Arriving on Monday (14 October) and already in production, the Morgana will help clear finishing bottlenecks at The DS Group, slotting in alongside existing kit.
The DS Group, which prints digitally with a pair of Kyoceras and a Ricoh Pro C9100, took delivery of the Canon in August from supplier Digital Printing Systems UK (DPS). It replaced an aging Ricoh Pro C7100 with white.
Allistair Hunter, The DS Group’s managing director, told Printweek: “The Canon hasn’t stopped: we’re having to run double days sometimes just to keep up to it, which is really good.
“We’re very pleased with the way the machine has bedded in, how the guys have taken to using it, and the feedback we’ve had from clients.”
Bringing in the Morgana will help The DS Group handle this jump in printing firepower.
“We needed it to take the pressure off the guys,” Hunter said.
“It seems the only way to make money is by being efficient, and the only way to be efficient is to buy the right equipment. So that’s what we’ve done, quite successfully, over the past few years.
“I have to say, I do like hearing that machine going. You can hear that every time it clicks, you’re making a bit of money.”
Both machines had come recommended from DPS’ Will Doherty, whom Hunter said had shown a real understanding of how The DS Group functioned, and what it had needed.
“We’ve got a longstanding relationship with Will – we first met when he was selling Kyoceras, which have proved to be absolutely brilliant,” he said.
“He’s very impartial, and gets the product which suit our business model.”
The new machines should account for a 30% boost to productivity at the firm. The DS Group’s strategy of continuous investment has paid off not just in efficiency, however, Hunter pointed out.
The company’s electricity bills have actually fallen in the past two years by 30%, simply through advances in printing technology.
The DS Group turns over more than £3m, employs 19, and will soon see two new team members join.
“We’ve had a really good first two quarters, and we don’t see any reason for that to change,” Hunter said.
“We’re certainly growing as far as revenue goes, but we just want to get on with things and continue the work that we do.”
