Chicago Sun-Times reaches full production at new plant

The Chicago Sun-Times recently completed the transfer of printing from its downtown letterpress facility to the new $120 million Ashland Avenue web-offset plant. The plant is equipped with six Goss Newsliner® and two Goss Universal presses all of which are controlled by a comprehensive Harland Simon PRIMA system.

The Harland Simon system provides direct digital presetting capabilities from their own RIPSet device which accepts files from the Eskofot/Eskonet page transmission system. Full product planning, presetting, monitoring and reporting facilities are provided within the PRIMA management system which also features the advanced PRIMA Esprit auto-impositioning system. The monitoring and reporting facilities are soon to be expanded with the addition of a totalizer system which will provide the installation with plant-wide copy flow and counting capabilities.

The impressive 850 ft. long press hall features two PRIMA 4000 multi-function press control consoles for each of the eight presses. Each console provides all the controls, press and quality, for press operation in a clear and user friendly design. The presses all feature Harland Simon drive systems and unit controls, the latter providing control not only for the unit functions but also for the inking and spraybar dampening systems.

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