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Presstek to launch new 75DI press at Ipex - first in B2 format
Presstek is to launch its first B2 direct imaging press, the 75DI, at Ipex in May, ahead of its domestic launch in the US. The new machine is intended for greater productivity, and the ability to gang more orders onto a single sheet.
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InfoPrint launches new C900AFP colour sheetfed digital press
10 March 2010: InfoPrint, the joint venture between IBM and Ricoh, has launched its new colour sheetfed digital press, the InfoPrint Pro C900AFP, aimed at colour transactional and...
Bingo for edwardthompson with Screen Truepress Jet520
8 March 2010: Sunderland's edwardthompson, a general commercial printer, has invested over £2m in a new high-speed full-colour Screen Truepress Jet520 inkjet web press and nearline...
Inca brings new expanded colour gamut for Onset to Ipex
8 March 2010: On the Fujifilm stand at Ipex, Inca Digital will unveil a new expanded gamut capability for the Onset S20 UV flatbed inkjet printer, using Fujifilm's Uvijet Ultratone...
Potts adds DI to conventional offset for shorter run work
8 March 2010: Potts Printers, the general commercial outfit in Northumberland, has installed a Presstek 52DI-AC direct imaging B3 press with aqueous coater to handle shorter-run...
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Ryobi highlights LED-UV and small footprint B2 on Ipex stand
8 March 2010: Apex Digital Graphics has announced the official UK release of the Ryobi 785E B2 five-colour ...
PB launches new transactional inkjet press with inline mailing
28 February 2010: Mailroom specialist Pitney Bowes (PB) has announced the Ipex launch of a new production ...
Duplo launches nationwide search for Duprinter star
25 February 2010: Duplo's Duprinter range of digital duplicators is finding new favour in the recession: ...
Chesapeake takes KBA Rapida for better capacity and options
24 February 2010: Paperboard packaging printer Chesapeake Pharmaceutical and Healthcare has embarked on ...
Newnorth installs barrel ink system to optimise staffing
22 February 2010: Operations director at Bedford-based general commercial printer Newnorth Print David ...
Fujifilm Acuity Advance HS to debut at Sign & Digital in April
15 February 2010: Beating Ipex by a whisker, the Sign & Digital UK show in April will be the debut ...
Bag printer expands with end-to-end Heidelberg solution
12 February 2010: Hawkshurst, Kent-based Wealden Advertiser is to install an end-to-end Heidelberg solution ...
Domino enters digital labels with Ipex launch for N-Series
11 February 2010: More...
Fujifilm announces Jet Press and new XMF workflow for Ipex
10 February 2010: Fujifilm has announced that it will bring to Ipex the B2 Jet Press 720 very high-speed ...
Technotrans wheels out press ancillaries for 'Efficiency Ipex'
