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Title: The NewsPress Ft' Myers, Florida


1
The News-PressFt. Myers, Florida
  • Color Expansion Project
  • Charlie Boye
  • Press Manager
  • Metro Users Conference March 1, 2004

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The News-Press Color Expansion
  • The search for color
  • Existing Metro presses are set up as two
    identical 20 couple presses with 4 leads of 4/1
  • Two identical presses installed 1974 and 1980
  • Technology is the same as when installed with the
    exception of Smith Spray Bar
  • Run straight most nights

3
The News-Press Color Expansion
Original Configuration
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The News-Press Color Expansion
  • Produce two products per night
  • 85,000 News Press peak 145,000
  • 75,000 USA today peak 95,000
  • Ft Myers Market Conditions
  • Usually selling out color every day
  • Growing Circulation necessitates straight run
  • New advertisers moving into area - Two new malls
    opening
  • Commercial printing needed more color
  • Editorial color increasing

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The News-Press Color Expansion
  • Complexity of Project
  • Must keep Ft Myers press running
  • Must keep USA Today press running
  • Can use summer months to move some units
  • Tight building conditions dictate designing
    solutions to allow material handling to continue
  • Tight press hall dictates innovative installation

6
The News-Press Color Expansion
  • Project is Approved
  • Needs identified
  • Four towers added 2 per press-line
  • Control Upgrade
  • Folder Upgrades
  • Inker Upgrades
  • Building Upgrades for infrastructure
  • CTP system

7
The News-Press Color Expansion
  • Selected Press Solution
  • Goss Uniliner Towers both H frame and individual
    units
  • Goss Digital inking
  • MPCS 3 controls
  • Goss Folder upgrades

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The News-Press Color Expansion
  • Why Uniliner
  • Limited ceiling height , Uniliner is 17 11
    which fit into 23 foot press hall height
  • Use exiting Y columns on existing press slab,
    Uniliner is 139,000 pounds which meet the design
    load
  • Operator friendly for plate and blanket access
  • Integrates with Digital inkers
  • Split H design helped fit into building
  • Shaftless technology minimized downtime during
    installation

9
The News-Press Color Expansion
  • Project Phasing
  • June 2003 Phase 1 stack units
  • April 2004 Phase 2 install two towers
  • July 2004 Phase 3 stack units
  • August 2004 Phase 4 install two towers
  • November 2004 On Edition with 4 towers

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The News-Press Color Expansion
Phase 1
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The News-Press Color Expansion
Remove E Frames over 1 16 Phase 2
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The News-Press Color Expansion
Add Wall Brackets for Towers 1 16 Phase 3
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The News-Press Color Expansion
Add Towers 1 16 Phase 2
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The News-Press Color Expansion
Add Stacking Frame over Unit 7 Phase 3
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The News-Press Color Expansion
North
Stack 3-Color Unit 8 over Unit 7 Phase 3
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The News-Press Color Expansion
Add Stacking Frame over Unit 9 Phase 3
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The News-Press Color Expansion
Move 3-Color Unit 10 Phase 3
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The News-Press Color Expansion
Relocate Mono Unit 9 to Unit 10 Position Phase 3
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The News-Press Color Expansion
Stack 3-Color Unit 10 over Unit 9 Phase 3
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The News-Press Color Expansion
Change Wall Brackets for Towers 8 9 Phase 4
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The News-Press Color Expansion
Add Towers 8 9 Phase 4
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The News-Press Color Expansion
  • Benefits of Project
  • Better reproduction with presetting
  • Increase color capacity by 60
  • Increase page counts in straight mode
  • Faster make-readies with consistent presets
  • Centralized quality functions at desk

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The News-Press Color Expansion
24
Color Capacity After Expansion
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The News-Press Color Expansion
  • Thank You

26
The Sarasota Herald-TribuneSarasota, Florida
  • Color Expansion Project
  • David Harvey
  • Production Director
  • Metro Users Conference March 1, 2004

27
Site Review
  • Two identical Metroliner presses installed in
    1983-1984
  • Two Metrocolor towers installed in 1993
  • Currently 56/16 capacity, always run straight
  • Six news editions with seven ROP zones
  • Digital inkers and MPCS 3 controls installed in
    2002

28
Site Review
  • Produce average 126,000 daily / 155,000 Sunday
  • Seasonal peak can be 150,000 daily / 185,000
    Sunday

29
Press Configuration - Today
B Press
30
Press Configuration - Future
B Press
31
Project Review
  • Need to add 8 pages of color capability to press
    to meet increasing advertising needs in main run
  • Expand to 35 couples per press with 64/24
    straight
  • Additional back-to-back color for advance and
    special sections

32
Project Review
  • Solution needs to fit in with existing press
    operationally, electrically mechanically along
    with equal or better fault tolerance
  • Tower size/weight meets currently installed press
    mat design
  • Most other possible installation constraints not
    a factor

33
Project Review
  • Press needs to be printing by December 31, 2004
    for tax advantages and to reap 2005 seasonal
    color peak
  • Installation accomplished with minimal impact on
    operations
  • Minimal retraining for operators and maintenance
    staff enabling fast on-edition ramp-up

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Solution Selected
  • Global Newsliner
  • Rugged construction matches Metroliner and
    Metrocolor style
  • Integrates in with MPCS3 controls
  • CT50P reelstands working with infeeds and
    outfeeds give good tension control
  • Mechanically driven provides consistency with
    current operations, maintenance cost, technical
    staff resources and fault tolerance

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The Herald-Tribune Color Expansion
  • Thank You
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