Franchise Ease®
Equipment List
Franchise Ease® is primarily a web-based computer system, designed to address the unique needs of franchisees and franchisers. The productive capabilities in our Franchise-Ease® division is derived from the equipment base of each of our divisions, giving us extraordinary breadth to apply to your solution, ranging from a Direct Mail project, (through fulfillment of materials) whether personalized for the franchisee or generic.
Composition:
- MAC OSX Automated Workflow
- Kodak Creo Trendsetter DTP
- Ultimate Technographics Trapeze Artist Trapping Software
- Ultimate Technographics Impostrip
- QuarkXpress
- Acrobat Professional, Adobe CS
- InDesign
- PageMaker
- Photoshop
- Epson Stylus PRO 7880 Large Format InkJet Printers
- Art and Proofing Turnaround in 24 Hours
Data Processing:
- Full-service, in-house, Data Processing staff
- Business Objects list processing software
- ACE/Presort/Merge Purge/etc. software
- Printstream Information Management Systems
- Anchor's MaxPrint personalization system
- Mail.Dat processing
- List Rentals through major compilers
- 24 hour NCOA processing
Web Presses:
| Cylinder Size | Colors | Width | Special Features |
| Sanden | 17", 22", 28" | 10 | 21" | U.V. Dryers, |
| | | | | U.V. Varnish (one side), |
| | | | | 50" unwind/rewind |
| Sanden | 17", 22", 28" | 8 | 21" | U.V. Dryers, 50" unwind/rewind |
| Sanden | 14", 22" | 6 | 21" | U.V. Dryers, 50" unwind/rewind |
| Hamilton | 22" | 6 | 32" | U.V. Dryers, 50" unwind/rewind |
| Ashton | 22" | 3 | 32" | U.V. Dryers, 50" unwind/rewind, |
| | | | | Single #'ing/Imprint |
| Ashton | 22" | 3 | 20" | Double #'ing/Imprint, |
| | | | | 7-1/3" & 11" Folding |
| Ashton | 17" | 4 | 26" | Double #'ing/Imprint, |
| | | | | 8-1/2" & 17" Folding |
| Ashton | 17" | 3 | 26" | Double #'ing/Imprint, |
| | | | | 8-1/2" & 17" Folding |
The following Repeat Lengths can be printed and collated, using the equipment shown above & below:
2-3/4", 2-5/6",3.4", 3-2/3", 4-1/4", 5-1/2", 5-2/3", 7-1/3", 8-1/2", 11", 17", 22"
Form Assembly: Continuous and Unit Set Multi-ply
Each machine listed below is capable of in-line folding and a variety of custom formats, as well as Crash-Imprinting and MICR (up to 2 plies) in-line.
| | # of Plies | Cylinder Sizes | Special Features |
| Ashton | 6 Station Jumbo | 17", 22", 28" | Programmable glue system, |
| | | | Plow folding |
| Schriber | 16 Station | 17", 22", 28" | 23" Wide, Plow folding |
| Schriber | 6 Station Jumbo | 17", 22", 28" | Hot melt remoist gluing, |
| | | | Crash Imprinting |
| Schriber | 3 Station Jumbo | 17", 22", 28" | Hot melt remoist gluing, |
| | | | Crash Imprinting |
Personalization Equipment/Digital Printing:
- Oce 7550 VarioStream Simplex and Duplex Laser Printers
- Oce 466M Pagestream Laser Printers
- MCS Array Ink-Jets (up to 600 DPI)
- Videojet PrintPro ES Addressing Systems
- Genicom Impact Printers
- BFI Pack-to-Pack Imprinter
Affixing Equipment:
- FME Continuous In-Line Label/Card/Post-it® Note Affixing
Bindery:
- Bowe Cutters
- Programmable Guillotine Cutters
- Baum Folders
- MBO Folders
- Wafer Sealing
- Hot & Cold Glue systems
Inserting and Mail Department:
- Sure-Feed Flowmaster 12000 6 x 9 Inserters
- MCS Perfect Match System
- Pinnacle 6 station Inserters
- Bell & Howell 6 station Inserters
- In-line and Off-line Postal meters/Stamping
- On-site USPS - BMC/SCF Shipments
- Postal Optimization
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