Oct 6, 2007

Council puts printer on general election alert for ballot printing


A council has put its printer on high alert to print out hundreds of thousands of ballot papers for a possible general election.

Inprint, the joint print venture between the City of Durham and Derwentside Councils, was told this week to be ready "at short notice" to print 160,000 ballot papers for such an event.

Inprint print manager Charlie Stephenson told printweek.com: “We’re preparing for the possibility for printing 160,000 ballot papers for the anticipated general election, which could happen in the next couple of days, or not at all.”

The printer should be more than able to cope with the work, having recently installed a new Heidelberg Printmaster QM 46-2 to its portfolio to complement an existing SM 52-2 and GTO single-colour press.
The QM 46-2 has a rated top speed of 10,000 sheets per hour.

Stephenson told printweek.com: "We're already are a Heidelberg house and the Printmaster offered us everything we wanted – the perforating speeds are fantastic."

The print and document management partnership between the two councils carries out centralised work from its Consett-based Hownsgill Industrial Park.

"The partnership was formalised in December with us moving in the Hownsgill site in July," said Stephenson.

The partnership is part of central government's drive for joint working to promote reduced operating costs and improved efficiencies in the public sector.

The enterprise is jointly funded by the two councils and The North East Centre for Excellence.

It produces basic copying through to glossy full-colour brochure work as well as other public sector work for charities and other local authorities.

Stephenson said: "Central Government are promoting joint-working as it helps both to reduce costs and improve working efficiencies. It provides a lot of savings."

"We carry out work for other authorities on an ad-hoc basis but we're looking to develop the business by partnering with other local partnerships and authorities."
Source: printweek

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