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What’s new and in store for you

17 IT’S SHOWTIME

The printable jokes sent in by you

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32 FINDA PRODUCT / SUPPLIER QPP preferred suppliers in print and on the web

22 DIGITAL IMAGERY

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24 GREEN ISSUES

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Print purchase decisions will once again be accountable to the criteria we promote and get our customers to buy into.

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The Print Futures Awards are open for entries!

CASH grants of up to £1,500 each are available to help pay for any costs associated with relevant education or training courses for a career in printing, publishing or graphic arts in the UK. Entries close Friday, 29 May 2015.

The sponsors – The Printing Charity, Unite the Union GPM Sector, The John Crosfield Foundation, the British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF), and St Bride Foundation – are calling for entries to the 2015 Print Futures Awards.

The annual Print Futures Awards are open to anyone resident in the UK aged between 16 and 30 years who intends or is studying for a career in the

UK printing, publishing or graphic arts sectors.

Stephen Gilbert, The Printing Charity’s Chief Executive, said: “Last year’s Awards attracted the highest number of applicants and winners since the scheme was launched in 2003.

“As well as helping the new generation enter the industry, we also welcome applications from people already working in print who would like to undertake short-term courses or training sessions to develop their skills.”

For further information about the Print Futures Awards, please contact Terry Ulrick, Print Futures Awards Secretary on 07850 105027, email terryulrick@tucommunications.co.uk or see www.printfuturesawards.com

Roland DG Awarded Investors In People ROLAND DG has announced it has achieved Investors In People (IIP) Silver Standard status, after passing the accreditation assessment with flying colours late in 2014.

Says Jerry Davies, Managing Director, Roland DG (UK). “This is another great achievement for Roland DG and I’m very proud to be leading a company that places such importance on its employees. People are the most important asset in any business. They are a company’s heartbeat and define its culture, its relationship with customers and ultimately, its success.

“The whole team at Roland DG is passionate about what they do and what they can bring to

the business and this IIP certification is timely recognition of all the enthusiasm, dedication and talent delivered by each employee, every day.”

Investors in People (IIP) is an internationally recognised framework designed to help businesses improve their performance across the board.

The certification focuses on assessing a range of business-critical topics, ensuring there is a clearly defined business strategy understood by all employees, processes for knowledge sharing and developing individuals beyond their specific job role.

Concludes Davies: “In just a couple of years we’ve worked our way through the Core and Bronze

Duplo announces new show for the north DUPLO has unveiled first details of a new event in the north to show how customers can create added value and increased revenue through the latest applications and innovations.

The print finishing systems pioneer has announced that ’Northern Lights’ will be held at The Lowry, part of a magnificent waterside location in the redeveloped Salford Quays, Manchester, from 10-11 March 2015.

Duplo will be demonstrating how its continual investment in its business with next-generation products, service and support create integrated solutions and a sustainable future for customers.

Dozens of clients and prospects will be inspired at the two-day event that will demonstrate entire digital workflow innovations from pre to post press systems. Duplo will be announcing in the next few weeks details of its key partners for the show that will be free to attend.

Sarah Crumpler, UK Marketing Manager for Duplo, said: “Our customer forum next month will steer the direction of ‘Northern Lights’. Our business is driven by the feedback that we receive from our

customers and our events are no different.”

She added: “It’s less of a case of what the products can do, but how they can be used to create greater efficiencies, or added value leading to increased revenue streams. We know that our customers want, and expect, Duplo to do something different. We won’t disappoint.” www.duplouk.com

IIP Standards, and now we have achieved Silver status. But the job doesn’t stop here. We will continue over the coming months to build on this and make Roland DG the best possible place to work. The awarding of the IIP Silver Standard topped off a great 2014 for the company, and we go into 2015 brimming with confidence and everything we need to make this year our best year – an amazing new HQ, an unrivalled portfolio of products and an outstanding team. www.rolanddg.co.uk

FullColourCards merger with RugbyPrinter.co.uk FULLCOLOURCARDS has announced exciting new plans to mark the start of the new year. The online print supplier has acquired Midlands based company Rugby Printer in a merger which promises to bring digital services to the forefront of product offerings.

FullColourCards, one of the UK’s leading online print suppliers are based in Durham.

They specialise in providing value for money full colour litho and digital printing solutions to clients all over the country.

‘I am delighted to welcome Carl and the Rugby Printer team to the Group. We have different strengths which when combined will give our customers more services, more innovation and more value, ‘commented FullColourCards Managing Director Andy Knowles.

Rugby Printer transfers a range of digital marketing expertise to the FullColourCards business group.

To celebrate the new merger between the two companies a brand new website will be launched to mark the start of the partnership between the two companies. They look forward to connecting with customers on digital platforms such as Twitter, Facebook and Youtube and reaching a global audience through their diverse range of product offerings.

Carl and Andy look forward to working together developing their digital and print offering to clients and customers and aim to deliver a value for money twenty first century online print marketing service across the UK and beyond. www.fullcolourcards.co.uk

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PrintIT! launches PassIT!

