Presses

Digital’s diversity of opportunities

At the last Drupa, the undoubted star of the show, Benny Landa, claimed that only 2% of worldwide print volumes are produced on digital presses. Whatever margin of error you build into that, it’s...

Philtone Litho upgrades Speedmaster

Bristol-based Philtone Litho has purchased a five-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 with coater to replace its current five-colour Speedmaster CX 102.

Star product: Canon Océ VarioPrint i300

New features for this B3 sheetfed inkjet to be shown at Drupa.

Drupa stand highlights: presses, ancillaries & consumables

The second in a series of round-ups of all the launches attendees can take a closer look at at Drupa 2016.

Revamps outstrip new launches as market picks up

If you look back over the four years since the last Drupa, or even the past decade, you won’t see much that’s revolutionary happening in conventional printing presses. Yet they’ve steadily become more...

Landa: Serial showman lifts the tempo again

"It’s like composing a symphony and conducting an orchestra where none of the players have played together before, and they are all playing new instruments. For that to come together and turn into a...

Me & my: Heidelberg Linoprint CP

It’s difficult for the average print boss to truly get a grip on how their business is performing. On paper the numbers might look great, but unless you have intimate inside knowledge as to how each...

Big H fires up fresh strategy for Drupa

With a reported share of just over 40% of the sheetfed market - significantly more than nearest challengers KBA and Komori combined – Heidelberg can be forgiven for primarily focusing on its core...

Star product: Kodak Prosper 1000 Plus

This is a second-generation model of Kodak’s original monochrome Prosper 1000 inkjet web press, and claims to be the fastest in its class.

Hollanders unveils ColorBooster DS

Dutch manufacturer Hollanders (1-G150) has unveiled the ColorBooster DS, a double-sided 3.2m-wide textile printer with integrated fixation.