Ultra efficiency for PIP

Print Solutions

PIP Electrics has installed an HP PageWide XL 5000 multifunction printer plus online folder. The new printer replaces two of the company’s existing ageing printers.

Based in Basildon, Essex, PIP Electrics undertakes all aspects of mechanical and electrical engineering – either as a single discipline principal contractor, or as a combined mechanical and electrical contractor, from initial design through to completion.

Before installing the new 5000, the company was using two separate printing workflows – a toner based printer for producing monochrome black and white pages, and an inkjet printer for printing colour pages – requiring a considerable amount of manual intervention from the team of CAD designers. First, colour pages had to be identified and separated from black and white pages. The colour pages then had to be manually folded and inserted in the correct order into the monochrome document set after the printing process.

This entire process was taking between 25 and 30 minutes per set, costing the company valuable time and money. With the introduction of the PageWide printer, the same task is now completed in one single workflow at a fraction of the time.

‘We have seen a recent increase in the number of colour pages being printed, which was another key reason for our investment. Printing black and white and colour together now saves us a lot of time and is very cost effective,’ said Thomas Hawes, IT Manager. ‘Not only are we now seeing economies of both time and money, but our team handling the installations on site now has a much clearer, streamlined process to follow. The new installation has already delivered benefits across the board.’