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December 2018-January 2019

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CONTENTS What’s in this issue of Quick Print Pro

December 2018-January 2019

Comment ANOTHER WINTER OF GREAT CONTENT

04 News Front 10 New Products 16 People In Print 18 Digital Imagery 20 Christmas Spread 22 Your 2019 Year Planner & 24 Printwear Promotion LIVE! Hot news in print for quick print pros

What’s new to print and finish with?

Congrats to new colleagues in print

Martin Christie – pixel prophet

Seasonal wares and raffle

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28 Sign & Digital explains 30 Green Issues 32 2020 Print Vision 34 New Profit Centre 3D printer 36 Mimaki stands out New online resources

Corporate social responsibility in print Forum for forecasts

Best practice shared

‘Shape the Future in Colour’

38 Readers Scribes 40 Finda Product / Supplier 43 PrintersXchange These jokes are on you

QPP preferred suppliers in print

Seasonal salutes to all readers from all sides of the fence; Print Shops, Digital Printers, Commercial Printers, Copy Shops, On-Street Instant Printers, In-House Print Room Managers, FM and Conventional printers specialising in On-Demand, Short Run, Variable Printing, CRDs (Corporate Reprographic Departments), PSPs (Print Service Providers), Graphic Arts Businesses, Sign Suppliers and CAD Bureaus. Print Equipment Dealers, Machine Resellers, Print Finishing Suppliers, Pre-Press Software and Hardware Traders, Print Consumable Providers, OME Manufacturers, Sales Agents, Sales Representatives, Distributors and Purveyors of everything in print; I hope we haven’t missed anyone out? Save this date for Save the Children’s Christmas jumper day on the 14th December: www.christmasjumperday.org Have a wonderful Christmas and a print prosperous New Year. Peter, starting to chill, Foulkes ACCREDITED PRINT SUPPLIER

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EDITORIAL: Marina Peirce EDITORIAL ASSISTANT: Nyree Groome EXECUTIVE PUBLISHER: Maureen Foulkes CONTRIBUTORS: Lara Groome, Andrew Foulkes, Rebecca Foulkes and Dan Tester. FEATURES: Peter Foulkes

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John Brailsford Printers adds Laminator Pro 450 John Brailsford Printers has added a Morgana Laminator Pro 450 in order to speed up and automate its laminating capability. The product was purchased directly from Morgana Systems, the UK manufacturer of equipment for digital finishing. The Rotherham and Barnsley shop-fronted business has always had laminating in-house, but had generally been catering for smaller runs. Commenting on the arrival of the new machine, John Brailsford, company owner, said: “As the business has expanded the run lengths for laminating have increased. We also saw the need, with typical runs of 1,000/2,000 copies, for more automation. Our short run solutions required hand feeding, so taking a person out of the process actually made the new machine a very cost-effective solution from day one. “We looked at a range of machines, and sampled some of them with in-house trials. What became immediately apparent to us was that a number of products were not sufficiently robust to give us a reasonable life expectancy. The quality of the feeder was also an issue with some machines.” Although a user of a number of Morgana products, John hadn’t initially considered Morgana for laminating, “Even though we have purchased a number of products from the company, and still run Morgana numbering and creasing equipment, I wasn’t aware of them providing quality laminating solutions. Having

discussed the issue of laminating with our Morgana representative she was able to offer us an in-house trial of their latest Laminator 450 product. “We had the machine delivered and after a couple of days training we were producing perfect results. We ran the machine for six weeks before Morgana came back to ask the question. Safe to say, the machine didn’t come out again!” Designed for easy operation, the Laminator Pro 450 is a unique high-pile automatic feed laminator. It features an integrated compressor and pneumatic system for high quality print lamination up to 450mm working width. This revolutionary new compact machine combines speed and ease of operation with quality. This deep pile, automatic suction feed system can achieve speeds of up to 1,875 SRA3 sheets per hour. A micro-perforation and scissor roller

cutting system provides for perforation and separation of sheets. The Laminator Pro 450 is ideal for the ondemand printer. It is both easy to set up and very versatile, being capable of foiling and spot gloss as well as straightforward laminating. John Brailsford adds: “The foiling provided us with excellent results from day one — much better than other systems that we have tried in the past, as it is better suited to a wider range of stock, and is overall a more predictable process. “The foiling process is only suitable for working with digitally printed work, as the foil adheres to the toner. Whilst it is a £1,500 add on, being able to offer foiling to customers is most definitely an added-value capability.” The team at Brailsford’s also discovered that whilst the product is promoted as an SRA3 solution, they have been able to run SRA2 sheets through the machine and achieved very acceptable results. “It would only be efficient for very short runs, but that is all we would ever need,” added John. Ray Hillhouse, vice-president offline business at Morgana, said: “The Laminator 450 and 450 Pro offer a range of printers the ideal inhouse laminating solution. First shown on the Morgana stand at Ipex last year, we have been delighted with the interest that has been shown in the product.” Full details of Morgana’s product line-up can be found at: www.morgana.co.uk

