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New York’s United Federation of Teachers In-Plant Sold on Colter & Peterson’s Prism Paper Cutter Days at the in-plant operation Oscar Rivera manages for the United Federation of Teachers rivals the bustling atmosphere in lower Manhattan. The Printing and Mail Department has transformed, adding an array of equipment to handle an ever-increasing amount of work. The fi nishing department has benefi tted as well, installing a 32" Prism paper cutter from Colter & Peterson (Booth 2639) to help speed up the process of getting work out the door to more than 200,000 members. “The Prism is a workhorse for us. Everything we buy is well researched, plus I watched some YouTube videos and was sold on it right away that it was the right machine for us,” says Rivera, Production Manager. Rivera is quick to credit local C&P dealer Rick Fassano at Summit Offset for recommending the Prism paper cutter. Fassano had placed a 27" Prism PC paper cutter last year at the New York Stock Exchange, located a short walk from UFT’s offi ces. “I’ve known Rick for 40 years when I fi rst started in the industry as a hand typesetter, and before I moved into offset. He’s really good and always on time with getting equipment to us. Late last year, we were decommissioning an older equipment so we needed a new cutter. I spoke with Rick and he gave me some options to consider, but the Prism was at the top of his list.” The 32" Prism joins a list of equipment. In addition to web and sheetfed presses, the digital side includes various Konica Minolta (Booth 1801) bizhub presses for black and white and color work. Rivera and his team count on Epson (Booth 2649)Stylus, HP (Booth 1825) DesignJet, and KIP (Booth 1137) wide-format machines to handle the signage and large graphics work. With all that fi repower, the Prism gets a workout. “Our previous cutter wasn’t programmable and there was a lot of stopping and starting. The Prism is programmable and a better, more effi cient product. We set the cut, cut it, and then go on to the next one. The table bed has air running under it to lift the paper, so it makes us much faster than before,” says Rivera. “We go full tilt every day. A lot of our work is done on 12x18" sheets that we trim down to 11x17". We print everything from a few hundred up to 265,000 per run, which Oscar Rivera (center), fl anks operators Gabriel Rivera (left) and Steve Rodriguez next to their Colter & Peterson Prism paper cutter. includes the full UFT membership.” Most managers want what’s best for the team. For Rivera, there were other selling points to the Prism that have met all of his expectations. “This cutter has made life easier. That’s great because they work very hard and stay busy with many other things, so we don’t usually have to worry about the Prism,” refl ects Rivera. “It is a very quiet machine and you rarely hear it. I also like the safety features. It has an electronic beam and some of our operators were tripping it by leaning forward as it was cutting. So the machine would just stop. Once they got used to it and changed their behavior, the team became even more productive.” Offi cial Show Daily | PrintingNews.com GRAPH EXPO 16 | September 26, 2016 | 17


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