The move follows a major investment round last year, which included its first iX3200 sheetfed inkjet and a substantial spend on post-press technology at the Letchworth Garden City business.

It also launched on-demand casebound books.

Printed Easy has now returned to Canon for a second device, this time with the new long sheet option.

Managing director Jon Lancaster said this would allow the firm to handle sheets up to 660x356mm.

“Our existing iX3200 is doing really well. The long sheet option gives us A4 landscape books option which is a nice addition.

“The Canon technology is very efficient.”

The second press will arrive next month.

Printed Easy runs a raft of digital and conventional printing kit at its 4,000sqm facility, including digital presses from Canon, HP and Durst alongside a six-colour Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 106 ‘Push to Stop’ B1 press with coater.

It produces a wide range of products including labels and stickers, bound products, large-format, and flat sheets.

Lancaster said the firm’s book offering was going very well.

It is integrated with Printed Easy’s bespoke software for job specification and automatic routing.

“Customers can go onto our site and requote a job 500 times if they want to and it doesn’t cost us anything,” he added.

The firm employs around 60 and is expected to post turnover of circa £15.7m when it files its results for the year to 30 September 2024.

At Drupa, Printed Easy also signed up for the coming B2 format Canon sheetfed inkjet, and is likely to become one of the first installations in Europe when the press ships.