THE PassIT! fundraising campaign, derived from London Calling 2014 is a collaboration between Duplo and its partners to run a 10 month fundraising campaign to raise awareness and money for Proskills’ Schools into Industry programme PrintIT! Optimus, Antalis, Balreed, Taopix, Vpress, LumeJet, Renz, Neopost, Vivid and Duplo have each been allocated a month in which to organise a fundraising activity. The PassIT! baton will be passed to each partner throughout the year ending with Duplo taking the last month of September before showcasing their results at London Calling 2015.

PassIT! was as a result of a brainstorming session with the London Calling partners on how they could do more to promote and support PrintIT! through London Calling.

Peter Jolly, Managing Director at Duplo UK says: “The concept of London Calling is a workflow between the seed of a printed job, right from the web order to the print to the finishing and through to the mailing. It is basically a “chain” of companies linking together. So the launch of the PassIT! campaign through London Calling just seemed a natural progression, to pass the baton up the chain!

PrintIT! is an extremely important initiative, for

the future of print. We can either sit back and discuss “the good old days” and how tough times are now, or we can embrace change and innovations in modern communication and tell the youth of today how creative, fun and fulfilling the print industry is. PrintIT! bangs the drum for print on behalf of the industry; and that is why we support it.

We are all very excited about the PassIT! campaign and we have lots of ideas for the year ahead. I’ve just recently competed in the Great South Run and have the running bug, so I’d love to get the Duplo Team running for PrintIT!” Kicking off the campaign in December is Optimus, a supplier of Management Information Systems to the Printing Industry based in Woking, Surrey. They are planning on cycling 296 miles which is the equivalent distance of the first Gutenberg press in Mainx Germany to Bruges in Belgium where Caxton printed the first English text book. Each team will be named after ‘C’ ‘M’ ‘Y’ ‘K’ (After the colour model CMYK) and will take it in turns to achieve this incredible feat.

Steve Richardson, Sales Director at Optimus said: “The print and graphics industries are embedded in the UK’s heritage and economic landscape as one of the top contributors in manufacturing. We cannot afford to let young talent miss out and we must inspire them at the grassroots level to enter our industries. We need young, flexible and fresh skills to come in or we risk losing growth and innovation.

PrintIT! is a fantastic initiative from which we will all benefit. By helping to inspire and teach young people about our industries we are ensuring a continuing stream of new skills, helping us to grow and remain a strong contributor to jobs in the UK and beyond.

We are very proud to be part of the PassIT!

fundraising campaign for PrintIT! We can’t wait to kick off the activities this month with the cycle challenge. Let’s all get behind it and help inspire young people into our industries!”

PrintIT! run by the charity Proskills UK, educates young people about the print, paper and packaging through a curriculum mapped design competition for the Fairtrade Foundation and learning activities. Not only do students get a hands-on opportunity to experience these industries they also gain an insight into the potential careers, apprenticeships and training they offer.

Jonathan Ledger, Managing Director of Proskills UK added: “The PassIT! campaign is such a fantastic initiative and we are very grateful to Duplo and its London Calling partner print and paper companies for organising this wonderful charitable initiative to support the Proskills PrintIT! schools programme. PrintIT! aims to inspire and educate as many students as possible without any cost to schools. This work would not be possible without the generous support we receive from the print and paper industries.

This is the first time that a long-term charitable fundraising campaign has been run for PrintIT! and so we are incredibly excited about it. This will not only raise awareness of the programme, it will help to deliver more workbooks and resources to students. It will also promote the print and paper industries to students, alerting them to the exciting and diverse array of career opportunities and demonstrate how committed the industry is in supporting their knowledge of the sector.”

Follow Optimus and their activities and the campaign at #PassITUK or at www.printit.org.uk For more information please contact the PrintIT! team on 01235 432030 or printit@ proskills.co.uk. www.duplouk.com

John Brailsford adds new Xerox devices

WITH busy walk in branches in Rotherham and Barnsley, John Brailsford Printers has added the latest Xerox C60 and Xerox 7855 colour devices to its offering to keep up with demand. “Our customers no longer expect us to print their job tomorrow or next week, they want it while they wait or at latest today, these purchases help us achieve that”, says director, John Brailsford.

The C60 is the latest colour production device from Xerox and builds on its successful 700 platform. The machine was specified loaded with dual high capacity trays and a full finishing solution with pro-active decurler and high production booklet finisher and folder. The C60 is the latest device to include SIQA, automated colour quality control and registration and is capable of handling heavy stocks up to 300gsm and SRA3 size paper. The press was specified with the Xerox Freeflow Print Server and Productivity Pack for variable data and personalisation.

“The new C60 was delivered just in time for Christmas and gives us the

additional capacity that we have needed to take the pressure of our long run presses.

The C60 will be used for while you wait and same day digital production of short run mailers, leaflets and posters along with saddle stitched booklets and speciality products such as labels and polyesters”, says Brailsford.

