MD GUNASENA GOES DIGITAL WITH METROPOLITAN

Sri Lanka’s iconic MD Gunasena printers digitized their printing operation with Metropolitan by embracing the future of printing technology after a hundred years of tradition to offset printing.

Serving for over a hundred years MD Gunasena Pvt Ltd has become one of the largest book printer and publisher in Sri Lanka using traditional offsets printing technology.  The company’s shift towards digital printing came with the need of print small quantities of each book.  “ With the Canon ImagePRESS Digital Production press offered by Metropolitan’s professional production printing division, we are now able to print a very small quantity of books, even a book of one. Unlike the old days of printing a mandatory minimum 1000 books” said  Mr. Rajiv Gunasena, Managing Director of MD Gunasena.

The Canon imagePRESS series offers customers with high-quality prints at very low cost. “The Canon imagePRESS series is a game-changing production press with the ability to print maximum paper size of 13 x30 inches. It is currently the world’s best printer when it comes to printing on thousands different media with the ability to print on heavy textured paper “said Hazala Samat – Business Development Manager of Metropolitan Office Pvt Ltd.

As a leading imaging technology solution provider in Sri Lanka for over 60 years, Metropolitan Office Pvt Ltd the sole distributor for Canon Solutions in Sri Lanka has taken several steps in changing the printing industry’s landscape and reshaping it to cater to future needs. Short quantity printing has become the norm and customers require high-quality printing within 24 hours.  Metropolitan has already influenced many other key players in the industry to opt for digitalized printing which is becoming a worldwide phenomenon. Digital printing offers printers a variety of creative and innovative options that offset printing cannot provide.

The Canon professional production printing system is best suited for commercial printers with the requirement for short runs, central reproduction departments, print-for-pay establishments, print-on-demand shops and large corporate offices where high volume production are required. This printing systems offer specific benefits to the customers such as effortless speed, ultimate versatility, and excellence outcome at a very low cost per copy.

Metropolitan together with MD Gunasena have now opened doorways to self-publishing in Sri Lanka giving many talented authors to chase their dreams, to finally print and publish your own book. Hesitate no more, Be the next JK Rowling.