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Prepress Graphic Professionals is not afraid of change-and that flexibility drives the company forward. The latest change for the Shawnee, Kan., company was to install a Xerox iGen3 110 digital production press that boosted production by 50 percent. Furthermore, the high-speed digital press delivers the high quality that customers expect and has rewarded the company with many new customers. In fact, because they have calibrated all their printing devices to meet the latest GRACoL 7 standards, many ad agencies have been impressed with the quality color printing and now send their projects to Prepress Graphic.

By evolving with the times, Prepress Graphic Professionals became a $2 million digital printer with 14 employees, after starting out as a trade shop and film house in 1990.

"If we hadn't made the change to digital print, we would have gone the way of most trade shops - either out of business or merged into somebody else," says owner Jack Gulick. "We didn't go that way. We're very much among the living. We have some very good employees and we're not afraid to change and do things differently."

After starting to print digitally only five years ago, digital print now accounts for about 80 percent of the business. Eventually, however, the printing growth meant that the company's Xerox 6060 digital production press couldn't keep up with demand.

Thanks to the relationship developed with Fujifilm Graphic Systems U.S.A., Inc., the print provider knew who to work with in times of change. Fujifilm offers new technology recommendations, problem-solving advice and support with installations. "It was nice to work with both Fujifilm and Xerox on this project. They were able to make it pretty seamless switching from the 6060 to installing the Xerox iGen3 110 digital production press," says Gulick. "In the two months we've had it, we've picked up 10 new customers-very good sized customers. Our additional capacity allows us to get jobs turned out on time, every time. And we have increased our possibilities by being able to take more complex files and offer variable data."