10 February 2010: A strong interest in health and safety, and press maintenance issues, demonstrated by ...
Epson to launch new inkjets and Digital Label Press at Ipex
8 February 2010: Epson will launch a raft of new production-level systems at Ipex, aimed at the commercial ...
Ricoh launches web-to-print and colour management for Ipex
8 February 2010: Ricoh has announced a raft of new products that it will launch at Ipex in May, designed ...
Ricoh's new digital presses open up light production arena
7 February 2010: Ricoh has launched two new colour digital presses, the Pro C720 and ProC720S, aimed ...
Czech UV flatbed 'exceeds expectations' of speed and quality
5 February 2010: Czech manufacturer of wide-format UV printers, Grapo Technologies, has formally launched ...
Townsend cuts turnround times with inline die-cutting
3 February 2010: A Kocher+Beck IOC (Inline Offset Cutting) system has saved days of turnround time on ...
Océ launches 'world-first' multi-function wide-format printer
1 February 2010: Océ has formally launched the latest addition to the ColorWave family, the Océ ColorWave ...
Digital label producer installs new HP Indigo narrow web
27 January 2010: Dorset-based Amberley Labels has installed a new HP Indigo ws6000 digital web press ...
Bishops takes two Heidelberg B2 long perfectors for capacity
26 January 2010: Portsmouth-based Bishops Printers will take delivery of two ten-colour B2 long perfectors ...
EFI launches new Vutek wide-format UV roll-to-roll printer
26 January 2010: Addressing an evolving market in the wide-format sector is EFI's intention in launching ...
Goss launches new narrow and wide webs for packaging
26 January 2010: Goss International has introduced new models in its Sunday range of variable sleeve ...
Ricoh launches C900 C-80 high-volume colour digital press
21 January 2010: Ricoh has introduced the new C900 C-80 sheetfed colour digital press, which the company ...
Automation replaces manual in Douglas Printers' Ryobi deal
20 January 2010: Commercial outfit Douglas Printers has installed a Ryobi 522HE B3 sheetfed litho press ...
Belfast packaging printer gains 40% productivity with KBA
20 January 2010: MSO Cleland, the Belfast-based packaging print house, has commissioned a new KBA Rapida ...
Screen spearheads Ipex range with Truepress JetSX inkjet
19 January 2010: Screen's eagerly-awaited high-capacity B2 inkjet, the Truepress JetSX, will make its ...
EFI launches faster high-res Vutek QS220 wide-format printer
17 January 2010: EFI has announced the new Vutek QS220 direct-to-substrate wide-format UV flatbed, boasting ...
Fujifilm gets into superwide billboard production with Uvistar
14 January 2010: Fujifilm has announced the European launch of the Uvistar series of UV inkjet roll-to-roll ...
Technotrans reactivates newspaper dampening unit remotely
12 January 2010: Following a failure on the technotrans dampening circulation system of the New York ...
Springfield upgrades HP Indigo web to continue diversification
7 January 2010: HP has supplied a further HP Indigo web to abel and packaging printer Springfield Solutions. ...
New B2 Speedmaster brings productivity benefits to Falkland
5 January 2010: Falkland Press has ordered a new Speedmaster XL 75 B2 press as part of a re-equipping ...
Inline die-cutting system saves time at Herts & Essex Printers
4 January 2010: Hertford-based Herts & Essex Printers has installed Kocher + Beck's IOC inline die-cutting ...
New Fuji Xerox engines herald lower-cost digital colour
2 January 2010: Fuji Xerox is to launch two new production digital colour presses that look set to lower ...
Xeikon teams up with MOSS to develop digital decorating
22 December 2009: Punch Graphix's Xeikon division has launched a new system for decorating containers ...
Anton takes Kodak's first European Nexpress SE3600
21 December 2009: The first installation of Kodak's Nexpress SE3600 Digital Production Colour Press has ...
Five-year forecast predicts high growth in digital textile print
20 December 2009: Pira International has published a new five-year market study mapping out the market ...
Second Inca Spyder adds capacity and turnover at Kremer
15 December 2009: Kremer Signs in Newbury has added a second eight-colour Inca Spyder UV flatbed to its ...
KBA partners for print with nanotechnology developer
14 December 2009: A 'revolution' in indoor and outdoor advertising is promised by Belgian nanotechnology ...
Pyramid invests in Inca Spyder to stay on top of turnround
10 December 2009: Large-format printer Pyramid Visuals has invested in an Inca Spyder V wide-format UV ...
Integrity Print expands into digital labels sector with Xeikon
4 December 2009: Midsomer Norton trade printer Integrity Print has invested in a Xeikon 3300 digital ...
Mail house buys Xerox machines to increase turnover by 75%
4 December 2009: Sussex mailing house Accelerated Mailing and Marketing (AMM) has invested in two new ...
Win a case of champagne in technotrans five-minute survey
27 November 2009: UK pressroom ancillaries manufacturer technotrans is inviting UK printers to complete ...
Ricoh's Pro C900 digital press gains FograCert certification
25 November 2009: The march of digital presses into ISO 12647 colour consistency standards continues, ...
Screen printer takes DI offset press for 'one stop shop' print
25 November 2009: A new Presstek 34DI-X direct imaging offset press will help Derby screen and offset ...
X1 takes Nexpress S2500 to double turnover in 18 months
23 November 2009: An ambitious growth plan has been kicked off at Slough printer X1 with the installation ...
Agfa to acquire wide-format manufacturer Gandinnovations
19 November 2009: Agfa has committed to acquire the assets of North American wide-format printer manufacturer ...
Canon acquires Océ to create 'overall number one presence'