These additional devices bring the Xerox colour count to five machines over the two sites at John Brailsford Printers.

Ben Waring, Solutions Executive at Xerox UK is proud to supply John Brailsford Printers, Rotherham again. “John always carefully reviews all options when making colour device choices and we are delighted that the Xerox brand makes good business sense for John Brailsford Printers once more”.

John Brailsford Printers has two quick print branches and its 16 employees have served the area for 28 years. www.brailsfordprinters.co.uk

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Canon launches PSPs cross-media guide CANON has announced the publication of an inspirational guide for Print Service Providers (PSPs) who want to incorporate cross-media into their service offering. Developed using in-depth industry research, expert market knowledge and insight from independent Essential Business Builder Program (EBBP) consultants, this invaluable resource will help PSPs to better understand the opportunities presented by cross-media and how they can benefit from them.

Following a detailed introduction to crossmedia, the guide explains, step-by-step, the journey that PSPs can take to become marketing service providers (MSPs). It also helps position professional quality print as a highly relevant and effective communication platform alongside digital channels. In addition to information and insight, the guide also provides inspiration in the form of case studies about businesses that have successfully incorporated cross-media into their service offerings, as well as showcasing examples of innovative and effective cross-media applications with measurable Marketing Return on

Investment (MROI).

Completing the guide is an independent overview of the leading cross-media technologies, provided by industry analyst, Infotrends.

Antony White, European & UK Product Business Developer (Solutions), Canon Europe says: “Crossmedia has long been seen as the next big opportunity for printers. However, our research shows that many PSPs have struggled to grasp exactly what it is, whether it’s right for their business and how they can get started. With this

guide, we’ve set out to help our customers grow their businesses by answering these very questions.

“Combining inspiration with in-depth insight and drawing on our experience of working with successful cross-media marketing service providers, the guide serves as a conversation starter between PSPs and their customers. We hope that the guide will become a helpful reference tool for those who want to further leverage the value of print and their core competencies in a multichannel communications mix.”

To learn more about the cross media guide and obtain a copy, please email cross-media_guide@cuk. canon.co.uk • www.canon.co.uk

Artist keeps the faith with Epson A stunning piece of contemporary art has been commissioned and installed in St Michael’s Church, Camden. Measuring more than 60 m2, the largescale artwork has been produced by artist Maciej Urbanek and printed using an Epson large format printer and media.

The project has been a huge undertaking for the artist but an important one as St Michael’s is not just a place for worship but also acts as a meeting place and hub for the local community.

Commissioned by Father Philip North, Team Rector of the Parish of Old St Pancras, and funded by John Booth Charitable Foundation, the piece titled ‘HS’ is made of sculpted bin bags that have been photographed and digitally reworked to create a focal point within the church.

A graduate of Goldsmiths College and the Royal Academy of Arts, Maciej is currently photography tutor at the Royal Academy Schools, while still developing his art practice producing large-scale printed works. He has used Epson materials and equipment within the RA Schools’ Epson Digital Media Suite since he was a student so knows the technology well. “Once I had secured funding for the project I contacted Epson who readily agreed to help by offering me the use of their print facility at Hemel Hempstead,” says Maciej. But it wasn’t going to be a straightforward print job: “I didn’t want to print the work in strips because then I have long vertical cuts going through the work and the eye is really drawn to them. I wanted to print the work in elements that would be cut along the lines within the image. Not only does this keep the look of the original artwork but another advantage is that I can install the work easily, putting it together piece by piece – like a giant puzzle.”

Maciej divided the work into 27 large pieces which were then printed on Epson Ultrasmooth Fine Art paper using an Epson Stylus Pro 11880 printer. “Having used Epson technology for a few years I know exactly what to expect and the combination of printer, media and inks produces the highest quality finish – it’s fine art,” says Maciej.

The 64-inch Stylus Pro 11880 is the perfect printer for fine art and photography - it’s exceptionally fast and produces superb, longlasting results. Using Epson UltraChrome K3 ink with Vivid Magenta it reproduces consistent stunning, photo-realistic images and is ideal for colour and black and white prints. The Micro Piezo

TFP print head technology features 360 micro-fine nozzles per colour, delivering sharp, grain-free images at ultra-high speed.

It took 24 hours to print the 27 pieces and a further three days to install but the overall effect is stunning. “Epson were so helpful in providing their expertise, help and support, not to mention their time, in order to make the production of this artwork possible,” says Maciej. “I’m delighted with the finished piece. It creates a fantastic focal point as you enter the church and I hope that the whole community can come together and enjoy it for the next couple of years.” www.epson.co.uk

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Goin’ Large: World’s Largest Flatbed Printer

SA International, has announced that its awardwinning PixelBlaster print-to-finish production software has been bundled with the world’s largest digital flatbed printer, the Dip-Tech AR18000 digital ceramic in-glass printer.

