www.newsandtech.com www.newsandtech.com September/October 2020 The premier resource for insight, analysis and technology integration in newspaper and hybrid operations and production. New York Times upgrades press u BY TARA MCMEEKIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER Photos: Q.I. Press Controls Q.I. Press Photos: Nearly eight years after it brought up every four to six first began investigating closed- weeks after that.” loop color control, The New York NYT first began looking into Times has embarked on major the benefits of closed-loop at press upgrades to deploy the drupa in 2012. At that time, technology. dampening control — something The publisher inked a deal NYT wanted to implement — with Netherlands-based Q.I. wasn’t prevalent in the technol- Press Controls-EAE in May to ogy, D’Andrea recalled. supply 64 IDS 3-D cameras to When the publisher resumed improve color and registration its search, it challenged several control across seven Goss Col- suppliers to find the right solu- orliner presses at its College tion for its unique needs. Having Point production plant. The plant supplied an IRS system to NYT in houses seven press folders and 2006, QIPC was a logical choice includes the Colorliner 85 the to throw its hat in the ring. publisher installed in 2008. That Left to right: Bruce Barna, vice president of sales and marketing, The Siebold Co.; Erwin “After extensive analysis and press has 12 color towers and van Rossem, director of global sales and marketing for QIPC-EAE; Nick D'Andrea, vice investigation, we decided that president of production for NYT; Ronald Reedijk, former managing director of QIPC-EAE two folders, which NYT runs as Americas (retired); Todd Socia, senior vice president of print products and services for QIPC’s single-camera option was two presses. NYT; Michael Connors, managing director of production for NYT; and Richard Palmer, the best fit for us,” said Todd So- “The install is scheduled to senior vice president, The Siebold Co. cia, senior vice president of print begin at the end of September,” products and services for NYT. NYT’s Vice President of Production Nick D’Andrea told News & Tech. “The “Doing it all on one camera was simpler from an installation and mainte- first press is slated to be available by the end of October, with one being nance standpoint, and we felt it would ultimately offer us a lower total cost New York Times continues on page 6 Charleston Post and Courier increasing press automation u BY TARA MCMEEKIN CONTRIBUTING WRITER The Post and Courier in Charleston, South two Goss Metroliner double-width presses. monthly and weekly publications. Carolina, is ramping up for a major controls The project, set to kick off at the end of the “We currently split things up between the system upgrade. The publisher in August year, will span 108 Goss digital page packs two presses, which are housed in separate signed a deal with DCOS Automation to re- and include ink presets and a new closed- rooms in the building, but mirror one another place existing press registration system on its loop color registration and ink density sys- from a production perspective,” Stover said. tem. Each of the Metro presses features 10 units “We will be the first to install and a double-out folder. this system on double-width The Post and Courier began looking at new press in the United States,” Se- technologies at the Metro Production Confer- Turn to nior Pressroom Manager Sidney ence in 2018, an industry conference Stover page 26 Stover told News & Tech. said he finds very valuable. But the publisher The publisher prints over began more earnestly seeking a replacement for expanded 32,000 copies of the flagship after its existing system, installed in 2006, industry daily and 39,000 on Sunday, as failed at the end of 2019. That failure left the well as a stable of commercial press crew without ink presetting capabilities coverage jobs, including monthly, bi- for two weeks. The Post and Courier continues on page 5 u 1 www.newsandtech.com — Let’s write the future. With retrofit solutions that give your press another ten years of life. ABB’s retrofit solutions for newspaper presses will extend the productive life of your press, improve print quality, reduce waste and improve efficiency — for a fraction of the cost of a new press. Worried about the availability of spare parts for your existing controls? With an ABB retrofit you know that spares will be available worldwide for ten to fifteen years. 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Zeus Performance is one of three monetization tools built in-house with imPRESSions on by the Post that comprise the Zeus Technology Suite. consolidation California-based Delta Print Group has consolidated its print op- Adams Publishing goes erations by merging five print companies under one roof. imPRES- Sions Worldwide helped in the effort with the relocation of two of the company’s presses. imPRESSions undertook the dismantling of with Memoriams a Goss Community SSC and a Heidelberg Harris V-25 pressline and Adams Publishing Group is going with Memoriams for obituary self- moved both to Delta Print’s new plant in Natomas, California. serve across all properties, said a press release from Adpay | Memoriams. imPRESSions had supplied and installed the 5-unit Goss Community Memoriams, by Ancestry, is an obituary self-serve network solu- press in a Sacramento facility of the company in 2019 to accommodate tion for funeral homes and private party individuals. It provides the continued growth. It was anticipated that once the new 130,000-square- ability with a single order to place an obituary locally and then into foot plant was ready, the press would be relocated to the new facility. over 3,400 media properties around North America. APG already Plans were also underway to relocate the 6-unit Heidelberg Harris V-25 used Memoriams for a number of their western region properties, press once the SSC press was up and running. The relocation and the the release says. installation of both presses were completed in two months. APG switched to Memoriams from another vendor platform. By August, the plant will be staffed to run 24 hours a day, accord- Webinar trainings are scheduled to manage seamless transitions ing to imPRESSions. for funeral directors and the newspaper teams. On-site trainings will occur when COVID-19 allows. Ancestry is Memoriams parent company and Memoriams is a sub- sidiary of Adpay, a provider of online solutions to the media industry. Adpay customers include Advance Digital, AIM Media, Gatehouse Signature Offset uses Media, Lee Enterprises, The Dallas Morning News, Black Press, Eve- NewsXtreme Cloud ning Post Industries, Tampa Bay Times and The Wall Street Journal. Signature Offset will deploy NewsXtreme Cloud services for their print production, Ohio-based software developer Presteligence said in a press release. America’s Newspapers More than 14,000 plates per month will be produced through the workflow as part of a Southern Lithoplate plate deal. NewsXtreme Cloud includes PDF preflight with automated correc- launches print tion, page pairing and imposition, load-balanced rips, ink optimiza- tion and a portal for commercial clients to upload and proof jobs. advertising network These add-ons are built into NewsXtreme Cloud, the company says. America’s Newspapers has launched a national print advertising Signature Offset production centers in Colorado and Mississippi network. — will access the hosted NewsXtreme Cloud system from anywhere, on Newspapers from across the country have united to support Amer- any device with an internet browser, the release said. ica’s Newspapers through their donation of ROP advertising space, Let’s write the future. according to the organization. More than 720 papers have contrib- uted to the effort, says the group. With retrofit solutions that give your “This program creates a great opportunity for advertisers to reach Tribune Publishing to a premium audience at an attractive CPM rate,” said a press release on the effort. press another ten years of life. Florida-based Intersect Media has been chosen as the agency to use WaPo’s Zeus manage the program, but any member of America’s Newspapers with Zeus Technology, a revenue platform from The Washington Post, a national sales force can sell the two quarter-page ads, “helping to will license Zeus Performance to Tribune Publishing in eight media support America’s Newspapers and earning a nice commission as markets, according to the Post. well,” says the release. ABB’s retrofit solutions for newspaper presses will extend the productive life of “This agreement continues a period of tremendous growth for Zeus For advertisers, this is an opportunity to reach more than 6 million your press, improve print quality, reduce waste and improve efficiency — for a which will now power adtech for nearly 70 sites in the U.S.,” said a readers, says the release. America’s Newspapers and its partners will fraction of the cost of a new press. Worried about the availability of spare parts for press release from the Post. place the ads across the entire network. your existing controls? With an ABB retrofit you know that spares will be available “Zeus now powers over 3 billion impressions monthly, offering America’s Newspapers says it has approximately 1,500 newspaper worldwide for ten to fifteen years.