16 November 2009: Canon has announced that through an all-cash public offer it is to acquire all ordinary ...
Bluetree pioneers wide-format variable data with HP Scitex
15 November 2009: Bluetree Design & Print has installed an HP Scitex FB7500 wide-format printer in ...
Restart moves up to B2 with Heidelberg platesetter and press
15 November 2009: Restart Print, a Tamworth-based general commercial printer, has moved up from B3 into ...
Benson Group takes Europe's first Komori Lithrone SX40
6 November 2009: Packaging specialist Benson Group has installed the first Komori Lithrone SX40 sheetfed ...
Marsh pairs HP Indigo with UK's first multi-converting unit
5 November 2009: Marsh Labels of Shoreham-by-Sea has invested in an HP Indigo press ws4050 and paired ...
New wide-format UV AsterJet launched with Xaar printheads
4 November 2009: Xaar printheads and INX Digital UV inks are the main features of a new inkjet just launched ...
Xerox claims revolutionary breakthrough in printed electronics
31 October 2009: Xerox has announced a new low-temperature silver ink that it claims will "change forever" ...
Roland DG launches new metallic inkjet printing device
28 October 2009: Roland DG has launched a new wide-format inkjet machine said to be the world's first ...
B3 Ryobi is first step into multicolour offset for PrintWorks
27 October 2009: PrintWorks (North) has installed its first four-colour offset press, a Ryobi 524GE, ...
Fuji Acuity heads for South Wales commercial print outfit
26 October 2009: Illustrated Stationery in south Wales has invested in a Fujifilm Acuity Advance UV hybrid ...
Spandex wide-format range available as PDF catalogue
26 October 2009: Spandex has collected together its extensive range of start-to-finish solutions for ...
Andesign upgrades to nine colours with new Vutek flatbed
25 October 2009: Sutton Coldfield-based display designer and print house Andesign has swapped out a six-colour ...
Newnorth gets into B1 long perfecting with Heidelberg
24 October 2009: Bedford-based commercial house Newnorth Print has bought a Heidelberg Speedmaster 10-colour long ...
Two new Epson Stylus Pro printers for A2 and A1 formats
24 October 2009: Epson has extended its range of Stylus Pro inkjets with two new models, the 610mm wide ...
Kodak launches new Prosper S5 Stream inkjet imprint system
16 October 2009: Kodak has expanded its range of Prosper inkjet imprinting heads with the new S5 Stream, ...
Océ prints world's first individualised daily newspaper
15 October 2009: IFRA this week saw the launch of the world's first individualised daily newspaper, in ...
Inca launches Onset options for versatility and cost reduction
9 October 2009: Inca Digital has introduced two options aimed at extending the productivity and breadth ...
LEFA takes UK's first Xerox DocuColor 7002 to expand service
9 October 2009: Kent-based digital and litho printer LEFA Print is the first European printer to install ...
KBA reduces energy costs for Rapida 105 by 20% over rival
8 October 2009: KBA has announced the result of field trials on its Rapida 105 B1 offset press that ...
Open house showcases 'best value offset presses in the world'
8 October 2009: Wednesday October 14th sees Leeds supplier Printers Superstore opening its doors to ...
HP expands latex to 'disrupt' eco-solvent wide-format sector
3 October 2009: The wide-format market's adoption of eco-solvent inks could be slowed as HP releases ...
Muller Martini to launch new variable size offset capability
3 October 2009: Following the acquisition of the Variable Sleeve Offset Printing (VSOP) technology from ...
Standard Press takes first new press for multimedia work
3 October 2009: West Drayton-based Standard Press has bought its first brand-new press to handle a range ...
Meech's new web cleaner and static eliminator to debut at ICE
28 September 2009: The International Converting Exhibition in Munich will see UK manufacturer Meech launch ...
Ryobi's new LED-UV curing system gives 70% cut in power use
28 September 2009: Ryobi has followed up the launch of its low-energy LED-UV curing system on its B3 format ...
Limpet goes digital with new Xeikon 3000 label press
24 September 2009: Wrexham-based Limpet Labels has ventured into digital production with a new Xeikon 3000 ...
VgL buys Inca Onset for 'better value, quicker, higher quality'