Dip-Tech - provider of digital ceramic in-glass printing solutions, has set a new world record for printer size with the Dip-Tech AR18000 – an achievement officially recognised by Guinness World Records under the category of “largest digital flatbed printer”.

The Dip-Tech printer stands at an impressive 18m (59ft) in length – more than double the length of Dip-Tech’s next-longest printer – and can print a single pane of glass with a total area of up to 64m2 (688.89ft2). Typical applications of digital ceramic printing include colour-printed architectural glass for exterior projects, as well interior usage and transportation glass.

Covering pre-flight to production, SAi’s PDFbased PixelBlaster is a genuine end-to-end software that is designed to reduce bottlenecks, streamline workflows and increase profitability for

users.

SAi and Dip-Tech already enjoy an established collaboration, which saw SAi develop the exclusive PixelBlaster Dip-Tech Edition software to specifically address certain unique characteristics and challenges of Dip-Tech’s in-glass printers.

As Dip-Tech’s technology uses naturally pigmented ink and therefore doesn’t use the CMYK colour set (instead using orange, red, blue, green, black and white, as well as any required special spot color), PixelBlaster is used to match the designer or architect’s CMYK files into language the Dip-Tech printers understand.

The SAi PixelBlaster Dip-Tech Edition software comprises a PixelBlaster RIP, colour management and full colour workflow support and is bundled with all of Dip-Tech’s in-glass printers, which offer six-colour plus spot colour capability to the architectural and transportation glass market.

The special edition software was also developed to deliver the higher level of control needed for the opaque ceramic inks used on Dip-Tech in-glass printers. Printing on transparent glass and applying colours with varying levels of opacity demand a special level of control that SAi engineers incorporated into the software.

Another challenge for SAi was to develop a way of controlling the application of white ink in the

way Dip-Tech needed it. White is important when it is used as the base colour onto which other colours are applied; it is a means of controlling opacity, but at the same time, designers need to be able to use a reliable white in their designs. The SAi PixelBlaster DipTech Edition software enables different levels of white to be applied so that this control exists.

As well as fulfilling these specific requirements, the SAi PixelBlaster Dip-Tech Edition carries out the more standard jobs of SAi PixelBlaster software, including tiling, step-and-repeat, and colour library functions.

“SAi congratulates Dip-Tech on the impressive achievement of being welcomed as a Guinness World Record title holder and we are proud that our PixelBlaster software should play such a pivotal role in contributing to the overall performance of this record-breaking printer,” says Sarit Tichon, Senior VP Worldwide Sales at SAi. “Dip-Tech’s expertise in glass application, together with SAi’s industry-leading image processing knowledge has generated a powerful graphic platform for glass processors that symbolises the strength of our ongoing collaboration,” adds Aliza Edry, Director of Applications at Dip-Tech.

“Both Dip-Tech and SAi R&D teams continue to work closely to meet the unique imaging and workflow needs of our customers and fulfil their objectives in the field of printed architectural glass applications,” Edry concludes. www.ThinkSAi.com www.dip-tech.com

K+L Laminators new Polar production

K+L Laminators has expanded into a new 3,500 sq ft unit adjacent to its existing site in Hove and taken delivery of an additional Polar N115 guillotine with stacklift, jogger and pile turner.

“We needed this additional cutting capacity to ease the work load on the existing Polar. We like the Polar build quality, reliability and ease of use and Heidelberg is a company you can trust, with the best machines and excellent back up. This technology is easy to use and is value for money.

We have had other makes in the past but since owning a Polar we have never looked back,” says managing director Darren Miles.

The company handles a huge range of work, from business cards to B1

sheets and including splitting covers, shelling folders, cutting 4pp, 6pp and more.

The materials handling around the cutter will speed up operations, particularly with large sheet sized work, and it also takes the strain out of cutting, protecting the well-being of K +L’s staff.

Customers will gain from K+L reinvesting in equipment and it is a boost for staff at this family run business, too. The company has built a reputation on providing a full spectrum of finishes at competitive prices whilst retaining quality and service.

Further information from Emma Miles, K+L Laminators, on 01273748890.

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Perfect Colours takes on the HP Latex 3000 AT 3.2m wide with dual-roll capability and blistering throughput speeds, the HP Latex 3000 represents a major step up in productivity for sign and graphics companies. This high-volume workhorse takes pride of place in Perfect Colours ever-broadening portfolio of machinery after the reseller’s latest agreement with manufacturer HP. The HP Latex 3000 has received its due share of attention since its launch at FESPA, as much for its superb image definition as its racing output speed.

Its six-colour ink-set, embedded spectrophotometer and latex optimiser combine with a 12pl droplet size to produce fine-quality graphics which stand up easily to the close inspection expected from indoor applications – including the high-margin interior décor and wallpaper work currently gaining traction in the industry.

