Vinyl Banners Printing Invests in New 3.2m Large Format Digital Printer
The latest company to pop up as an online seller of digital printed large format banners, Vinyl Banners Printing, has invested in the latest technology by investing in a Konica head 3.2m large format digital printer which is said to be at the forefront of large format digital printing.
With amazing print speeds of up to 150sqm per hour, this machine is a dream for any large format printing facility. By investing in this machine, the company has tripled its daily production, compared to their Epson DX7 printing machines which had 4 of. Now these 4 machines have been made redundant giving way to this new technology.
The online seller first came on the seen in 2013 and from modest beginning, has now evolved into one of the leading banner printing companies in the UK, who sell their services online. The new technology has now placed Vinyl Banners Printing in a very strong position to grow their online offering even further to increase the demand.
Customers will also benefit from this new investment as they will get banners alot quicker, higher resolution and can order larger sizes. The company which has grown from a bedroom now employs over 36 full time staff. Most of which are designers and customer support agents.
Park Communications Invested A Great Deal In Finishing
The London based company Park Communication has almost invested £200,000 for in house lay-flat binding and die-cutting.
The company contains 130 staff members and is growing rapidly. It has purchased a Kisun Digi Binder DB-440 and a Heidelberg SBD Zenith and they are installed in the company premises.
Kisun digi binder db440
Heidelberg SBD Zenith
Alison Branch, the managing director of Park Communication explained that besides outsourcing these operations, they have brought in their own machine to increase the efficiency and reduce the cost. The firm said that they have rigorously tested these machines before bringing these in house.
Branch said: “A lot of our customers are in the property and fashion markets, and particularly in property they love to use double-page spreads because this really maximises the impact of the imagery.
“So property developers, builders and design agencies love lay-flat binding and we were finding there was an increased customer requirement and it’s much easier for us to keep the process in-house; it’s faster, more cost-effective, we reduce carbon emission and it’s just much easier to control the process.”
The lay-flat binder provides strength to binding as the binder sandwiches the two sheets and performs its tasks perfectly.
“The Zenith was brought in as we were finding volumes building up, so we said, ‘Right, this is the chance to internalise’,” added Branch.
“The BBC rang me and said there was good news on unemployment figures and they wanted to present those against the backdrop of a busy, efficient manufacturing facility,” said Branch.
“Their research team had identified companies that might be appropriate and through that they had identified Park.”
It is a good notion to have further investment in bringing up-to-dated machines in-house. It saves time and considerable cost for the company.
Agfa And EFI Integration
Agfa Graphics and Electronics For Imaging (EFI) has an integration on Agfa’s latest Apogee 10 system and EFI Fiery digital front ends.
Both Afga Graphics and EFI are renowned companies in digital printing. Their integration is good news for customers as both the companies’ masters in their specified areas. Customers can benefit from both companies now with this integration. The integration provides the most advanced hybrid print workflows all over the commercial market. The below diagram shows the work flow of data between the technologies;
Agfa And EFI Integration
Apogee is working as a hybrid production hub having connections with CTP and EFI’s Fiery DFE platforms.
Andy Grant, head of software at Agfa said “With this integration, existing Agfa Apogee users, including users of the latest Apogee 10 system, will be able to take advantage of hybrid offset/digital workflows”.
He further added He continues: “Through certified, industry standard JDF connectivity, Apogee users can select from the wide choice of Fiery Driven digital presses to establish easy and quick ways to direct jobs to the most appropriate print devices for the best production scenario.”
One company already taking advantage of the Fiery/Apogee integration is Hakan Walhed, general manager of Malmö at Sweden-based printing company Skånetryck, saying: “We save up to two hours on busy days.
“Plus, the consistent prepress workflow between offset and digital presses with Apogee and Fiery integration helps Skånetryck’s operators achieve a close match in colour quality with minimum training.”
“Within Agfa’s large Apogee installed base, there are also a large number of Fiery Driven digital presses from all of the leading digital press manufacturers,” said Toby Weiss, senior vice president and general manager, EFI Fiery. “This integration will enable those organizations to streamline their workflow even more, taking time and touches out of the process for a more cost-efficient operation, critical in today’s fast-paced and highly competitive printing environment.”
Austin Macauley Publishers Increases In-House Print Capacity
Austin Macauley Publishers increases its In-House print capacity by purchasing a 2nd Ricoh Pro 8100SE digital printer.
The company has opened a new facility for that they needed a new machine. Ricoh Pro 8100SE digital printer will be installed this week.
Ricoh Pro 8100SE digital printer
“At the moment we can’t print quickly enough,” said print manager Wesley Urban.
“With two printers we can print double what we’ve been doing. There are also sometimes jobs that can take 10 to 14 hours to print so we can now leave a job like that running and do all the smaller jobs on the other printer.”
The company has almost invested £150,000 recently and is buying altogether new equipment for the new facility.
“By bringing the printing and finishing in-house we have total control of a job from design to finish. This is very important because our production standards are very high. Added to this, we have strict timelines and have been let down on occasions,” said Urban.
By bringing the new machine, the company has the capacity to have 400 runs now in-house and has completed 1000 books of 150 pages each at the moment. Moreover, the company is also looking to have more outsourcing work from other printers.
“The last few months have been crazy, it’s the busiest they’ve ever been,” said Urban.
“When I started I was told I was going to be doing about 2,000 books and 500 hardbacks a month and I’m doing about 10,000.”
Ricoh Pro 8100SE digital printer comes with 1-drum dry electrostatic transfer system having internal transfer belt. Also, it has a newly formulated pulverised toner and can produce up to 1,000K prints monthly. Also, it comes with Oil-less belt-fusing method. The product is highly suitable for the company and hence it will improve the overall printing efficiency.
Black Lion Press Adopted Ricoh
Black Lion Press has purchased Ricoh Pro C7100x of worth £63,000 as it complies with company’s needs. The installation will be done in December.
Ricoh Pro C7100 comes with amazing features and it provides new features which were not included earlier. Managing director of Black Lion Press, Mark Stokes said: “We quite often see the guys from Ricoh and some of the reps came and said to me, ‘Look we’ve got this new bit of kit out.’ I was very impressed with the machine, especially the fact it has moved on to the clear and the white so for us it is a little bit different from just printing CMYK.
Ricoh Pro C7100
“We do quite a lot of charity sector work and sometimes we are pushed out by the fact that clients ask, for example, for a booklet on 380gsm Fedrigoni dark blue board, which means we can’t do the job. There are certain things I feel we’ve been closed out on but I feel this is a bit of a new opening in the market for us.”
It comes with amazing colours and shades and every sector of the industry can get benefitted from it.
Stokes further added, “We’ve noticed a real trend in the last six months in the way quantities on jobs have gone down,”
“With this machine in mind, we still need to keep the litho but we’re finding so much more work is crossing over to the digital market simply because of quantities. Unless it’s a mailing, jobs tend to be around 1,000 sheets.”
Moreover, the machine is meant for heavy duty tasks and it could be a great help to the company. The company can improve its productivity and efficiency through this amazing machine. It has a great printing speed and within no time, it can produce huge quantities.
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