24 September 2009: Wide-format graphics specialist VgL is set for an October installation of an Inca Onset ...
HP Indigo 7000 heads for Concept to boost variable capacity
23 September 2009: Concept Communications Group (CCG) has invested in an HP Indigo 7000 cutsheet digital ...
Xerox to launch 'most productive' iGen4 in Q1 2010
21 September 2009: Xerox has yoked together two iGen4 110 engines to make the new 220 tandem perfector. ...
Océ launches 'world's fastest' mono cutsheet digital press
19 September 2009: At Print 09, Océ has launched what it claims to be the 'world's fastest' mono cutsheet ...
Screen launches new wide-format inkjet for display print
17 September 2009: Screen has augmented its Truepress family of digital presses with the new Jet1600UV-F, ...
Circle buys 52DI to bridge gap between digital and offset
10 September 2009: Southend-based Circle Services has invested in a Presstek 52DI B3 digital offset press ...
CPI Rowe takes fifth VarioPrint as short-run demand soars
10 September 2009: Eastbourne-based CPI Antony Rowe has invested in its fifth Océ VarioPrint 6250 digital ...
Presstek launches new DI press with integrated coater
8 September 2009: Presstek will use Print 09 to launch its latest DI press, the 52DI-AC, a B3-format digital ...
Ryobi offers 'best value' to Stoke-on-Trent council inplant
3 September 2009: A full corporate tendering process to establish the best-value small-format offset press ...
Alwan offers colour management lifebelt to older presses
25 August 2009: Alwan Color Expertise has opened the platform of its Print Standardizer colour standardisation ...
Cestrian takes M-Press Tiger to compete with litho on quality
24 August 2009: The first Agfa/Thieme M-Press Tiger is currently being installed at Cestrian Imaging ...
Sheltered print shop sees four-colour work increase with DI
22 August 2009: Erskine, Scotland's largest charity caring for ex-service personnel and disabled workers, ...
Photo BookStore invests in Xerox 700 for one-stop solution
20 August 2009: Photo Bookstore, an offshoot of Bookbinders of London, has launched a new website for ...
Free Océ workshop builds business for commercial printers
17 August 2009: Commercial printers wanting to get started in moving away from the commoditised print ...
Printbylaser 'eats into digital market' with Anicolor technology
15 August 2009: After seeing Heidelberg's Anicolor technology demonstrated at a recent open house, Printbylaser ...
Mortons installs fire suppression system on web presses
14 August 2009: UK newspaper printer/publisher Mortons of Horncastle has installed a Hi-fog water mist ...
Business increases 30% at Grayam with Screen Truepress
13 August 2009: Billericay printer Grayam Press - better known by its trade website, www.printflyers.co.uk ...
Xerox launches two new sheetfed colour digital presses
11 August 2009: Xerox has expanded its range of sheetfed colour digital machines with the launch of ...
Kerry trade printer installs HP Indigo 5500 for short-run work
10 August 2009: Walsh Colour Print, a trade printer based in Co Kerry, Ireland, has installed a sheetfed ...
Ryobi launches entry-level five-colour B3 offset press
5 August 2009: Japanese small-format press supremo Ryobi has extended its range of B3 entry-level presses ...
Clays buys SigmaLine and Versamark for short-run books
4 August 2009: Bungay-based Clays, one of the UK's longest-established book printers, has invested ...
Dublin print group takes new B2 KBA in two-for-one swap
31 July 2009: Wood Printcraft in Dublin has ditched two multicolour presses from a rival manufacturer ...
New print technologies dominate in PIA InterTech awards
31 July 2009: Printing Industries of America has announced its 2009 InterTech technology award winners ...
New Presstek DI press brings shorter runlengths in Gosport
21 July 2009: Since the installation of its last press - a four-colour portrait litho press with a ...
Benson Group takes second alcohol-free Speedmaster XL 105
17 July 2009: Two years after returning to Heidelberg following a stint with a rival press manufacturer, ...
JM Textiles introduces new PVC-free wide-format media
17 July 2009: German manufacturer JM Textiles has introduced a new pvc-free media for wide-format ...
EPC celebrates 10th anniversary with £4.2m press spend
14 July 2009: Bristol-based EPC Direct has signed an order with Heidelberg worth £4.2 million - aimed ...
Fujifilm installs first UK's Acuity Advance X2 at ReproArts
14 July 2009: Norfolk-based wide-format specialist ReproArts began life as a screen printer, but moved ...
Third Ryobi for Parrot gives 'significantly faster' makeready
6 July 2009: Ramsey-based Parrot Print, a general commercial printer, has made its third Ryobi purchase, ...
Aldridge Print adds B2 to 'add value, not chase turnover'