Communications and Content at Lord Mayor’s Show At the suggestion of Alderman Peter Estlin the Rt Hon the Lord Mayor of London, the Lord Mayor’s Show this year featured an Engagement Zone which was set up near his official residence, Mansion House. This new initiative, which was inspired by last summer’s Apprentice 18 event at Ravensbourne University, featured a number of exhibitors including four, Paragon, Pearson, Parkside Flexibles and BPIF with the St Bride Foundation, under the aegis of the Stationers’ Company. Organised by Past Master Helen Esmonde, Chairman of the Stationers’ Education Committee, the exhibition anticipated Apprentice 19 which will take place at Guildhall in the City of London on 18th and 19th June 2019. A steady flow of visitors learned from Paragon about the wide range of printing’s impact in so many areas of commerce and viewed Pearson’s extensive range of educational materials. Parkside introduced visitors to compostable packaging and the St Bride Foundation with the BPIF took them from historic, traditional printing through to 3D printing. This was a great opportunity to spread the word about the importance of the Communications and Content industry and it was heartening to see people taking such a lively interest. At the end of his very busy day the Lord Mayor visited and spoke with all the exhibitors. He went on to say, “I was absolutely delighted to visit the inaugural Festival Zone hosted by Bloomberg during the Lord Mayor’s Show. In particular, the Worshipful Company of Stationers, led by Past Master Helen Esmonde,

displayed a fantastic array of innovative and sustainable packaging and printing products. David Allan, Master of the Stationers’ Company and I were given hands-on experience of the products and the companies working to address environmental issues using the latest technology.” www.stationers.org

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Hülkenberg and Sainz Burger Challenge At Roland DG, one of the perks of the job is getting an exclusive look into the lives of Roland users. Sometimes they’re even lucky enough to play a more major part in their stories. Such was the case when Renault Sport Formula OneTM Team asked Roland to help them out with their favourite kind of challenge — a burger-related challenge! After a cold start to the United States Grand Prix week, The Renault Sport Formula OneTM Team needed something to help them gain ground at the upcoming race in Austin, Texas. Nothing says ‘gentlemen, start your engines’ quite like a tasty feast, and there was no better place to inject some foodie-fuel than in the birthplace of the loaded burger. On the Thursday before the race, Renault’s star drivers, Carlos Sainz and Nico Hülkenberg, met up for a burger crafting extravaganza. Each driver was tasked with making a custom burger for their teammate using specially selected ingredients to reflect their personalities. As they’re more accustomed to the car than the kitchen, this event was a step out of their comfort zone, but inspiration was clearly in the air. In tribute to Nico’s nickname, ‘The Hulk’,

Carlos served up a mighty feast stacked with plenty of meat and lettuce. Almost in act of retaliation, The Hulk hit back at Carlos ‘Chili’ Sainz, with a super-spicy burger featuring Spanish cheese, in honour of his teammate’s homeland. Such a feat of culinary wizardry couldn’t go undocumented, so the exchange of burgers was set to occur in front of photographers and TV media. With such attention, it seemed improper to present the burgers on regular, run-of-themill plates — which is when the guys at Renault Sport Formula OneTM Team thought of their good friends at Team Roland DG.

Roland Heroes assemble Roland DG has already discovered many Roland Heroes, with more to be revealed as the search for the most incredible Roland users continues. The Roland Hero Awards celebrate the people and ideas that make the vibrant, supportive and exciting Roland community what it is. The campaign shines a spotlight on the entrepreneurship, creativity and passion that in turn drive the innovations of Roland. Customers from across EMEA have been sharing their stories, and in return have been listed on the Roland Hero online roll of honour, with the overall winner to be rewarded with an unforgettable holiday. Recently, Roland announced that it has extended the deadline for entries to December 31st 2018, to allow Roland users more time to share their fascinating stories. “We’ve been so impressed and inspired by the Roland customers who have already got involved that we simply wanted to hear more,” says Gillian Montanaro, Head of Marketing EMEA at Roland DG. “We are excited to tell the world about them and their stories, and we look forward to crowning the overall winner of the Roland Hero Awards in January.” Customers already nominated Roland Heroes span multiple markets, including signage and display. The search has uncovered Eastprint, a

German advertising business that truly puts its trust in the Roland systems, running five Roland SOLJET printers to deliver everything they need, when they need it. Roland Heroes in the sports industry have also shared their stories. Lieuwe Boards is a Dutch kite surfboard specialist that uses Roland VersaSTUDIO BN-20 technology to print custom graphics strong enough to withstand serious waves. In the Canary Islands, In Your Face is proud to have developed a successful graphics business for the sailing market, relying on Roland’s popular and versatile integrated print and cut technology from the very beginning. Roland customers interested in participating should submit their hero stories before the closing date of 31st December 2018. www.rolandhero.com

Roland’s very own Application Engineer, Kai Perry, was in the driving seat, challenged with creating bespoke burger boxes befitting of the occasion. “I’ve made a lot of interesting things in my time,” says Kai, “but this was the first time I’ve been asked to make burger boxes. Luckily, we have plenty of devices in the Creative Centre that are perfect for making all kinds of packaging.” After experimenting with some different solutions and materials, the final boxes were created using the following process. First the designs were printed on matte vinyl with the Roland TrueVIS VG-640, including crop marks for cutting alignment. Kai then applied the vinyl to card and used the Roland CAMM-1 GR-640 to cut and crease the printed designs, before finishing and gluing the cartons by hand. “I’m really happy with how they turned out,” says Kai. “The designs we used were based on the colours of the drivers’ helmets, which I thought was a really clever touch.” We’re sure Nico and Carlos were impressed with the burger boxes too, although something tells us they were more focused on the contents… www.renaultsport.com/Formule-1-330

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Rotherham based printer 2020 expansion

