Review

Phoenix Colour managing director Peter Davis can achieve high-quality, fast turnaround print, with the option of stochastic screening.

Laminators used to be, and often still are, machines that larger printers were able to invest in but smaller, commercial printers could not afford. Financially, they were unattainable and there was...

While on-demand book printing has exploded over the past two years, technology has focused on solving the problems of short-run print. As a result, there are now many digital presses geared towards...

David McCormick, joint owner and director of John McCormick in Glasgow, can now pinpoint and fix productivity problems

Crown Litho managing director Bob Avery enjoys the Acento's high-quality platemaking abilities coupled with its eco-friendliness.

At the lively Xeikon 6000 press-launch last month, the emphasis was on one word: "speed". Chequered flags were in abundance at Punch Graphix's US headquarters in Itasca, Illinois, lining a mini...

Horizons BQ-270 entry-level single-clamp perfect binder was originally unveiled in its prototype form at Ipex 2002, but in the UK at least, the first installation didnt appear until the following...

Times are tough for mailing houses. There's a lot of competition around - not just from other mailing houses, but also from printers bringing mailing services in-house.

The MBO B series was originally developed for the North American finishing market in 1982. A quality folder was required and the German manufacturer created a machine that had the strength and...

As sheetfed offset presses have become faster over the past decade, the general consensus is that the technology has reached peak productivity levels: there are no big speed increases to come.

When Nigel Hunt at Dorset-based Blackmore was choosing a new B2 press, the size of its carbon footprint and of its plates were equally important

A replacement of the T700 folder, the MBO T800, was launched in 1998 to enable faster buckle folding and reduce marking. Friedheim's national sales manager for post-press products, Stuart Bamford,...

Announced on the eve of Ipex last April, the bizhub Pro C6500e is Konica Minoltas (KMs) first entry into the production colour digital press market. The printer offers an attractive combination of a...

Woolwich-based TG Print can think seriously about growing its business on the back of its purchase of Autobond's laminator, says owner David Duhig

Sakurai's first footsteps into the four-colour B2 market came in 1989 in the shape of its OL472ED press. At the time of its introduction, it was one of the very first B2 presses to have double...