Commercial Printing
Since APS first opened its doors in 1975, the characteristics of quality, service and innovation have enabled us to maintain a leadership position in the Graphic Arts Industry.
At APS, we believe that an outstanding product results from the highest quality customer service matched with the highest quality equipment and technology. To always stay in the forefront, we are equipped with technology enabling us to locate the latest equipment. Weather an eight-color perfecting Heidelberg press complemented with the latest Computer to Plate (CTP) prepress technology or the latest web press, if it doesn’t fit our presses our partnerships allow us the latest and greatest machinery on the market.
But beyond the technical aspects, we maintain a critical focus on quality. Our incredibly seasoned team of production specialists, many of whom have been with us for over 30 years, take every step to ensure that any piece rolling off our presses is exactly to your specifications.
CUSTOMER SERVICE
Our primary focus at APS is customer satisfaction. We have created a customer service department staffed with the most experienced, knowledgeable people in the printing business. Your project gets its own customer service representative who will work closely with you to make sure your job runs smoothly and efficiently through our entire process - from pre-press to final distribution. Our CSRs have the expertise in all areas of production and project management to deliver creative and cost effective results.
PRE PRESS
APS’s pre-press environment combines a fully electronic workflow with high-speed digital pre-press, digital proofing, and direct to plate imaging. Our sophisticated, platform-independent systems accept work seamlessly from host-user interfaces, the Internet and FTP. Experienced in all the major IBM & Macintosh software packages, our staff guarantees that the project you envision will be the product you get. And our state-of-the-art equipment will ensure the job gets done right:
WEB PRINTING
We take pride in our spotless pressroom, where our streamlined workflow maximizes efficiencies. Centralized computer-controlled inking and chemical mixing systems provide color consistency from job to job and press to press. Automatic color and register control maintains consistent quality throughout the press run. Using color management and the Stochastic print method, we can achieve the most accurate tone in image quality. Plus, with some of the fastest press speeds available today, and on line capabilities, including perfing, die-cutting, gluing, folding, counting, and scoring, our state-of-the-art presses provide the flexibility you need for any job.
SHEETFED PRINTING
With the ability to print on a massive variety of house and custom substrates, in sizes that range from less than one inch to more than forty, APS boasts one of the most comprehensive and diverse sheetfed printing capacities in the industry. Our turn-key prepress department along with a complete array of bindery services and post-project applications, including handwork for custom folds or insertions, round out our sheetfed capabilities. Let us complete your job with our hassle-free warehousing, mailing and fulfillment services. As your full-service partner, APS can offer superior quality, value and convenience for virtually any sheetfed job.
BINDERY
Our bindery department can handle most of your finishing needs. With automated stations for cutting, folding and sorting, we can complete 99% of the jobs in-house, saving time and additional handling fees.
MAILING
Our full-service mailing department can handle all of your in-line mailing needs, including stuffing, tabbing, inserting and folding. Because we understand the complex and varying postal regulations, we can get your printed material into the mail stream in a timely, economical manner. In addition, APS can manage your mailing list. We’ll sort and merge your lists and address and post your direct mail pieces with accuracy and precision. Our skill and experience will help your mailing achieve the results you desire.
DISTRIBUTION
Our 100,000 square foot warehouse and unique process for distributing your products will save you time and money. We can distribute inserts up to 200 different locations for the same Sunday paper. A partial shipment of separate products is no problem with our distinctive color-coded system and redundant labeling.
IT DEPARTMENT
With a dedicated staff with over 60 years of expertise, APS’s IT department plays a vital role in leveraging technology to increase efficiencies and drive down overall project costs. These savings are passed onto our customers and give us a unique competitive edge. Streamlining the quoting process, improving order-entry efficiencies, managing file transfers and back-ups…these are just a few of the way our IT staff works behind the scenes to keep our pressroom floors running at peak performance.