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| Everyone say “Dynagraf!” |
Greetings,
The Visual Design Inquiry Group went to a printing company their first class trip. We went to visit a very successful company known as Dynagraf Inc. Dynagraf has been around for many years and has won many awards. More recently was the Sappi Fine Paper North American Printer of the Year award. They were awarded $20,000 which they will use to update their equipment and put towards marketing.
The printing process starts with pre-press. Pre-press is mostly done on computers. In this step, designers and other like employees will look at the files and make any color adjustments or layout tweaking that may need to be done. This digital department makes sure everything is ready to go even before anything has started to print. When everything is ready to go, they will then proceed to print off about 100 copies and then do a check to make sure all the colors are accurate and everything is in order. A representative from the company who hired Dynagraf for their project will inspect the work and if they're satisfied they will give the okay to start mass printing. In the next step, there is 3 cylinders used to create the prints at 12,000 sheets per hour. A project will typically take a few weeks or a few months from start to finish. Dependning on the type of material used and how many copies are required.
It was a successful first class trip, Heather didn't get us all killed! We all received multiple gifts from the company and learned a lot about the printing process.
To be more specific, I did not kill anyone in the Curry Van experience. It was my first time driving the van. Purrs like a kitten. However, the doors need child safety locks.
ReplyDeleteAlso, our tour guide at Dynagraf (Canton, MA) was Claudia Clifford. She graciously give us a brief history of printing talk in their conference room, with examples of wood-cut and metal type.
http://www.dynagraf.com/
I really enjoyed the Dynagraf experience. My favorite part was watching one of the machines fold, staple and put together a packet in seconds right in front of our eyes. The shredder was also very interesting as well, looking at all of that paper packed and compressed into a long rectangle. In fact, I learned that dynagraf makes $15,000 a month for just recycled paper! GO GREEN EVERYONE! :)
ReplyDeleteThanx again to the staff and owners of Dynagraf.
The Dynagraf trip was a lot of fun. My favorite part of the experience was being able get inside the factory and see the inner workings of the company. All of the machines were very interesting and it was fun being able to see how everything is printed and created. Something i learned from the trip that i didn't know before hand is that dynagraf is responsible for being one of the two printing companies to print for Ralph Lauren.
ReplyDeleteThis was pretty awesome for the first class trip, I had no idea how many machines were needed to print stuff out, I can't wait for the next trip
ReplyDeleteThe Dynagraf trip was really fun and interesting. My favorite part was in the factory watching the machines print 12,000 sheets of paper per hour. I also was amazed at how much paper they had. They had a bunch of rolls of paper stacked so high. I've never seen so much paper before!
ReplyDeleteDynagraf was really interesting. My favorite part of the trip was being able to see all the steps that the paper goes though, and all the machines it takes just to get a final print. I didn't realize how much happens before the final print is all done.
ReplyDeleteDynagraf was a amazing trip i really liked how the tour guide was a big wig in the whole thing but still had time to graciously give us a very informative tour. I was amazed how just how much paper they had in the back rooms it was stacked up probably 50-60ft high and there were probably a hundred of those stacks. I also like how nice they were to give us some uncut magazines and a book on graphic design that has already given me better ideas!
ReplyDeleteDynagraf was a interesting place, the fact that you got to see how they put paint into the papers was cool, but the smell and sound of the place was kind of killing my head. Advice if you have a head ache i advise you not to go to Dynagraf.
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