3 July 2009: B1 commercial printer Aldridge Print Group has dipped a toe in the B2 water with a new ...
Chelsea Building Society takes second iGen3 to reduce costs
3 July 2009: The UK's sixth largest building society, the Chelsea, has invested in a second Xerox ...
Ryobi DI press gets landslide victory at Kall Kwik Horsham
30 June 2009: Kall Kwik Horsham has recently installed a Ryobi 3404X-DI press from Apex Digital Graphics, ...
Anton splashes out on dampening filtration from Technotrans
29 June 2009: One of the UK's largest Heidelberg Speedmaster users, Anton Group in Essex, has trialled ...
Edinburgh University uses DI to bring colour jobs inhouse
29 June 2009: Edinburgh University's Printing Service Department has invested in a 34DI digital offset ...
Ashford beefs up digital offering with Xerox and Hunkeler
22 June 2009: Ashford Colour Press has installed a new Xerox 1300 continuous-feed digital press for ...
Lettershop Group adds Kodak Stream technology to webs
22 June 2009: Leeds-based Lettershop Group has become the first beta-site for Kodak's Stream inkjet ...
Colourstream completes re-equip with Speedmaster XL 75
19 June 2009: Derby-based commercial printer Colourstream has taken delivery of the cornerstone of ...
Kodak launches latest NexPress digital press platform
16 June 2009: Kodak has introduced its new NexPress SE platform, claiming that it delivers "the best ...
SVTWO's new Indigos bring 'additional choice and value'
13 June 2009: Digital printer SVTWO has switched on the two new HP Indigo 5500 seven-colour presses ...
Inplants must become 'communications facilitators' says Canon
8 June 2009: Canon-commissioned research from Rochester Institute of technology has found the inplant ...
Spiral buys Truepress DI for transition to commercial print
4 June 2009: Macclesfield-based Spiral Colour has installed a Screen Truepress 344 digital printing ...
Anton Group buys eighth Heidelberg long perfector
2 June 2009: Essex-based Anton Group will notch up its thirtieth million spent with Heidelberg later ...
Blackburns installs HP Indigo to increase digital capacity
30 May 2009: Blackburns of Bolton has added to its raft of HP Indigo presses with a new 7000 sheetfed ...
Fujifilm invests in inkjet with European inkjet training centre
28 May 2009: Fujifilm continues to invest in inkjet with the opening of its new European Inkjet Technical ...
New Xaar-enabled narrow-web inkjet printer from Founder
28 May 2009: Chinese narrow-web inkjet developer Founder Electronics has launched its latest digital ...
Zenith takes plunge into UV with Heidelberg Speedmaster
28 May 2009: Pontypridd-based Zenith Print and Packaging held an open house last week to unveil its ...
Fujifilm Dimatix new Q-Class Sapphire printheads unveiled
27 May 2009: Fujifilm Dimatix has launched a new drop-on-demand inkjet array. Known as ScanPAQ 2.5, ...
New market direction for MPG Digital with new HP Indigo
22 May 2009: MPG Digital Solutions, the Bodmin-based arm of MPG Books Group, has installed an HP ...
Efficiency improved as Evon fires up third long perfector
20 May 2009: West Sussex general commercial and magazine printer Evon has installed its third B2 ...
Second Presstek 34DI gives extra capacity at Aberystwyth
19 May 2009: Aberystwyth University has installed its second Presstek 34DI direct imaging press to ...
Rapida helps Colourbooks target academic book market
18 May 2009: The installation of an eight-colour super-large KBA Rapida 162a long perfector will ...
PPE takes world's first Inca Onset S20 to expand POS offering
13 May 2009: Point-of-sale printer PPE had been an Inca Onset user for many years, but the sheer ...
Xerox adds to Nuvera line with new 200 EA perfector
12 May 2009: Xerox has announced its latest black-and-white digital press, the Nuvera 200 EA. A mid-range ...
New X-Jet UV wide-format inkjet unveiled at Fespa by Neolt
11 May 2009: Italian manufacturer Neolt today unveiled a prototype of its new X-Jet UV wide-format ...
Océ introduces new "light production" wide-format inkjet
11 May 2009: Building on the success of its award-winning Arizona 350 GT, Océ has introduced the ...
Jade moves into digital with HP Indigo 'to add dimension'