Rapidly expanding South Yorkshire based print manufacturer, Bluetree Group confirms further expansion in Manvers, Rotherham. After four years of calling Manvers home, Bluetree Group has confirmed their plans to expand their manufacturing facility into a neighbouring unit, increasing their total footprint by 45% to 145,000sqft and paving the way for Bluetree’s continuing growth. Adam Carnell, Managing Director said; “We’re in an exciting position with the business continuing to grow very rapidly year on year as more consumers choose to purchase their printed products online. When we first moved into the building in 2015 it seemed vast but with the investment in new equipment the space has been filling up quickly. The additional

production space will allow the business to fulfil its growing demand and also add new products to the current line-up” Over the past five years, Bluetree Group has invested £20 million into their South Yorkshire print production facility, ensuring their place at the forefront of print industry innovation whilst stimulating the local economy with the expansion of their skill rich workforce. The latest addition to the facility includes the groundbreaking Landa S10P Nanographic Printing® Press which combines the speed of a digital printer with the cost-efficiency of a litho printer. This will be the first Landa in the UK and reflects Bluetree’s dedication of delivering quality print to its customers at fast turnarounds. With Bluetree’s confirmed expansion, it’s

anticipated that recruitment will begin at the end of 2019 to fulfil various production roles within the new facility. Vicki Russell Head of HR said; “We’re very lucky to have secured a neighbouring facility. It means we can continue to thrive in Rotherham with our dedicated, passionate work force that has expanded by over 200 colleagues over the past five years alone. With our expansion; we’re very excited to invest in our existing workforce and look forward to welcoming even more members to the Bluetree team”. Renovation on the newly purchased facility will begin during spring 2019 and run through to early 2020; when Bluetree anticipates everything to be up and running. www.bluetreegroup.co.uk

Jubilee book to mark print’s 25-year journey Over the last year, in a series of articles on the ‘PastPrintFuture’-blog, industry experts Laurel Brunner and Ed Boogaard have been chronicling the 25-year history of digital printing. To commemorate this milestone, there will also be a book of the same title — to be launched during Xeikon’s 30th anniversary celebration. It has been 25 years since the Xeikon DCP-1 and the Indigo E-Print 1000 were introduced at IPEX 1993. The digital printing industry has come a long way since, and 2018 is an excellent moment to explore digital printing’s evolution. The ‘PastPrintFuture’ project set out from the beginning to not just talk technology, say Brunner and Boogaard: “We wanted to focus also on the people that made it happen, on the changes that digital printing has enabled in business models and in applications, and on how this helps to define the future of the industry.”

Brunner and Boogaard managed to engage with a broad range of people that have been closely involved with print’s digital journey in various ways. “We have talked to great entrepreneurs who often have been pioneers in digital print and are still pushing the boundaries. And industry pundits such as Frank Romano, Andy Tribute and Kurt Wolf have helped us to put things in a broader perspective.” Danny Mertens, Corporate Communications Manager for Xeikon, adds: “We hope both the blog and now the book will be beneficial to those who are relatively new to the industry, and a walk down memory lane for veterans who have been around for a while.” “Writing down these stories and reading through historical publications, we have once again been impressed by what has been achieved in only 25 years — but even more so by what the future may still bring to this

industry. Our book is to mark this important moment in time and celebrate print,” say Brunner and Boogaard. And the project isn’t over: “As print’s digital journey continues, we invite all people from the industry to join us: please visit the ongoing PastPrintFutureblog and keep contributing your experiences, stories and pictures.” www.xeikon.com

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Mimaki help students’ creative potential The University of Huddersfield’s busy and bustling print room is a unique, creative space that provides students with a collaborative environment within which to explore the potential that inkjet printing offers their design process. The mastermind of Technical Manager Coordinator at the university’s School of Art, Design and Architecture, Stephen Calcutt, the print room houses a Mimaki UJF small format flatbed LED UV printer, a state of the art Mimaki Tx300P-1800 direct to textile printer alongside further small format transfer printers, large format graphics devices, plus binding and other finishing processes. “Our initial investment in the Mimaki UJF and its subsequent location in our school-wide print facility totally changed our approach to teaching and supporting print design,” recalls Calcutt. “We originally operated the facility like a traditional university print bureau, with about five large format printers churning out posters and graphics. The arrival of the UJF changed our focus and transformed the way we work.” Now, with the facility offered to students from other courses alongside the textile users, it’s a thriving, interactive hub where students are taught to question conventional thinking and utilise the creative capabilities of the Mimaki printers to the best of their ability. Key to this behavioural change is PhD student and senior lecturer, Brent Hardy-Smith. “I’m not here to sit and critique students’ work,” he says. “Instead, I run workshops, learning alongside the students. Our methodology is all about discovery and transformative design, using the printers as creative tools and collaborating with other technology and materials.” “Teaching becomes more about facilitating,” he continues. “Whether that’s facilitating people, equipment or thinking, it’s all relevant to the process and helps lead the students in different directions.” “I encourage them to ask, ‘can we?’ and to question convention,” he states. “The design software says what’s possible but it’s the Mimaki printers that add the potential, and this is transforming the way the students think about the connection between design and print.” Huddersfield University is centrally located in the town, itself surrounded by the Pennines and steeped in a rich textile printing heritage. With major investment and development on the cards, the university’s School of Art, Design and Architecture is set to move to a high-tech new building in 2019, but for now, offers a creative resource that spans a multitude of disciplines including architecture, animation, photography, graphic design and textiles. Mimaki’s UJF series of multi award-winning

small format flatbed printers is utilised in a broad array of industries, from high-end décor applications to the promotional product printing market. They’re also found within manufacturing environments as well as many other sectors that benefit from its arsenal of creative tools; such as opaque white ink, clear varnish, vibrant process colours and the ability to print to almost any substrate. Purchased through Mimaki reseller R A Smart, the Tx300P-1800 is a versatile, wide format, direct to textile printer that allows students to output to digitally prepared natural fabrics such as cotton, making it a popular choice for fashion and furnishings businesses as well as designers. “We have an excellent relationship with the team at R A Smart and Laura Newill (our Textiles Specialist Design and Print Technician) and I are always kept well informed on new product developments,” Calcutt affirms. “What pleases me the most however, is the great service we receive from both R A Smart and Hybrid. As a manager, it’s essential that I am confident that our staff will be well supported

in the implementation and development of newly acquired technologies and I know that Laura can rely on the technical expertise of the engineers and solutions experts.” “The range of Mimaki hardware that we have teaches the students the appropriateness of print,” continues Hardy-Smith. “They quickly learn what to use and why. From their initial amazement at the potential, by understanding what the printers offer, they can be ever more creative in their design process.” An annual highlight is the end of year show and the Mimaki printers have played an important role in the work on display. “Students learn to collaborate, so are able to incorporate many different techniques in their exhibitions,” concludes Calcutt. “We encourage them to work with multiple technologies and materials, so the breadth of work is proof of how they’re flourishing as young designers and learning how to operate outside the established framework. None of this would have happened had we not made the initial investment in the Mimaki.” www.rasmart.co.uk

