The Hertfordshire-headquartered post-press specialist's stand will act as a production workspace running live demos on a Tecnau Stack 2320 high-speed rotary cut/stack line, a Horizon BQ-470 perfect binder, a Foliant Vega 400A laminator with optional digital foiling and a Horizon HT-30C automated book trimmer.

The production line will be producing two different-sized book blocks, using paper supplied by Crown van Gelder. Text pages will be printed by IFS partner Ricoh on a Ricoh Pro VC6000 high speed inkjet line, with covers printed on a Ricoh Pro C9110. A number of the books will then be displayed on the IFS and Ricoh stands.

All of the kit has been shown in the UK before but this is the first time it has been put together as a production line.

IFS announced it would be exhibiting at the inaugural show last September. 

“Essentially customers and visitors will be able to see a full workflow from continuous printed roll to a finished book,” said technical sales director Jason Seaber.

“We’re optimistic. It’s the first time we’re exhibiting but it’s nice to have a national show and the site at the Arena is nice and central. It’s quite nice to do something different, production and application, and also we get the opportunity to talk to visitors about the solutions we are able to offer.”

IFS will also be hosting a workshop session, entitled ‘How to produce effective short-run books digitally’.

The workshop will highlight the common challenges faced when producing short-run books, from digital cutsheet to continuous-feed output, and explain how IFS along with its partners has been able to address these challenges.

“There are a lot of perfect binding solutions on the marketplace, so I think most people are familiar with perfect binding machines generally and how they work. What printers really need to consider is the most effective way to produce the books digitally,” added Seaber.

PrintWeekLive! will take place at the Wasps Arena, Coventry, between 8 and 9 March.