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As sheetfed offset presses have become faster over the past decade, the general consensus is that the technology has reached peak productivity levels: there are no big speed increases to come.

When Nigel Hunt at Dorset-based Blackmore was choosing a new B2 press, the size of its carbon footprint and of its plates were equally important

A replacement of the T700 folder, the MBO T800, was launched in 1998 to enable faster buckle folding and reduce marking. Friedheim's national sales manager for post-press products, Stuart Bamford,...

Announced on the eve of Ipex last April, the bizhub Pro C6500e is Konica Minoltas (KMs) first entry into the production colour digital press market. The printer offers an attractive combination of a...

Woolwich-based TG Print can think seriously about growing its business on the back of its purchase of Autobond's laminator, says owner David Duhig

Sakurai's first footsteps into the four-colour B2 market came in 1989 in the shape of its OL472ED press. At the time of its introduction, it was one of the very first B2 presses to have double...

New laser diodes have boosted the productivity of basysPrint's UV-Setters which, until recently, were the only litho platesetters that could expose conventional' UV-sensitive metal plates. In October,...

In the early '90s, when MAN Roland launched its 700 press, many of its customers were a little apprehensive. The new layout was not what Roland customers were used to and it took a number of years for...

Ritchie (UK) has improved the visibility of its workflow with a future-proof, open software system, according to its pre-press manager Alan Urquhart

Even in the 21st century, when value-added processes have become a desperately sought means of protecting margins, and holograms, embossing, die-stamping, personalised print and lenticular images have...