The system, being exhibited for the first time at this week’s North Print & Pack exhibition in Harrogate, replaces ageing FoldNak and Watkiss equipment at the Bournemouth-based print business.
Managing director Peter Moritzen said: “Our existing bookletmaking and collating equipment was getting less efficient and suffering from lack of speed. We needed to invest to keep the business moving forward.
“The System 2000S appealed because of its compact footprint its productivity and its versatility – we are able to collate separately from the complete bookletmaking process when needed.”
The new System 2000S has a range of performance variations from Morgana’s existing DocuMaster products. Output capabilities include 3,000 booklets an hour and the ability to create publications of up to 120 pages. Standard measurements are 1,520mm x 680mm.
Products can incorporate side-stitching, creasing, and a number of combinations of sheet and pre-printed sheets collation. Prices depend on configuration of the modular system.
Booklet products of eight, 12, 16 and 32 pages have already been produced on the kit, with runs extending as far as 15,000. Moritzen said typical orders were fewer than 5,000 copies, but he said he was reassured by its larger capacity.
Morgana sales manager Ray Hillhouse said: “This system has a wide range of capabilities for digital print producers. Visitors to North Print & Pack will be impressed by the performance and range of applications it can support.”
Three-staff Premier Print & Design runs a Presstek DI machine and pre- and post-press equipment, specialising in waterless printing. The team produces greetings cards, posters and banners as well as booklets to make a turnover of around £500,000.