Everything you need to know about Digital Printing – part 11
Everything you need to know about Digital Printing – part 11 – 17th July 2009
This approach is likely to become increasingly common. For instance Matti in Switzerland also builds complete print lines called JetRunnar, based on Kodak’s Versamark heads. The largest to date is a 98 cm wide machine capable of up to 152 metres per minute at 300 x 600 dpi in four colour duplex. This was custom built for direct mail printer VPrint in Belgium, and delivered in the autumn of 2008.
Dortix also uses this approach. It was originally an independent company spun off from Barco in Belgium. Agfa bought it in 2004 and by Ipex 2006 had introduced Dotrix Modular, which puts a four colour inkjet print engine onto a more or less standard reel fed flexographic press chassis, built by Edale in the UK. This allows the user to specify a hybrid system with in line flexo print and finishing components.
The past couple of years have also seen the introduction of high quality, very fast ‘narrow web’ inkjets that are aimed at the labels market, with potential in flexible packaging. These mainly use UV cured inks for use with standard label or plastic substrates.
‘Narrow we’ seems a somewhat elastic term, for while the true label machines are built to take standard label reels of five or seven inches, some are significantly wider. For instance UK based Xennia’s X-Plore 8000 has a 280 mm width, Olympus’ OP-1cd is 316 mm wide and Nilpeter/FFEI’s Caslon has a 420 mm option, whilst French Impika’s iPress 600 is 474 mm. these appear to have crossover potential into more general print applications.
New Look Website for The Printing House Website – 15th July 2009
We’ve been working hard over recent months to try create a new look and new content for our flagship brand The Printing House Website. When you find some time, please take a look and feed back to us. Some of the new content includes A Guide to Preparing Print Ready Artwork and information about our Large Format and banner printing service.
We’re a bit sad and are so excited by our new site that we’re now rebranding Print Buying Direct, Golf Club Centenary Books and School Prospectus Made Easy – so keep an eye out – we’ll email when its available on line.
Keep watching all our sites as we are continually adding new content.
To be continued…
See part one of this blog on digital printing here. Also – what does the future hold for printing – part 1
All about the new Printing House Website
Order your Appointment Cards online at Print Buying Direct – prices from £13.50 for 100 cards printed in full colour. At print buying direct we are market leaders in the printing of appointment cards and can produce them for doctors, hairdressers, dentists, physio, beauty salons, nail technicians, garages, massage therapists – for anything really. Just visit our Appointment Cards web page for more information.
Our business cards are some of the best in the business – printed in full colour on our £200,000 state of the art digital press – you’ll be proud to hand out business cards that we produce for you. Our business card prices are also very cost effective – 100 full colour business cards for only £10!
Don’t forget we’re still running our Letterheads promotion – 2000 full colour letterheads (headed paper) for £125 delivered! We’ve been producing letterheads since 1991 for hundreds of customs as diverse as Bentley and Royal Mail.
See Part 12 of this blog on Print finishing, See also our Blog on Spot UV Varnishing
Print Buying Direct and School Prospectus Made Easy are both brands of parent company – The Printing House Ltd of Crewe, Cheshire, UK. Keep visiting both websites for details of our latest offers and promotions. For more information School Prospectus including School Prospectus Design or School Prospectus Printing (we also specialise in college prospectus) see our www.schoolprospectus.info website
Have a look at our Newsletters webpage for help and assistance with writing and designing your newsletter. It deals with, company newsletters, college newsletters, school newsletters and employee newsletters in particluar. Our blog often focuses on newsletters and we have a page which specifically helps with newsletters as a marketing tool.
TOP TIP: Add that feel of quality to your company brochure by first applying Matt Lamination then a Spot UV Varnish. The UV Varnishing actually ‘lifts’ your pictures to give them a glossy impact.
Our Digital Brochures (turn page technology) are really taking off now – get your brochure put online from only £15 per page.
One of the mainstays at Print Buying Direct is Leaflets. We are experts at Leaflet Design & Leaflet Printing
Check out our Banner Stands (pop up banners) only £99. Design service available.
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