huge textile and diamond markets and the requirement of printed products for these two markets, particularly design and patterns packed with the products, was on the rise. They were looking for digital colour devices that are loaded with features like high quality print,printing on different textures,and one that was low on ownership cost.

The Solution

When our business grew,we looked for production printing presses.We brought in four digitalproduction presses, but had problems with colour reproduction and using different media.A year and a half ago,we replaced two of the existing presses,bringing in three Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C8000s.ln a competitive market such as Surat, this low investment kit provided the company the right mix of quality and cost efficiency. Konica print solutions are good not only for photo printing but also commercial print because it’s as close to offset quality. The bizhub PRESS CBOOO impressed us so much,that we installed two new bizhub PRESS CBOOOs every two months taking the total no. of machine to 15 in Surat. And when we started our new centres in Ahmedabad,Rajkot,Jetpur and Pune,we relied on Konica Minolta’s bizhub PRESS CBOOO.Today with 15 Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS CBOOO, the company prints 1-lakh prints per day,which is 25% of the total prints taken in Surat.

Improvement & Key for Success

• Productivity, which has enabled the company to produce more catalogues, brochures and cards.
• Print on Demand fulfills prompt demand of customers.
• low cost of ownershiphas ensured competition is kept at bay, while enhancing profitability.
• Have been able to provide better pricing.
• lower investment means faster return on investment.
• Increase in work because of customer satisfaction.

Mr.Ramesh Babu ran a Screen Printing Unit employing 35 workers for nearly twenty years before he started Xpress Digitallabels in 2006. Their main business is industrial label production which is done on a variety of media by Xpress. Xpress Digital Prints is managed by five partners having expertise in various fields varied from engineering background to computer specialist. “Each one of us manage two outlets.This unit in Moula Ali(ECIL branch) is our head office,” informs Ramesh.They have eight branches-seven in Hyderabad and one in Vizog. Together they full fill the demands of over six hundred customers.In the industrialsegment,ECIL is the major customer.Others include central and state government departments and many private companies. uEvery day nearly hundred customers, mostly walk-in customer, visit each of our branches,”adds Romesh. Apart from commercialand industrial labels we use these presses for other commercial printing applications also like letter heads,visiting cards,brochures and wedding cards.

The Challenge

Xpress Digital Lobles expand its reach to digital printing as they were experiencing difficulty in printing some applications with screen printing. “We hove not completely shifted to digital printing and still undertakes screen printing jobs. Since screen printing had its shortfalls which we could overcome by shifting to digital,we added digital capacity. There are different types of substrates on which we are now able to print labels using the digital press which we were not able to do in screen printing,” explains Ramesh.

The Solution

Our journey with Konico Minolta started in 2006 when I sow o Konica Minolta digital press working in a press in Hyderabod. I was very much impressed by its print quality, and bought my first Konico Minolta machine immediately and till now has added seven more to our portfolio.We do have compared the print quality of Konica Minolta with other competitive presses and we have found only the Konica output nearly matches with the quality of offset and screen printing. Media flexibility is the major advantage of Konico Minolta presses. We have successfully printed on nearly seventy media substrates with Konica Minolta.While the competitive presses impose restrictions on the type of media to be used in their press, Konico Minolta allows as o free hand as for as media usage is concerned. For short run jobs which take around twenty minutes on other competitive presses, at Xpress it takes only six minutes. Besides, our turnover and print volume have multiplied ten times since we installed the Konica digital presses. We purchased another bizhub PRESS Cll00 after all the success from Konica engines.

Improvement & Key for Success

• Media Flexibility change the game in Label printing.
• Print on Demand fulfills prompt demand of customers.
• Fastest delivery time with best photo quality increases print volume.
• Fastest return on investment and less breakdown.
• Competitive click price enhanced the business model.
• Heavy stock support in higher end machines provided more business.
• Banner printing support caters new customer segment.

The Indian Institute of Management Ahmedabad (liMA) is a public business school located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat. Ranked as the number one management school in the country,liMA accommodates 800 full time students and 1500 executives enrolled in courses every year. The training materialrequired by these students is catered to by the publication division of liMA.

The Challenge

At any given time,there are over 2,000 students who request for different study material,varies from 10 to a 100 booklets with differing paginations. To cater such high-volume demand they required a solution that can provide quality work in short time span.