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New Xerox ConnectKey Printer Apps Workers can spend more time collaborating and creating colourful marketing materials with two new Xerox workplace assistant printers that personalise work experiences and support mobility with secure, wireless printing. Designed for medium and large workgroups, the customisable Xerox VersaLink® C8000 and C9000 A3 colour printers produce professional colour quality, backed by benchmark reliability at an affordable total cost of ownership. In addition, the C9000 is equipped with precision colour management tools, greater media flexibility and added productivity. Exceptional user experience — The user experience, which sets these products apart, begins with a simple, wizard-based installation and configuration process. Designers, marketers and office staff have access to a powerful, yet accessible feature set, without requiring IT expertise. The exclusive five inch, tilt-capable, colour user interface responds to taps, swipes and pinches, much like mobile devices, and can be personalised for different work environments or individual users. Further personalisation is provided by Xerox ConnectKey® apps, available from the Xerox App Gallery. These apps provide one-touch, easy access to cloud services such as Dropbox, Google Drive and Box; and with @PrintByXerox, any email-enabled device can print a job while on the go. This consistent user experience is available across all ConnectKeyenabled devices, enabling a standard workflow that fuels increased productivity. Professional colour in a workplace setting — Both devices provide professional colour image quality with advanced EA Toner and high print resolution. For enhanced colour management, the C9000 supports the Xerox Precise Colour Management System, offering colour accuracy and precise tuning of Pantone and custom spot colours. The C9000 also handles heavier stocks for greater media flexibility in

developing applications such as brochures, proposals, posters, directmail pieces and signage. To automate the final output, optional finishing, available on both devices, offer saddle-stitch, crease, and booklet making. “Like other members of the VersaLink family, the C8000 and C9000 let you work on your own terms, whenever and wherever you want,” said Tracey Koziol, senior vice president, Global Offerings, Xerox. “They are true workplace assistants, adjusting to work styles and requirements while keeping up with the rapidly evolving, increasingly mobile workplace.” Availability — The VersaLink C8000 and C9000 are available immediately through Xerox direct and indirect channels. www.xerox.com

New eye-catching floor graphics Many of us use our phones while out shopping: researching products, comparing prices, downloading coupons, taking photos of items to think about later, looking at a shopping list or simply checking the time. So, with so many shoppers looking down at their phones, retailers need to find new ways to grab their attention. Innovations in printing technology, inks and — of course — materials now enable display and advertising potential to reach floor to ceiling and wall to wall. Window displays encourage shoppers into a retail space, inside which POS and shelf-edge displays can boost sales of a specific product or range. But floor graphics can do all this and more: they can be used to guide customers into and around a space and create a fuller experience. This method can also be incredibly effective in city centre environments, trade shows, museum exhibitions, theme parks — anywhere you want to grab and maintain the attention of your visitor. They’re also ideal for places like hospitals, transport hubs and educational facilities, where effective wayfinding systems keeps foot traffic moving in the right direction. The safety of floor graphics was, naturally, a concern in the past; installing a tripping hazard is never good business. But materials have been developed to ensure floor graphics are non-slip and securely fixed and, Drytac make media that is easy to install and to remove too, even for the non-professional. They have a full range of display materials designed specifically for safe,

user-friendly and effective graphics on a whole variety of common floor coverings. This includes award winning SpotOn Floor 200, a 200 micron (8 mil) embossed printable white matte PVC film designed for short-term, indoor floor graphics with no need for lamination, with a post-print anti-slip rating. It has also achieved a Class B1 Fire Rating, meaning it can be used in public areas governed by strict fire regulations, and has Drytac’s innovative ‘dot pattern’ adhesive for clean removal — leaving no sticky residue. Drytac’s FloorTac range is tough enough to withstand medium to heavy foot traffic in indoor environments, offering a great addition to short-term graphics campaigns. This speciality floor graphics media features a removable, pressure-sensitive grey acrylic adhesive making it easy to apply, maintain and remove. Recommended to be paired with Drytac’s Emerytex overlaminate to provide slip-rated floor graphics. FloorTac is available in North America and FloorTac Plus is available in Europe All Drytac’s materials that are suitable for floor graphics are compatible with UV, solvent, eco-solvent and latex ink technologies, making them incredibly versatile products. With floor graphics it’s all about being eyecatching, so spend time experimenting with colours and designs to create something far more enticing than a smartphone. Take a look around the Drytac range to discover the perfect floor display media for your campaign. www.drytac.com

