Review

Star product: Caldera Flow+ 2.0

The latest version of the wide-format workflow package.

Me & my: Ricoh Pro C9110

Telford doesn’t have the same allure as New York or Barcelona as a travel destination but when Kingswood iOptus came to pick a new digital press it wasn’t the environs of the demo centre that won it...

Star product: Morgana BM500

This modular bookletmaker has been designed to handle bigger booklets and thicker stocks than previous models.

Me & my: Durst Rhotex 322

Delta Group is a diversified group of companies, founded in 1991, that cover marketing, design, and fulfilment of both print and digital media. Lick Creative is a shopper marketing agency that...

Star product: Xerox iGen5

Xerox's high-throughput workhorse gets a five-colour upgrade.

Me & my: Ryobi 924 LED-UV

There was a definite moment at Ipex last year that swung it for Mike Greene. The ABC Print Group managing director was looking at stepping up formats from B3 to B2 when he rolled up at the show and...

Star product: Epson SureColor SC-P7000V

Over the past couple of years Epson has been steadily replacing its Stylus Pro series of large-format aqueous inkjets with the newer SureColor models.

Me & my: Smyth Digital-88

Last year was a momentous one for 135-year-old Bookbinders of London. It moved to Hertford and sold the building it had occupied since its 1880 start in Holloway Road, Highbury.

Star product: IIJ XYPrint 300

The XYPrint 300 is the latest stage of IIJ’s fast and flexible inkjet test bed.

Me & my: Heidelberg Suprasetter A75

"We specialise in everything we get our hands on,” says Marstan Press pre-press manager Adam Curtis.

Star product: Van Son VS3 offset ink

An easy to use general-purpose sheetfed offset range.

Me & my: Baumer HHS Xmelt

Finding a better way to apply peel-off adhesive to envelopes may seem like a minor detail when you’re a £42.5m business like Anton Group, but it all goes towards improving quality and client...

Star product: Polar Digicut

An entry-level laser cutter from the German finishing specialist.

Me & my: Canon Océ ColorStream 3900 Z

If you look up the plant list on MetroMail’s website, you’ll learn that it has “two yuccas, 15 cacti, three devil’s ivy, seven ferns, nine cheeseplants, one orchid and a lovely bit of bamboo.”

Star product: Heidelberg Prinect Digital Front End

Workflow for the press manufacturer’s latest digital devices.