Schätzl Druck
Case study | Schätzl Druck
Challenge
Evolving from a general commercial printer
Today, Schätzl Druck, of Donauwörth,
Germany, is barely recognizable as the
general commercial printer established
in 1981. What has remained the same is
its eye on the future and dedication to
providing innovative and cost-eective
services to its customers.
“We entered the digital age in 2000 with the
installation of toner-based printers,” says
Ulrich Schätzl, managing director founder.
“Our toner-based systems provided what
our customers were looking for, but by 2008,
the market had moved on. We wanted to enter
the high-end digital color market, and installed
an HP Indigo press 5500. In addition, it was
also expanding, opening facilities near
Marseille and Madrid.
As color digital work increased, the company
upgraded its capabilities with HP Indigo 7600
and 7800 Digital Presses. Schätzl Druck’s
press rooms also include three sheet-fed oset
presses with modern CTP systems as well as
the toner-based digital printers for short-run
black and white work.
In Spring 2014, Schätzl installed a B2-format
HP Indigo 10000 Digital Press.
“We realized that the HP Indigo 10000
would change a lot,” Ulrich Schätzl explains.
“Its capacity meant that not only would we
have to nd new work for the press, but also
nd a way of managing the high volumes it
produced each day.
“We made a careful study of the market and,
using our HP Indigo network, met with Chris
Knighton, of OneFlow Systems, in London,”
he continues. “He had developed the production
management solution that handled thousands
of jobs each day in PSPs around the world.
We knew immediately it was what we needed
for easy customer implementation to minimize
the pre and post-press time and costs.
“Because it was developed for PSPs using
HP presses, Site Flow had the features we
wanted and, it was also exible enough to be
congured around our unique requirements,
without having to involve lots of IT resources,”
Ulrich Schätzl says.
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