This sort of job can expect to print at 77sq m/ hour, while banner and other exterior work can attain 120sq m/hour, creating efficiency for businesses looking to satisfy large volumes, whether versioned or as a long run. The Latex 3000 can reach a maximum speed of 180sq m/ hour but, notably, can process two 1.6m rolls at once, providing efficiency and therefore profitability regardless of media width.

Particularly important for British wide-format houses, the Latex 3000 scores at both ends of the viable production spectrum. Although lamination can be applied immediately after printing, many users skip this step thanks to its excellent scratch resistance, which compares like-for-like with hard

solvent on PVC banner or self-adhesive vinyl.

However, it also performs superbly on heatsensitive materials and textiles, with an optional ink collector providing access to untapped markets via new substrates, such as unlined mesh, scrim, voile or flag.

“It makes total sense for Perfect Colours to provide the Latex 3000, not only for our everexpanding base of HP Latex users in the UK

but also those hungry for a high-productivity alternative in roll-to-roll,” comments Jon Telling, sales director for the award-winning reseller. “In line with our other recent portfolio additions and our dedication to service, we’re confident that Perfect Colours now provides the most comprehensive range of graphics production options in the country.” www.perfectcolours.com

Epson offers free SureColor signage printer training EPSON is offering free SureColor signage printer training at its dedicated training facility in Hemel Hempstead on 25th February 2015. The Epson SureColor Academy intensive one-day sessions have been created especially for SureColor SC-S series users and are worth £300 per person per day.

Each hands-on training session aims to help users to improve the print quality and production process using their SureColor SC-S series printers.

Some of the topics that will be covered during the day include: • Manufacturer maintenance routines to reduce downtime and improve quality • Using correct RIP and printer settings to improve productivity and reduce waste • Effective set-up and calibration of printer for high speed production • Learn to print on a range of different medias to expand your business • How to improve colour consistency and ease of colour reproduction • Keeping your firmware up-to-date ensuring you take advantage of latest developments Additional support is offered via the Epson SureColor Academy online portal which provides tools and information to help SureColor owners get the best from their printer. Once registered, users can access a library of media profiles and printer setup files to easily optimise their

SureColor printer’s performance and reliability.

Practical tips and tricks, expert interviews, case studies and more all help improve their skills, results and creativity.

Recent participant James Lawrence-Jones, Technical Production & Supply Chain Director, Photobox, says: “I’d recommend Epson’s SureColor Academy training to any SureColor users. The hands-on sessions give you in-depth access to Epson’s technical expertise so you get the most out of your printer. Since attending, we have

improved our material load speeds and first time success rates. We’ve also improved our understanding of cleaning and maintaining the printers, and therefore reduced the time spent on those tasks. Our operators have gained a better understanding and expertise in getting the very best results from the SureColor range.”

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PSPs demand Canon imagePRESS C800 CANON report a remarkably high level of demand for its new colour production cutsheet imagePRESS C800 Series since its launch at the ‘Canon For Business 2014’ event in Germany. Orders in Europe, the Middle East and Africa for the imagePRESS C800 have exceeded 900 units in a variety of configurations, with interest coming from print service providers (PSPs) and in-house print departments throughout EMEA. Positioned between the imageRUNNER ADVANCE C9000 Series and the imagePRESS C6011(S) in Canon’s colour digital press portfolio, the imagePRESS C800 Series produces high quality output at a marketleading level of productivity.

“This high level of interest and the significant number of orders we have already received for our new C800 series demonstrates that customers recognise the possibilities of such a versatile, productive and high quality device for their business,” comments Adrian Campomanes, European & UK Product Marketing Business Developer, Professional Print, at Canon Europe.

Feedback from participants in Canon’s lead customer programme has highlighted the quality of colour reproduction, flexibility and the high levels of productivity achievable as some of the key benefits contributing to the popularity of the new C800 series.

Peter Moes, business owner of two franchises of print and marketing services provider MultiCopy|The Communication Company located at Almere and Lelystad in The Netherlands, has been a participant in the lead customer programme and has already profited from the benefits the Canon imagePRESS C800 is bringing to his business.

“We are very impressed with the excellence and consistency of colour output, even at high production speeds,” comments Moes. “In addition, thanks to the flexibility and ease with which the press handles a range of substrates, including label stock, we have been able to introduce extra services and applications for our customers, enabling us to take the business

into new markets.”

Comprising two models - the 70ppm imagePRESS C700 and the 80ppm imagePRESS C800 - the new imagePRESS C800 Series incorporates cuttingedge technology combined with new and enhanced proven technology from the flagship Canon imagePRESS C7011VP(S). This has enabled the C800 Series to deliver advanced levels of print quality, productivity and versatility in both commercial and in-house print environments.

Campomanes continues, “With the imagePRESS C800 Series, Canon is setting a new benchmark in terms of quality, productivity, media handling and flexibility, allowing print professionals from the graphic arts and CRDs markets to offer new high-value applications across a wide range of media, all at outstanding speeds.”

