Copy Shop News October 2010

News & Reviews for the Instant Print Industry

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CONTENTS

October 2010

LEADER

4 News Front

24 Green Issues

8 New Products

26 New Profit Centre

Hot CSN news in print

Look who’s cleaning up in Print

What’s new and in store for you

Sharing best practice in £print

14 Site of the month award

29 BCP Key to Tender

Elmstok launch new website

Business Continuity Planning

17 Customised Wallpaper

30 Readers Scribes

Epson share new profit ideas

18 Box 3 Creative Studio

You’re ‘avin a laugh

Profit pointers from The Finishing Point

20 Digital Imagery

Martin Christie Pixel Prophet

23 CSMA Club Benefits Are you claiming yours?

32 Finda Product / Supplier

CSN preferred suppliers in print and on the web

34 Business 2 Business

Free ads on your classified notice board

Opportunity Knocks: Open the box and save some money at your new web portal page www.csmaservices. co.uk Please check out your CSMA members benefits that offer group savings on a growing number of business services.

Many of you have expressed the view that to drive increased sales is not the be all factor to riding out the spend cutting climate. Taking a leaf from the coalitions learning tree we are exploring how best to reduce expenditure on everyday overheads.

The economies of scale prove we can buy better as a group rather than individuals and with 6000+ print businesses our buying power potential is well worth teaming up for.

Early participants to our CSMA printers insurance have found a bespoke printers policy better tuned to our needs. Together we will find savings through talking to our broker, Abigail Rees at Lucas Fettes Abigail.rees@lucasfettes.co.uk Whether your policy is due for renewal or not, scan or email your existing policy for a non obligationary appraisal.

Welcome to a new contributor Fiona Mostyn who introduces the concept of BCP and goes on to illustrate commercial opportunities that arise from it. Opening doors to public sector contracts with business continuity planning starts on page 23.

United we stand…

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NEWS

Donald Murray Paper pumps up life-saving support Donald Murray Paper invited the Blood Transfusion Service to visit its head office at Kinning Park Glasgow for a third time to build on the previous success. On the day 53 pints were donated and there were 20 first time donors, giving a cumulative total of 162 pints of blood since this initiative started.

Sarah Duff, a credit controller in Donald Murray Paper’s Glasgow offices organised the event and says: “The reason I am delighted to be involved with the Blood Transfusion Service is that every pint of blood donated is a potential life saved. I am now actively encouraging other local divisions within PaperCo to get involved and make this a national initiative.”

Donald Murray Paper, a trading division of PaperCo, were supported by its industrial neighbours; Scottish Galvanisers, Lindab, Foster Wheeler and Glasgow also customer J Thomson Colour Printers.

Photo shows Sarah donating her pint!

Everyone who participated was invited to recuperate in the DMP boardroom and enjoy some hospitality and a light breakfast.

Great early signs for 2011 Sign & Digital UK

The latest news in from the Sign & Digital UK Team is they’ve seen an unprecedented surge in sales recently - resulting in nearly double the amount of contracted stand space compared with the same time last year, for the show which will be held on 12-14 April 2011 at the NEC, Birmingham.

Rudi Blackett, Event Director for the show comments; ‘’We are delighted to report that recent demand for stand positions at Sign & Digital UK 2011 has been exceptionally strong and we are now in a position where we will need to look to increase the size of the show. It is very encouraging to see so many leading companies already booked and looking forward to the event. Our plans are also well underway to work with all exhibitors and visitors to make the show an outstanding success.’’

Companies already signed up for 2011 include; Fujifilm, Hexis, Roland DG, Hybrid Services/Mimaki, Screen UK, Hewlett-Packard, GPT, EskoArtwork, William Smith, Drytac, 3A Composites, Graphtec, Printmax, Atech, QPS, Elements, Signwaves, Fairfield Displays plus many more…

With excitement building for the UK’s premier visual communications event Duncan Jefferies, marketing manager for Hybrid Services Ltd, had this to say after signing up for the 2011 event; “As Mimaki’s exclusive UK distributor, Hybrid is thoroughly looking forward to attending Sign & Digital UK 2011. It constitutes one of the focal points on our calendar and for us - it’s three days of valuable opportunities, meeting with existing and new customers and promoting Mimaki’s latest printer and cutting hardware. We’ll see you there!”

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Brett Newman, Technical Director at Roland DG (UK) Ltd comments: “We’ve attended Sign and Digital UK for many years as it continues to deliver us new customers. It’s the place where the sign and digital print industry meets and the perfect platform for us to show our latest products. Last year’s show brought us the highest quality visitors we’ve seen for many years and as a result of this we’ve decided to book for 2011 to secure our favourite stand location.”

With 7 months from show the marketing team has been working hard to collate feedback, brainstorm ideas and carefully plan the marketing campaign, seminars and show features such as the popular

Sign Makers Workshop. With most deals and agreements already in place the wide reaching yet targeted campaign has been mapped out to attract high volumes of quality visitors to the exhibition and help exhibitors promote their presence at the show.

Sign & Digital UK continues to offer free online visitor pre-registration which will be available very shortly, but in the meantime you can ‘register now’ and leave your details where you will then be informed via email when registration goes live. Visit the website for access to the latest innovations and exciting launch news and competitions in the lead up to the show – www.signanddigitaluk.com With stand space going fast, exhibitors are encouraged to contact the team now to avoid disappointment: Alex Dann, 0208 651 7091 / alex.dann@fav-house. com. Alex Howard, 0208 651 7155 / alex.howard@ fav-house.com

From dazzling blue to mandarin orange!

Pantone showcased their new PANTONE UNIVERSE collection at a recent trade show in Paris. The collection is an expanding line of colourful, design-inspired products for consumers.

“PANTONE UNIVERSE extends Pantone’s colour and trend expertise into innovative, style-driven products designed to provide the general public with an enhanced understanding of the emotional aspects of colour,” said Lisa Herbert, vice president of Pantone’s fashion, home and consumer division.

“Our goal is to develop an iconic and instantly recognisable collection of lifestyle products that inspire, uplift and entice consumers to explore their own creativity and individual colour preferences.”

The PANTONE UNIVERSE Collection spans a broad range of timeless items, including housewares like the popular PANTONE mugs and tea cups, fashion accessories such as cuff links and tote bags, stationery and office supplies including notebooks and pencils, home design accessories like stools and chairs, lifestyle related essentials such as the famous PANTONE bicycle, apparel and casual wear including scarves, socks and ties, and electronic accessories such as iPhone and iPod cases.

Product colours in the PANTONE UNIVERSE Collection are updated seasonally based on fashion colour trends. Each item is accompanied by “emotional colour cues,” indicating feelings triggered by featured colours. Consumers can select product colours based on the image or message they wish to convey and also use this information to gain a greater understanding of colour and how it affects their lives by influencing mood, thoughts, emotions and physical reactions.

“65 percent of purchasing decisions involve colour,” explained Leatrice Eiseman, executive director of the Pantone Color Institute. “Colour has the unique ability to attract and engage the eye, elicit emotion, enhance products and environments, and ultimately tempt the consumer to buy. Colour is the catalyst that can spark the sale, define the space and create the magic and mood.”

One of the most recent additions to the PANTONE UNIVERSE is the PANTONE HOTEL, a boutique hotel in the center of Brussels that combines a chic, colourful design aesthetic with comfortable, well-appointed guest rooms. The hotel offers the largest selection of PANTONE UNIVERSE products, all available for purchase at the hotel.

More information is available at www.pantone.com.

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NEWS

Print Yorkshire to raise money for The Printing Charity

Océ sponsors Fidelity Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials

Robert McClements (l) and Garrick Staples (r) with the 1959 VW convertible they will be driving in the Peking to Paris Car Rally Robert McClements, Print Yorkshire’s Chief Executive, is taking part in the 2010 Peking to Paris Car Rally to help raise £25,000 for The Printing Charity, the national charity in the UK for the printing and publishing industries.

Reading “The Mad Motorists”, the riveting account of the 1907 challenge to take a horseless carriage from Peking to Paris captivated Robert as a 14-year old boy. Invited by Garrick Staples, an American entrant in this year’s rally, to be his co-driver and navigator in a 1959 VW convertible, Robert will be fulfilling his boyhood dream and raising money for charity at the same time.

He says: “I’m excited and nervous but conditions will be better than those in 1907 when there were no roads to follow for the first 5,000 miles, no maps and no petrol stations en route. In fact, no one was expected to survive but they did.

“If you would like to sponsor me on this epic journey, you can do so online at www.theprintingcharity.org.uk or by calling 01293 542 820.

The printing industry has been a significant part of my life, so this is a great opportunity for me to support the industry’s charity.”

Stephen Gilbert, Chief Executive of The Printing Charity, says: “We’re delighted that Robert has chosen the charity to benefit from his participation in this adventure of a lifetime. People will be able to follow his rally progress via his blog on our website.”

Drivers will set off from the Great Wall of China on 10 September, travelling across the Gobi Desert, through Mongolia into Russia, Iran, Turkey, Greece, and Italy to arrive 37 days and 10,000 miles later at the Place de la Concorde in Paris.

For further information, please contact Robert McClements, Chief Executive, Print Yorkshire, 01924 203 338 or email robert. mcclements@printyorkshire.com

BAPC Conference

With a star studied line up of entertainers and business speakers coupled with content that is particularly relevant to the graphic arts industry the BAPC Conference has all the makings of being a truly successful event.

Open to everyone in the industry at a cost affordable by all (£120 per delegate) thanks to the support of a high number of sponsors and partners from within the sector the event offers even more.

• Print Companies are entitled to register a 2nd delegate free.

• The first hundred people to reserve their place will receive a free signed copy of Jeff Hayzlett’s best selling book The Mirror Test • Book before 14th October and delegates will be entered into a draw to win two free tickets for the ATP tennis tournament being held at the O2 Arena in December The conference will take place over the weekend of 5th November 2010 at the Marriott hotel, Waltham Abbey, Herts.

Contact Tony Honnor at the BAPC on 0208 736 5862 or book online through www.our-ebook.com/conference2012/ www.bapc.co.uk

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Océ was a major sponsor of this year’s Fidelity Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials held at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire, in September.

The company provided fully networked state of the art printing at the event. This allowed the event organisers to produce up to the minute results sheets, as well ensuring flexibility and convenience for the event’s press and administration offices.

Océ also sponsored fence number 3 – Océ Copie Stone Box. The Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials, which started in 1990, has become one of the UK’s most prestigious sporting occasions. Set in rolling parkland and against the spectacular backdrop of Blenheim Palace, it is one of the world’s major international three day events. In 2010, Blenheim welcomed some of the world’s leading riders.

Mandy Hervieu, Event Director, said: “We have been lucky enough to have Océ’s sponsorship at the Blenheim Palace horse trials for 12 years. The digital technology the company provides plays such an extremely important part in the smooth running of the event. The networked printing equipment gives us full flexibility and control over the fast paced eventing competition, allowing us to print up to date information with great confidence. We would like to thank Océ for its valuable contribution to what will be another successful event.”

Bron Curley, Managing Director of Océ UK, said: “Blenheim always provides a top level competitive environment for both horses and riders, and this strikes a particular chord with Océ, as Europe’s leading manufacturer in the highly competitive digital printing market. I am delighted that Océ’s advanced systems are playing an important part in ensuring the smooth running of such a prestigious event.”

More details on www.oce.com. For more information on the Fidelity Blenheim Palace International Horse Trials, visit http://www.blenheim-horse.co.uk/

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Cornish Printer broadens digital capabilities R Booth Ltd, the Cornish commercial printer, has invested in a Xerox 700 Digital Colour Press to support the company’s growing digital print division.

