Nashik’s Sofine Color Lab elevates print quality standards using RICOH

Mr Vikrant Sonavane (in blue blazer) & Sonavane family and Monotech Systems team with RICOH Pro C9200

New Delhi, January 09, 2024: When it comes to printing jaw-dropping image quality photos, it could be done flawlessly at Nashik-based Sofine Color Lab that boasts a portfolio of high-end machines comprising the recently installed RICOH Pro C9200. This new ground-breaking RICOH digital colour production press now running productively at the company’s well-equipped production setup has been supplied and installed by Monotech Systems, a leading machine manufacturer and one-stop solution provider for the printing and packaging industry globally.

A continuing legacy of a family-owned business, Sofine Color Lab has been run by three generations of Sonavane family. Mr Vikrant Sonavane, Proprietor, Sofine Color Lab, who is the third generation in the business, recalls that the company’s establishment is dated back to India’s Pre-Independence era. “It was in the year 1943, my great grandfather Shri BK Sonavane, who was the first generation from the family in the business, switched to photography and opened a photo studio in the year 1957. The rest is a continuing journey,” shares Mr Vikrant.

Over the last eight decades, Sofine Color Lab has incarnated into many avatars. The company keeps transforming its infrastructure, lines of machines and technologies, manpower, print innovations, etc. “From generation to generation it has been our tradition to invest in the latest machines and technologies,” mentions Mr Vikrant, adding that the purchase of RICOH Pro C9200 from Monotech Systems is pretty much a part of the company’s age-old tradition of bringing home the best-in-class technologies for unique and high-quality print production.

“Without doubt, addition of the new RICOH Pro C9200 to our machine portfolio a few months ago has changed the way we used to manage quality in photo and commercial colour graphics. This digital production press is undoubtedly the most proficient digital colour press we have ever owned. Following the installation of this RICOH Graphic Arts Edition digital colour production press, we have increased our sheer capability to raise the print quality bar in photo and commercial printing,” tells Mr Vikrant.

Overall value and quality in commercial prints at Sofine Colour Lab have transpired into new vibrancy following the purchase of the RICOH Pro C9200 from Monotech Systems. Complementing this digital workhorse in the company’s machine portfolio are some other high-end production machines comprising a jet varnishing system. Main end-products of Sofine Color Lab, apart from its foremost photo books and albums, consist of fancy wedding & greeting cards, stickers, labels, booklets, etc.

“Now, we receive tremendous positive feedback from a host of our customers with respect to quality in the overall digital prints we produce for them using the RICOH Pro C9200,” emphasises Mr Vikrant. This RICOH digital colour production press is engineered with unconventional features that vanquish other presses in its class. It is capable to print vibrant graphics in resolution of 2400×4800 dpi on a range of lightweight and heavyweight media including super gloss, coated, thick cards, etc, up to 470 gsm at the speed of 115 ppm (pages per minute).

Praising the boost, they have achieved in digital printing because of the ability of RICOH Pro C9200, Mr Vikrant remarks, “We ideally bank on this new RICOH digital press from Monotech Systems to meet the rightly demanding standards of our customers from different market segments and industrial clusters.” He conclusively mentions that they truly oblige to Monotech Systems for the machine and after-sales service support they get whenever required, irrespective of time and circumstances.