Printers

A wide-format digital printer has doubled the size of its premises after an explosion in interest in printing on canvas.

Sussex-based Pureprint has proved its star quality after creating souvenir postcards for the 'David Bowie Is' exhibition at the Victoria and Albert (V&A) Museum in London.

CFH Scotland has become only the second Scotland-based firm to be accredited to print and fulfil cheques north of the border, according to the company.

EFI's SmartSign Analytics (SSA) tool for monitoring and analysing the consumer response to individual signs could be "a licence to print money" for early adopters from the signange sector.

Fox Print Services has switched to Agfa Azura TS plates in a bid to reduce its costs and chemical waste.

Direct mail provider KPM has invested in a Ricoh Pro C901 digital press to enhance colour consistency as it targets large volumes of work from its clients.

Ipswich-based printer Micropress has increased its capacity by around 50% following an upgrade from violet to thermal plate setting.

CS Labels is to conclude its 1.5m year-long investment programme at the end of this month with the arrival of a fourth Grafisk Maskinfabrik finishing line.

Morgan Signs has become one of the first printers in the UK to adopt Mimaki's wide-format latex print technology.

Printers are beginning to benefit from the Funding for Lending scheme (FLS), the much-criticised government initiative to ease the flow of credit to cash-starved SMEs.