Review
Me & my: Tri-ang Lionel Gutenberg Printing Press
Half a century ago a lucky child might get a real working model printing press in his or her Christmas stocking. Not the famous John Bull rubber stamp set, this was an authentic-looking plastic and...
Me & my: EFI DirectSmile Cross Media
Cheadle, Cheshire-based POS printer Cestrian prides itself on its innovative approach to business. The company produces retail POS, outdoor graphics and event and exhibition material from its ‘print...
Star product: Colorific Lightbar
Colorific's solvent-UV conversion system for eco-solvent printers.
Star product: EFI Radius 15.1
The latest version of the end-to-end modular ERP for packaging and label printers.
Me & my: Kodak NexPress SX3300
Sometimes the relationship between the sales and production sides of a business can be fraught due to conflicting priorities and many a mutual misunderstanding about exactly what the other does, how...
Me & my: Mimaki JFX200-2513
A burgeoning range of profitable new applications, including printing onto slate, can be chalked up to The Graphic Station’s latest addition, a Mimaki JFX200-2513 flatbed UV wide-format printer.
Star product: Horizon RD-4055
This modern, easy-to-use die-cutter aimed predominantly at the packaging market is creating a stir.
Star product: HP Indigo 7800
HP’s top-of-the-line SRA3 model is fast and versatile.
Me & my: Komori Lithrone S429 H-UV
Climbing to the very top rung of a company’s management structure can be difficult for somebody who isn’t an expert in how all aspects of a business should be run. But fortunately for Harrogate-based...
Star product: Epson SureColor SC-F7100
Purpose-built textiles machine with the latest technology.
Me & my: Matrix Pneumatic MX-530P
The weekly food shop. Not most people’s favourite activity. And yet imagine how much more tiresome this weekly ritual of jostling peevishly with other people’s trolleys and blinkering five-year-olds...
Star product: Heidelberg Speedmaster CD 102
Heidelberg's high-volume, flexible general purpose simplex offset press.
Me & my: Fuji Brillia plates, PlateRite platesetter and processor
For many printers, beta testing a prospective bit of kit is something akin to a Top Gear challenge. The kit is put through its paces on all sorts of different jobs, the data’s crunched and pored over,...
Star product: Phillips Plastics Movie Presentation Folder
Reusable presentation tool with movie capability.
Me & my: Ricoh Pro C901
It’s fair to say that Gaby Purton has had a varied career. Once a midwife, before becoming a manager at a nursing agency and then a driving instructor, Purton now takes care of a very different kind...