Me & My

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...

Tony Matterson, managing director of The Ark Group, loves his fast collator for the quick turnaround work now in his grasp

Operator Helen Cook is glad Saltwell Signs has entered the flatbed market as it means she gets to operate the Anapurna L

Before the turn of the millennium many press manufacturers were focusing their efforts predominantly on the B2 and B3 markets. However, research carried out by Japanese firm Sakurai showed that...

Another year, another Acrobat upgrade, although Adobe's announcement of Acrobat 8 is actually a few months late in its usual 18-month cycle. The launch date is officially "Q4", with the likelihood of...

The term "industry standard" is often bandied about a little too freely and without the weight or substance to back up such a claim. However, with over 50% market share, it is a term that can be...

For Gary Carr, managing director of large-format printer Graf, choosing his cutting table was a no-brainer

The MAN Roland R300's popularity has held steady since it was launched at Ipex in 1993. Over the 10 years it was available in the UK, MAN shipped out an average of 10 per year. It has also found a...

Express WorkFlow has grown up. When Compose first introduced it early in 2003 it was intended as an affordable front-end for the new breed of low-cost 2pp and 4pp platesetters. Unexpectedly, the main...

The short-run mailing sector has been thrown into some confusion by the advent of Pricing in Proportion (PiP), says KAS Paper Systems managing director Stephen Hampstead. "Big mailing houses...