Increased customer demand for short run, high quality digital print has led to the commercial printer investing in a new Xerox printer. In a deal won by Xerox partner Portrayal, R Booth Ltd will also use the new device to expand its product portfolio and secure incremental business.

A shift in customer demand towards digital print production and a need to maintain quality led to the company working closely with Xerox channel partner, Portrayal, to identify the right technology for them now and in the future. After careful evaluation, R Booth Ltd and Portrayal matched the Xerox 700 Digital Colour Press to its business needs.

Neil Richards, repro graphic manager at R Booth Ltd, said, “Although we are primarily a litho business, in recent years the demand for short run digital printing has vastly increased. As a result, we looked to replace existing digital equipment with a machine that was robust enough to handle growing digital print volumes. Thanks to our long standing relationship with Portrayal, we were able to grow our family of

production print equipment to include the Xerox 700 Digital Colour Press.”

Peter Taylor, director and general manager, Large Enterprise & Graphic Communications, Xerox UK, added, “A successful print business is built on consistently delivering high quality documents. R Booth Ltd recognised that as it grows the digital part of its business, there is a need to ensure consistency and quality across a wider spectrum of products.

The Xerox 700 Digital Colour Press will enable R

Booth Ltd to continue to deliver on its reputation of producing quality digital products.”

Nick Orme, Chief Executive, Portrayal said, “The installation of the Xerox 700 Digital Colour Press clearly demonstrates the longevity of the Portrayal - R Booth Ltd relationship. Through an understanding of their business we have been able to provide the right equipment as their digital printing requirements have grown.” www.xerox.co.uk

Manor Creative launches its Classroom Cards fundraising initiative Eastbourne based design and print company, Manor Creative, has launched Classroom Cards, its bespoke children’s greetings card fundraising scheme that turns children’s artwork into professionally finished greetings cards.

The company has produced a Classroom Cards information pack, setting out the easy steps for children and teachers to get involved in this fun project creating and marketing their own unique cards. Every pack of 12 cards sold can raise £1.00 for their own fundraising campaigns. The information pack will be sent as a mailer and can also be downloaded from the dedicated website www.classroomcards.co.uk As part of the initiative, Manor Creative has teamed up with Rockinghorse, a Brighton-based charity helping to make life better for sick children in Sussex

and Surrey. For every pack of cards sold, Manor Creative is donating 20p to the charity.

Ria Wilson, a corporate fundraiser at Rockinghorse, says: “It’s inspiring to be working with a local company on this exciting project dedicated to giving something back to the local community. It will also help to raise the profile of our work to make life better for sick

children in Sussex and Surrey.”

Manor Creative’s CEO, Graham Brownett, explains: “A commitment to corporate social responsibility and environmental sustainability is part of our company ethos. The cards will be printed digitally on paper sourced from well managed forests. Our intention is that Classroom Cards will be a long term initiative supporting local schools, nurseries, playgroups, and our charity partner, Rockinghorse.”

As we approach the Christmas season printers up and down the country will be producing Christmas cards so maybe we should all follow the example set

by Manor Creative and adopt a local charity.

For further information and to download an information pack, see www.classroomcards.co.uk or call Helen Ansell, Classroom Cards Coordinator, Manor Creative, on 01323 514 427.

Phil Hall to speak at Annual Print Luncheon The Printing Charity has told CSN that they are delighted to announce that award-winning journalist and media expert, Phil Hall, is this year’s guest speaker at its 183rd Annual Luncheon, the first to be held under the charity’s new name, on Thursday, 4 November, at the historic Stationers’ Hall, London.

Phil’s distinguished media career includes roles as Editor of News of the World, Editor-in-Chief of Hello! magazine, and Editorial Director of Development for Trinity Mirror, Europe’s largest newspaper publishing group.

He won eight major awards as Editor of News of the World and Hello!, including International Magazine of the Year. He has held influential positions on the Press Complaints Commission

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and was a judge recently for the highly prestigious UK Press Awards.

Phil makes regular television and radio broadcasts and is a media expert to the BBC, ITN, Sky News, Radio 5 Live and LBC to name a few. He has earned a reputation as a guru in crisis management of the media and is in hot demand as a conference speaker on the topic.

Stephen Gilbert, Chief Executive of The Printing Charity, says: “Our Annual Luncheon always sells out. Don’t miss this opportunity to network, hear Phil’s views on the printed word, and support our work as the national charity for people in the printing and publishing industries.”

Tickets for the Annual Luncheon are priced at £85, the same as last year, and include a drinks reception and a three-course lunch.

To order tickets, please call Alison Braganza at The Printing Charity on 01293 649 366, email alison@theprintingcharity.org.uk or see www. theprintingcharity.org.uk

Copy Shop News | October 2010

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The Mimaki UJF-3042 heralds the birth of a new generation of flatbed UV printers – an A3 machine that delivers speed and versatility with previously unseen levels of print quality, onto almost any substrate.

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NEW PRODUCTS

New large format printers combine colour accuracy with high productivity

The 24-inch Epson Stylus Pro 7890 and the 44-inch Epson Stylus Pro 9890 have been designed to help the proofing and display graphics markets create accurate prints at high speed.

Using Epson’s 8-colour UltraChrome K3 with Vivid Magenta inkset in combination with the TFP

print head for enhanced dot quality and crisp, clear images, means both printers produce top quality results. They achieve one of the highest colour gamuts on the market with consistently smooth gradations, ideal for the perfect reproduction of challenging skin tones and detailed textures. Three densities of black, comprising a standard photo or matte black (selected automatically depending on the media) plus a light black and light light black, create a perfect tonal range.

This combination of black inks also means that prints are free from bronzing, with a uniform surface appearance without discernible difference between light and dark areas. In addition metamerism is reduced, ensuring grey tones are consistent no matter what light source they are viewed under.

The optional in-line SpectroProofer ensures consistent, repeatable colour accuracy when using different media, rapidly measuring control strips and colour charts when creating ICC profiles and print

verification results.

Martin Johns, market development manager for large format printers at Epson UK, says: “Not only do the Epson Stylus Pro 7890 and Epson Stylus Pro 9890 offer first class colour reproduction but they also represent a big boost in productivity. They have a high production speed aided by Epson’s Automatic Droplet Detection System to identify blocked nozzles without intervention. Both devices carry photo and matte black inks simultaneously and the built-in rotary knife means prints are cut quickly and cleanly while the improved supply handling means paper rolls are changed effortlessly in seconds.

“These features offer significant benefits in terms of saved cost and time to our customers.”

The Epson Stylus Pro 7890 is priced at £2595 and the Epson Stylus Pro 9890 is priced at £5195.

Both models will be available to purchase from 1st January 2011. www.epson.co.uk

Roland extends metallic ink printer range Following the strong uptake of the VersaCAMM VS-640 with its metallic and white ink capabilities, Roland DG (UK) has extended the choice offered by its innovative print and cut technology with the addition of three cost effective more compact models. Designated the VersaCAMM VS-540, VS-420 and VS-300, the 1.37 m, 1.07 m and 0.76 m printers utilise the same dedicated feed and print-head mechanism as the 1.62 m version, offering users the benefits of advanced ink handling technology and high quality results.

The versatile Roland VersaCAMM VS family is available in three options, with a CMYKLcLm configuration plus metallic and white and a standard six colour ink version. The third solution for users wanting to benefit from fast, economical production is for dual CMYK which is aligned in a mirrored array for achieving quality output at higher production speeds.

The VersaCAMM VS series also benefits from Roland OnSupport which gives users remote tracking capabilities of their printers’ activities. This on-line support system automatically sends e-mails direct to a computer or mobile phone with important notifications, such as when a job has been completed or when ink is running low. This feature enables the printer to run unattended as operators can rely on receiving real time critical production information when they are away from the machine.

Being able to run the machine unattended is also enhanced by the printer’s advanced media handling system. The take up unit on the VS enables it to automatically rewind the media after printing so that it’s perfectly positioned for the subsequent contour cutting. Once complete, it then moves the contour cut output onto the take up, all without any operator intervention.

In common with their larger counterpart, the three new Roland VersaCAMM VS machines are designed from the ground up to incorporate the company’s Eco-Sol Max metallic and white inks. These are complemented by CMYKLcLm which, combined with the specially configured print-head array, output stunning results that also benefit from the company’s library of more than 500 metallic shades.

It is straightforward to integrate metallic colours, pearlescent shades and white into signs and displays onto all industry standard materials which are compatible with Roland’s Eco-Sol Max inks. The VersaCAMM VS family also benefits from the company’s pioneering print and cut capabilities, enabling precision contour cutting 8

of signs, stickers, decals and labels all of which can be raised to new creative dimensions with the inclusion of metallic and white elements.

Spurred on by the immediate success following the initial launch of metallic ink in its SolJet Pro III XC-540MT print and cut machine, Roland designed and engineered the very compact and remarkably low-priced VersaCAMM VS-640. This machine, which was launched in February 2010, takes precision one step further with a newly designed print-head configured in an array to enable high-speed bi-directional production without banding.

The construction of the ink feed in the VersaCAMM VS series is designed to accommodate the viscosity of both metallic and white formulations, ensuring accurate and seamless integration with the standard colour palette. Users are guaranteed easy and consistent operation, with Roland’s recirculation system keeping the inks mixed and in the correct suspension which eliminates clogging of the particles and costly, time consuming maintenance and cleaning cycles.

Roland’s Intelligent Pass Control and the greater range from the variable dots generated by the new generation print-head result in consistently vibrant and accurate output, with smooth gradations and vivid solid shades. The integrated recirculation function in the VersaCAMM VS range of machines means that there are no fluctuations in density, and the correct combination of metallic, white and colours is assured during printing.

Aware of the opportunities available using metallic and white inks in a versatile print and cut unit, Roland’s decision to launch three smaller versions of its existing low-cost 1.62 m machine brings the technology within reach of the growing volumes of users wanting a compact solution for narrower width production. This is particularly important for the label and decal market sectors, both of which are becoming vital areas for sign-makers, display producers and commercial printers looking for higher margin, top quality ink-jet applications.

Because all Roland printers are supplied with the company’s versatile VersaWorks RIP, it is easy for users to integrate metallics and white into their workflow without having to invest in additional software. Using any industry standard graphics’ package, the RIP interprets the metallic layers available in the Roland Color System Library and blends them with process colours and white for dazzling results formerly only achievable using the screen process or offset litho. www.rolanddg.co.uk Copy Shop News | October 2010

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XEIKON ANNOUNCES NEW SERIES SIMPLY

Xeikon announces the expansion of its successful family of digital label presses to four models which are now collectively named the Xeikon 3000 Series and includes one completely new model –the Xeikon 3050– and an upgraded replacement for the original Xeikon 3000 model called the Xeikon 3030.

The new entry level Xeikon 3030 will be introduced worldwide at the Labelexpo Americas exhibition in Chicago (14 -16 September 2010), where the recently announced flagship model, Xeikon 3500, will also be demonstrated for the first time in North America.

“Since we introduced the Xeikon 3000 at Labelexpo Americas 2008 and the Xeikon 3300 at drupa 2008, our sales revenues in the label market have grown substantially despite the economic downturn,” says Filip Weymans, Business Development Manager Labels & Packaging at Xeikon. “Label applications are ideal to take advantage of the flexibility of our technology. Our award winning presses now form the strongest and broadest range in the market, from the new entry-level Xeikon 3030 up to the Xeikon 3500, which is the most productive digital label press in the market.”

The four presses all deliver the same print quality and are divided into two maximum web widths: 330 mm (13”) and 516 mm (20.3”), with each width available in entry level or the higher productivity versions. Entry level versions are designed to be field upgraded to the wider and/or faster specifications as the user’s business grows, without having to make any concessions in print quality.

