The company purchased a Presstek 52DI landscape-format press following two years of research into DI technology.

James Byrne Print and Design managing director Tony Beck said: “The Presstek 52DI press will now play an important role in growing our business by enabling us to produce high-quality, fast-turnaround, medium-run, four-colour printing where we have not been able to compete in the past. Conservatively, I expect it to increase our turnover by £250,000 in the first year.”

When Beck bought the Hampshire-based company in the late nineties, it was predominantly handling two-colour stationery. But during the past four years, he set up a digital printing division, which now accounts for more than half of the company’s turnover.

Beck added: “The challenge for us is that we are not as well known as four-colour printers. We have only had the machine for a few weeks, but we have already had a good response.

“Our customers have been very impressed with the quality of four-colour printing and we hope we will get future business from them.”