Meeting a New Market Demand for Enhanced Print
Over the last two years, Schätzl Druck & Medien saw its customers ask for more than a plain printed product. Instead of a standard varnish finish, clients wanted raised, flat, or holographic foil effects that add value, stand out on the shelf, and are harder to copy.
Rather than treating this as a niche request, Schätzl Druck recognized it as an opportunity: a way to extend its product range into photo books, calendars, and greeting cards, enhanced with premium finishes that most customers had never seen applied to these products before.
Choosing Scodix for a Reliable, Automated B2 Workflow
When evaluating a digital embellishment vendor, Schätzl Druck & Medien set clear criteria: proven, reliable technology that matched its B2 production format, and a press that could integrate into a continuous, automated workflow from prepress through finishing.
The technology also had to keep pace with production, processing a high volume of jobs within a defined turnaround without compromising the quality needed to keep customers satisfied. Scodix met each requirement, which is why it became the press of choice.
The Results: New Markets, New Customers, Faster Turnaround
With Scodix, Schätzl Druck & Medien extended its product range into digitally enhanced photo books, calendars, and greeting card products that let the business enter new markets and win new customers, all with a notably short turnaround time.
The investment case was straightforward too: alongside machine cost and operator requirements, cost per sheet gave Schätzl Druck a simple, comparable figure across vendors one of the deciding factors in choosing Scodix.
The Result: From plain print to hard-to-copy product. Get Scodified.
FAQs
What embellishment effects does Schätzl Druck & Medien produce with Scodix?
Schätzl Druck & Medien uses Scodix digital enhancement to apply raised foil, flat foil, and hologram foil to products such as photo books, calendars, and greeting cards.
Why did Schätzl Druck & Medien choose Scodix over other digital embellishment vendors?
Schätzl Druck evaluated vendors on reliable technology, B2 format compatibility, integration into a continuous automated workflow, production throughput, output quality, and cost per sheet. Scodix met all these criteria.
Can the Scodix Ultra press run in a B2 automated production workflow?
Yes. The Scodix Ultra is built for continuous B2 workflows, connecting into existing prepress and finishing processes so jobs move through production without manual handling.
How does digital embellishment help a print business enter new markets?
By adding effects like foil, embossing, and hologram foil to everyday products photo books, calendars, greeting cards a print business can offer a premium, hard to copy product that opens doors to new customers and new markets, as Schätzl Druck & Medien experienced.