“The extensive range of automated in-line finishing capabilities and third party in-line devices available for the imagePRESS C800 Series also ensures end-to-end productivity and opens up a further range of business opportunities. We look forward to receiving more feedback from our customers in the future.” www.canon.co.uk

Spandex ImagePerfect StreetApp Media SPANDEX, the one-stop supplier of innovative solutions to the sign, architectural and display industries, has expanded its family of ImagePerfect materials with the launch of a new self-adhesive outdoor media product, IP2555 StreetApp. ImagePerfect StreetApp is a white, textured, scuffresistant print medium with a non-slip surface. It has been designed for digital printing on large format inkjet printers using eco solvent and solvent, as well as UV-curable and latex inks.

ImagePerfect StreetApp has been specifically developed for challenging external surfaces such as asphalt, tarmac, pavements and concrete.

Thanks to the product’s adhesive technology, it is also suitable for application on carpet and wooden flooring. ImagePerfect StreetApp offers a high level of resistance to scratches and cracking and an inherent non-slip surface, without the need for additional lamination.

This latest addition to the extensive ImagePerfect digital media range allows for high levels of print quality with a large colour gamut, delivering colourful images perfect for outdoor applications such as promotional graphics in sports arenas, race tracks and car parks.

Spandex’s Category Manager, Steve Jacques comments: “Our commitment is to provide customers with the widest range of products to create vibrant and captivating digitally printed work on virtually any exterior or interior surface.

“ImagePerfect StreetApp is the latest addition to our digital range, which now comprises over 160 products. StreetApp is a great addition to the portfolio and opens the door to a host of new visual communication opportunities. We’re seeing more and more Spandex customers producing outdoor branding for sports, hospitality and leisure events and looking to create maximum impact

with floor graphics. With StreetApp, we can now give them a substrate they can rely on to create stand-out pieces of work for this type of event, produced to withstand the hard wear and tear typical of these demanding graphic installations.”

For more information about ImagePerfect StreetApp and Spandex’s range of products, visit: www.spandex.com

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Contex launches all new ScanStation CONTEX has announced the launch of the all new ScanStation, a full featured productivity solution for professional scanning and copying workflows. The ScanStation solution is designed to improve workflow productivity by up to 30% by providing users with the tools they need to quickly and easily capture high quality scans, while reducing document handling. The solution includes a full-featured, all-in-one controller with Intel Core i7 processor and multi-touch screen functionality. The solution also boasts REimage technology from Contex, the market’s first productivityboosting scanning capability. The Contex ScanStation is available for purchase from authorised Contex distributors and resellers.

Unlike any other product REimage provides users with an unprecedented ability to go back to a scan’s raw data to capture specific content, eliminating the need to rescan documents. For example, if a change needs to be made to a scanned image after originals are returned to storage, REimage allows users to retrieve the raw data versus rescanning the original document.

This unique, time-saving feature is exclusive to the ScanStation solution and Contex wide format scanners.

“The new ScanStation is for loyal customers who are looking to improve their overall productivity. It will have a tremendous impact on the way they operate by helping them to spend less time scanning documents,” comments Morten Nielsen, Global Marketing Director, Contex A/S. “To develop this product, we listened closely to our customers and the result is a powerful solution unlike any other in the market.”

The Contex ScanStation is ideal for high productivity environments, giving users a competitive advantage by delivering workflow efficiencies and high throughput. The ScanStation solution boasts a multi-touch 21.5 inch display for a quick and intuitive way to operate the Contex wide format scanners.

Users can also scan to their destination of choice via a two Gigabit Ethernet

or USB2 and USB3 ports.

The ScanStation kit includes one of the following Contex wide format scanners: HD Ultra i4250s, HD Ultra i4290s, IQ Quattro 4450, IQ Quattro 4490, HD 5450. It also includes the ScanStation controller with powerful features for scan and copy, and a height-adjustable stand. The ScanStation controller features the Intel Core i7 3.2 GHz, 2GB DDR3 memory, 500GB HDD, 21.5-inch multi-touch screen, with Windows 7 embedded.

For more information or to request a demonstration, please visit www. contex.com or our YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/user/ ContexScanners

Rocket Graphics shoots for the stars with Mimaki

FOLLOWING a positive year of growth and new staff in place to take the business forward in 2015, long-standing Mimaki customer; Rocket Graphics has added a third JV33-160 to its already extensive print capacity as it gears up for further expansion.

Based in Watford, Rocket Graphics produces an extensive range of large format digital production of branding and signage for events, exhibitions and retail as production director, Phil Eames explains; “We work hard here at Rocket. We have many jobs with a 24 hour turnaround and we run our printers continuously, day and night. Our Mimaki JV33s are a real asset in this sense as they feature an Uninterrupted Ink Supply System (UISS) allowing switching between two cartridges of the same colour automatically, giving us long unattended print runs overnight. It doubles our productivity without doubling our staffing costs, which makes great business sense.”

