{"id":7908,"date":"2021-02-18T15:24:53","date_gmt":"2021-02-18T14:24:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/postprintleipzig.com\/?p=7908"},"modified":"2026-06-05T15:00:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:00:49","slug":"using-the-web-to-print-boom-with-the-smyth-dx50","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-2025.postprintleipzig.com\/en\/news\/using-the-web-to-print-boom-with-the-smyth-dx50\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cA very efficient entry-level model\u201d \u2013 How M. J. Raak GmbH is making the most of the web-to-print boom with the Smyth DX-50"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"l-section wpb_row height_medium\"><div class=\"l-section-h i-cf\"><div class=\"g-cols vc_row via_grid cols_2 laptops-cols_inherit tablets-cols_inherit mobiles-cols_1 valign_top type_default stacking_default\"><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"wpb_text_column\"><div class=\"wpb_wrapper\"><p><strong> J. Raak GmbH<\/strong> is a <strong>full-service provider<\/strong><strong> in the web-to-print sector<\/strong>. They put their success down to a number of factors, including systematically connecting digital printing and finishing services with the internet. Based in Frankfurt, the medium-sized business has an exceptionally diverse product portfolio that ranges from instruction manuals to promotional materials, from textiles to books. The latter makes up around 80% of their sales revenue. The platform <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mybuchdruck.de\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.mybuchdruck.de<\/a> is used by private customers in particular to print their own books with print runs ranging from 1 to 1500 copies and covering topics such as academic research and recipe collections all the way to self-published novels.<\/p>\n<p>J. Raak GmbH operates a variety of machines including the <strong>Smyth DX-50 folding and sewing system<\/strong>, \u201ca very efficient entry-level model for folding and book sewing\u201d according to Head of Sales Manfred Oftring. You can read all about exactly how M. J. Raak GmbH uses the machine it acquired from PostPrint Leipzig, the advantages of this system and how quickly the company recouped its investment in the article <strong>\u201cBoom in web-to-print\u201d<\/strong>, published in the 11\/2020 edition of the German trade journal <em>bindereport<\/em>, available here (German only):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Title:\u00a0<strong>\u201cBoom in web-to-print: M. J. Raak GmbH (Frankfurt am Main) has developed a successful business concept based on digital printing and finishing and web-to-print portals\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0(page 30, only available in German)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-separator size_custom with_line width_default thick_1 style_solid color_border align_center\" style=\"height:32px\"><div class=\"w-separator-h\"><\/div><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1 button-bluebox us_custom_80a192e9\" title=\"Read the complete press release in the Binder Report 11-2020 here\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Bindereport-11-2020.pdf\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">To the journal Bindereport (11\/2020)<\/span><\/a><\/div><div class=\"w-btn-wrapper align_none\"><a class=\"w-btn us-btn-style_1 button-bluebox us_custom_80a192e9\" title=\"Take a look at the PPL reference of the Smyth DX-50 folding and sewing machine at M. J. Raak in Frankfurt\" href=\"\/en\/references\/smyth-fx-30-sewing-machine-at-druckteam-in-hanover\/\"><span class=\"w-btn-label\">Reference M. J. Raak in Frankfurt<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"wpb_column vc_column_container\"><div class=\"vc_column-inner\"><div class=\"w-image align_left\"><a ref=\"magnificPopup\" href=\"https:\/\/staging-2025.postprintleipzig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/raak-und-oftring-an-der-dx50.jpg\" aria-label=\"raak-und-oftring-an-der-dx50\" class=\"w-image-h\"><img width=\"1280\" height=\"716\" src=\"https:\/\/staging-2025.postprintleipzig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/raak-und-oftring-an-der-dx50.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Raak und Oftring an der DX-50\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging-2025.postprintleipzig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/raak-und-oftring-an-der-dx50.jpg 1280w, https:\/\/staging-2025.postprintleipzig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/raak-und-oftring-an-der-dx50-300x168.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging-2025.postprintleipzig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/raak-und-oftring-an-der-dx50-1024x573.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging-2025.postprintleipzig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/raak-und-oftring-an-der-dx50-600x336.jpg 600w, https:\/\/staging-2025.postprintleipzig.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/raak-und-oftring-an-der-dx50-768x430.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1280px) 100vw, 1280px\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"J. Raak GmbH is a full-service provider in the web-to-print sector. They put their success down to a number of factors, including systematically connecting digital printing and finishing services with the internet. 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