Long standing ProServ platform adds another level promoting customer involvement on sheetfed press life cycle management

manroland has introduced an innovative new preventive maintenance concept that allows a sheetfed printer to develop a tailor-made program to fit their exact requirements and prevent downtime.  ProServ Flex is a superior new PRINTVALUE program with four select options for the company's entire line of sheetfed offset presses.  Over 30 preventive maintenance components will assist customers in optimizing the life cycle costs of press operation.

"Having a sound and reliable preventive maintenance program makes fiscal sense in today's world," said Vince Lapinski, Chief Executive Officer of manroland Inc.  "Taking the proper maintenance steps will help a press maintain performance long term.  The key to ensuring the viability of a manroland press is by maintaining that productive edge and having the ability to spot potential problems long before they occur.  That's what ProServ Flex is designed to do.  Any interruption in production can be very costly in this economy.  It's time and money that can't be recouped."

Working with a printservices consultant, customers can choose the best program to serve their needs.  ProServ programs include the Basic level, as well as Basic Plus, Comfort or Supreme, and now ProServ Flex.  Printers have the option of choosing a ready-to-order maintenance program or custom design a program from the many components offered by manroland to meet specific press needs.

A ProServ Flex program addresses key functions such as operator training, mechanical and electrical service, maintenance staff training, pressroom workflow optimization and much more.  Proactive inspections of the entire press or select components, along with proactive services and analysis to find and settle issues, will help save time and money before production, performance or quality sacrificed by an unexpected failure.

Each of the ProServ Flex agreements is available for the ROLAND 200E, ROLAND 300, ROLAND 500, ROLAND 700 DirectDrive and ROLAND 700 Hi-Print, and the ROLAND 900 and ROLAND 900 XXL large format presses.  Another advantage is any of the options can be tailored with manroland's printservices and printcom .  Parts and consumables packages offer the preventive maintenance advantages a printer needs, and service parts that will lower operating costs with manroland approved printcom filters, lubricants, rollers and consumable wear parts.

For more information about ProServ Flex and how it can help your operation, call your printservices representative today or visit us at PRINT '09 booth #1129, or go online and learn more about ProServ programs and life cycle management at www.manroland.us.com/printvalue/printservices/ServiceAgreements.html.