All models can print on an unrivalled range of substrates without pre-coat, including various self adhesive materials such as co-extruded films, Bopp, PVC and PET, paperboards, paper with weights ranging from 40 to 350 gsm and transparent and opaque foils.

The Xeikon 3000 Series line-up

Xeikon 3030: the newly upgraded 330 mm (13”) web width entry model that makes it easy for label converters to produce their applications digitally. The press is field upgradeable to any of the higher Xeikon models allowing customers to grow as their business expands. The Xeikon 3030 replaces the original Xeikon 3000. It features the latest enhancements to the print engine and runs the QA-I toner. The print speed is up to 9,6 m/ min (31.5 ft/min). Existing Xeikon 3000 presses can be upgraded the new Xeikon 3030.

Xeikon 3050 a new entry point for converters that benefit from running a web width wider than 330 mm (13”) based on the application. Maximum web width can go up to 516 mm (20.3”). This press also runs at up to 9,6 m/ min (31.5 ft/min) and is upgradable to a Xeikon 3500.

Xeikon 3300: Xeikon’s best selling high volume label press, built for use with the most common web width of 330 mm (13”), but also capable of handling a web width as narrow as 200 mm (7.9”), running at speeds up to 19,2 m/min (63 ft/min).

Xeikon 3500: the flagship model, announced in May 2010, comes with a printing speed of 19,2 m/min (63 ft/ min) and the wider 516 mm (20.3”) maximum web width (and also capable of handling a web width as narrow ad 250 mm (9.8”), making it the most productive label press today. The press can produce up to 570 square meters (6,135 square ft) per hour on a wide range of substrates. The Xeikon 3500 allows label converters to digitally address a wider range of applications and opens up new opportunities to maximize digital production.

Continuous innovation dedicated to label production

All presses of the Xeikon 3000 Series include the latest enhancements to the print station and are based on Xeikon’s LED toner print engine technology. The full rotary printing, with variable repeat length, ensures that speed is not affected by the label size nor the number of colors used.

The 3000 Series also take advantage of Xeikon’s X-800 digital front end. Based on open standards, the X-800 can be integrated into any production environment and its modular setup allows users to manage different aspects of production in the most efficient manner possible. Equipped with the new Adobe PDF Print Engine, this next generation of PDF native RIP offers even greater reliability, consistency and predictability from application to output and supports the latest transparency effects.

Food safe toners

The Xeikon 3000 Series use the new QA-I toner, which meets all the applicable FDA guidelines for indirect food contact under room temperature and less severe conditions as well as direct food contact for dry food substances containing no surface oil or fat under the same conditions. This was investigated by the internationally recognised and scientifically skilled Keller & Heckmann law firm, based on the very detailed composition of the Xeikon toner materials. www.xeikon.com 10

PYRAMID

Pyramid Display Materials has rebranded their entire digital media and ink range under the Simply banner. The Simply brand umbrella now reflects the full range of media required by the modern display producer from high end technical products manufactured by MACtac to highly competitive basic medias where cost is a consideration for the job.

The updated Simply range makes it easy for both experienced and new users of inkjet technology to produce visually stunning applications.

A new Simply product guide is now available from Pyramid. Designed as an easy to use reference tool it is colour coded by technology and utilises unique application icons. The guide has also been digitally produced in A3 for Pyramid’s sales teams to present the entire product range in detail to prospective customers.

Head of Sales and Marketing for Pyramid, Neil McCarthy, explains how keeping it Simple, will work for Pyramids customers “When you look through our new Simply product guide we have made it simple for our customers to focus on the exact product they are looking for whilst also linking products that are naturally compatible. This simplifies selection for applications such as floor graphics, pop up banner production and vehicle wrapping films” The new Simply Product Guide is available by contacting your local Pyramid sales office or you can order it directly from www.pyramiddisplay.co.uk

Adobe Delivers HTML5 Pack for Illustrator CS5

Adobe Systems Incorporated has announced immediate availability of the Adobe HTML5 Pack for Adobe Illustrator CS5, the industry leading vector graphics software, used extensively by designers of mobile device and web content. This pack provides initial support for HTML5 and CSS3 and extends the scalable vector graphics (SVG) capability in Illustrator, making it easier to design, deliver and optimise compelling content for mobile devices and the web.

By delivering this extension and supporting open standards, Adobe empowers developers, publishers and designers to make their own choices about how to create, distribute and access content.

The HTML5 Pack for Illustrator CS5 is immediately available on Adobe Labs a s a free download, at http:// labs.adobe.com/downloads/illustrator_html5.html.

Users can also create web widgets with Illustrator by generating dynamic vector art for data-driven web workflows, and map artwork appearance attributes from designer to developer tools by exporting from the Illustrator Appearance Panel to CSS3. www.adobe.com/go/illustrator_html5.

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NEW PRODUCTS

EFI Launches EFI eXpress for Xerox for Production Printing EFI has launched the EFI eXpress for Xerox 4.1 for wide format printing. Based on the proven EFI Colorproof XF, BESTColor and Fiery technology, eXpress ensures exact colour management and a valuable set of production tools. With the experience of creating the award winning Fiery print controllers for millions of users, EFI was able to design an easy to use software RIP to give copy shops, and printers the means to create high quality production prints, photos, validation and even contract proofs.

EFI eXpress for Xerox

EFI eXpress for Xerox v4.1 is a Production Software RIP. It is easy to set up, easy to use, and provides high fidelity production prints. Even inexperienced or occasional users will easily be able to operate the comprehensive set of production tools for resizing, cropping, rotating and nesting.

EFI eXpress for Xerox Printer Bundles

Xerox has chosen to have EFI eXpress for Xerox as an option for both the Xerox 7142 and the rest of its wide format printer range. “Xerox has partnered with EFI as a recognised market leader in graphic RIP software,” said Howard Witt, Wide Format Manager, Xerox Europe. “EFI has developed this unique production version of its eXpress RIP software. Xerox can now offer customers the Xerox 7142 colour printer with a low-cost powerful software workflow that is familiar and easy to use, and which can grow with their business needs to the full EFI software suite.

Print it, Pack it & Protect it!

In-store dry lab solutions all wrapped up.

Following on from the phenomenal success with their range of plastic postal tubes, rose plastic have introduced an attractive range of plastic print boxes.

This modern, UK manufactured range of plastic print boxes is currently available in 3 business card options, promotional wallet, standard and double, as well as DL/ Compliment slip, A4 & A5 variations.

Craig North, UK Sales & Marketing Manager for rose plastic, explains: “Customers have found success with our plastic postal tube product range. Since their launch we have received many requests for similar designed product protection and display for the print and paper markets. The new range of print boxes compliment our current postal and document tubes beautifully” Lightweight and user-friendly, the plastic print boxes are designed to offer both print protection as well as a professional image with contents immediately visible. rose plastic’s print boxes are transparent, as standard, but are available in a whole range of different colours to suit customer preferences subject to production quantities. They can also be customised with corporate logos to reflect a company’s brand identity.

Manufactured from water resistant polypropylene (PP), all boxes are fully recyclable, as well as being extremely durable and user-friendly. rose plastic UK Ltd supplies a wide range of industries, from cosmetics to cutting tools, promotional gifts to motor sport. The company prides itself on the development of innovative new products and the high quality, dedicated service it offers to its customers. rose plastic provides a complete design, manufacture and supply service and works in partnership with its customers to provide cost effective and highly efficient packaging solutions.

Further information on plastic packaging can be found at the website www. rose-plastic.co.uk or by contacting Craig North at rose plastic on 01709 721794 or email: craig.north@rose-plastic.co.uk.

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Mitsubishi’s latest range of retail solutions are designed specifically for high street stores, from smaller independents and pharmacies that want to offer instant digital prints and ID photos, to larger stores that want to be able to offer a complete one stop solution that includes photo gifts.

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Independent retailers Easy to install: Plug and Play Easy to use: Simple and Friendly 4"x6", 5"x7" & 6"x9" instant prints Biometric Photo ID Calendar, mosaic and collage options

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Medium to large retailers Easy to operate Up to 800 4"x6" prints per hour* Cost effective full production system Expandable solution Value added services available

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• Easy to install and follow software • Quick and simple to assemble albums & calendars • 4"x6", 6"x9" and 8"x10" albums available • 4"x6" and 6"x9" calendars available • Create in store or at home Tel: 01707 278684 | Fax: 01707 278541 mitsubishielectric.co.uk/vis | printer.info@meuk.mee.com

NEW PRODUCTS

Wider VersaUV opens more versatility

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ollowing the success of its VersaUV LEC-330 innovative roll and sheet fed UV-curable print and cut solution, Roland DG (UK) has introduced a 1370 mm (54 inch) version which will appeal to users looking for high quality and niche application areas.

Incorporating the company’s LED curing technology and flexible inks, which include a highly opaque white and clear varnish, the new VersaUV LEC-540 is designed to output very fine quality displays, customised and prototyped packaging, control panels, labels and decals as well as industrial applications.

With a maximum resolution of 1,440 x 1,440 dpi and the ability to support thicker/rigid materials up to 1 mm, the Roland VersaUV LEC-540 benefits from a refined LED curing system for long life high production, and a new ink circulation system for lower running costs. The machine can be used to output matte and gloss clear varnish which can be applied in multiple layers to produce special effects and tactile finishes, including Braille.

The integrated cutting capabilities of the LEC-540 now incorporate new cutting, perforating and creasing tools, with the machine’s table unit enabling thicker

materials to be handled efficiently. Its versatility enables users to produce a vast range of high quality printed, cut, creased and folded applications from a single system, enhanced by the ability to output sophisticated gloss and matte textures.

Included with the VersaUV LEC-540, as with all Roland ink-jet systems, is the company’s VersaWorks RIP. This comprehensive software solution includes 72 ready to use textures and special finishes so that users can easily produce unusual and distinctive effects which, hitherto, have not been available from a wide-format ink-jet printer.

Fine detail and sharp, clear text are enhanced with the use of Roland Intelligent Pass Control technology, with ease of set-up and production level print speeds allowing time saving and efficient throughput of single and multiple jobs. Users can choose from three ink combinations of CMYK plus white and clear, CMYK plus two white ink channels for high opacity or CMYK plus two clear varnish channels, ideal for multi-layer effects.

Designed to output to most materials, the LEC-540 prints and cuts to a range of packaging substrates,

New digital paper

A new digital paper that is guaranteed suitable for digital presses, copiers and multifunction machines has been launched by Premier Paper Group. Silver Image Laser is also the glossiest colour laser paper on the market and boasts unrivalled productivity, economy and print quality.

Premier’s digital sales director, John Vic, explains: “Silver Image Laser is a huge advance in digital papers. It has been designed especially for colour laser printing and has features that provide the consistency and running reliability that anyone operating digital presses or copiers needs. For example it has a special surface treatment that helps to achieve a perfect image and a single coating that make it particularly resistant to blistering.

“Consistent conductivity throughout the sheet means that it achieves best toner adhesion and that, combined with high stiffness and bulk means that it delivers excellent results time after time. Dependable performance also adds to quality and economy, with virtually no misfeeds. This means every click you pay for is a quality impression that you can sell.”

Silver Image Laser has been extensively laboratory tested and at the recent IPEX exhibition, it was subjected to one of the most probing tests of all; being the chosen stock used by Ricoh to demonstrate its latest equipment 12

vinyls, films and papers, artists’ canvases and industrial products. Its long-life LED curing lamps ensure finished prints need no additional drying time, and its fine quality output is suitable for very close viewing.

