Ward 7 Councillor Khalid Usman welcomed Parker Pad & Printing to their new location in the Armadale Business Park. Congratulations to the staff and owner for their record-breaking performance.

Parker Pad & Printing, a full-service printing and finishing operation, has established a new North American record for digital print volume in a single month. The company produced 1.49 million full-colour, A4-sized impressions in November 2003, on a Heidelberg NexPress 2100, equalling an average output of almost 75,000 prints per business day.

Janis Parker, Vice President, says that productivity was boosted by being able to print on multiple substrates and by outputting already collated documents. The record comes just as Parker Pad is settling into its new location in Markham.

“A lot of the work that runs on 40-inch equipment actually fits on 29-inch equipment. We have customers who have seen this and moved in this direction. I wouldn’t look at how crowded the 40-inch marketplace is. My point is that in a lot of cases a 29-inch press may be the right solution for a lot of customers who maybe don’t need all of the volume that a 40-inch press can produce. The CD 74 handles up to 32-point board and can run 15,000 sheets per hour."

The company, with sales of 12 million in 2003, has moved into its own 37,000 square foot facility, doubling its floor space from the premises it was renting in Scarborough. During their open-house celebration for the new location, the shop unveiled a brand new Heidelberg CD press for printing on heavy board.