The Solution

Relying on outsourcing was proving to be not only costly but extremely inefficient.It also did not have control over the workflow,to overcome the problem we called tenders for printing solutions and was in the search for printing solution which can provide the desired 300gsm auto duplex support and cost effective approach in terms of competitive click price with best print quality standards. We found Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C8000 a perfect match then any other printing solution in country for our business. To begin with we installed Konica Minolta mono printing solutions bizhub PRESS 950,but soon migrated to colour with installation of Bizhub Press C6000. This kit which prints at a resolution of up to 1,200dpi and can handle a maximum monthly volume of around 3-lakh,is a solution that has guaranteed high productivity as well has ensured that short deadlines are always met. On one occasion,there was a 72-page booklet to be printed with a print run of 70 copies. The task was completed within six hours. The two machines put together handle one- to three-lakh copies per month and are perfect machines,and its image quality and image stability even on thick substrate of up to 300gsm,at affordable cost makes them highly flexible.

Improvement & Key for Success

• Fulfil huge print demands of training materials in short laps of time with good quality.
• Converted the outsourced work to in-house print solutions.
• Improved the workflow and management of the publication division.
• low cost of printing.
• Time saving in operations & cater Quality that the press provides.

This department of printing in the Government of Gujarat handles all the printing requirements that are placed by various departments of the government. There are five government presses, one each in Gandhinagar, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Rajkot and Bhavnagar & having two shifts schedules. The department prints books, magazines,brochures,letterheads and posters for various department. These presses are equipped with web and sheet fed offset presses as well as digital printing equipment. For very long runs,web and sheet fed offset presses are put to use.There are 15 Konica Minolta digitalproduction presses for short run digital jobs & produce monthly print volume from 3 to 15 Lakhs.

The Challenge

To cater short-run jobs and quick delivery with errorless printing.

The Solution

We print books,magazines,brochures,letterheads and posters for various department.Prior to bringing in Konica Minolta technology,low quantity work used to either be outsourced or done on bigger offset presses. We brought in other digital solutions also,but were more successful in achieving our targets when we bought Konica Minolta technology. Now all B&W print below the quantity of 1000 and colour print below 600 are printed on Konica Minolta presses.Currently we have 15 nos.of solutions from Konica Minolta and found the key to overcome from the challenge to produce short-run jobs with good print quality and quick errorless printing. Overall the machines ore profitable to us.

Improvement & Key for Success

• Excellent quality even on digital press.
• Having digital in-house has made brought in flexibility, efficiency and cost savings
• Offers print on demand and instant delivery.
• Enhanced the department’s overall productivity performance because.
• Round the clock service has ensured that work on Sundays can also be performed.
• Service backup in sphere support.

Based in Ashok Vihar in the north of New Delhi,Artiste is a graphic desiginig firm that has become a print solutions provider.With a workforce of 20 employees Aristo is a complete commercial print providing solution with a strong local following that produces wedding and greeting cards,greeting cards,corporate greetings,stationary and business cards in addition to personalized short run gift boxes.

The Challenge

The quality of short run printing and a machine that could print on various substrates with different textures was the main challenge for Artiste.

The Solution

We’ve a Konica Minolt bizhub PRESS C6000 with a large capacity A3+ LU-202 paper tray for efficiency in feeding the press.It prints up to 50,000 copies each month.

Improvement & Key for Success

• High quality colour press with reliability supported by strong service back up.
• The ability to print on a variety of textured papers (including those more than 300 GSM).
• The company has been able to deliver on demand services to its customers.

AnviComposers is a leading commercial printer based in Paschim Vihar,New Delhi. With an unmatched forte in servicing publishers and the book printing business with ypesetting,page composition,image setting and digital printing,AnbiComposers does all types of commercial printing from visiting cards to calendars to brochures and gives end-to-end solutions for personalized products. Anvi Composers is also a web-to-print supplier with multiple online design solutions for its customers and also provides fast and cost-effective services to government,institutional,publishers,local customers and other digital printers.

The Challenge

The challenge was to reduce the high cost of digital printing in comparison to offset. Printing on longer substrates for banners was also an issue that they’ve faced.

The Solution

We prefers Konica Minolta’s digital solutions for its competitive costs and the ability to print on longer substrate sheets. Now,we’ve two Konica Minolta color digital presses:the bizhub PRESS C600 and bizhub PRESS CSOOO, along with a black and white Konica Minolta bizhub PRO 1051 digital press. Our web-to-print printer produces anywhere from 50,000 to 100,000 prints each month.