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EFI Single-pass Reggiani BOLT Textile Printer The brand-new, next-generation, single-pass EFI™ Reggiani BOLT textile digital printer from Electronics For Imaging, Inc. (Nasdaq:EFII) made its debut during an open house event at the EFI Reggiani facility in Bergamo, Italy. The advanced, ultra-high-speed digital single-pass printer has the potential to revolutionise the textile printing market, providing users with high uptime and reliability, outstanding performance, superior printing uniformity and accuracy, long printhead life and minimal maintenance needs. The EFI Reggiani open house has created huge interest in global textile market opportunities, with nearly 300 customers and journalists attending to see the new BOLT in action. “The innovative development of our new single-pass printer comes from Reggiani’s speed of innovation in digital textile printing, its 70 years of history, and our proprietary knowledge of high-volume analogue rotary printing,” said EFI Reggiani Vice President and General Manager Adele Genoni. “Our EFI colleagues proven worldwide expertise in single-pass technology and, most importantly, EFI Reggiani’s serious commitment to listening to and addressing our textile customers needs, has allowed us to achieve incredible results with our newest print technology. The EFI Reggiani BOLT re-writes the rules of digital textile single-pass printing, delivering superior throughput and quality with a highly competitive return on investment for customers. We are excited to bring this technology to our customers and see their businesses succeed and grow.” Cutting-edge printhead technology and high-performance ink deliveryThe BOLT offers an innovative, low-maintenance, fast-startup recirculation printhead that delivers better, more-uniform printing with superior uptime. Thanks to its cutting-edge printhead concept and high-performance ink delivery system, the BOLT has throughput speeds of up to 90 metres per minute (more than 8,000 square metres per hour) at a 600 x 600 dots per inch (dpi) resolution. It features high-end greyscale imaging in drop sizes from 5 to 30 picolitres, and also provides premium-quality 600 x 4,800 maximum-dpi resolution printing, allowing customers to address the full range of design needs. The printhead has been developed in partnership with a leading printhead manufacturer, and will be available exclusively for EFI Reggiani. High-end capabilities, with reduced downtime The EFI

Reggiani BOLT meets growing requirements for high-quality, ecologically sustainable digital textile imaging in apparel, décor and other markets. Paired with an EFI Fiery® digital front end (DFE) print server offering unique, high-speed processing capabilities on demand, the BOLT printer is a robust, industrial platform designed for 24/7 operation and continuous productivity that drives high-volume throughput while reducing the cost per metre. Additional new features and enhancements on the printer include: Enhanced maintenance features — The printer’s contactless wiping system prolongs printhead life and quality. Plus, the printer comes with an assisted alignment system for its test calibration scan unit, and features extractable printing beams for easier maintenance. Extended colour gamut and superior image quality — Thanks to EFI expertise in colour management and flexible colour configurations, customers can easily reproduce a wider variety of work, including designs featuring plain colours, geometric patterns, fine lines, deep blacks and smooth gradients. Fiery technologies for the new Reggiani BOLT printer also will include a one year subscription to EFI Fiery DesignPro, a powerful textile and fashion design suite that runs inside designers Adobe® Creative Cloud® applications. Fiery DesignPro reduces the time needed to create colour books, repeats, colourways and prepare files for production to minutes instead of hours. Together, the new Reggiani BOLT singlepass printer and Fiery technologies address key market trends as customers face pressure for faster time-to-market, quick fashion cycles, shorter print runs and more customisation. For further information about EFI Reggiani products for the textile market, visit www.efi.com

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Quick Print Pro • New Products

December 2018-January 2019

Xeikon X-800 6.0 Digital Press Platforms Xeikon has announced the newest version of its X-800 digital front-end (DFE). It delivers maximum automation to enable the most powerful workflow on the market. The X-800 6.0 combines superior and consistent print with industry-leading productivity to enable digital printers to process their print jobs, no matter how complex, in the fastest, most flexible and secure way. It is upgradable to all press-models from the Panther UV inkjet presses – the PX3000 and PX2000 to the Xeikon 3000 series to the Cheetah series for labels and the Xeikon 8000 and 9000 series for the graphic arts markets. The solution enables print service providers to reduce job preparation time, automate converting and serve a new business which can only be enabled through digital print, such as variable data. “We are constantly innovating our press portfolio and, as a result, our software solutions that support them, so our customers can maximise their production possibilities,” comments Filip Weymans, Vice President Marketing at Xeikon. “The Xeikon X-800 6.0 DFE builds on our highly successful and established dedicated Xeikon press software platform that works with open standards and delivers scalable functionality.” Weymans continues: “It will allow all our customers to add value no matter their speciality area. From label and packaging

converters to operations with high-volume data throughput requirements, the latest version will help them streamline their workflow, reduce job preparation time for even the most complex work and become more responsive and efficient. To demonstrate the possible business gains for individual operations Xeikon has launched a new initiative called “Workflow Challenge”. Customers can request an online review by simply mailing info@xeikon.com comparing the X-800 6.0 to other workflows. Adds Weymans: “Simply seeing the impact

a software solution has on other similar operations does not always make it easy to understand how it will help your business’s performance. With our Workflow Challenge, a much more direct comparison can be made helping define specific goals that will achieve tangible results. We will highlight how job automation reduces job preparation, enables variable data management and supports web to print with laser die cutting.” For more information about Xeikon, visit www.xeikon.com

New Roland VersaWorks 6 RIP Software Roland has announced the release of Roland VersaWorks 6 RIP and print management software for inkjet printers and printer/cutters. VersaWorks 6 is the latest generation of Roland’s powerful RIP software, offering print service providers the ultimate in productivity, quality output and ease of use, to drive any print business. VersaWorks 6 includes enhanced functions to streamline the entire printing process by generating high-quality print data that optimises the features of the printer, ink and media being used. “Our new VersaWorks 6 comes with an extensive range of features that makes the printing process more accurate and reliable for users, while also building upon the superb core functionality and ease of use of the previous popular VersaWorks software,” explains Yohei Shinomura, manager of Digital Printing Product Management. To optimise productivity, VersaWorks 6 provides 64-bit native support to maximise performance from the latest 64-bit operating systems, for improved processing of complicated data, including complex vectors and multiple layers, with ease and precision. To further streamline workflows, five print queues each offer unlimited saved settings for recurring jobs, clients and media so users can save settings for specific client requirements and immediately reload past settings for recurring jobs. For simple, efficient reworking of data and super-accurate image reproduction, PDF files can be processed natively to render transparencies, drop shadows and other special effects the way they

are intended to look in the design. Plus, an easy-to-use colour matching function in VersaWorks 6 ensures consistent colour when using multiple printers of the same model and ink configuration, to provide accurate colour control when using more than one printer for volume production for the same client, or jobs involving large, combined graphics. Inheriting the established user-friendliness of VersaWorks Dual, the intuitive VersaWorks 6 user interface has been redesigned to reflect the latest design trends and features more intuitive visual icons to enhance usability even further. www.rolanddg.co.uk

