Register Guard once again turn to Harland Simon - this time for their Inserter Controls
Chicago, IL 18^th January 2008

Harland Simon has once again started the new year on a high note, by signing a contract with The Register Guard, Eugene, OR, for the replacement of their inserter controls (ICON) on their three AM Graphic Inserters. The conversion will be carried out over the summer period with all Inserters in full production by August 2007, without any disruption to Register Guard’s busy production schedule.

The principle upgrade involves replacing the Goss ICON system with Harland Simon’s InsertNet controls based on industry standard PC and PLC hardware. In addition, their AMCS [Centralized Inserter Control System] will be replaced by Harland Simon’s PRIMA Mailroom Manager. This will oversee Insert Job orders, monitoring, hopper cycles for maintenance and scheduled zone production by micro zips, truck routes and postal walks across all three inserters. Furthermore, an interface to The Register Guards Advertising and Circulation systems is included, with all route information stored and processed via Mailroom Manager. To complete the upgrade, the GSN [Gripper Stacker Node] station will be replaced, allowing centralized job data control of their Quipp 300 stackers supporting variable bundle size, rotation and exit belt selection.

At all times, the existing system will remain operational until the new system is fully tested and commissioned, which eliminates any risk to production. This method also keeps costs down whilst replacing all the vulnerable parts of the system. The solution is based on Harland Simon’s press controls PressNet techniques that have been successfully developed for the replacement of many press systems over the past 10 years.

Rick Baker, Registers Guard’s General Manager commented, “We chose Harland Simon because of the features in Mailroom Manager, their reputation in the industry and our past experience with the Harland Simon Press Control system”.

This order follows on from Harland Simon’s replacement CCS system at The Register Guard which interfaces directly into the Mitsubishi on-unit controls, thus providing their production management and press operators with the tools to optimize production and reduce waste. Furthermore, as The Register Guard already has Harland Simon PRIMA MS; this will allow for further integration and combined scheduling software, allowing not only mailroom integration into the press and pre-press area, but consolidated reports for maximum visibility.

John Staiano, Senior Vice President for Harland Simon, further commented, “Over the next few years more and more newspapers will be upgrading [ as opposed to replacing] their mailroom controls and adding state-of-the-art upper level management system; for Harland Simon this was a natural progression of our products and services.”

For further information, please contact John Staiano, Senior Vice President Tel: +001 (630) 572 7650  Email:  john.staiano@harlandsimon.com

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