“We’re pleased to add this wider version of Roland’s UV-curable print and cut technology to our portfolio of versatile ink-jet products,” states Brett Newman, Technical Director of Roland DG (UK). “The potential of the VersaUV is continually being discovered by users wanting to move into niche markets where special effects across a wide range of materials and different types of application can be produced to very exacting standards. The generous size of this new machine will enable increasingly innovative displays to be created and generated whilst the improved cutting and creasing tools benefit the labelling, prototyping and packaging sectors.” www.rolanddg.co.uk

under the scrutiny of some of the UK and Europe’s most demanding print professionals. In front of exhibition goers, Ricoh produced a yachting magazine and a special edition, fully bound version of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland.

Andy Campbell, Printing Innovations manager at Ricoh Europe said: “Silver Image Laser was thoroughly tested prior to IPEX at our European Media Qualification Centre and it was used on all of our presses, both digital and multifunctional throughout the eight day event. Its runablity, reliability and quality ensured that I didn’t have to worry about media for the stand during the event. The two finished printed samples that we produced shone.”

Available in three surfaces — Gloss, Matt and Supergloss — substance ranges from 115-350gsm and standard A4, A3 and SRA3 sizes, Silver Image Laser is printable on both sides and offers accurate cutting and finishing for perfect registration. Supergloss is a unique one sided high gloss sheet, printable on both sides and available in 160, 210 and 250gsm. It has an incredible gloss tappi of 90%, making it the glossiest laser paper on the market.

Silver Image Laser is FSC certified and the mill holds the ISO14001 standard.

To obtain samples email silverimagelaser@paper.co.uk or call 0121 313 7516 Copy Shop News | October 2010

Wire Binding Plastic Comb Binding Spiral Binding Laminating Personalised Covers

Corel’s new design suite for print, web and video

Corel Corporation has announced the launch of CorelDRAW Premium Suite X5, a new product based on the award winning CorelDRAW Graphics Suite. This new release is designed for the graphic design professional that requires an expanded set of capabilities for vector illustration, website creation, image editing, advanced Flash animation and video editing.

CorelDRAW Premium Suite X5 is a versatile solution for graphic design professionals who need to create and display visuals across a wide range of media. With an expanded set of web and video output capabilities, users of the Premium Suite will enjoy even greater flexibility and freedom as part of their design workflow.

“Through ongoing discussions with our CorelDRAW community, we know that a significant portion of our users were creating websites and videos.

This feedback plays a key role in helping to shape our product strategy and we have responded by delivering an expanded suite that addresses this need for a wider range of output options,” said Petter Nordwall, Director International Product Management at Corel. “CorelDRAW Premium Suite X5 is our first step towards a fully integrated multimedia suite consistent with the needs of our users and the requirements of the print and digital media design industry.”

In addition to the new website, Flash and video authoring applications, CorelDRAW Premium Suite includes enhanced vector illustration and page layout, image editing and bitmap to vector tracing. The new suite also includes valuable content and enhanced features including a reinvented colour management engine, a variety of enhanced precision tools, a hard cover guidebook that provides techniques and tips for users of all skill levels.

Moreover, CorelDRAW Premium Suite gives access to millions of free and for purchase stock images from leading online photo sites such as Fotolia and iStockphoto. Users will be able to create with confidence and get started quickly on numerous projects for a wide variety of industries.

CorelDRAW Premium Suite X5 Highlights include: • Efficient Photo Editing with Corel PHOTO-PAINT™ X5: A professional image editing application for retouching and enhancing photos.

• Complete Website Creation with Corel Website Creator X5: A new application to build and manage websites including all the technical development capabilities needed to create a sophisticated online presence.

• High-Speed Video Editing with Corel VideoStudio Pro X3: A powerful and fast end to end video production package for producing professional quality video.

• Powerful Flash Animation with SWiSH Max3: A complete Flash animation authoring application to create animations that include text, images, graphics, video, and sound.

• Accurately Convert Bitmaps with Corel PowerTRACE X5: Quickly and accurately convert bitmaps into editable vector graphics.

• Easily Capture Images with Corel CAPTURE X5: A one click screen capture utility to capture images from your computer screen.

• Export Images with PhotoZoom Pro: A plug-in to enlarge digital images and export them from Corel PHOTO-PAINT X5.

• Secure File Compression with WinZip 14.5 Pro: The world’s most popular zip utility for file compression, encryption, sharing, and data backup.

• Industry-leading file format compatibility: Including import support for latest Adobe Illustrator CS5 and Adobe Photoshop CS5 formats.

• Instant Access to Online Content through Corel CONNECT: Integration with leading online photo sites including Fotolia and iStockphoto® gives users access to millions of images for various projects.

CorelDRAW Premium Suite X5 is now available at a suggested retail price (SRP) of £239 for the upgrade version and £579 for the full version ex. VAT. Visit www.corel.com

We think binding should be as simple as possible...

Known for Quality Known for Service Known for Reliability To get started log onto www.RENZ.co.uk or email sales@renz.co.uk

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Binding Made Simple

SITE OF THE MONTH

Elmstok wins SOTM

Elmstok.co.uk wins the coveted CSN site of the month award for October 2010 in recognition of their brand new, improved website, for all your binding, laminating and print finishing equipment and supplies.

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ssential viewing for everyone in professional print presentation, including copy shops, digital printers, in-house print rooms, CRD’s and FM’s.

This months relaunch features: • Simple and user-friendly navigation with categorised products, including up-todate special offers page.

• Used/refurbished machines section - large database of pre-owned machines including guillotines, binding, laminating and other print finishing systems at very competitive prices, updated daily.

• Quick and easy product/enquiry form, with improved search section.

• Largest UK stockist on most of the advertised products including IDEAL Guillotines, Xyron Pro, Channel / Impress Bind and Renz binding systems.

• Special discounted prices based on customer’s requirements.

Behind all this wonderful new technology you will still find the trusted friendly team, which has been going for more than 30 years. The personal service is a benchmark to the instant part of the print industry, with advice readily available.

Elmstok have extended their shop window with this fully functional easy to navigate website, but importantly, appreciate we do not all want to invest without service. Customers are welcome to visit the brand new showroom warehouse which adjoins the original premises, for a demonstration on how best to improve print finishing.

Customer help and support is available 7 days a week, including online video demonstrations of specific machines.

Orders can be placed via telephone, fax or email with Next Day Delivery available.

Elmstok Document Presentation Systems and Printing Supplies , visit: www.elmstok.co.uk , tel: (01945) 463434, email: sales@elmstok.co.uk.

Copy Shop News The award for Copy Shop News Website of the Month goes to Elmstok.co.uk October 2010

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A coated paper specially created for colour laser printing on all leading makes of colour digital and multifunctional printing machines, including Brother, Canon, Epson, HP, Kodak, Konica Minolta, Kyocera, Lexmark, Oce, Oki, Ricoh and Xerox. n Available in 3 surface finishes – Gloss, Matt and Supergloss n Substance range 115 to 350gsm in 3 standard sizes: A4, A3, SRA3 n FSC certified n Consistent conductivity across the sheet giving excellent toner fixation and near perfect image reproduction n Accurate cutting and finishing for perfect registration n Excels in light and heavyweight applications giving consistent performance from 115 through to 350gsm n Silver Image Laser is the perfect choice for high volume printers giving optimum machine productivity and finishing. Using Silver Image Laser means fewer problems, fewer clicks and less wasted paper.

Silver Image Laser really is this good, but don’t take our word for it, try it for your self.

Email silverimagelaser@paper.co.uk or call 0121 313 7516 and request a free A4 or SRA3 sample pack

THE NEW

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6 x A1 prints per minute 600 x 600 DPI simple touch screen control 100% toner efficient copy, print & scan to file keycode user upgrades colour scan to file/colour copy to inkjet unlimited FREE client licences internet printing full access & cost control real time image viewing variety of optional finishing devices

KIP 3100 WIDE FORMAT SYSTEM

Serious times call for serious tools. With trading tight and margins under pressure the brand new KIP 3100 could be the best bit of news you and your business have heard for a while.

Fast, versatile and so easy to use that anyone familiar with www.kipuk.com an office copier can get outstanding, effortless results every time, the KIP 3100 quite simply outperforms any other wide format system in its class.

Winner of the 2008 BERTL’S BEST Award for Best Decentralised Multi-Function Printer, every feature of the KIP 3100 translates into faster, more cost-effective turnaround on a wider range of work – giving you that vital advantage in a highly competitive market.

To find out more about the award winning KIP 3100 print system email us at kip3100@kipuk.com or just call us on 01327 304601.

www.kipuk.com

NEW BUSINESS

Print your own wallpaper!?

You can personalise virtually everything these days it seems – so why not offer a personalised wallpaper service? Equipped with the right printer, relatively simple software and a choice of papers and vinyls you can produce some stunning wall coverings, murals and wall art. much more. Mirage is a plug-in for Adobe Photoshop and InDesign which gives unlimited print length. It is designed to work with all Epson Stylus Pro printers and allows you to print directly without the need for RIPs. Think carefully about the printer you use. It really should be an eco-solvent based printer to produce stunning and long lasting results. The Epson Stylus Pro GS6000 64in large format inkjet printer uses its own specially developed Ultrachrome GS 8-colour inks, which are eco-solvent type inks and so low in VOCs so what little smell there is on printing, quickly disappears. No additional ventilation is required so it can be sited in a normal working environment.

This is a flexible workhorse and can produce a huge variety of display products – not just for budding and professional interior designers, but for popular display graphics applications too.

Once a luxury of the super rich, bespoke wallpaper is now making its way into a home near you. Get ahead of the trend and investigate this exciting new market.

Explore the Stylus Pro GS6000 at www.epson.co.uk and exceed your vision.

The creative potential of home and office walls is endless. You can turn rooms into forest clearings, create your own designs and murals or blow up favourite photographs and maps and cover the walls.

Home makeover television programmes have shown what can be achieved quite easily without it costing the earth and put it within reach of everyone.

Commercial interiors are also seeing an unprecedented rise in creative wall coverings, from a simple pattern of corporate logos and brand identities to creative interpretations of the nature of the business, as architects begin to realise that the design inside of buildings is as important as the exterior.

Wall paper printing is not as complicated as you might think.

There are a few considerations to bear in mind. Kitchen and bathroom wall coverings need to be more robust than bedroom wallpaper.

Do you want it to be textured, smooth, washable etc?

Design and printer software can often limit the size of a print. Although Adobe InDesign has a maximum page length of 5.4m, not every application is so generous, and some wall coverings may require

PUNCHBIND TO LAUNCH

Autumn sees the launch of a new document finishing solutions company. Punchbind, based in the south west, will focus on supplying a full range of ‘on demand’ products to the digital print shop/ print room environment. As well as aiming to be a key source of equipment and supplies in this area, Punchbind have plans to introduce new products to the UK digital print finishing market.

Sales and marketing director Jonathan Naylor says , ‘Being based in the south west means we will naturally focus on being a useful resource and closer point of contact for the many printers and print rooms in this area. Devon and Cornwall are sometimes regarded as ‘unknown territory’ for national suppliers but in reality this area has a wealth of dedicated and quality printers serving both the local area and the UK. For these companies Punchbind can bring leading products a little closer to home and provide a quality service on their doorstep’.

As exclusive suppliers to the south west, Punchbind represent James Burn International punching and binding equipment and Foliant lamination systems.

Both product ranges offering the latest ‘on demand’ and digital finishing

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solutions to today’s instant print market such as the automatic Docupunch from James Burn and Foliant’s latest pneumatic pressure laminators. Punchbind also represent selected products from the IFS – Horizon equipment range such as the versatile Horizon suction PF-P330 folder – ideal for handling digital stock in the print room environment.

Says Naylor, ‘With over 20 years experience and knowledge of this industry, I want to bring products to market from a quality and reliability aspect, that I would be happy to buy myself, but that also represent a positive solution to today’s demanding digital print environment. More and more the finishing system has to be as ‘push button’ and easy to use as possible and Punchbind will be focusing on supplying this type of modern digital solution - through its existing partnerships with leading suppliers, but also through introducing new brands and products in to the UK under the exclusive Punchbind umbrella’.

