Presses

Bells and whistles litho can take on short-run digital

In the quarter century or so that digital colour presses have been around, most of the debate has been about if, how, and when they would take over from ‘conventional’ printing processes.

Print’s global get-together gets set to embrace the future

It seems like only yesterday, when we were all (well, some of us at least) warbling along to “Drupa is in town again... touch the future” the official song for Drupa 2016, which rang out across the...

Star product: Fujifilm Jet Press 750S

A viable digital rival to B2 litho offset presses.

Me & my: Xerox Iridesse

Twenty one years ago David Ghent set up Minuteman Press in Bath as a small high-street print shop with two employees. This was one of the first of the originally US-based Minuteman franchise branches...

Me & my: GEW LW2 LED UV Curing System

Tucked away under the arches of Camden Road station on the London Overground is C&D Print Media, one of those increasingly rare things, a commercial printer in the centre of London.

Pre-loved profitability: used machines can pay

With digital print having become a fixture in the industry (it hit its silver jubilee last year) you might think that as the market became established a strong secondhand market would have emerged...

Star product: Xerox Iridesse

Six colours, productivity and embellishment in one package.

Best of British: UK pressmaker builds on long history of success

Edale is one of the last companies to design and build conventional printing presses on British soil. It enjoys a healthy international market for its modern flexo presses for label, flexible...

Star product: Gallus Smartfire

This all in one entry-level digital production line is Gallus’ offering for anyone entering the short run labels market.

Me & my: Mark Andy P5E and P3 Performance presses

Sato is best known as a large international maker and seller of data collection systems (DCS) and labelling machines.