BREAKTHROUGH BRILLIANCE. Meet the world’s first xerographic press able to print mixed metallics with 6 colours in a single pass – the Xerox® IridesseTM Production Press. Command attention with mesmerizing iridescent metallic hues, precise spot embellishments, Ultra HD resolution and a robust suite of finishing options. Automated to deliver remarkable results and enable untapped revenue opportunities. Embrace your inner brilliance.

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Quick Print Pro • People in Print

December 2018-January 2019

PEOPLE IN PRINT Esko appoints Mattias Byström as President

The City of Salisbury welcomes Signs Express

Esko has announced that Mattias Byström has been appointed President, effective January 1, 2019. Byström succeeds Udo Panenka, who is leaving the company to pursue new opportunities. “We thank Udo for his excellent service to Danaher over the past ten years, including leading Esko since 2015,” reflected Joakim Weidemanis, Executive Vice President of Danaher, Esko’s parent company. “Under Udo’s leadership, Esko repositioned the flexo plate production business through innovation and moved to a new site in Itzehoe. Udo also built up Esko’s business serving brand owners, including the acquisitions of MediaBeacon and BLUE, and initiated Esko’s software migration to software as a service (SaaS).” Mattias Byström brings with him over twenty years of general management experience. Most recently he was CEO of FlexLink, a global $300 million factory automation solutions business with headquarters in Gothenburg, Sweden. Byström has eight years of prior Danaher experience in different leadership roles in what was then known as Danaher Motion. This included leading the Automated Guided Vehicle business, primarily a software systems enterprise. Earlier in his career, Byström co-founded and led two digital start-ups. Commenting on his new appointment, Mattias Byström says, “Esko has incredible potential because digitisation, automation and connectivity have gained momentum in the packaging industry in the past few years. It is my priority to ensure that Esko delivers stronger innovation that is increasingly valuable to our customers.” www.esko.com

Established in 1989 and celebrating their 30th anniversary next year, Signs Express has developed into the largest network of sign production centres in the UK and is growing at its fastest rate in more than 10 years. The addition of a centre opening in Salisbury is the fourth new centre the franchise has opened this year making a total of 67 centres across the UK. The Wiltshire city, described as “quintessentially English’’ is famous for its world heritage, history and beautiful surroundings. The addition of the national signage company to this area will offer innovative products and services to local companies in Salisbury and surrounding areas such as Andover, Romsey, The New Forest as well as Amesbury. The owner of Signs Express (Salisbury), Rod Clark, has a great combination of skills brought over from his time in project management and business operations. With a natural flare for the arts learnt through his time as a photographer, Rod’s range of expertise has helped him get off to a flying start having recently completed work for an array of local businesses. Rod said “Nothing is more important to me than having a good relationship with the customers I work with in my local area. I am excited to be a part of the award-winning Signs Express Franchise and I cannot wait to use all of my experiences to focus on running my own business, which has always been my goal”. Managing Director of Signs Express, Jonathan Bean commented, “Rod is a natural people person with a vast professional background. He is a highly motivated and proactive individual which will support businesses in Salisbury with their signage needs. We are thrilled to welcome him into our network”. www.signsexpress.co.uk/branch/salisbury

Tradeprint appoints Charlene Douglas as new MD

Matt Dyl joins The Pen Warehouse and Snap Products

Charlene Douglas has been appointed Managing Director of Dundee and London based online print company Tradeprint.co.uk. Charlene was previously Finance Director at Tradeprint. As an insider to the business and a passionate customer advocate, Charlene will bring an incredible customer focus and a passion for making Tradeprint stand out through the quality of its service. Charlene Douglas said: “I am excited to be at the helm of such an incredibly fast-paced company. My intention is to ensure that as a business we stay focussed on our loyal customers’ requirements in everything we do and that we constantly strive to deliver the best print experience online. I will also focus on our fantastic team members, to make sure that we put their happiness at the heart of our business to allow them to grow with us.” www.tradeprint.co.uk

The Pen Warehouse and Snap Products have announced the appointment of Matt Dyl as National Sales Manager. Matt’s appointment represents an exciting opportunity for the trade-exclusive suppliers, bringing with him a wealth of experience and an abundance of passion and ideas. Matt comes from a background of digital printing and business development, making him the perfect fit for his new role. Previous accomplishments include working his way up through the ranks of a large format print company, and overseeing the transformation of a small print company into a major player. Having lived in South Africa for the last nine years, Matt is pleased to return to his native UK to embark on the next stage of his career. The Pen Warehouse and Snap Products are the perfect fit for his ambitions. “The Pen Warehouse and Snap Products have demonstrated impressive growth over the years”, Matt told us. “But I’m confident there is more opportunity to pursue and potential still to be tapped into. I’m excited to make my mark on both companies and drive further growth.” www.pens.co.uk • www.snapproducts.co.uk

ADD NEW PRODUCTS WITHOUT NEW EQUIPMENT WITH THE TETENAL FULFILMENT SERVICE EXCLUSIVE TO BUSINESS CUSTOMERS As an additional service to our business customers, Tetenal has introduced a fulfilment service allowing you to trial new products before making an investment in new equipment to produce the items yourself. PRODUCTS & SERVICES AVAILABLE Our services are split into 3 main products.

