Graphic Systems gets its start by retouching transparencies that were used to create the Sunday paper advertising inserts
We love making big, beautiful and brilliant things for passionate clients. When our talented blend of thinkers and doers unites with your ideas, it is simply a recipe that defies boundaries in a BIG way. You will find us to be fast, friendly and fair.
SERVICES
Equipment
RIGID
Two Inca Onset Series X UV printers with a 126.8” x 63“ print area
ROLL
Three HP Latex 2700W Plus printers, and two HP Latex 3600 printers, with a 126” wide print area.
SMALL FORMAT
HP Indigo 12K HD 7 Color with Factory Installed 15K Value Pack with a 29.13 x 20.07 print area; and a Ricoh Pro C7110x printer for printing packing lists and instruction sheets.
PHOTOGRAPHIC
Four HP DesignJet Z6610 Production Printers with 2400 x 1200 resolution with a 60” wide print area
ZUND
One tandem, and two single, G3 cutting systems with different cutting tools based on the project
GUILLOTINE
Perfecta 168 TS guillotine with a cutting area of 66” x 82.7” x 6.5”
X-Y CUTTERS
One Fotoba X-Y cutter
up to 130” wide
LAMINATING
Two AGL 6400 thermal and pressure-sensitive laminating up to 62” wide; and an Autobond Mini 53 SD-TM-R-F thermal laminator for 29.5″ x 20.75″ sheets with foiling/sleeking option.
Plus taping, grommeting, packaging, box making, and other equipment to meet our customers’ needs…
ENVIRONMENT
SOLAR ENERGY
Graphic Systems installed a series of solar array panels on the roof at our production plant in Minneapolis to use renewable energy to lower costs and play a part in saving our planet.
RECYCLING
Graphic Systems also recycles all waste paper and corrugate material to reduce costs and reduce land-fill waste.
HISTORY
1971
1990
Herm Kauls joins Graphic Systems to lead the production of grocery and retail graphics through photo enlargement
1996
Having worked out of the Whitney Building in downtown Minneapolis, Graphic Systems moves to its present location installing the first of six Durst Lamda photographic printers
2000
With the introduction of Zund’s camera registration cutters, Graphic Systems is one of the first wide format printers in the United States to install this technology
2001
Graphic Systems installs the first production Durst Rho 160 in the United States because of its environmentally responsible UV inks
2007
Graphic Systems doubles the size of its facility to meet the kitting, packaging and fulfillment needs of its national retail clients
2014
Graphic Systems installs a solar panel array on its roof to generate clean energy to reduce the cost of its graphics
2017
Steve Ferris joins Graphic Systems as its next leader, installing a second Inca Onset X Series of UV flatbed inkjet presses
2021
Graphic Systems releases a new version of its online fulfillment tool with improved maintenance and reporting tools