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HP DesignJet 5500

For posters and point-of-sale images, the roll and sheetfed HP DesignJet machines are the standard that others are measured against. The machines can now be found in large and small retailers across...

Agfa Anapurna L/XL

Agfa's Anapurna flatbed inkjet is finally with us, though not in the way Agfa originally planned. The Anapurna L and XL models are sensibly priced, fast, medium-quality printers. They started reaching...

Komori Spica 429P

It's been a fresh start for East Kilbride-based Akros Print, but director Jim Wright says his Spica has more than made its mark

DotMatch true flexo wet proofer

Shawn Newsome, managing director of Corniche Fine Arts, has saved time with his proofer and its matching system.

HP Indigo WS4050

Nigel Painton, managing director of Commercial Label Products, is winning work thanks to the quality of his new digital printer

Jud MR-720i

For the last two decades, Jud has supplied Duplo with its perfect binders for sole distribution within the UK. The machines from the French manufacturer have proven very popular and secured a...

Bobst SPeria 106

At Drupa 2004, Bobst gave 13 new products their world premieres. The Swiss manufacturer took the unusual step of introducing a whole new generation of machinery at once, targeting printers ready to...

MAN Roland Ultima 700

Luxury packaging is a buoyant market. Largely untouched by the ravages of commoditisation that have such a stranglehold in the commercial sector, packaging printers have protected their margins...

Heidelberg CutStar

Andrew Brown, managing director of Oldham-based printer Browns CTP, gets 28,000 perfectly cut sheets without having to stop the press.

Busch Pile Turner

Not many machines can last three decades and still be used with upgraded presses, changing markets and demanding output levels. The Busch Pile Turner has achieved this however, and even its earlier...