Case: Higher School of Economics selects Canon professional equipment as production capacity
Good evening, Geektimes! Today we want to bring to your attention the history of fruitful cooperation between the Higher School of Economics and Canon. In a brief form, we with representatives of the HSE tried to tell what problems of the printing house of the educational institution we were able to jointly solve at the initial stages and what results the printing industry was able to achieve at the Higher School of Economics in 7 years of cooperation with Canon.
Before the appearance of the printing house at the Higher School of Economics, non-professional printing equipment was bought to solve the printing problems of the university, or an order was given to third-party organizations.
For this reason, printing products were often of inadequate quality and were made late.
Also in the HSE it is necessary to print a large amount of confidential information: tickets for examinations, tests for olympiads, etc.
To solve these problems, in 2010 it was decided to create an intra-university printing house equipped with professional equipment.
When creating a printing house, first of all, it is necessary to choose the right fleet of printing equipment. The Higher School of Economics has identified a number of important criteria that printing equipment must meet for the printing house:
After analyzing the market of equipment suppliers, it was decided to focus on Canon professional equipment.
Since the creation of the printing house of the Higher School of Economics, the number of orders has steadily increased. By 2017, the number of orders reached 13,000 per year, which in monetary terms is 25 million rubles. These volumes exceed the average amount of work of conventional printing 4-5 times.
The printing house of the Higher School of Economics was created to solve the printing tasks of the university: supplying printed materials to educational and research departments, fulfilling orders from within-university publishing houses, printing materials for conferences or exhibitions, and also providing services to teachers and students of HSE.
The printing house is located in nine different HSE buildings in Moscow. Printing of intra-university orders requires strict adherence to the deadlines - sometimes the wrong time, the circulation becomes unnecessary, which leads to significant losses.
Within the framework of cooperation with Canon, the printing house of the Higher School of Economics acquired professional equipment that fully satisfied all its technical requirements.
As the main production capacity, the printing house has chosen the following models:
Having made the main bet on Canon equipment, the printing house of the Higher School of Economics has proved to be a serious player in the printing market. This is reflected in the constant increase in the number of orders and the need to increase the working space by 2 times for further development.
Client name: Printing house of the Higher School of Economics
Date of foundation: 2010
Sector: Printing
Location: Russia, Moscow
Website: www.print.hse.ru
Purpose: Ensuring the smooth running of a printing house 24 hours a day without loss of quality and increase in the cost of finished products.
Tasks:
Solution: Professional Canon ImagePRESS printing equipment.
Results:
It was very important for us to receive products that fully meet the requirements of the customer.
Marcel Sharifullin, head of the HSE printing house.
History of creation
Before the appearance of the printing house at the Higher School of Economics, non-professional printing equipment was bought to solve the printing problems of the university, or an order was given to third-party organizations.
For this reason, printing products were often of inadequate quality and were made late.
Also in the HSE it is necessary to print a large amount of confidential information: tickets for examinations, tests for olympiads, etc.
To solve these problems, in 2010 it was decided to create an intra-university printing house equipped with professional equipment.
Problem of choice
When creating a printing house, first of all, it is necessary to choose the right fleet of printing equipment. The Higher School of Economics has identified a number of important criteria that printing equipment must meet for the printing house:
- Stable color quality: the quality should remain consistently high, even with large print runs.
- The ability to apply different types of papers: the technique should work with all types of papers, even the most inexpensive ones.
- Reliability and durability: the equipment must be reliable and durable in order to work around the clock, if necessary.
- Available parts and consumables.
After analyzing the market of equipment suppliers, it was decided to focus on Canon professional equipment.
We paid attention to the possibility of using the available grades of paper, durability and efficiency of equipment in use. Technique Canon best meets all the stated requirements.
Marcel Sharifullin, head of the HSE printing house.
Current volumes
Since the creation of the printing house of the Higher School of Economics, the number of orders has steadily increased. By 2017, the number of orders reached 13,000 per year, which in monetary terms is 25 million rubles. These volumes exceed the average amount of work of conventional printing 4-5 times.
Features of the HSE typography
The printing house of the Higher School of Economics was created to solve the printing tasks of the university: supplying printed materials to educational and research departments, fulfilling orders from within-university publishing houses, printing materials for conferences or exhibitions, and also providing services to teachers and students of HSE.
The printing house is located in nine different HSE buildings in Moscow. Printing of intra-university orders requires strict adherence to the deadlines - sometimes the wrong time, the circulation becomes unnecessary, which leads to significant losses.
Within the framework of cooperation with Canon, the printing house of the Higher School of Economics acquired professional equipment that fully satisfied all its technical requirements.
As the main production capacity, the printing house has chosen the following models:
- Color digital Canon ImagePRESS C7000VP printing machine.
- Color digital Canon IR ADV 9070 printing machine.
- B / W Canon digital industrial printing machine imagePRESS 1100 - 2 pcs.
- B & W Canon iR ADV 8205 PRO digital printing machine - 2 pcs.
Having made the main bet on Canon equipment, the printing house of the Higher School of Economics has proved to be a serious player in the printing market. This is reflected in the constant increase in the number of orders and the need to increase the working space by 2 times for further development.
For 7 years of cooperation with Canon, their equipment worked
and still perfectly copes with the tasks, allowing us to make a profit.
Marcel Sharifullin, head of the HSE printing house.
Results of cooperation
- The use of Canon professional printing equipment allowed us to increase the number of orders to 13,000 per year. The printing house has already increased its turnover up to 25 million rubles, and by the end of 2017 it plans to reach 30 million rubles.
- Canon provided full support to the printing house of the Higher School of Economics, providing consulting services, and then installing and installing printing presses on time.
- The transition from the status of a small intra-university printing house to the position of a serious player in the Russian printing market. Over the 7 years of the printing house’s existence, the number of print orders is constantly growing and is now 4-5 times the average order quantity of a regular printing house.
Client name: Printing house of the Higher School of Economics
Date of foundation: 2010
Sector: Printing
Location: Russia, Moscow
Website: www.print.hse.ru
Purpose: Ensuring the smooth running of a printing house 24 hours a day without loss of quality and increase in the cost of finished products.
Tasks:
- The ability to work with different types of paper, even with the most simple and affordable.
- Maintaining high quality products when printing long runs in a short time.
- Uninterrupted round-the-clock operation of the equipment.
- High-quality and prompt service support.
Solution: Professional Canon ImagePRESS printing equipment.
Results:
- The transition from the status of a small intra-university printing house to the position of a serious player in the Russian printing market.
- Over the 7 years of the printing house’s existence, the number of print orders carried out by the printing house has grown to 13,000 orders per year, which is 4-5 times the average volume of a regular printing house.
- Successful and fruitful cooperation between the printing house of the Higher School of Economics and the Canon company.