Me & My

Heidelberg Suprasetter 74

Kevin Appleton, managing director at Tunbridge Wells-based Identity, has used CTP to tackle in-house repro, saving money and pleasing customers

Kolbus DA270

Off the back of a century of casemaking experience, Kolbus launched the DA270 at Ipex 2002. Advances in casemaking have not been particularly fast or earth shattering, but they have moved forward...

Pegasus laminator

Dave Randall, finishing operator at Beaconsfield-based Krest Graphics is saving time and money bringing laminating in-house with his Pegasus.

Komori Lithrone 526

Since its establishment 84 years ago, Komori has been producing offset printing products. Its original flagship presses were the 40in and 29in Lithrone S Series, and the Sprint Series sheetfed offset...

MAN Roland 700 DirectDrive

MAN Rolands latest contender in the short-run market was given the kind of launch usually reserved for a Formula One car a darkened room with strobe lights and the machine hidden under covers. Once...

Star product: Sun Chemical Metal-Eco inks

Sun Chemical has launched Metal-Eco; the worlds first vegetable oil-based sheetfed offset metallic inks.

I swear by my... Stago HM15 stapler

The Stago HM15 stapler has replaced an older model that we had owned for about 15 years.

Star product: Duplo ASM 500 squareback finisher

At Northprint, Duplo intends to launch its new bookletmaking solution: the ASM 500 Automatic SpineMaster. The unit is designed to give a perfect bound-book finish to saddle-stitched and folded...

I swear by my... Mimaki JV-160s

We print all sorts of jobs on it including stickers, signage and exhibition materials. The machine we had before produced good quality print but let us down on speed.

Star product: Oc Arizona 250 GT

Ocs Arizona 250 GT UV-curable flatbed and roll-to roll inkjet printer made its worldwide debut at the firms open house held in March. Unlike many other flatbed and rigid-capable presses the Arizona...