The new equipment, which also includes a Morgana auto-creaser Pro 33, a Matrix Laminator and a Morgana Card Extra, was all installed at the York-based company within the past week.

Inc Dot managing director Pascha Turnbull said of the £70,000 investment: "It is very exciting and we actually quite frustrated that during the bank holiday we weren’t at work getting to grips with the new machines!

"We are already running a massive job for the Environment Agency on the new press, which is a very user-friendly machine. We haven’t yet had the operator training, but we have got to grips with the basics."

Inc Dot said it opted for the Linoprint C 751, which has replaced an older Xerox machine, because of the quality of the print and its cost-effectiveness. The machine has been specified with large capacity feeders and an online stapling finisher.

Turnbull, who founded £500,000-turnover Inc Dot, which has nine staff, said in 2001: "The Morgana kit will enable us to be more efficient and will pay for itself within a couple of years. It will also enable us to offer our customers a better service."

She added that, after a "tough couple of years" for the company, "it has been fantastic to see light at the end of the tunnel".