Rather buy the equipment? All of the equipment we use to produce products via our fulfilment site is available to purchase for your business. Our dye sublimation SEFA presses, together with our range of Epson Printers are your route to producing your own ChromaLuxe Panels.

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HD CHROMALUXE ALUMINIUM PANELS High definition, prints produced through a heated dye sublimation process to produce stunning high gloss panels, available in a variety of sizes. Each panel comes with either a sub-frame system for easy hanging or a black frame with an inset panel.

Entry Level option - Ricoh Ri 100 DIRECT TO GARMENT PRINTING We print on a variety of clothing and home products, including T-Shirts, Polo Shirts, Hoodies, Baby Bibs, Aprons and Bags. EXTERNAL PANELS ALSO AVAILABLE A new addition to the range is external ChromaLuxe Panels suitable for signage. This includes information panels for outdoor public or private spaces

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A new addition to the Tetenal portfolio is the Ricoh Ri 100 DTG Printer. This easy to use, compact and versatile printer is the perfect way to enter the personalised print market yourself. It is able to print on light coloured items. We offer an installation and training service together with a number of blank T-Shirts to use during the training process.

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Quick Print Pro • Digital Imaging

December 2018-January 2019

PIXEL PROPHET

MAKING BIG PLANS FOR THE FUTURE When the penultimate week of the month comes around I have a dilemma. I like to start this column with a little preamble but when the copy deadline looms for this magazine I often initially struggle to think of a theme, or at least a topic to be part of the prologue. But then along comes a customer and provides me with a perfect script that enables me to come up with a suitable punchline. Martin Christie scribes…

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s many readers will know, as well as a publisher, we are also a busy working print on demand shop serving a diverse range of people in Brighton, and our walk in city centre counter sees by a colourful collection of visitors at times. But it is this rich and varied resource that is a great reality check if you are in danger of getting too carried away with the technology, or thinking you’ve got an answer for everything. Every day brings a new experience. So we had one of those customers, the one with all the questions about how much and how many and how about if… They seem to be stuck on an endless loop of enquiry that’s never going to get anywhere. He’s probably the same in the pound shop — it doesn’t matter however many you have, they’re still a pound! Fortunately, I’m only earwigging this conversation from behind a monitor screen and not having to deal with it, but you can’t help listening because you have a horrible feeling this could go on all afternoon. Finally he focuses on mug. It’s just £9.99, and he’s already had £10 worth of staff time, but it’s not done yet. The mug comes out, he’s shown how the image will look, advised on size and what type of file, all the helpful advice and guidance you get from a proper shop. So just when we think he’s going to put his valued order in he announces it was only a general enquiry as he normally buys everything on line as it’s cheaper and more convenient! Yes I know it’s a familiar story on the high street but bear with me, there’s a neat twist. A little later the franked mail has to go up to be posted at the main sorting office, and it’s my turn as it’s one of those horrible wet and windy wintery days and I have the biggest coat. The good thing with the main sorting office is there’s a hatch for the mail bag so you don’t have to queue at the counter. That’s just as well because the queue is out of the door and up the road, and it’s can only made up of people expecting to pick up parcel deliveries as there are no other

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counter services here. There’s only one member of staff serving at the window, so this single file of expectants is shuffling slowly at a snail’s pace, and most of them are in the rain, looking miserable. Oh, and who’s that at the back? You’re probably ahead of me by now, but of course it’s our prospective mug purchaser experiencing the full reality of an on line transaction. If he’s not waiting to receive his order, he’ll be trying to send it back because it’s not the right colour. Is it really worth saving a couple of quid for this when you can get exactly what you want, when you want it first time. Of course, we can’t block internet sales, and we take advantage of it ourselves, if only because there are so many things you can no longer buy from the remaining shops in the city centre. The point of a print service at a counter with expert advice is that, unlike a pair of shoes or a dress, there are so many more questions that can be discussed and taken into account other than the

size of your foot or your vital statistics. So many customers come to the counter not being sure what they want, or what they can expect to pay, it’s a lot more complicated than ticking a box on a website. When they search on line, a browser only finds what he thinks he is looking for. Then there is the add on sale, what we now have to call upselling, which will be especially relevant with Christmas looming and shoppers needing to fill those stockings with extra gifts. By the time you read this the seasonal deadline will be closing fast, as will the options for guaranteed delivery. Time to make that point to people on the street. The hands-on experience of recent months was also useful when I attended the launch of Epson’s latest printers, these intended for the plan and plotter market but with potential to fill several roles in the print shop. I do like Epson’s approach to these sort of things, rather than try and browbeat you with

Quick Print Pro • Digital Imaging

December 2018-January 2019

statistics, or tedious mission statements and Powerpoint presentations, they tend to keep it all very casual and simple. Here are the products, see what you think. A simple plan printer may not have the prestige of some of the more expensive and sophisticated models in the range, but the latest offering is worth a second look, if only because the market itself is evolving. The humble plotter has had a place in the print shop for years, and traditionally serviced the basic builder trade needing a line drawing of a house or a yard. The toner-based units were big and bulky, and still are. When smaller, faster inkjet machines became available, architects and designers started to install them in their own office rather than use a print bureau. HP and Canon were probably the brands of choice, often because they were already providing other equipment in their range. Although some of these machines were colour capable, there didn’t seem to be much of a demand for plan printing in full colour, and better quality colour demanded a better calibre of printer. But times have changed, as they do, and probably there are several factors involved. It came to my attention earlier this year when a big job came in that needed A1 colour, and in quantity. As the large format operator, I would normally use our eight colour pigment printer, and just use 140gsm paper and adjust the price to about a third of standard because of the small amount of ink used, and light coverage on the paper. This is fine for a few prints on a deadline, but quantity calls for a complete rethink. I found the fastest speed I could dial into the printer, and still produce fine detail black in text as well as solid colour lines without banding produced an A1 in just under four minutes. That’s still only just over a dozen an hour if you allow for cutting time, and changing paper and ink, so if you have hundreds to do it’s a job of several days, not hours. The big job was for a major redevelopment of Brighton’s central traffic zone, with extended pedestrianisation, that will be ongoing over the next two years, and the plans involved existing detail of lighting, mains electricty, sewerage, ducting, in fact all the many pieces of infrastructure that make up a modern city. When you see all of that complex patchwork laid out at A1 size you quickly see why you need to give a workman a hardcopy and not let him try and view it on his phone. And with that much detail you can also see

