The NewsPress Ft' Myers, Florida

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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
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Color Capacity After Expansion
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The News-Press Color Expansion

• Thank You

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The Sarasota Herald-TribuneSarasota, Florida

• Color Expansion Project
• David Harvey
• Production Director
• Metro Users Conference March 1, 2004

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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

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Site Review

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

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Press Configuration - Today
B Press
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Press Configuration - Future
B Press
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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

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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

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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