7 May 2009: Jade Press in Leeds has added digital print to its portfolio, installing an HP Indigo ...
Goss announces new energy recovery system for heatset webs
5 May 2009: Goss has announced the worldwide availability of its new Ecobox thermal energy recovery ...
Longridge chooses Heidelberg package for total colour control
4 May 2009: General commercial printer Longridge Print has signed with Heidelberg for a complete ...
Multiple Kodak investment for Formara boosts quality
29 April 2009: Southend commercial printer Formara has invested in a Kodak Magnus 400 II platesetter ...
Catalent takes ten-colour KBA to support European expansion
28 April 2009: Pharmaceutical group Catalent Pharma Solutions has signed for a ten-colour KBA Rapid ...
Textiles direct printing from Screen's Truepress Jet2500UV
27 April 2009: Screen will put its Truepress Jet2500UV wide-format inkjet through its paces at FESPA ...
Biddles boosts colour capacity with new Océ VarioStream
26 April 2009: MPG Biddles, the Kings Lynn-based short-run books specialist, has bought an Océ VarioStream ...
X1 expands four-colour capacity with Ryobi 524 buy
26 April 2009: Slough-based printer and graphic designer X1 has bought a new Ryobi 524GX press following ...
New Anicolor investment at Fairprint backed by strong sales
25 April 2009: Dundee-based commercial print outfit Fairprint increased its sales by 27% in 2008, and ...
Presstek 34DI helps Digipress grow four-colour print by 20%
25 April 2009: Five-year-old Wantage-based Digipress has boosted its four-colour work by a fifth with ...
£5m press investment at J Thomson will increase efficiency
16 April 2009: Glasgow's J Thomson Colour Printers has signed a £5m investment deal with Heidelberg ...
Westpoint buys "dynamic" Lithrone for one-stop shop service
16 April 2009: Westpoint Print, the Birmingham B2 general commercial printer, has swapped out an ageing ...
M Print to launch full-colour 3D inkjet printer at FESPA
14 April 2009: German manufacturer of pad and thermal transfer printers M Print is to launch its first ...
Agfa launches new Anapurna M2 wide-format UV hybrid inkjet
12 April 2009: Agfa has upgraded its Anapurna family of wide-format UV inkjets with the addition of ...
Atlantic Zeiser to launch new four-colour UV inkjet system
12 April 2009: FESPA Digital in May is to be the launchpad for Atlantic Zeiser's new digital UV inkjet ...
Five-colour press gives inplant more work and greater control
12 April 2009: North Yorkshire County Council is to take its first steps into single-pass full-colour ...
Canon imagePRESS range awarded ISO 12647 certificate
7 April 2009: Canon's imagePRESS digital presses have been awarded ISO/CD certification for validation ...
Fujifilm Sericol launches new mid-range Inca Onset at FESPA
30 March 2009: Fujifilm Sericol is wheeling out its big guns at FESPA Digital in May. The Inca Onset ...
NXP installs HP Indigo 3050 to meet customer preference
30 March 2009: Specialist web-to-print digital printer NXP Europe has added to its capacity with a ...
Birmingham's Prestige doubles capacity with new Speedmaster
27 March 2009: Birmingham-based Prestige Print has doubled its print output with the installation of ...
Hine takes first UK's first Xeikon 3000 for "next logical step"
26 March 2009: The UK's first Xeikon 3000 has been installed in Rotherham at the town's specialist ...
New HP Indigo high-volume digital web challenges flexo
24 March 2009: HP has announced the release of its newest web-fed Indigo press, the WS6000, aimed at ...
Epson awarded Best Proofing Equipment gong in EDP Awards
23 March 2009: Epson's Stylus Pro 7900 and 9900 wide-format digital printers have been recognised by ...
Anapurna carries off EDP award for Best Flatbed Printer
19 March 2009: Agfa's UV flatbed Anapurna Mv has been recognised by the European Digital Press Association ...
Cost analysis returns Hobbs to Heidelberg for service
19 March 2009: Southampton-based Hobbs the Printers has taken out a service contract with Heidelberg ...
Océ announces raft of new printers for transition to digital
19 March 2009: In a bid to support the transition of traditional offset litho print to digital platforms, ...
Gildenburgh adds digital with Xerox 700 sheetfed press
17 March 2009: Peterborough-based Gildenburgh has added digital print to its raft of commercial print ...
"Virtually no increase" in overheads with new Ryobi at BJ's
12 March 2009: BJ's Print & Design has commissioned a new Ryobi 780E four-colour B2 press. The ...
Coatings Direct invests in screen line for 50% output boost
12 March 2009: Coatings Direct - the eastern division of general print finishing group Olro - has invested ...
Henry Ling buys Heidelberg for "value for money"
12 March 2009: Academic and journal printer Henry Ling is to be the first in the UK to install Heidelberg's ...
Low-cost, high-spec Sanxin irresistible for Staffordshire
12 March 2009: The combination of low cost and high spec was an offer that Ken Beresford, managing ...
Stroma celebrates printing of five-millionth digital newspaper
12 March 2009: In the eight years since Océ installed its first commercial digital newspaper press ...
Biggest Xerox Nuvera 288 installation for MetroMail
4 March 2009: Leading UK mailing house MetroMail has returned to Xerox for seven Nuvera 288 cut-sheet ...
Twin HP Indigo 7000s give Harrier "near-silver halide quality"