New products include a compact and environmentally friendly mini UV coating machine from the States, and a new range of heavy duty, wide format, all in one, punching, perforating and creasing machines from Europe. They will also be launching a unique new A2 ‘micro perf. machine and an A2 manual creasing machine. www.punchbind.co.uk 01548 560212 info@punchbind.co.uk

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FEATURE

Evolve from Design to Print

Design and print company Box 3 Creative Studio have enhanced their rapidly expanding print division with the introduction of a Duplo DC-445 creaser with integrated folder, purchased from The Finishing Point.

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he Midlands based company, established in 2005, have seen their business grow from a predominantly design business into a fully fledged design and print outfit as Shaun Goddard, partner explains; “We began as a design company as that is the collective core skill and passion of the three partners of Box 3. However, we have come from a print background so we all understand print and what it takes to run a print business. It was not long until we realised that we should strongly consider offering print as part of our services to give a ‘complete solution’ to our customers.”

In 2006 they invested in a Xerox DocuColor 250 to enable them to cater for the shorter run jobs from clients, where it was deemed too expensive and time consuming to send out to commercial print. Then, with run lengths falling and quicker turnaround times 18

in higher demand, Box 3 decided to bolster their print service.

“We started with the Xerox but we soon found that the finishing area was where we were bottlenecking. We only had hand finishing to start with but our ‘complete solution service’ gave us a lot of referral work which put pressure on our processes. It was clear we needed to consider an all in one finishing solution that ticked lots of boxes”.

He continued, “We liked The Finishing Point as they had been extremely proactive with the service support for our IDEAL guillotine, and they really understood our issues on the finishing side and offered us a great solution.

We then invested in the DC-445 which immediately freed up the bottleneck of hand creasing, and enabled us to cut, crease and perforate in one pass. It made a very big difference, very quickly.”

“However, we were still having to

hand fold.”

Having recognised the need for automatic folding, the plan was to first consolidate the new creaser, gain more business, then invest in a folder to become more efficient in the future.

“It wasn’t our intention to re-invest in the print room until 2011. However we went to IPEX and we were really impressed by the ease of use, flexibility and speed of the Integrated Folder that went inline to the DC-445. We could see a direct benefit with making this purchase to our customers receiving an improved service, so we brought our investments plans forward and we haven’t looked back since.” comments Shaun.

Duplo’s recently launched Integrated Folding System allows printers to fully finish different applications such as greeting cards, CD covers, folded ‘tent’ business cards, brochures, leaflets and many more without additional

operators. The knife folder incorporates two knife folds making it ideal for parallel fold applications such as letter and gate folds. With a speed of up to 50 sheets per minute, the new folder matches the capabilities of Duplo’s DC445 and can also be by passed for no fold applications. The DC-445 can cater up to 350gsm, up to 15 creases on one sheet and features optional perforation and slitter modules.

Box 3 have found that on a particular 4pp A4 job they could save up to two hours production time (including print and finishing), on a run of 1,000 copies.

They have even begun taking back litho work from their trade printers, after the printing stage, then finishing in house which has enabled them to “gain back the control of our printing, and offer a smoother service to our client base”. www.box-3.co.uk www.thefinishingpoint.co.uk Copy Shop News | October 2010

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DIGITAL IMAGING

Stand and Deliver Love it or loathe it you cannot ignore it. The social neworking site is a part of the daily life of a large part of the developed world’s population and will only become more invasive. Martin Christie, writes....

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f you think this is just for spotty teenagers and sad anoraks who never get out or have a life in the real world, think again. Of Facebook’s reported 500 million users worldwide, more than half access the site at some time every day.

This is too large and valuable a resource to ignore, and is a highly practical way of passing on message and details as well as images. Most businesses now trading on the web find it essential to have a Facebook and a Twitter to have a dialogue with potential customers.

If Jenson Button ( “The_Real_JB” to you tweeters) has got time to twitter his fans from the McClaren garage during a Grand Prix, then a print shop can surely find a few moments to talk to the world about its services.

That’s outputting information, but just as important is the input if you are going to use this resource as a commercial tool. It’s impossible to predict the future of Facebook itself, but with the complimentary development of sophisticated mobile phones with complex networking capabilities, it’s inevitable that instant image access will be an accessory as essential as a watch.

Of course, we now take the receiving of files by email as a matter of routine, and large files by shared server sites as normal practice. Images from web sites directly always have resolution issues, because they tend to be small files from the outset.Those from shared sites like FB are more of an issue because they will have been altered, compressed and generally doctored by the software used in uploaded, so that regardless of apparent size, deterioration in quality will have occurred.

A couple of high street retailers have tried to exploit this resource with file sharing accounts but with varied success. Essentially any downloaded prints will be limited on size of enlargement, and may be corrupted not just in colour registration and clarity, but in fragmentation of pixels. Stretching and squeezing of the original may also take place which will be exaggerated in any reproduction.

Software boffins are working on the problem inevitably, as manufacturers can see the potential growth area.

Fujifilm, who supply many of the surviving high street mini lab outlets, are introducing a new SmartPix software that will allow customers to download

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images directly from Facebook to the printer kiosk. Fujifilm customers can also upload images direct to their server.

On line storage of original images is obviously the answer to retain quality and convenience of transfer, and a number of image library sites are available. This, and the archive and cataloging issues that go with multiple file saving - do you save it by name, or date or location etc - are likely to be beyond the average customer. In fact by

its very nature print on demand service usually means that it is a spur of the moment decision rather than a planned one. The printer has to be able to react to immediate needs and not expect the customer to have forthought !

How many times a day do you hear at the counter “Yes, but we need it today” regardless of any practical considerations of time or other physical issues. You can stick your head in the sand and declare it’s not your problem,

but if there is a solution, you can be the hero of the day, or at least charge a premium for resolving it. And that is as true for designers who have spent all the available lead-in time on origination, and left no time for the actual production, as the off the street customer who needs an instant present of a mug or a T shirt taken from a mobile phone.

Sometimes it’s just a case of what you can do in the time and at such a price. Mitsubishi may not be one of the prominent names in the copy shop environment, but with a long history of practical image solutions in medical and industrial context their products tend not only to be top quality, but bullet proof.

After visiting Colour Division in London some months ago, where Mitsubishi’s Easy Photo self-service photo printers have been successfully blended into a busy digital print shop, we had a chance to pop one on the counter in Brighton for an extended period for a proper evaluation.

The principle is hardly new, but the package is. Kodak came to us over eight years ago with one of their early stand alone yellow boxes and I was fairly sceptical about it at the time.

Even my limited experience of copy shop customers at that time left me in no doubt that their idea of a customer friendly press and print interface might be fine in the calm confines of Kodak’s R&D room, but would drive the on demand instant market to distraction.

Things have moved on. We have all (or most of us) had to learn to be more computer literate and savy in order to do the simplest of things like filling in a form or purchasing a railway ticket, so a touch screen with options is a more familiar sight.

All the manufacturers have learned from those early development days.

As well as the controls, they have also had to keep pace with the huge scale increase of image size and quantity.

When they were introduced, stand alone kiosks had to swallow nothing larger than an 8mb card which came with most compact cameras as standard. Now an 8GB would not be a surprise, with all the additional computing capacity and complication that it demands.

The beauty of Mitsubishi’s little box of tricks is that it comes in two solid pieces, compact computer and screen, and the printer, a CP9550DW, connected by USB cable. This means the touch screen can be placed on the counter and the printer itself elsewhere if need be, rather than the standard piggy back arrangement. Either way it’s not a massive footprint in the shop, and most counters should be able to accommodate it.

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screen close to the main counter is that staff can monitor (no pun intended) activity. This is not just a safety but a sales issue. Add on value is suggesting additional services for particular images - inkjet enlargements, canvas etc.

Mitsubishi themselves have a selection of handy products, books and calendars, for instant gifts, as well as lots of attractive point of sale to go with them.

The basic printer is a roll fed dye sublimation type capable of 4x6 in standard prints, photographic quality and surface laminated. This is tried

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and tested technology that produces faultless images with no issues of wastage on prints that have gone wrong through being the wrong colour or having lines like toner printers trying to reproduce full colour photographs. If the customer wants photo quality, this is it.

Sure it’s only a small sized print, but it’s the standard handy for home albums and table frames, and it’s a nice little product to compliment the digital print shop either for one offs or longer runs.

You can offer a one-off print for around 46 pence and make a heatlhy profit,

or come down to half that or less for batch runs. Each paper roll will rattle out about 600 prints, and you can rely on it to just do that without a misfeed. Just remember to empty the catch tray !

The computer can be password protected for several users. You can set price per unit and per quantity which is added and totalled on the screen as the customer makes selection and has to accept the transaction before printing occurs. If you don’t want the customer in control, you can just operate the printing for them. It can additionally be plugged into a receipt printer.

The working face of the computer takes all manner of cards and sticks as you might expect - can burn cds or dvds, and accept phone images via bluetooth.

The last little trick is quite handy for those instant gift images mentioned earlier. Taking a low resolution phone image and creating a relatively high resolution hard copy gives you a fairly decent original to work from rather than trying to manipulate a digital version. A decent scan from it might well enlarge several times.

We let everyone have a play with the Mitsubishi Easy Print without instruction as a test and nobody had any problem with it. They all agreed it was user friendly. I must admit the customers didn’t include the elderly gentleman I overheard in another high street outlet trying to argue with the automated voice machine in an instant passport booth. There’s always an exception.

Small quality printers like the Mitsubishi are the perfect answer to

the instant internet generation’s needs.

The Easy Photo and printer are priced around £1500.

Alongside the Easy Print, we also had Mitsubishi’s larger model, the CP3899DW, capable of 8x10in and up to A4 sized prints. We liked the old CP3020 model so much when we tested it some years ago that we bought one. The new one is roll fed and much more economical and convenient for longer runs.

If you have a regular demand for photo quality then this is the beast to have in the stable. It produces superb quality prints from any application including Windows Photo Print as the machine’s own colour profiling is extremely consistent. With sublimation ink there are no heads to block or toner to streak, so as with its smaller stable mate, there is no issue of faulty prints in the bin.

Needless to say other mini photo printers are available, but we can happily recommend Mitsubishi’s solutions after a long and successful professional relationship.

For more information contact mitsubishielectric.co.uk (They don’t have a Facebook page at the moment sorry)

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Many of you have expressed the view that to drive increased sales is not the be all factor to riding out the spend cutting climate. Taking a leaf from the coalitions learning tree we are exploring how best to reduce expenditure on everyday overheads.

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Early participants to our CSMA printers insurance have found a bespoke printers policy better tuned to our needs. Together we will find savings through talking to our broker, Abigail Rees at Lucas Fettes Abigail.rees@lucasfettes.co.uk. Whether your policy is due for renewal or not, scan or email your existing policy for a non obligationary appraisal.

Welcome to a new contributor Fiona Mostyn who introduces the concept of BCP and goes on to illustrate commercial opportunities that arise from it. Opening doors to public sector contracts with business continuity planning starts on page 23.

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Two Sides winners of ‘once in a lifetime competition’

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wo Sides, the initiative to promote the responsible production and use of print and paper, and encourage its use as an attractive, practical and sustainable communications medium, has announced the winners of its prestigious competition to win a once in a lifetime trip to selected European paper mills.

The five winners and their colleague/partner will be a guest of one of five leading European paper companies. The winners will be taken through the forestry and paper making processes and will witness sustainability in action whilst sampling the delights and cuisine of the local area.

