Printers

Vistaprint to open first UK office in Kings Cross, London

Vistaprint will open its first permanent UK office this summer after reaching agreement on a premises in Kings Cross, London.

Micropress Printers bolsters W2P services

Micropress Printers is expanding its web-to-print offering with an additional B2C site.

Super-Wide installs EFI Vutek GS3250LX

Trade-only wide-format printer Super-Wide has invested in its first EFI Vutek machine, a GS3250LX, which was installed at the beginning of April.

Q&A: Leslie Manning, chairman, Rapidity Communications

Although he is clearly way too young to retire, that’s exactly what Les Manning plans to do come May after 43 years in print. His four sons all work at London-based Rapidity, so we guess he’ll still...

Tinkerers in search of the eureka moment

Print’s best-known eureka moment came more than 550 years ago, when Johannes Gutenberg figured out a way to print books using moveable type and a press based on the sort of screw press used for making...

Killer app: Signbox creates head-turning artwork for Skype HQ

The central London offices of digital media companies have a certain reputation to maintain. Declining the London bus, ‘Granny’s Flat’ and ‘Hobbit Hole’ aesthetics of a certain other media giant’s...

Pinstripe Print Group appointed to Dudley council print framework

Pinstripe Print Group is one of 14 print suppliers that have been appointed to a three-year print services framework contract by Dudley Council.

Denny Bros cuts energy bill with solar investment

Denny Bros expects to cut its total annual power consumption by at least 6% after installing 200 50KW solar photovoltaic panels on the roof of its Bury St Edmunds production facility.

Pollards buys second Xerox iGen to enhance print-on-demand capability

Exeter-based printer William Pollard & Company has installed a Xerox iGen 150 alongside its existing iGen 4 to allow it to print a wider range of formats digitally and to better match brand colour...

GBM Manchester buys UK's first Elitron Kombo SD+ cutter

GBM Manchester has become the first graphic arts business in the UK to install a Kombo SD+ flatbed cutter from Italy-based Elitron, through its new UK distributor Atech.