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what it has to be in colour. It makes it so much easier to spot things that might be missed in greyscale. It even makes it easier to collate a large collection of maps because you can quickly see colour differences between them. Otherwise you’d have to look very hard or try and read the tiny label in the bottom right corner. Once you tackle a job like that it becomes very obvious that colour is a sensible option, and in the scale of costs of major development more affordable than a serious site error. As all the many wires and cables that hold our complicated information society together expand, the need for the colour-coded solution will only increase. And despite digital devices, there is no substitute for something that can be spread out and viewed in reasonable scale. Apart from the printing of plans and visual concepts on a larger scale than A3, there is a very real need for a cheaper option for general posters and documents that don’t need fine art or photographic specifications. For that, a basic four colour printer is now able to come up with acceptable quality as well as speed. The changing market means that the average modern day customer, unused to printing requirements, can’t easily grasp why a basic A2 is not twice but four times the price of an A3, and why it can’t be done just as instantly. So Epson’s new model range is perfectly timed to meet these needs. Not the manufacturer’s first plan printers, but a new generation faster, more efficient, and priced competitively with existing competition. The entry-level model comes in at under a thousand pounds, will print short edge

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A1, and will fit comfortably on a large desktop or table and is therefore easily moved around. The 24-inch model has a 36-inch stablemate which will do A0. I never did understand why it took the LFP manufacturers so long to work out that an A0 printer only needs to have a carriage 36-inches wide and not 44. Always a lot of waste paper left. As well as the paper rolls, which can run up to 260gsm, both models will easily cope with manual sheet feed down to A4, which can be useful in the office for the odd letter or envelope. Like other Epsons, they will also take quite thick card and any normal media, and possibly some not so normal. As Epson use gravity to help move the media down to the inkjet, the electric motor drive is not overstretched trying to push it up. The T3100 and T5100 share the same Epson Micro TFP head technology on all its latest models, meaning cleaner running, less wastage of ink in blockages, and more accurate performance on longer runs. The trick with inkjets has always been to make the heads run faster without blocking the minute jets with excess ink. Unlike HP and Canon, Epson don’t use an electrical charge to ease ink flow in the heads and as a result tend to be more reliable in the long run. We hope to get one of the models on trial early in the new year so will be able to give you a full road test, particularly on costings of the various print options. It’s all well and good checking specifications that look good on paper, if you are going to commit to a working tool you want to know how it shapes up in the real world. Have a good Christmas, see you in the New Year!

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Quick Print Pro • Christmas

December 2018-January 2019

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THE ANNUAL RAFFLE IS HERE…

GOT YOUR NUMBER Your free to enter raffle ticket landed with last month’s QPP magazine. Please register your unique number by post or email. We have again teamed up with our regular seasonal supplier to offer all our QPP readers the chance to win some new raffle ticket business. Paul Weston at www.nelsonpress.co.uk is looking forward to working with our 6600 professional print shops and is supplying this season’s Christmas and New Year raffle/draw tickets. Check out the quality then register your unique number. Advice to any legal implications is available along with list prices to ensure our Christmas GP extra bonus. To best show off these tickets, Paul has again offered to print a batch of 7000 raffle tickets to be inserted in next month’s QPP. This generosity has lead our chief scroungers to phone a few special suppliers to donate some prizes for you hard working readers to have a chance to win in this year’s Christmas QPP Raffle. Print shops can all win by offering their own seasonal raffle ticket service to existing customers and attract some new ones too.

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This seasonal calendar creative kit will make someone a year round profit. Thanks to our friends at Renz for all of this: 1 x SRW 360 binding machine, 1 x TC20 thumb cut machine, 100 wires and 100 hangers. www.renz.co.uk

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Quick Print Pro • Christmas

December 2018-January 2019

QPP — making a seasonal song and dance about new products for Christmas

crisp bottle of beautiful Prosecco to really start Christmas off with a pop! This attractive gift is presented in a high-quality, unique, wicker belly basket perfect for use as a storage option around the house for years to come. This hamper is simply a must have for anyone with a sweet tooth and will convert anyone who doesn’t!

3RD PRIZE 6 bottles of wine

This perfect plonk comes courtesy of a mystery press release contributor. Thanks for the lovely PR and for sharing the love with a well deserved glass or two of the good stuff.

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Choose from: Manual Handling; COSHH; Fire Awareness; Fire Extinguisher Use; DSE Awareness …and many, many more from nearly 100 titles.

Our sincere thanks for this timely and print industry essential contribution go out to our long time friend Paul Beard, SME Advisor www.smeadvisor.co.uk 0330 333 4997 paul.beard@smeadvisor.co.uk Tw: @theSMEadvisor

5TH PRIZE Epson ECOTANK All In One Printer

This next generation EcoTank is a fast 4-in-1 with a 250-sheet paper tray. Cut your printing costs by 74% average with Epson’s cartridge-free EcoTank. Thanks to Epson the lucky winner will be able to work from home! www.epson.co.uk

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