Influence Graphics, a leading digital printing company in New York City has announced that it has installed a new BQ-160PUR Perfect Binding Machine from Horizon.  The new binding machine featuring PUR glue enhances Influence Graphics complete in-house bindery department. 

According to Ron Sizemore, one of the partners at Influence Graphics, “we’re seeing larger and larger perfect bound book print runs and the Horizon binder will allow us to turnaround large projects faster while at the same time provide our customers with a higher quality product. At the same time this new machine will cut our labor costs by not have to add a stitch to larger book blocks”

The PUR option on the Horizon BQ 280 provides unparalleled binding strength between the cover and the book block.  The machine is capable of binding books up to 15’ long and up to 2 inches thick.  Setup can be completed in less than one minute including glue setup, nipping width, nipping height and scoring rollers.  The machine has a maximum cycle speed of 500 books per hour.

Influence Graphics specializes in fast, short run digital printing in the New York City metro area.  It also provides offset printing, digital C printing, inkjet printing, large format poster and banner printing as well as graphic design.  Influence Graphics market niche is to provide extremely high quality printing that is produced in (typically) 24-48 hours and is still competitively priced.  Influence Graphics is both a B2B and B2C business.  “We have a traditional corporate sales force as well as customer service representatives that take orders coming in as result of our internet advertising” say Sizemore.  For both corporate and retail customers, Influence Graphics offers short run digital printing with fast turnaround.