A new law was signed by the governor in 2009 requiring prescriptions written in Washington be on tamper resistant paper or pads (TRPP) approved by the Washington State Board of Pharmacy. Beginning July 1, 2010, all medication prescriptions hand-delivered to a pharmacy must have the new look.

The Washington State Board of Pharmacy has approved Kaye-Smith as a vendor of board-approved tamper-resistant prescription paper and pads. “The Board’s approval is based on Kaye-Smith demonstrating these products will have features that meet the security requirements,” said Mike Meyers, Kaye-Smith Operations Manager.

While the layout will be much the same as previous forms – with two signature lines for prescriber and patient information – the forms must include the seal of approval. Prescribers, pharmacists, and patients can identify approved forms by the seal printed in the lower right-hand corner of the prescription form.

The tamper resistant prescription paper and pads now in use will not comply with this new law. Only board-approved forms are to be used for hard copy given to a patient or patient designee, including prescriptions printed from an electronic medical record system.

A few helpful tips will assure prescribers are using the proper forms in the correct way.

• The seal of approval should always appear in the bottom right corner of the prescription form.

• The seal consists of a mortar and pestle watermark with the Washington State map centered over the top.

• The state is printed in green thermo-chromic ink that changes from green to yellow when exposed to heat or friction. The color turns back to green when cooled.

Approved versions of the Washington State Board of Pharmacy “seal of approval” are ready for use in the Kaye-Smith Prepress department. The seal of approval must appear in its entirety on any prescription paper or pad.

In recognition for outstanding commitment and leadership to commute trip reduction efforts in the Puget Sound region for 2009, Kaye-Smith has been awarded the Pacesetter award from the Commuter Challenge program. Businesses winning this award have shown outstanding commitment to commute trip reduction and may very well be on their way to a future Diamond Award win.

The Commuter Challenge Web site indicates Kaye-Smith has also been nominated to receive the Commuter Challenge “Diamond” award.

The overall goal of the Commuter Challenge Diamond Award is to publicly recognize those local businesses that regularly go “above and beyond” when it comes to providing commute trip reduction programs to employees.

Award-winning organizations are not doing just the minimum to be compliant with the state’s commute trip reduction law, but rather take the time to really look at what programs and services would get their employees out of single occupancy vehicles and then put the organization’s resources – whether personnel, money, facilities, or otherwise – behind the program.

Kaye-Smith is proud to accept the Pacesetter award and looks forward to future news about the Diamond award nomination!

With the installation of Prepress’ new computer-to-plate technology (see Moving Forward, February 2009 - Out With The Film, In With the CTP) along came a new companion proofing system, the Kodak Matchprint Proofing Solution.

Based on the Hewlett-Packard DesignJet Z2100 44” printer and the Matchprint Inkjet 800 Proofing Controller, the system creates “contract quality” proofs directly from the departments’ Kodak Evo digital workflow software.

This is an example of the old, but essential, need to adhere to the Rip Once, Output Many prepress ideology. Once a job enters the Evo prepress workflow, the art files are “refined” to a PDF ready for output to a variety of devices. Output options include the low-resolution, high-speed inkjet printer – suitable for preflight prints and digital “stripping” plots, the new HP Z2100 high quality inkjet proofer and the CTP output device – for plates... all from the original refined Evo PDF.

The new inkjet system is capable of creating high quality printing proofs, as mentioned, matching a great majority of Pantone spot colors using sophisticated color management and 8 different color inks. Process color (CMYK) printing is simulated using the latest, standard profiles.

In addition to great color proofs, the system can be used for promotional signage, photo display prints and just about any wide-format high-quality color print need.

Proofs from this system will be made available for all job types. Specifications and pricing details are due out soon, and are expected to provide for a very competitive, high-quality proofing option.

Kaye-Smith is upgrading the Xerox 6060 to an iGen3 variable color image unit.

The iGen will provide Kaye-Smith with expanded service capabilities for both our existing clientele and prospective customers. These capabilities include the ability to print full-color personalized applications ranging from direct mail, digital books, transpromo documents, and marketing collateral to name a few. It allows our customers to capture greater attention and increase the effectiveness of their pieces through the use of variable digital color.

Kaye-Smith has become a solid player in the Web-to-Print market by utilizing our current software with the iGen3 quality output. The advantages of going full-color digital in our industry are clear:

• Personalization

• Faster turn times

• Shorter run lengths

• The iGen increases our output quality over the 6060 and expands the stocks available for digital color products.

Joe Rockwell (Kaye-Smith Sales) says that some of his existing customers “will be pleased with the improved quality and throughput capacity of the iGen. With its ability to produce true color, the iGen will eliminate the need for commercially printed 5-color shells, which will reduce our client’s cost.” Joe went on to talk about a specific application he was looking to use the iGen on. “The World Vision Sponsorship team is now developing a Donor Relationship Management strategy for a new market, made up of high-end donors. The iGen will fit perfectly as a strategic output tool for this market, because the donor’s high value justifies an investment in marrying digital color graphics, sponsored child photographs, country and project information with donor personalization to deliver high-impact communications. The iGen will help World Vision retain and grow these valuable relationships through full-color, personally relevant messaging and asks – supported by high quality photos of their specific children, villages, projects and gifts.”

Once again, Kaye-Smith has provided a terrific upgrade that should help us be more competitive in an ever changing market.