Improvement & Key for Success

• Production quality and print quality has improved in addition to the expanded capability of printing on larger sheets for banners.
• High-speed and efficiencies have improved and customers are enjoying realiable and faster turn-around times.
• The combination of Konica Minolta presses produces a variety of work on a wide range of subsubstrates.

Rohit Graphics started in 2002 as a designing centre.and do all types of commercial printing jobs like brochures, invitation cards,books,wedding cards and special display boards upto 350 gsm.Majority of their customers are walk-in regular customers. “Among the corporate customers, we have Manipal Hospital, Siddhartha College, Santosh Honda (Honda dealer) and many schools and educational institutions,”says Puppala. They have spiral binding and laminating machines for finishing. In the beginning, all printing jobs were outsourced for offset printing. Puppala had his experience in Offset printing as well. Before Rohit Graphics,he started an offset printing unit in 1995 called ‘Anjaneya Offset’.”but this unit did not do well and they had to close the same 1997. From 1997 to 2002 he was a jobber for printing jobs,” 　Puppala saw a good opportunity in calendar and diary printing and expected the printing industry to improve after a slowdown period. Since its inception,Rohit Graphics has been growing at a growth rate of 20% on an average “Our customers expect quality service from us and so our future plan includes investing in latest technologies and retaining the No.1 position as a digital printer in Vijayawada,” reveals Puppala.

The Challenge

They need to have good quality printer with competitive cost per click t to cater more customers from the market.

The Solution

We installed our first Konica Minolta press a KM 6500 in 2010. In just one year’s time we installed two more machines from Konica Minolta bizhub Press C70hc Colour Digital Press and the bizhub PRO 1200 Monochrome Printer. The latest installation is the Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C8000,which we installed in 2013. “We are planning to install the second Konica Minolta Monochrome Press 1250 soon. This press will be a standby to the existing monochrome press,” 　KM gave me a live demonstration of their press capabilities at a user point in Hyderabad. I was very much impressed.Moreover the click charge (FSMA) of Konica Minolta was lesser than our earlier machine. Konica also has an excellent service network and support backup.In 2012 we switched over from the bizhub PRESS C6500 to the bizhub PRESS C8000 press because of its higher production speed,better print quality and higher gsm print capability.

Improvement & Key for Success

• Print quality near offset.
• UP to 350 gsm paper support for wedding cards and special display boards.
• low running cost.
• High production speed with multiple media support.
• Fast returns through POD.
• Double fusing output makes C8000 as a differentiator in the market.

City Imaging was started in 1998 by Mr.Venugopalan.His son,Mr. Raakhavan is the current MD of the company. Venugopalan was keen in printing from the very beginning and so, he started his printing business with a mono colour printer.They kept on adding more machines as per the market shift and customer demands. Today,City Imaging caters to the demands of reputed companies,institutes and government departments like the Collectorate, PWD, IT companies, colleges and institutions. “We get customer from three to four surrounding districts for high volume print jobs. Our main customers include Ordinance Factory,BHEL, Rebo Industries,SRM Medical College, Bharathi Dasan University, Anna University,CARE College and National College to name a few,” says Mr.Saravanan, GM,City Imaging. City Imaging is known for its quality,delivery and complete print solutions and have earned good reputation. With a significant 10 percentyearonyeargrowth figures,City Imaging goes with the latest technology.

The Challenge

City Imaging needed high speed digitaI press with high print quality and colour consistency.

The Solution

We installed Konica Minolta C70hc about three years ago and Konica Minolta C6000 press and bizhub PR01051 have been installed recently to cater POD job in high speed and withintimeline. “We chose Konica Minolta because investment in these presses is lesser when compared with others. The per-copy printing cost is also very less and print quality helped us increase our customer base and business. Moreover,price to performance rctiowith Konica Minolta is very good. The city ofTrichy has just three high speed DigitalPresses(C6000 and C70hc and after add 1051),says Mr.R.Sabapathy, Sr.Technician. “We are the number one in terms of print volume and number of customers.We are the first choice for quality printing and service,”

Improvement & Key for Success

• Best print quality.
• High speed machine and maximum up time enable us to give best service to the customer.
• Quality at par with high-end kit.
• Wide range of products and substrate to choose from.
• Excellent image reproduction and colour quality.
• Easy to operate machine.
• Fastest return on business investment.