Rocket’s team has a fluid and flexible approach to how it operates and embraces the challenges of working with diverse customers, both at home and abroad. It was the acquisition of a high profile print contract in the USA that prompted Rocket’s investment in a third Mimaki JV33; “We added a third Mimaki to our portfolio in order for us to complete a large job in America, whereupon we printed graphics for a very large sector of the exhibition,” explains Eames. “We sent a team of installers out there to ensure a smooth transition from production to display and we even shipped

one of our Mimaki JV33’s along too in case there were any last-minute changes to be made. We like to go the extra mile for our customers, and the Mimaki certainly went the extra mile with us!”

Mimaki reseller, Granthams Graphic Technology supplied and installed Rocket Graphics’ JV33 and provided support in shipping the printer to the USA and back as part of the campaign, as general manager, Kirsty Reader discusses; “We have supplied Rocket Graphics with several Mimaki printers and have been their consumables partner for some time, so it’s natural to want to assist them wherever we can. They have great vision and are attracting some big contracts and we wanted to share our knowledge and expertise of the printing industry – and Mimaki printers more specifically, to help them get the best out of their business.” www.rocketgraphicsltd.co.uk www.granthamsgt.co.uk. www.hybridservices.co.uk

Colourgen’s printers at Sign and Digital

COLOURGEN will once again take its place at Sign and Digital UK 2015 in March, with a large stand in a new location.

On show will be the Mutoh ValueJet 1638X with new Universal Mild Solvent inks in the new one litre bags. Colourgen will also be showing the new Mutoh 426UF, an A3+ LED UV printer designed for printing personalised products, labels and gadgets.

Further Mutoh printers will include the new 24” ValueJet 628 with eco solvent inks and the ValueJet 1624 with new one litre eco solvent ink bags. All printers will be supported by Caldera VisualRIP+. Colourgen will also be showing the Mutoh ValueCut 600 cutter and the Kala Mistral 1650 laminator.

Jeff Biggs, managing director of Colourgen, comments, “The last year has been quite successful, particularly in terms of Mutoh systems sales. The products launched at Sign & Digital 2014 have done very well and we are looking to achieve similar success with the products being launched at this year’s show.” www.colourgen.com

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Newtech Corby visitors double

In the latest of a series of printing and graphic shows saw it visiting Corby. Hosted at the Ultima Display’s Showroom the event was a huge success with registrations breaking records.

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ISITORS AND EXHIBITORS alike were delighted with the event which features new products for the wide format, DTG, Screen and Display markets.

‘I enjoyed the way it’s set up. It’s friendly, you’re able to have 1-2-1s. Well organised with a good working environment where exhibitors are trying to help with solutions rather than trying to sell so that the visitor can learn more about the product and understand it.’

Rahet Shah (Slick Rhino) ‘A very good smaller show which offers excellent time with each exhibitor.

The bigger shows are noisy and it is often difficult to hear what exhibitors are explaining if they have time to do so at all. This is far more intimate with not too many exhibitors. It is just right.’

Anne Warren (Bedford Borough Council) Newtech rolls on to Botleigh Grange in Southampton February 10-11.

For further information or to register as a visitor: www.co-opevents.com

ROLAND DG ANNOUNCES WINNER FROM CORBY EVENT

Roland DG has confirmed it will be exhibiting at the next Wide Format, Screen, Digital & Displays Newtech Roadshow, which will be held at the Botleigh Grange Hotel in Southampton, 10th and 11th February. The company will be using the show – its fourth attendance at a Newtech event in just 12 months – to demonstrate the vast range of applications that can be produced on its high performance, production machines including VersaEXPRESS RF-640, the VersaUV LEF-20, the VersaSTUDIO BN-20, and the VersaCAMM VS-300i.

Says Rob Goleniowski, Business Manager, Sign & Graphics, Roland DG: “The Newtech roadshows are becoming an increasingly important component of our annual events calendar here at Roland. The regional nature of them is giving us a real opportunity to get closer to many potential customers, who are able to take advantage of the manufacturers effectively coming to their own front door. We’re looking forward to meeting with customers and prospects from across the south of England, introducing them to Roland technology and showing them how they can use these machines to transform their business and increase profitability.”

This is a view echoed by House of Flags’ Regional Manager, Stuart Riding, who visited the Roland stand at the Newtech - Wide Format, Screen, Digital & Displays roadshow in Corby in November last year and as a result was also the lucky winner of the show prize draw, walking away with a brand new mini iPad! Said Mr Riding: “The Newtech Corby show was a very interesting and useful show for us here at House of Flags. The fact the show was based in Corby just 30 minutes away enabled us to spend more time talking about key products with manufacturers, and taking the time to really understand the

benefits of each technology we were interested in.

“I attended with our operations manager, Martin George, and our intention was to pop in so we could have a look at Roland’s new printers. We ended up spending most of the day chatting to potential new suppliers and discussing ways of moving the business forward. Everyone that we spoke to was extremely friendly and helpful. It was a great show, local, manageable and informative.”

