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Software
The Printing Source, Inc. uses the most up-to-date versions of most available layout, design, photo editing and separation software as our customers require; We also have the ability to convert most postscript files for separations on the Macintosh platform.



Commercial Printing in St. LouisAdobe Illustrator
Commercial Printing in St. LouisAdobe InDesign
Commercial Printing in St. LouisAdobe Photoshop
Commercial Printing in St. LouisAdobe PageMaker


Commercial Printing in St. LouisMicrosoft Office PC/Mac
Commercial Printing in St. LouisMacromedia Freehand
Commercial Printing in St. LouisQuarkXPress
Commercial Printing in St. LouisKodak Preps

Ripping System
The Rampage Ripping System in conjunction with its client and trapping editor is used throughout the state-of-the-art prepress department for workflow and job management.



Commercial Printing in St. Louis1 Rampage Satellite RIP
Commercial Printing in St. Louis3 Rampage Shooters
Commercial Printing in St. Louis1 Rampage Digital Light Table
Commercial Printing in St. LouisRampage Ramproof Direct

Digital Output
Our Polaroid Digital Halftone Proofer, 21.5" x 29.5" image area, supports line screens up to 600lpi.  This system allows us to use a variety of paper stocks as well as offering HexaChrome and several Pantone spot colors, not just 4/c process. We utilize ORIS ColorTuner to fingerprint our EPSON 9600 and 9800 to our presses. Our TechSage Spinjet 1000 allows our customers to see full-color trapped backed-up proofs.



Commercial Printing in St. Louis2 Polaroid 2230 Digital Halftone Proofers
Commercial Printing in St. LouisORIS ColorTuner on EPSON 9600 and 9800
Commercial Printing in St. LouisTechsage Spinjet 1000

Scanning
SCREEN's 1045AI Drum Scanner allows us to scan any flexible original up to 11.5" x 17.5".  These originals can be enlarged up to 2600 percent.  Any non-flexible items can be scanned on our CreoScitex EverSmart Supreme.



Commercial Printing in St. LouisSCREEN 1045AI Drum Scanner
Commercial Printing in St. LouisCreoScitex EverSmart Supreme

Work Stations and Media Storage
We have more than 900 gig of RAID-5 online storage space and can handle most media types including Iomega Zip, Jaz, SyQuest, Magneto-Opticals, CD, and DVD.  We offer to archive customers' jobs, in house, for future use.  Storage options include CD or DVD. Duplicates of all archived media are kept at a secure offsite location.


Commercial Printing in St. Louis1-power Macintosh G5/Dual 2.5
Commercial Printing in St. Louis1-power Macintosh G5/1.8
Commercial Printing in St. Louis1-power Macintosh G4/733

CTP Plate Output
Our Fuji Javelin Platesetter images 12, 8-page flats per hour.  These filmless plates run on all of our multi-color presses.


Commercial Printing in St. LouisFuji Javelin Thermal Platesetter

Prep Department
In conjunction with our State-of-the-Art Digital PrePress Department, The Printing Source also has full traditional PrePress capabilities; These two worlds of PrePress combined make us able to handle all jobs as efficiently as possible while continuing to offer the highest quality separations.


Commercial Printing in St. Louis33.5 Fuji PS850 Plate Processor
Commercial Printing in St. Louis1-36" x 48" Teaneck Vacuum Frame with OLEC
Light Source & Integrator
Commercial Printing in St. LouisBacher & Ternes Register Systems

Printing Capabilities
We are currently operating some of the most technologically advanced presses in our industry; The Heidelberg 40" C.D. press can run 8 colors plus aqueous registered coating all in one single pass, with stock as thin as an onion skin up to 40 pt board stock; Our other Heidelberg 40" CD is a 7-color with UV capabilities; Our Ryobi 3302M is a true two color unitized small format press for all of your short fun type work.  We also have the capability of running preconverted envelopes with bleeds on all four sides, on our Halm Jet envelope press at the remarkable rate of 75,000 impressions per hour.

 


Commercial Printing in St. LouisEight color Heidelberg CD 102A+LX 
Speedmaster with C.P. Tronics and CPC 4, tower
coater, 10-foot extended delivery, Graphix IR
Dryer and two banks of hot air knives, autoplate
and Techno trans refrigeration units for waterless
printing
Commercial Printing in St. LouisSeven color Speedmaster C.D. 102A+LX
with CP tronic control and CP Tronic Control
Graphix IR dryer and UV dryer
Commercial Printing in St. LouisTwo color Ryobi 3302M true color (two units) with
Crestline Dampeners
Commercial Printing in St. LouisTwo color Halm SuperJet 12" x 18" maximum or
perfect 9" x 12"/  Dual feeder and Dahlgreen
Dampeners

 

Bindery
The Printing Source has ancillary bindery equipment, in house, to complete your project; Including everything from cutters to folders and stitchers; We offer fulfillment capabilities and storage with our 12,000 sq. ft. warehouse.


Commercial Printing in St. LouisMueller Martini Presto saddle stitcher with 6
signature feeders, a 1528 cover score feeder and
three knife trimmer and auto stacker
Commercial Printing in St. LouisPolar  computerized 45" cutter with air bed and
jogger
Commercial Printing in St. LouisPolar computerized 30" cutter
Commercial Printing in St. LouisStahl B-30 Continuous feed 30" x 50" folder with
split guide and auto presser and stacker
Commercial Printing in St. LouisMBO B-30 Perfection Continuous feed 30" x 50"
folder with auto presser and stacker
Commercial Printing in St. LouisStahl T-36 six/four pile fed
pharmaceutical folder
Commercial Printing in St. LouisChallenge one hole drill and round corner
Commercial Printing in St. LouisChallenge three hole drill
Commercial Printing in St. LouisTwo head saddle stitcher
Commercial Printing in St. LouisBeseler Semi-auto shrink wrap w/ T-20-9 tunnel
Commercial Printing in St. LouisGerhard Busch HI Die Diecutter
Commercial Printing in St. LouisDigital counting scales

 

The Printing Source Inc.
2373 Ball Drive  Commercial Printing Specialists  Maryland Heights, MO 63146
 314-373-7200 (Phone)  Commercial Printing Specialists  314-373-7101 (FAX)  Commercial Printing Specialists  
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