Mumbai’s PrintStop, with its multi-locational units has carved a place for itself in the POD segment. The Shah brothers, Pratik and Milap, began operations in the year 2007. The company, which started its operations with other solutions, now is powered by 10 Konica Minolta print solutions. The company, over the period of time has expanded its reach with five retail stores in the city, corporate sales and e-commerce portals.The firm works with both SMEs and corporates. The major verticals PrintStop caters to pharma, BFSI and publishers. Their monthly print volume is 10 to 60 lakhs.

The Challenge

The company started its POD operations with other digital machines, however printing on special texture media was poised as a challenge.

The Solution

For our next purchase, Konica Minolta was the preferred choice for two key reasons: one, the running price that Konica Minolta machine offered was a profitable business module for us and two, it made printing on varied substrates possible. We thus could grow our business in terms of volumes and its duplex print support to 300 gsm support. We invested in print solutions of Konica Minolta machines as well as their EFI & Creo controllers. The Konica Minolta machines have helped us grow since we started operations. Moreover, the quality of the output,especially the bizhub PRESS C8000, has helped us retain the customers. It’s a sturdy equipment.Low investment, the running cost and the capacity to print on varied textured media was a win-win situation for us.The quality and the speed that the KM machines offered were at par with the our clients requirement. Most of the production load of the company’s volume is onto the KM machines. Currently the print volume from solutions of Konica Minolta is 8 Lakhs.

Improvement & Key for Success

• The ability to print on texture media
• Competitive capital investment gave the business need.
• Quality at par with high-end kit.
• Wide range of products and substrate to choose from.
• Consistent quality.
• Fastest ROI achievable.
• Auto Duplex support upto 300 gsm and simplex for 350 gsm stocks by bizhub PRESS C8000.

Surat-based Progressive Print caters to textile, diamond, real estate markets and walk in customers. The company, started in 2012, is the digital arm of the well-established commercial print company Progressive Printing Press.It began as an in-house facility for short-runs. When the company was established they installed the first Konica Minolta Bizhub Press C8000, but driven by market demand they opened itself for general market.

The Challenge

The challenge was to get ahead and surpass the market pressure. The print market in Surat uses paper ranging from ` 2 to ` 4. There were already 46 printing presses running, which put pressure on quality and price performance.

The Solution

Konica Minolta’s bizhub PRESS C8000 excellent features and ability to produce high quality print helps us to build this logistic. Our print quality produced on the bizhub PRESS C8000 impressed the customers. In August 2014, we brought in another Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C8000 to share the work load. The customers in Surat demand design, printing and finishing, at much faster speed. The two bizhub PRESS C8000 continues to serve and impress its customers with its standout print.

Improvement & Key for Success

Commercial Printing

• Standout print.
• Service, availability of parts.
• Loaded with features which makes operation easy.
• Complements offset business.
• Near offset quality good for proof prints.
• Improved interaction with customer.
• Profitability.
• High credibility in the market.

JD Graphics was established as a pre-press bureau in 1984 and in 2004 it was one of the early adopters of CTP technology in Mumbai. They have seen a tremendous growth of the Industry from last two decades and experienced the value for new & different types of revolutionary technologies. In 2008 JD Graphics invested in HP Indigo print solution support with different type of finishing equipment. Currently they have 10 nos. of manpower in company which contributes up to 1 Lakh print volume per month.

The Challenge

To have a print solution which can satisfy their customers with the same quality of that of Indigo & is moderately priced was first & the foremost challenge of JD Graphics.

The Solution

In 2012, we installed Konica Minolta bizhub PRESS C6000 to our digital printing section. Now the company is taking advantage of good print quality, whereas the competitive click price make this solution win-win choice. Even though we are based in Shah & Nahar Industrial estate, we found the solution that gave us a quick return on investment. Today, we are very satisfied & happy to have banner printing option (which is not available with other competitors), favourable price-performance ration and the consistency in color from first to last print. Not only it has a high end kit to cater the premium print jobs, but also it enables us to cater other jobs with ease. We can easily say it complements HP Indigo.

Improvement & Key for Success

Commercial Printing

• The ability to print banners added to our portfolio of products.
• Ability to cater more & more customers
• Better productivity
• Quality consistency throughout the print run.
• Ability to print banners is impressive
• Auto duplex support to heavy media.
• Very good return on investment ratio.