Leading paper producers Sappi, Portucel Soporcel, Stora Enso, UPM Kymmene and Mondi will be hosting the two to three day trips.

Two Sides Director Martyn Eustace said: “I’m delighted that the winners of this competition will get to experience the fascinating processes of papermaking from start to finish and experience the excellent sustainability measures carried out by some of our leading European paper producers.

He adds: “The winners will get an amazing insight into the industry while experiencing excellent educational guidance and hospitality from all of the host companies.”

The list of winners is as follows: • Tina Salvage; Head of Retail Marketing HSBC Bank

• Amanda Lovelock; Senior Print Executive; Honda Trading • Antony Rathbone; Production and Logistics Manager; Macmillan Cancer Support • Heather Aylott, Head of Publishing and Creative, Shelter • Matthew Webster; Marketing Category Manager; Virgin Atlantic Airways Tina Salvage, head of retail marketing at HSBC Bank will be travelling to Sappi’s plant in Germany where she will experience the full papermaking cycle from tree to sheet. Tina will visit one of Sappi’s local suppliers forest to witness how raw material is sourced and how sustainability is managed. She will also experience a trip to the saw mill and a tour of the company’s Stockstadt Paper Mill. She will be staying in Aschaffenburg.

Gruppo Portucel Soporcel will host a wonderful journey through sustainable paper production, starting at the company’s Portuguese main forest nursery located in Pegoes, near Setubal. Amanda Lovelock, senior print executive at Honda Trading, will visit the forest at Pegoes and will see papermaking and conversion into A4 sheets and graphical sizes at the modern integrated pulp and paper mill located at Figueira-da-Foz. Antony Rathbone, production and logistics manager of Macmillan Cancer Support, will travel to Stora Enso’s Oulu paper mill in Finland – producer of over one million tonnes of coated woodfree production. Antony will have the opportunity to experience harvesting or planting and follow the full production process through to conversion followed by the paper leaving Oulu harbour.

UPM is hosting an exclusive insight into sustainable paper making with a trip to Finland – the headquarters of the global forest products company. Heather Aylott, Head of Publishing and Creative, Shelter, will get a chance to see UPM’s Biofore vision first hand, with a tour of one of UPM’s flagship paper mills. She will also visit one of UPM’s forests to see UPM’s biodiversity strategy in action while based in the Finnish capital Helsinki.

Matthew Webster, marketing category manager of Virgin Atlantic Airways will visit the Mondi paper mill in Hausmening located between Vienna and Linz in the heart of Austria. Matthew will see the full production chain from how a sheet of paper is made, starting with forestry through to pulp production, the paper machine and finishing. The visit includes a night in a top hotel in Salzburg - the cultural capital of Austria and also includes a day exploring this historical city. www.twosides.info

PaperCo joins the Prince’s Mayday Network PaperCo has joined the Prince’s Mayday Network, a campaign started by HRH Prince of Wales when he stated that: “Climate Change is the greatest challenge facing mankind today and we only have a very small window of opportunity to act.”

Part of Business in the Community, the Prince’s Mayday network operates to inspire, engage, support and challenge as many businesses as possible as they work together towards a sustainable future.

“PaperCo is already working in conjunction with Defra (the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs) and other key Government departments. We were identified in 2008 as one of 20 key suppliers to participate in the Carbon Disclosure Project – Supply Chain Leadership Collaborator (SCLC) project - and have made a submission annually since then. The Carbon Disclosure Project aims to understand how business captures and interprets its carbon impacts. We are also on the All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group held at the House of Commons,” says Veronica Heaven, corporate responsibility director of PaperCo. In 2007 the company’s CO2 emissions were put at 24

14,791 tonnes per annum. By 2020 it is committed to lowering that figure to 10,410 tonnes. It is doing so by looking at ways of reducing energy used by heating, cooling and lighting and by having responsible company car and distribution policies.

Only recently PaperCo announced that printers using 9lives “born again” paper from PaperCo can now be supplied with an A4 environmental statement giving the specific savings the product has achieved in reducing landfill, litres of water, electricity, CO₂ and wood. The statement can be tailored for a given job and this project will continue to evolve in future.

“We continue to support our customers wishing to progress to a more sustainable future and during this month and October will run a series of Environmental Matters seminars around the UK. Already we are PEFC and FSC certified and over 80% of the products we supply are Chain of Custody approved,” says Veronica Heaven. “Sustainability matters and we are delighted to join the Prince’s Mayday Network and share our methods of measuring, monitoring and reducing our carbon footprint with like-minded organisations.”

PaperCo adds another 100% recycled stock Offcuts from the manufacture of polycoated products like McDonalds cups and Ben & Jerry ice cream cartons are enjoying a second life as a 100% recycled paper Harmony Smooth.

This paper for the copying and digital printing markets is ideal for corporate presentations, price lists, sales reports and proposals. It is supplied in 90 and 105 gsm weight with A4 and A3 formats and in SRA3 in 105 gsm weight only.

Chris Smith, who has recently been appointed Coated & Digital product manager, says: “This is part of our programme of expanding the choice of digital stocks, a market which requires papers that perform well and stand out from the crowd. Harmony Smooth has excellent printability qualities and produces sharp images. It also has fantastic environmental credentials, using products that would otherwise go to landfill to produce a paper that features a high bright shade and a super smooth surface.”

PaperCo has strong environmental credentials and is able to offer expert advice on the sourcing of sustainable Chain of Custody certified and recycled stocks. This autumn it is running a series of procurement workshops throughout the UK. www.paperco.co.uk Copy Shop News | October 2010

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Mondi announces digital printing paper DNS: Digital Needs Specialists Mondi is introducing DNS as its new brand of uncoated fine papers. “DNS was developed with the requirements of digital specialists in mind. We recognised that professional printers needed a single paper they could rely on in an industry that demands a lot of versatility,” explains Johannes Klumpp, Marketing and Sales Director for Mondi Uncoated Fine Paper.

DNS premium is the first product to stem from the DNS brand. It is produced for use on digital production machines and dry toner machines such as iGen and Nexpress, as well as office laser printers, inkjet printers and copiers, making it a multifaceted product for use in both professional press rooms and offices.

“The launch of DNS is an exciting milestone in the growth of our digital printing paper portfolio,” says Klumpp. “DNS premium is also pre-print guaranteed and suitable for offset printing, which is an attractive feature for professional printers, as having one paper on stock for every printing press is now a realistic option.”

DNS premium has a high whiteness factor that shows excellent contrast for text and graphic printouts. Due to ColorLok Technology, office inkjet printers with pigmented ink can also create impressive full colour brochures, presentations or other printed materials that demand high impact colour saturation.

DNS premium can be recognised by its purple wrapper with the digital motif of a hand, operating a touch screen.

Fresh new look for Color Copy packaging Color Copy has announced its newly designed paper wrapper and CO2 neutral status. The new customer-friendly packaging incorporates a modernised design with more product and environmental information.

Following the decision to switch from a transparent plastic wrapper to a paper one, Mondi also decided to make it an enviromentally friendly CO2 neutral product.

Customers will still recognise Color Copy by its playful cyan, magenta, and yellow design; however, the wrapper now clearly displays the paper’s environmental accreditations, grammage and format. Johannes Klumpp, Marketing and Sales Director for Uncoated Fine Paper, explains the motivation for the design change: “The environment is a main concern for our customers and for Mondi. The new paper wrapper displays the FSC, Green Range, EU Ecolabel, and CO2 neutral logos directly on the front side, while further environmental information is detailed on the back of the ream..”

As a fully CO2 neutral product, Color Copy offers customers an additional environmental advantage. Like every other industrial process, the production of Color Copy emits CO2. These emissions are neutralised through verified emission reduction programmes that Mondi invests in. By purchasing Color Copy the customer takes a more proactive role in reducing CO2 emissions and countering the effects of climate change.

Color Copy is available in grammages from 90 to 350 gsm, and A4, A3, SRA3, A3+, folio formats, continuous web reels and Xeikon reels. Color Copy is Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) certified and is part of Mondi’s Green Range family. All Green Range papers are FSC-certified, totally chlorine free (TCF) or 100% recycled.

For more information: www.colorcopy.com

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Mondi has spearheaded a number of initiatives in response to the growing digital printing market. During the past year, Mondi introduced its ongoing series of Digital Specialist Forums, where professional printers and key VS Series customers familiar with professional and office printing environments convene to discuss current and upcoming Now with trends in digital printing.

Roland OnSupport DNS premium and the digital printing paper portfolio are developed and produced by Mondi Neusiedler, a Sends emails to your mill renowned for its innovations, high quality paper inbox or mobile when production and environmental standards. DNS premium is certified with the FSC (Forest Stewardship Council) prints are finished or ink mark and the EU-Flower. It also belongs to Mondi’s is low so you can get Green Range. All Green Range papers are either FSC on with running certified, bleached without chlorine (TCF) or 100% your business recycled.

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Panda Print bamboo fibre printable fabric is a desirable “green” alternative to be used for various applications, and is compatible with aqueous, eco-solvent and UV inkjet printers. It provides excellent colour pop and trims evenly without fraying, giving finished products that clean and professional look, but without harming the environment.

Manufactured in a closed loop, environmentally responsible process, Panda Print is 99.6% biodegradable and certified to be free of harmful chemicals by the European REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) and Oeko Tex Standard 100 requirements.

The bamboo used to make Panda Print is grown on an organically farmed plantation and is not harvested from forests.

Complimentary to Drytac’s bamboo banner stands, which are made of 95% bamboo, the additional use of Panda Print ensures entire displays are environmentally friendly while maintaining an elegant appearance. This range from Drytac is a welcome relief from heavy metal units, as they weigh less than 6.8kg each.

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Full print service offering turn key solutions

Metallurgy fine art metal offers a full print service. Simply send your digital images. They offer a range of standard sizes including, A4, A3, A2, A1 and 594 x 1000mm, using flexible materials they can offer more bespoke sizes. Prices start from £25. Everything is printed in high definition at 2880dpi and each print is then UV laminated. Please email for further details and to discuss your project.

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Christmas is coming!

All Christmas stocking filler ideas please to add to our growing good spirit level, suppliers and readers alike, to santa@copyshopnews. co.uk We will of course share the best money making ideas in next month’s magazine.

Bring it on, It’s Christmas. Time for calendars, CSN Yearplanner, Christmas cards, paper, join in the Christmas spirit and share any cracking ideas you may have that others can benefit by.

Christmas with that Magic Touch

It’s that time again, and I believe some people have started or even finished their Christmas shopping. And then……does anybody actually enjoy wrapping the presents?

Luckily for us, and with a little bit of help from our friends at The MagicTouch it is possible to personalise gift boxes, so when the queue at your counter waiting for their Christmas cards to be printed ( and at the same time complaining that they all that wrapping to do), why not suggest you make them some gift boxes.

Using your existing heat press, soft pad and the CPM 6.2 or 6.4 transfer papers, images, photos or logos can be printed in full colour onto the flat silver surface of the boxes. Once decorated the box can be easily formed and fixed using double sided adhesive tape.

The products when printed can remain flat to enable them to be posted economically and reduce any potential damage in transit to the end user who can then add the desired contents.

All three versions are perfect for the traditional corporate gift sectors, the bottle box in particular enables the customer to brand and personalise to maximum effect. The recipient may drink the contents, but they will always keep the box.

Both the small and medium size have a multitude of applications including wedding cake, jigsaws, lingerie, t-shirts, jewellery, soaps, cosmetics, sweets and chocolate or that secret special something!

The bottle version accommodates wine, spirits and champagne for all year round occasions such as birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, awards or recognition etc. www.themagictouch.co.uk

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Message from Merlins Magic Dear CSN Readers,

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Now that October is here, we at Merlins Marketing Limited would like to update you with our latest news.

