Me & My

Star product: GDR KM40 Automatic Binder

With an all new design specifically for short-run book production, the KM40 Automatic Binder has a range of unique and upgraded features for printers producing both litho and digitally printed books.

I swear by my... Norpak 5000

The polyprocessor was installed to replace our existing Norpak CF35. Demand for polywrapping was growing beyond the capabilities of the old machine.

Star product: XCP Pressguard

Scottish-firm Marott Graphic Services has launched a protection fluid aimed directly at the printing industry.

Sun Chemical World Series

Wyndeham Grange factory co-ordinator Andy Walker loves the forgiving nature and lack of waste produced by this vegetable-based ink process

Kodak Digimaster

For a monochrome printer, the Kodak Digimaster's history has been an extremely colourful one. Launched as the DigiSource in March 1999 - a name soon changed to Digimaster - it then became the...

Fujifilm XMF

The release last month of XMF puts Fuji in an unusual position. Historically, the firm has been in the rearguard of workflow development, but now as the first to market with an Adobe PDF Print Engine...

Compose Star Proof

Glyn Stanley, studio manager at London-based MBA Group, rates the crisp quality and accurate calibration of his user-friendly proofing software

MAN Roland 200

The Roland 200 came to the market at the beginning of the 1990s. Replacing the Roland Favorit, the 200 was faster and boasted far superior levels of automation, as well as a new highly developed...

EFI Colorproof XF 3.0

At last week's MacExpo in London, EFI demonstrated the first Mac OS X version of its Colorproof XF server, running on the latest Intel Macs. This will be released early next year, so it was too early...

MGI Meteor DP 40 Pro

MGI's Meteor is a surprising digital press - partly because it doesn't look like a printing machine at all, but mainly because it packs a lot of versatility and quality for a keen price. Although it's...