The new press, which features double size cylinders, automated pre-inking and automated plate changing, was launched at Ipex 2010.

Capital Group opted for the five-colour machine to bolster its short-run, fast turnaround service, specialising in high-quality brochures for estate agents such as Savills, Knight Frank and John Wood.

The company saw the Enthrone in action during its Ipex showcase and impressed them enough to invest in the new technology in a bid to move the company forward.

Gary Fry, managing director of Capital Group, said: "We print most of our work on 350gsm board, sometimes dropping down to 220gsm for multi-page work.

"So we needed a robust press with double size cylinders, capable of handling heavyweight stock day in, day out."

Alongside brochure work, the 25-staff company also offers site photography, surveying for floor plans, design and advertisement production for its estate clients.

According to Fry, the Komori Enthrone gives Capital "the added capability" to switch between stock thicknesses at random without the need to adjust the gripper pad bars.

"As much of our work is quick turnaround and short run, the fast make ready and low paper wastage features of the Enthrone were also important to us," he added.

He also cited the machine's small footprint as an attractive factor, fitting into the company's "compact" London premises.

The Enthrone offers a maximum sheet size of 530mm x 750mm and can run at up to 13,000 sheets an hour.

"In searching for a new press to replace our 16-year-old Komori Lithrone, we needed to ensure that we could handle increasingly sophisticated designs with added value - heavy solids, reversals, graduated tints and knock-backs," said Fry.














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