We are very excited about the launch of our latest products. At the same time we have some great news regarding our Banner Message Pens.

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LED COMPACT MIRRORS.

Have a look at our LED Compact Mirror.

Available in a variety of colours and branded with your logo etc. Minimum quantity only 1000 units.

NAIL FILE NEWS:

Following on from the success of our 3.5in nail file keyring, we have now launched our Rectangular Nail File Keyring. Same genuine salon quality nail file but with a larger area on which to put your full colour designs .

(Size 85mm x 35mm). Our Rectangle Keyring further compliments our complete range including 7in and 3.5in nail files; 7in and 3.5in Mirror Nail Files; 7in and 3.5in Buffer Nail Files. Credit Card Size and Rectangle Size Mirror Nail Files.

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Please remember that all our nail files are genuine salon quality and printed in full colour to your requirement. With minimum orders of only 120 units, our range is second to none.

BANNER MESSAGE PENS.

Not only do we pride ourselves with our market leading service, price and lead-time (don’t forget we GUARANTEE to beat any genuine quote for a similar product) but we are now offering even better value. When you order our Banner Message Pens (minimum quantity only 500 units) you can now have a one colour print on either the barrel (solid colour barrel pens only) or the clip absolutely FREE OF CHARGE. When you combine this great extra value offer with our 20 day lead-time and our Genuine Price Guarantee, you can see why we are the only place to come for Banner Message Pens.

Finally, please feel free to contact us should you require prices, free samples or further information on any of our great products.

For your FREE VS samples or to arrange a demonstration call 0845 051 7752 or visit www.rolanddg.co.uk/copyshopnews

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BUSINESS CONTINUITY PLANNING

Public Sector Contracts In spite of the spending squeeze, the Government is pushing ahead with its strategy to make public sector contracts easier for small businesses to bid for and win. CSN has teamed with BCP specialist Crisis Survivor to investigate how CSMA group members can best win new business tenders.

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he annual public sector spend on tenders is £175bn and, in the 2010 budget, the Government announced intention to increase by 15% over a three year period the volume of procurement spend by central and local government going to SMEs through contracts and the supply chain. From December 2010, suppliers will be able to access contracting and sub-contracting opportunities through a new portal. The portal will be free and offer support to SMEs through a free to use training package after the existing supply2. gov.uk site attracted criticism from business owners for its awkward navigation and charges to use the site.

Since the introduction of the Civil Contingencies Act in 2004, all publicly funded work has required that suppliers have a Business Continuity Plan. Defined by BS 25999-1 British Standards Institution’s Code of Practice for Business Continuity Management, “BCP is an holistic management process that identifies potential threats to an organisation and the impacts to business operations that those threats, if realised, might cause, and which provides a framework for building organisational resilience with the capability for an effective response that safeguards the interests of its key stakeholders, reputation, brand and value-creating activities”.

Until recently, adherence to this requirement has often been limited to Tender Pre Qualification Questionnaires (PQQs) that simply asked the question “Do you have a BCP?” However, government departments, local authorities and other public commissioners of work are now increasingly asking to see evidence of a current BCP, in the same way that proofs of Health & Safety and employment procedures are. Moreover, the trend is to ask that BCPs comply with BS25999, the British Standard for business continuity management.

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who supply Primary Care Trusts, GP Surgeries and Pharmacies to accredit themselves to BS25999.

Having a BCP not only opens the door to working within the public sector and larger commercial contracts, but also protects company directors against prosecution under complex legislation and potential financial ruin. Obligations within the Companies Act and Corporate Manslaughter Act, amongst others, mean that directors must demonstrate independent judgment and reasonable care in running the business and, whilst much as this may seem obvious, compliance and good practice in these areas is often overlooked due to other seemingly more pressing issues.

And of course, it must not be forgotten that the primary role of a BCP is to protect a business by preparing and planning against potential denial of access to key business resources. Alarmingly, directors will often identify business continuity with their IT back-up, but it is much much more than that! Most BCPs stop there, but knowing what to do and when to do it simply isn’t enough. Seeking temporary premises and equipment, diverted facilities or professional help when disaster has already struck is too late. The ideal is to pre-engage these

resources beforehand and therefore successfully remediate loss of facility and thus, in most cases, get the white collar function operational again within a matter of hours. A properly constructed BCP will look at all areas of a business and the potential risks that could impact upon it and then construct a strategy to deal with each such scenario.

So, is having a Business Continuity Plan a good idea? Yes it is. It will demonstrate the resilience of a business and give it a competitive advantage; it will open the door to larger contracts; potentially save money on insurance, make business finance a bit easier to come by and, one day when least expected, might save the business itself!

Crisis Survivor develop proven strategies that will help secure the survival of your business when the unexpected strikes. Identifying your exposure to internal and external threats and putting in place the means to provide effective prevention and recovery, whilst improving your competitive advantage and systems integrity.

For more information on how they can help your business email them at bcp@ crisissurvivor.co.uk quoting CSMA or telephone us on 01273 668894.

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Give way, No way!

Through the pitch-black night, the captain sees a light dead ahead on a collision course with his ship. He sends a signal: “Change your course 10 degree east.”

The light signals back: “Change yours, 10 degrees west.”

Angry, the captain sends: “I’m a navy captain! Change your course, sir!”

“I’m a seaman, second class,” comes the reply. “Change your course, sir.”

Now the captain is furious. “I’m a battleship! I’m not changing course!”

There is one last reply. “I’m a lighthouse. Your call.”

Drinking Excuse John asks: Why are you drinking so much?

Joe says: Because I donated my body to science, and I am preserving it until they are ready to use it.

Embarrassing Situations!

A very shy guy goes into a bar and sees a beautiful woman sitting at the other end. After an hour of gathering up his courage he finally goes over to her and asks, tentatively, “Um, would you mind if I chatted with you for a while?” To which she responds by yelling, at the top of her voice, “No, I won’t sleep with you tonight!” By now, the entire bar is staring at them. Naturally, the guy is hopelessly and completely embarrassed and he slinks back to his table. After a few minutes, the woman walks over to him and apologises. She smiles at him and says, “I’m sorry if I embarrassed you. You see, I’m a graduate student in psychology and I’m studying how people respond to embarrassing situations.”

To which he responds, at the top of his voice, “What do you mean £200!”

Glass half full?

A drunk salesman was walking down the street with a limp. A man coming in the opposite direction notice that he only had one shoe on. The man said to the salesman, “hey buddy, what’s the matter, lose a shoe”? The salesman replied, “Nah, found one”.

I was playing with my mouse, clicking through some search engines

Congratulations to all my friends who were born in the 1930’s 1940’s, 50’s, 60’s and early 70’s !

First, we survived being born to mothers who smoked and/or drank while they carried us and lived in houses made of asbestos...

They took aspirin, ate blue cheese, raw egg products, loads of bacon and processed meat, tuna from a can, and didn’t get tested for diabetes or cervical cancer.

Then after that trauma, our baby cots were covered with bright coloured leadbased paints.

We had no childproof lids on medicine bottles, doors or cabinets and when we rode our bikes, we had no helmets or shoes, not to mention, the risks we took hitchhiking.

As children, we would ride in cars with no seat belts or air bags.

We drank water from the garden hose and NOT from a bottle.

Take away food was limited to fish and chips, no pizza shops, McDonalds , KFC, Subway or Nandos...

Even though all the shops closed at 6.00pm and didn’t open on a Sunday, somehow we didn’t starve to death!

We shared one soft drink with four friends, from one bottle and NO ONE actually died from this.

We could collect old drink bottles and cash them in at the corner store and buy Toffees, Gobstoppers, Bubble Gum and some bangers to blow up frogs with.

We ate cupcakes, white bread and real butter and drank soft drinks with sugar in it, but we weren’t overweight because.…WE WERE ALWAYS OUTSIDE PLAYING!!

We would leave home in the morning and play all day, as long as we were back when the streetlights came on.

No one was able to reach us all day.

And we were O.K. We would spend hours building our go-carts out of old prams and then ride down the hill, only to find out we forgot the brakes. We built tree houses and dens and played in river beds with matchbox cars.

We did not have Playstations, Nintendo Wii , X-boxes, no video games at all, no 999 channels on SKY, no video/ dvd films, no mobile phones, no personal computers, no Internet or Internet chat rooms…WE HAD FRIENDS and we went outside and found them!

We fell out of trees, got cut, broke bones and teeth and there were no lawsuits from these accidents.

Only girls had pierced ears!

We ate worms and mud pies made from dirt, and the worms did not live in us forever.

You could only buy Easter Eggs and Hot Cross Buns at Easter time...

We were given air guns and catapults for our 10th birthdays, We rode bikes or walked to a friend’s house and knocked on the door or rang the bell, or just yelled for them!

Mum didn’t have to go to work to help dad make ends meet because we didn’t need to keep up with the Jones’s!

Not everyone made the rugby/ football/cricket/netball team. Those who didn’t had to learn to deal with disappointment. Imagine that!! Getting into the team was based on merit.

Our teachers used to hit us with canes and gym shoes and throw the blackboard rubber at us if they thought we weren’t concentrating .

We can string sentences together and spell and have proper conversations because of a good, solid three Rs education.

Our parents would tell us to ask a stranger to help us cross the road.

The idea of a parent bailing us out if

Apparently you can find anything on Google.

I asked who scored the first points at Wimbledon this year

You only sing when you’re winning A man enters his local bar holding a frog and an iguana. He sets them down on the bar and says to the bartender, “I bet you £1000 that my frog here can sing any song you can think of.” “Ok,” says the bartender. “How about ‘Blue Moon’?” The man whispers something to the frog, and the frog starts singing blue moon.

“That’s amazing,” says the bartender as he slaps down £1000. “I’ll bet ya another £1000 that my iguana here can do that to.” “Ok, I can believe a frog, but not an iguana. You’re on. Have him sing the Star Spangled Banner.” The man whispers something to the iguana and it sings the Star Spangled Banner. As the bartender hands over another £1000, a businessman comes up and says, “I just saw that and I was amazed. I want to buy your iguana for £100,000.” The man said ok, and he exchanged the iguana for the money and the businessman left.

The bartender said “What are you nuts?!

You could have made millions with that iguana!” The man said “Oh, the iguana can’t sing. The frog’s a ventriloquist.”

WE WAS BRUNG UP PROPER !

we broke the law was unheard of.

They actually sided with the law!

Our parents didn’t invent stupid names for their kids like ‘Kiora’ and ‘Blade’ and ‘Ridge’ and ‘Vanilla’ and ‘Tiger’ We had freedom, failure, success and responsibility, and we learned HOW TO DEAL WITH IT ALL !

And YOU are one of them!

CONGRATULATIONS!

Girl Power The CIA had an opening for an assassin.

After all of the background checks, interviews, and testing were done there were three finalists...

Two men and a woman.

For the final test, the CIA agents took one of the men to a large metal door and handed him a gun.

“We must know that you will follow your instructions, no matter what the circumstances.

Inside of this room, you will find your wife sitting in a chair. Kill Her!!!”

The man said, “You can’t be serious. I could never shoot my wife.”

The agent said, “Then you’re not the right man for this job.”

The second man was given the same instructions. He took the gun and went into the room. All was quiet for about five minutes. Then the man came out with tears in his eyes.” I tried, but I can’t kill my wife.”

The agent said, “You don’t have what it takes. Take your wife and go home.”

Finally, it was the woman’s turn. She was given the same instructions to kill her husband.

She took the gun and went into the room. Shots were heard, one shot after another. They heard screaming, crashing, banging on the walls.

After a few minutes, all was quiet. The door opened slowly and there stood the woman.

She wiped the sweat from her brow, and said, “This gun is loaded with blanks.