3 March 2009: Eliminating downtime and inconsistencies were high on the agenda at Harrier LLC - provider ...
Xaar launches two next-generation inkjet printheads
3 March 2009: Wide-format digital print will get a boost with the introduction of two new printheads ...
£25K digital press adds clear value at Danscot
1 March 2009: Danscot Print has installed a Canon imagePRESS C1+ - the light production digital press ...
Gomer goes from SM to XL for 33% productivity lift
1 March 2009: Book and general commercial printer Gomer Press has ditched its Heidelberg Speedmaster ...
Molyneux moves to digital with MGI Meteor
26 February 2009: Dartford-based Molyneux Press has taken the plunge into digital with an MGi Meteor DP60pro ...
Gardners buys HP Scitex for productivity and reduced ink use
25 February 2009: High-volume display print specialist Gardners has returned to HP Scitex for its latest ...
Debut for new HP Scitex wide-format printer with latex inks
21 February 2009: HP is to debut a series of new wide-format printers at the Sign & Digital UK show ...
En Route picks Anicolor to complete all-Heidelberg plan
21 February 2009: Half a million pounds has seen En Route, a design and print company based in South Godstone, ...
New Chinese B3 press challenges European/Japanese rivals
21 February 2009: The UK success of China's cost-effective offset presses continues as a new B3 model ...
Signet bypasses screen press with sub-£60,000 inkjet
21 February 2009: A Bristol-based signage specialist has installed a wide-format digital inkjet - and ...
Océ introduces new eight-colour wide-format inkjet
19 February 2009: A new eight-colour wide-format inkjet has been launched by Océ. The new 1,118mm-wide ...
Dublin's Sattal takes first Irish HP Designjet H series
17 February 2009: Hybrid litho/digital printer Sattal has commissioned Ireland's first HP Designjet H ...
Kodak adds four new Versamark web-fed inkjets
17 February 2009: Kodak has extended its VL series of Versamark web-fed colour digital inkjets with four ...
Fuji announces new generation of Acuity wide-format printers
16 February 2009: Fujifilm has followed up the success of its Acuity Advance wide-format UV flatbed inkjet ...
Hobbs rejects super-large press in favour of "flexible" B1
15 February 2009: A careful analysis of its work and customers' future requirements led Hobbs the Printers ...
Inline colour inspection cuts makeready times at Printank
15 February 2009: Leicester trade printer Printank has invested in a new Heidelberg Speedmaster XL 75-5+L ...
HP adds short-run capacity at Ashley House
13 February 2009: Exeter general commercial printer Ashley House Printing has installed an HP Indigo press ...
Packaging printer takes out variables with technotrans RO unit
13 February 2009: Paragon Labels in Wisbech has installed a new alpha.r reverse osmosis unit from technotrans ...
POP specialist takes KBA for greater productivity
13 February 2009: Kolorcraft, the West Yorkshire-based point-of-purchase specialist, has commissioned ...
Océ larges it with new flatbed digital inkjet
11 February 2009: Océ has announced the new Arizona 350 XT, a UV flatbed with roll-to-roll option capable ...
"Symmetry" leads Ortek to ink.line its third press
8 February 2009: Walsall-based general commercial printer Ortek has completed a round of investment in ...
Second-user Ryobi avoids over-committing on finance
8 February 2009: Penzance's Headland Printers has played safe on finance by purchasing a second-user ...
Truepress Jet520 prints Daily Mail in New York
8 February 2009: Two years of planning ended on February 2nd 2009 as the first Daily Mail was printed ...
Second Anicolor for John Dollin 'will lift jobs from digital'
3 February 2009: Hybrid litho-digital general commercial printer John Dollin Printing Services has returned ...
Prisco launches environmentally friendly pressroom ancillaries
2 February 2009: US chemicals manufacturer Prisco has brought its 'Go Green with Prisco' initiative to ...
Less is more with new Speedmaster at Herbert Walker
28 January 2009: Greetings card specialist Herbert Walker has decommissioned a 13-year-old B1 Heidelberg ...
Technotrans chills out world's largest B2 Heidelberg
27 January 2009: Glasgow label producer John Watson has invested in a central cooling system from technotrans ...
Silkscreen printer moves into variable data with HP Indigo
26 January 2009: Tamworth-based KEP Print Group has added variable data printing to its raft of print ...
ESP replaces B1 with B2 for equal capacity
25 January 2009: Detailed analysis of makeready, uptime and material wastage at Swindon commercial printer ...
The Digital Press expands geographical scope with new Xeikon
21 January 2009: Bournemouth-based digital printing specialist The Digital Press has upgraded its Xeikon ...
Switch to Streamline means cost savings for Europrint
19 January 2009: Carlow, Ireland-based Europrint Sign Services has switched to Sun Chemical Streamline ...
Océ CS665 Pro passes FograCert ISO12647 test
16 January 2009: Océ has announced that its CS665 Pro SRA3 digital press has been awarded the new FograCert ...
First four-colour for Fulprint
15 January 2009: York's Fulprint has announced the commissioning of its first four-colour press - a B3-format ...
Borble installs first Xeikon 3300 web
14 January 2009: Label specialist Borble has installed the UK's first Xeikon 3300 web press to produce ...
HP and Timsons in joint venture to produce all-in-one book production line for short runs
