This article first appeared in the September 2025 issue of Australian Printer
Established in 1991, Kwik Kopy Moonee Ponds in Melbourne is a trusted local expert in printing, signage, and design solutions. Owned by Vivek Patel and Ripal Patel, the centre has more than 32 years of industry experience, helping businesses create high-quality branding and marketing materials.
The centre proudly serves businesses in Ascot Vale, Highpoint City, Maribyrnong, Essendon, Strathmore, Brunswick West, and surrounding areas.
It provides a diverse range of printing services for customers across Melbourne’s northern suburbs. The firm’s in-house design team creates tailored printing and design solutions – everything from signs, business cards, brochures, and large-scale signage and banners, to flyers, media walls, window decals, and other promotional materials.
With a strong commitment to precision, speed, and creativity, Kwik Kopy Moonee Ponds aims to deliver exceptional results under tight deadlines.
In early 2024, to support business growth, a decision was made to boost production capacity and extend output offerings to include five colour printing.
The challenge
Kwik Kopy Moonee Ponds needed a way to reduce production times and differentiate itself in the market.
As the business expanded, the team found it challenging to meet the tight turnaround times required by customers. In addition, there was a growing desire to find a new point of differentiation in the market.
“Many of our customers need their print jobs completed very quickly,” owner Vivek Patel said.
“We needed to find a way to complete runs faster but also wanted to offer an additional level of service. It reached the stage where we were having to outsource some jobs because we simply didn’t
have the production capacity in-house.”
The solution
After carefully examining a range of options, a decision was taken in mid-2024 to deploy a Ricoh Pro C7500 digital colour press with 5th colour option. Once it was in place, staff received a day of on-site professional training conducted by Ricoh.
With the machine installed, Kwik Kopy Moonee Ponds can now deliver print jobs that make use of clear, silver, and gold toners and complete larger print jobs up to 20 per cent faster than was previously possible.
“We could tell immediately that we had made the right decision,” Patel said.
“Ricoh also installed a smaller IM C4500 multi-function printer to help us with smaller print jobs and our internal administration functions such as invoicing.”
The machine
The Ricoh Pro C7500 digital colour press with 5th colour option delivers true production-level performance.
Powerfully robust and creatively engineered, the Ricoh Pro C7500 with 5th colour option enables enhanced performance, upgraded media handling, and built-in automation – for users to take on more work and meet the growing desire for creative communication that engages audiences and drives actions.
It prints at speeds of up to 95 pages per minute, with a maximum paper capacity of 16,200 sheets. It supports media from 40gsm to 470gsm, prints at 2400 dpi by 4800 dpi resolution, takes on oversized options up to 49.6-inches long, and includes professional inline finishing.
An intuitive 21-inch Smart Operation Panel provides a wider field of vision and the ability to remotely monitor the system from a smartphone or tablet. Specialty toners can be swapped in under 15 minutes, minimising downtime.
Built-in automation, such as colour calibration, front-to-back registration and auto duplexing up to 13-inches by 38-inches keeps work flowing smoothly for operators of all skill levels.
As for its 5th colour toners, it includes gold, silver, neon pink, neon yellow, clear, white, and invisible red, enabling users to achieve vivid colours comparable to offset, from brighter oranges to deeper purples and luscious greens.
Applications can be elevated with premium gold and silver, while neon pink or neon yellow can be used for high-impact messaging.
The machine opens the door to a new set of customers with invisible red for affordable security on certificates and tickets. Apply white as a base layer to deliver incredible graphics on coloured and transparent media. Clear can also be added to photos and logos for a slick look and to explore unique patterns for luxury effects.
The outcome
With the new Ricoh Pro C7500 digital colour press and 5th colour option operational, Kwik Kopy Moonee Ponds was quickly experiencing some significant benefits including faster production runs and more diversified print outputs.
Print jobs that used to take around eight hours now only take about six and a half hours, reducing the previous turnaround time by 20 per cent.
Patel said the machine’s ability to print using five colours meant the firm could now offer a diverse range of new outputs. This was achieved by printing with clear, gold, and silver toners and using a much wider range of substrates, between 40gsm and 470gsm.
“Our new Ricoh printer is really exceeding our expectations. It is reliable, delivers rapid output, and allows us to meet the requirements of our customers for top quality, fast-turnaround print jobs,” Patel said.
Future plans
Patel stated that while there are no immediate plans to increase the firm’s print capacity, he would certainly consider Ricoh when the time comes.
“Our new Ricoh printer is easily coping with an output of between 70,000 and 90,000 pages per month,” he said.
“I’m confident it can deliver even more than that and so it is likely to meet our requirement for growth for quite some time.”
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