I had to beat him to death with the chair.”

Parrot Phrase A lady was walking down the street to work and she saw a parrot on a perch in front of a pet store.

The parrot said to her, “Hey lady, you are really ugly.” Well, the lady is furious!

She stormed past the store to her work.

On the way home she saw the same parrot and it said to her, “Hey lady, you are

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READERS’ SCRIBES really ugly.” She was incredibly upset now.

The next day the same parrot again said to her, “Hey lady, you are really ugly.”

The lady was so annoyed that she went into the store and warned she would sue the store and kill the bird. The store manager replied profusely and promised he would make sure the parrot didn’t say it again.

When the lady walked past the store that day after work the parrot called to her, “Hey lady.”

She paused and said,”Yes?” The bird said, “You know.”

EVER WONDER Why the sun lightens our hair, but darkens our skin?

Why women can’t put on mascara with their mouth closed?

Why don’t you ever see the headline “Psychic Wins Lottery”?

Why is “abbreviated” such a long word?

Why is it that doctors call what they do “practice”?

Why is it that to stop Windows Vista, you have to click on “Start”?

Why is lemon juice made with artificial flavour, and dishwashing liquid made with real lemons?

Why is the man who invests all your money called a broker?

Why is the time of day with the slowest traffic called rush hour?

Why isn’t there mouse-flavoured cat food?

When dog food is new and improved tasting, who tests it?

Why didn’t Noah swat those two copier salesmen?

Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?

You know that indestructible black box that is used on airplanes? Why don’t they make the whole plane out of that stuff?

Why don’t sheep shrink when it rains?

Why are they called apartments when they are all stuck together?

If con is the opposite of pro, is Congress the opposite of progress?

If flying is so safe, why do they call the airport the terminal?

Moneywise Stumpy Grinder and his wife Martha were from Portland, Maine. Every year they went to the Portland Fair and every year Stumpy said, “Ya know, Mahtha, I’d like ta get a ride in that theah aihplane.” And every year, Martha would say “I know, Stumpy, but that aihplane ride costs ten dollahs .. and ten dollahs is ten dollahs.”

So one year Stumpy says, “By Jeebers, Mahtha, I’m 71 yeahs old, and if I don’t go this time I may nevah go.” Martha replies, “Stumpy, that there aihplane ride is ten dollahs ... and ten dollahs is ten dollahs.”

So the pilot overhears then and says, “Folks, I’ll make you a deal. I’ll take you both up for a ride. If you can stay quiet for the entire ride and not say ONE WORD, then I won’t charge you. But just ONE WORD and it’s ten dollars.”

They agree and up they go... the pilot does all kinds of twists and turns, rolls

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and dives, but not a word is heard. He does it one more time, and there is still no word... so he lands.

He turns to Stumpy as they come to a stop and says, “By golly, I did everything I could think of to get you to holler out, but you didn’t.”

And Stumpy replies “Well, I was gonna say something when Mahtha fell out ... but ten dollahs is ten dollahs.”

FINE This is the word women use to end an argument when they feel they are right and you need to shut up. Never use “fine” to describe how a woman looks this will cause you to have one of those arguments.

FIVE MINUTES This is half an hour. It is equivalent to the five minutes that your football game is going to last before you take out the trash, so it’s an even trade.

NOTHING This means “something,” and you should be on your toes. “Nothing” is usually used to describe the feeling a woman has of wanting to turn you inside out, upside down, and backwards. “Nothing” usually signifies an argument that will last “Five Minutes” and end with “Fine”

GO AHEAD (With Raised Eyebrows) This is a dare. One that will result in a woman getting upset over “Nothing” and will end with the word “Fine”

GO AHEAD (Normal Eyebrows) This means “I give up” or “do what you want because I don’t care” You will get a “Raised Eyebrow Go Ahead” in just a few minutes, followed by “Nothing” and “Fine” and she will talk to you in about “Five Minutes” when she cools off.

LOUD SIGH This is not actually a word, but is a nonverbal statement often misunderstood by men. A “Loud Sigh” means she thinks you are an idiot at that moment, and wonders why she is wasting her time standing here and arguing with you over “Nothing”

SOFT SIGH Again, not a word, but a non-verbal statement. “Soft Sighs” mean that she is content. Your best bet is to not move or breathe, and she will stay content. |

THAT’S OKAY This is one of the most dangerous statements that a woman can make to a man. “That’s Okay” means that she wants to think long and hard before

paying you back for whatever it is that you have done. “That’s Okay” is often used with the word “Fine” and in conjunction with a “Raised Eyebrow.”

GO AHEAD! At some point in the near future, you are going to be in some mighty big trouble.

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PLEASE DO This is not a statement, it is an offer. A woman is giving you the chance to come up with whatever excuse or reason you have for doing whatever it is that you have done. You have a fair chance with the truth, so be careful and you shouldn’t get a “That’s Okay”

THANKS A woman is thanking you. Do not faint.

Just say you’re welcome.

THANKS A LOT This is much different from “Thanks.”

A woman will say, “Thanks A Lot” when she is really ticked off at you. It signifies that you have offended her in some callous way, and will be followed by the “Loud Sigh.” Be careful not to ask what is wrong after the “Loud Sigh,” as she will only tell you “Nothing”

Monkey Business This guy needs a job and decides to apply at the zoo. As it happened, their star attraction, a gorilla, had passed away the night before and they had carefully preserved his hide.

They tell this guy that they’ll pay him well if he would dress up in the gorillas skin and pretend to be the gorilla so people will keep coming to the zoo. Well, the guy has his doubts, but Hey! He needs the money, so he puts on the skin and goes out into the cage.

The people all cheer to see him. He plays up to the audience and they just eat it up. This isn’t so bad, he thinks, and he starts really putting on a show, jumping around, beating his chest and roaring, swinging around.

During one acrobatic attempt, though, he loses his balance and crashes through some safety netting, landing square in the middle of the lion cage! As he lies there stunned, the lion roars. He’s terrified and starts screaming, “Help, Help, Help!” The lion races over to him, places his paws on his chest and hisses, “Shut up or we’ll BOTH lose our jobs!”

Best Friends Friendship between women: A woman doesn’t come home one night. The next day she tells her husband that she had slept over at a girlfriend’s house.

The husband calls his wife’s 10 best friends. None of them know anything about it.

Friendship between men: A man doesn’t come home one night. The next day he tells his wife that he had slept over at a friend’s house. The wife calls her husband’s 10 best men friends. Eight of them confirm that he had slept over, and two claim that he was still there.

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RENZ UK

Tel: 01707 270001, Fax: 01707 271769 www.renz.co.uk Hatfield Park Estate, Hatfield, Herts. AL9 5PQ Renz Onepitch® ring wire system now allows binding from just a few sheets through to 350 sheets (1/4”-1 1/2” wire).

RICOH UK

Tel: 0208 261 4000. 1 Plane Tree Crescent, Feltham, Middlesex. TW13 7HG

SHARP ELECTRONICS (UK) Tel: 020 8734 2000 www.sharp.co.uk 4 Furzeground Way, Stockley Park, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB11 1EZ

Smethwick Advocate Publishing

1 Lowry Close, Church Hill Street, Smethwick West Midlands. B67 7QT Tel. 07760 197974 email info@sapublishing.co.uk web sapublishing.co.uk

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FINDASUPPLIER

SOVEREIGN Tel: 01495 248300 Fax: 01495 248419 Prince of Wales Ind. Est., Abercarn. NP11 5AR Screen printing as a trade service onto many materials. Labels, binder covers, estate agent boards, point of sale, plastic business cards, fire & safety signs, vehicle promotional items, etc. For a competitive quotation call now.

STANFORD MARSH Tel: 01905 458000 Fax: 01905 754057 www.stanfordmarsh.co.uk Haycroft Works, Buckholt Drive, Warndon Business Park, Worcs. WR4 9ND Official dealer for all main manufacturers, allowing us to supply best fit solutions for all users. Please visit our website.

SUPREME LABELLING Tel: 01924 402111 Fax: 01924 412993 www.supremelabelling.co.uk Unit 6, Valley Road Business Park, W. Yorkshire WF15 6JY Label Suppliers, Roll Labels, Laser Labels, Warning Labels, most formats available.

Magic Touch (THE) Tel. 01582 671444 Fax 01582 671555 Email sales@themagictouch.co.uk www.themagictouch.co.uk Unit 4 Apex Business Centre,Boscombe Road, Dunstable, Bedfordshire LU5 4SB Supplier of transfer papers, colour laser printers and heat presses to open up exciting opportunities to print on a limitless range of products.

UNIBIND SYSTEMS LIMITED Tel: 0845 130 5575 Fax: 01293 529272 Email: rob.marshall@unibindsystems.co.uk 3 Oak Court, Betts Way, Crawley, West Sussex RH10 9GG Suppliers of a unique, high quality range of binding covers; laminating supplies; bespoke and tailor-made hard back books; new innovative range of PhotoBooks.

VIVID LAMINATING TECHNOLOGIES Tel: 01530 510946 Fax: 01530 510979 www.vivid-online.com.

St Georges House, Whitwick Road, Coalville, Leicestershire LE67 3FA Vivid offer a wide range of innovative and exclusive Laminating Systems ranging from Desktop to Wide Format Laminators. Visit the website to view the full range which also includes Binding and Print Finishing solutions.

XERETEC Tel: 0118 977 0123 Fax: 0118 979 3565 Email: info@xeretec.co.uk. www.xeretec.co.uk 17 The Business Centre, Molly Millars Lane, Wokingham, Berkshire, RG41 2QY Xerox Technology, Document Consulting, Office Supplies

XEROX UK Tel: 01895 251133 Fax: 01895 254095 Bridge House, Oxford Road, Uxbridge, Middlesex UB8 1HS The Document Company supply a full range of office equipment.

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BUY, SELL OR SWAP: CLASSIFIED SECTION Plant for Sale 2 x Tak-O-Fold 100E booklet makers, one works, whilst the other needs a check up and some bits. £50.00 the pair. Ideal for a charity or a small company’s basic booklet making needs • Micromatic 4000 friction fed dual headed crash numbering and or perforating machine, tatty in appearance but works well.

Spares and a manual £500.00 ono.• Bilows protocol plate punch for GTO 52.

Excellent condition, £150.00 ono. • 5 brand new laser diodes for a Presstek plate setter, still in their boxes... sensible offers? • Planax heat binder, needs a check up, hence £75.00 ono • Buyer removes all items.

Photographs of all the above are on our web-site www.ktpprinters.co.uk Contact: Kevin Raymond, KTP Printers, Unit G, 37 Princelet Street, London E1 5LP. T: 020 7247 0786 E: ktpprinters@btconnect.com

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TWO DORSET PRINT SHOPS FOR SALE WEYMOUTH AND DORCHESTER Here is a great opportunity to get in to print. Copy shop comprising of, Canon colour and black and white copiers (networked), Ricoh plan copier, Epson large format printer(B0 size) , laminator (A0 Size) graphic computers for artwork.

T-shirt press. vinyl cutter and general binding and other office machine and stock. We produce business cards, letterheads, comp slips , NCR sets, flyers posters personal stationery, signs all in house. We are also the only INK CARTRIDGE REFILL STORES in Weymouth and Dorchester which is a great add on to the business. we have all the stock and machinery in store and training will be provided on all machinery. Our website is included if both stores are taken. This is a great opportunity for either an existing business to take over or for someone to run their own business. Both shops can be sold separately or together. Please note - MACHINERY WILL NOT BE SOLD SEPARATELY. BUSINESS BEING SOLD DUE TO OTHER COMMITMENTS. For more information please email: edwardwarr@yahoo.co.uk

PDC Currently have an excellent condition EBA 551 LT Guillotine for sale.

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