13 January 2009: HP's high-speed inkjet production team has done a partnership deal with British book ...
Ryobi enters SRA1 market with new 920 press
8 January 2009: Japanese press manufacturer Ryobi has introduced its latest model - an SRA1 press that ...
Wallpaper print opens up new area for Black Dog
8 January 2009: A web-fed Xeikon 5000 is opening up a new area of business for Black Dog Digital: wallpaper ...
Speedmaster swap for makeready-busting Micropress
7 January 2009: January sees general commercial printer Micropress swapping out a seven-year-old Heidelberg ...
Polestar to take first UK JetStream 2200 from Océ
6 January 2009: Polestar Direct (Sherwood Park) has spent part of its £4m re-investment fund on an Océ ...
Stephens & George fights price-cutting with second long perfector
6 January 2009: A second Speedmaster XL 105 long perfector has joined the factory line-up in Merthyr ...
Speedier work for Wotton with new Ryobi
5 January 2009: The swap-out of an old Ryobi 524HXX at Wotton Printers in Newton Abbot, Devon, for a ...
Summit's £1m investment reaches peak with new Ryobi
4 January 2009: Redhill-based Summit Print will spend £1m this year on moving to new premises and upgrading ...
Entry-level A3 Duprinter offers savings for users
31 December 2008: Duplo Corporation says its new DP-J450 Duprinter has been designed to save users money ...
Three Canons fire up printer's move to digital
23 December 2008: Demand for digital print and "punishing" print schedules have led Bucks-based company ...
Drinks cans get unique with Sun Chemical and Tonejet
19 December 2008: Sun Chemical has teamed up with digital print specialist Tonejet to make special inks ...
New portfolio of wide-format printers comes to the UK
18 December 2008: Ten wide-format digital inkjet printers are now available in the UK thanks to a new ...
On-demand book pioneer invests in fourth VarioPrint
15 December 2008: CPI Antony Rowe has commissioned a new Océ VarioPrint 6250 for its Eastbourne factory ...
Latest version of VersaWorks for Roland customers
11 December 2008: Owners of the Roland SolJet PRO 111 XC-540W printer/cutter ...
Océ offers new equipment from old
9 December 2008: Océ is offering a new range of printing systems aimed at saving money - and the environment.The ...
Colour press will grow with Tompkin
4 December 2008: A company that has switched to a Kodak Nexpress 2100 digital production colour press ...
KBA Rapida 105 helps business expand
4 December 2008: Cambridgeshire-based Burlington Press says the addition of a B1 KBA Rapida 105 with ...
Komori Lithrone S1029P gives one-pass productivity
4 December 2008: Business is booming for Portsmouth-based printers, PPG, which claims it's all down to ...
Océ launches ColorWave 600 'TonerPearls' printer
19 November 2008: The Océ ColorWave 600 wide-format printer has cleaned up four major design awards* since ...
Speedmaster doubles Merseyside printer's output
19 November 2008: A new ten-colour Speedmaster XL 75-10P long perfector press has "seriously" reduced ...
New Onset from Inca
27 October 2008: Inca Digital has announced a new addition to the Onset range, the new S20. A UV flatbed, ...
Presstek adds UV print option to DI presses
23 October 2008: Presstek's portrait-format 34DI and two-up 52DI presses are to get a boost in productivity ...
Pearson's new Speedmaster goes to new premises
22 October 2008: General commercial printer Pearson Print has invested in a Heidelberg Speedmaster SM ...
Product of the Year for Screen Truepress Jet2500UV
22 October 2008: Screen's ground-breaking wide-format UV inkjet has been awarded Product of the Year ...
Barrels save ink and money for envelope printer
2 October 2008: Envelope specialist Dobson & Crowther has installed a technotrans barrel ink pumping ...
Canon launches two new wide-format printers
2 October 2008: Canon has continued its blistering run of new wide-format product launches by announcing ...
First Rapida 106 'makeready buster' goes to Cambrian
2 October 2008: Cambrian Printers has signed for a new KBA Rapida 106 B1 long perfector. When it is ...
Inca launches new and faster Spyder UV flatbed
2 October 2008: Inca Digital Printers has announced its latest UV flatbed, the Spyder V, claiming a ...
First new press will increase uptime, says Centreprint
1 October 2008: Declining performance from a secondhand B2 press led brothers Mike and Garry Robinson, ...
Short Run triples mono digital capacity
15 September 2008: Exeter’s Short Run Press has moved more than 40% of its capacity from litho to digital, ...
Edinburgh company upgrades colour management
11 September 2008: Heidelberg’s new Prepress Manager 4.0 will find one of its first UK installations at ...
Filtration saves time and planet at Wood Mitchell
2 September 2008: General commercial printer Wood Mitchell has decked out its Drupa-spec ten-colour Heidelberg ...
Roland's first UV inkjet printer/cutter hits market
1 September 2008: Roland DG Corporation has launched what it claims to be the world's first UV inkjet ...
Fast, faster, fastest: welcome, the iGen4
29 August 2008: Xerox has taken the wraps off its fastest-ever cutsheet colour press: the new iGen4. ...
Cut-price inkjet printer, saving money and the environment
28 August 2008: Roland DG Corporation claims its new wide-format inkjet printer ...
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