Review

Me & my: Goss Purlux 1200 saddlestitcher

In the midst of all-singing-all-dancing new applications, and machines that promise to deliver previously unimaginable speeds and levels of quality, kit that puts in an impressively solid performance...

Star product: SAI PhotoPrint Cloud

Latest version puts wide-format controls in the cloud

Star product: Smart-binder Plus HS

A binder designed to complement high-speed digital presses

Me & my: Komori Enthrone E29

The old machine is in India and "that's where it will stay", quips Ray Thistleton, looking at his new press in south London, which is where it will stay.

Star product: HP Latex 3000

Latex quality at high speeds, promises the manufacturer

Star product: Mondi DNS Enhanced Color Inkjet

A halfway house between uncoated and full coated papers

Me & my: Heidelberg Diana X 80

Taking a box full of folding carton templates and taking out and replacing each one individually to inspect it with a magnifying glass, might not sound like a very arduous task. Multiply this by 30m...

Star product: NewBind Prima

Smaller printer can move into PUR binding with this sub-20k closed-tank machine

Me & my: Stehlin Hostag Quickfast

Ink may not seem the most glamorous weapon in a printer's armoury, but it is after all what turns blank paper into something sellable. This means that new inks with new performance claims are worth a...

Me & my: Vpress Coreprint

Hi, I'm a printer, can I do some work for you?' This is the misguided approach to securing new business that many in the print industry are still relying on, according to Kelly Harris, sales and...

Star product: EFI Jetrion 4900M and ML

Digital label production line with a range of optional extras

Me & my: Mimaki UJF-3042FX

It doesn't take a master sleuth to deduce that Brunel Engraving isn't in fact a printing firm. And yet, in a heartening reversal of the much-reported trend of printers diversifying into other areas,...

Star product: FFEI RealPro Toolkit

This software suite is intended to extend the packaging and label design functions and production capability of Adobe Illustrator

Star product: GPT 190s

A high-speed solvent machine at a price designed to appeal.

Me & my: Duplo Digital System 5000

In terms of equipment, Telford-based Precision Colour Printing (PCP) has always resided very firmly in the heavyweight division. Producing magazines, brochures, booklets and catalogues for a range of...