Rochester, NY, May 28 --
Lee Enterprises’ efforts to increase efficiency and reduce costs received a
big boost with the installation of Kodak’s Ink Optimizing Service at 12 of its
daily newspapers. Since adding the capability over the last several months, the
newspapers report reductions in ink expenses between 20 percent and 25
percent.
Newspapers owned by Lee Enterprises in Rapid City, S.D.; Casper, Wyo.; Sioux
City, Iowa; Munster, Ind.; Twin Falls, Idaho; Bismarck, N.D. St. Louis, Mo.;
Missoula, Mont; Billings, Mont.; Davenport, Iowa; Bloomington, Ill.; and
Escondido, Calif., utilize Kodak’s Ink Optimizing Service.
With the KODAK Ink Optimizing Service, Kodak provides customers with an ICC
DeviceLink profile that gets plugged into the KODAK PRINERGY Workflow. Based on
the ICC DeviceLink profile, separated image files go through a gray component
removal (GCR) process that reduces ink usage by replacing CMY inks with less
expensive black ink, while limiting the Total Area Coverage to a predefined
level.
GCR lowers ink consumption by up to 25 percent, depending on image content.
Using KODAK STACCATO Screening makes additional ink savings possible. In
addition to lowering ink consumption, Kodak’s Ink Optimizing Service reduces
waste and makeready time, enhances reproduction fidelity, and improves
stability on press.
“We evaluated a number of competitive solutions at our newspaper in
Billings, Montana, to determine which one would provide the greatest cost
benefits,” said Brian Kardell, Vice President of Production and Chief
Information Officer, Lee Enterprises Inc. “Kodak’s Ink Optimizing Service,
because of its integration with our existing KODAK PRINERGY EVO Workflow, was
the clear choice. Ink savings have met our expectations and we also see
enhancements to the quality of photos.”
Kodak’s Ink Optimizing Service represents the latest in a series of
solutions from Kodak that Lee Enterprises has installed at newspapers around
the country. Last year, Lee Enterprises added KODAK TRENDSETTER NEWS 50 Thermal
Platesetters, along with KODAK PF-N Non Process Plates, the PRINERGY EVO
Workflow System, KODAK PREPS Imposition Software and KODAK STACCATO
Screening.
Lee Enterprises is a premier provider of local news, information and
advertising in primarily midsize markets, with 49 daily newspapers and a joint
interest in four others, online sites, and more than 300 weekly newspapers and
specialty publications in 23 states. Lee’s markets include St. Louis, Mo.;
Lincoln, Neb.; Madison, Wis.; Davenport, Iowa; Billings, Mont.; Bloomington,
Ill.; and Tucson, Ariz. Lee stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange
under the symbol LEE. For more information about Lee, please visit www.lee.net.
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