Roland’s impressive line-up at Southampton show - Impressive print speeds of up to 48.5m2/hr, outstanding print quality, advanced productivity features and the unmatched reliability of a Roland makes the VersaEXPRESS RF-640 four-colour printer the perfect choice for those printers and sign makers who consistently produce high quality graphics and prints, while keeping the cost of operation low.

Roland’s pocket rocket, the desktop VersaSTUDIO BN-20 print and cut machine has firmly established itself in the industry. This 20” wide, ecosolvent integrated print and cut device fits into any signage, retail or commercial print environment and can output full colour and contour cut graphics on a broad spectrum of coated and uncoated media, producing an exhaustive range of durable and eye-catching outdoor and indoor graphics.

It is designed to produce applications including stickers, decals, labels, t-shirt transfers, POS and POP, photo prints, signs, posters, small format signage and vehicle graphics – all from the desktop. The BN-20 uses Roland’s awardwinning ECO-SOL MAX ink and comes with a choice of three eco-solvent ink configurations: four colour CMYK (CMMYK), five colour CMYK plus metallic silver ink, or CMYK plus white ink.

THE VERSACAMM VS-300I — a powerful, highly versatile and economical 30 inch wide print and cut machine. The VS-i Series, which also includes a 54” and 64” model comes with a choice of five different ECO-SOL MAX 2 ink configurations, including white, metallic and light black ink options. The VS-i series will deliver stunning results across a world of applications including signs, banners, posters, stickers, labels, decals, vehicle wraps, window graphics, exhibition displays, fine art posters, floor graphics, pointof-sale displays, packaging prototypes and heat transfers for garment decoration.

Able to print directly onto any object and substrate up to 100mm deep, the VersaUV LEF-20 is an exciting new profit-making device for printing onto 3D objects. It can be used to create unique and highly desirable items, including personalised stationery, key rings, golf balls, mobile phone covers, awards, USB sticks and other giftware and promotional items on the broadest range of substrates including acrylic, wood, board, metal, plastic, PET, ABS, canvas and even soft materials like TPU, leather and fabric. The LEF-20 uses Roland’s ECO-UV inks in CMYK, white and clear formulations, resulting in highly ornate, decorative or innovative products that command a significant margin.

In addition, Roland will also be offering free personalised 1-1 training sessions on its VersaWorks RIP software and mini-LEF-20 Business Bootcamp.

And, it will once again be in good company at the show with exhibitors including Dorotape, Ultima Displays, Goccopro 100, The Magic Touch, Wicked Printing Stuff, Ralawise, AMS, Parkwood and Marketing Alchemy, all sharing the stage throughout the two days of the show.

The Newtech Wide Format, Printing, Displays and Finishing Show is free to attend. For further information please visit www.rolanddg.co.uk/ southampton.

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Expand your business

Grow your business through garment and product decoration by visiting the 26th Printwear & Promotion LIVE! trade show taking place at the NEC, Birmingham this month (22-24 February).

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HE EVENT, WHICH is owned and organised by Datateam Business Media, will play host to over 135 exhibitors, including around 60 clothing brands and clothing distributors to the printwear industry, in addition to all of the major decoration equipment and accessories suppliers covering direct to garment, transfer, sublimation, screen printing and embroidery.

Providing an interactive environment for visitors, with many on stand product demonstrations and a wealth of advice available on topics such as print and embroidery decoration – it’s a one stop shop for printers (screen, transfer and digital), embroiderers, retailers, and promotional product distributors.

This is the must-attend show for anyone looking to expand their business through garment and product decoration. For visitors looking to explore its potential via transfer printing, the following exhibitors should be on their must see list: Roland DG, The Magic Touch, Nova Chrome and Target Transfers.

A full exhibitor list and directory is available on the show website to enable visitors to plan their visit by product of interest.

SEMINARS The Printwear & Promotion LIVE! seminar programme is a first class source of FREE information and advice. Seminars will cover a range of topics including embroidery, DTG Printing, transfer printing, screen printing, marketing and more.

Each session will last 30 minutes,

including time for delegates to ask questions on the presentation. The Seminar Suite is located on stand L60 at the far end of Hall 12. There is no need to register, but seats fill up fast so visitors should arrive early to guarantee their place.

From ‘a starter guide to screen printing’ to ‘basic tips and tricks for screen printing graphics,’ or ‘how the latest digital technologies are inspiring brands and retailers’ the seminar programme has got it covered!

COREL THEATRE Brand new for 2015 is the Corel Theatre. Here, visitors will benefit from a wealth of information, advice, and live demonstrations that will enable them to go away and use the software to its full potential, thereby improving products and services.

Workshops include: CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X7 – An Overview of New Features; Preparing images and graphics for embroidering using CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X7; CorelDRAW®-powered online designer – presented by DecoNetwork; Wilcom DecoStudio® e3 with CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite; Mastering Drawing and Cutting tools within CorelDRAW® Graphics Suite X7 and more.

FUSING FASHION WITH FUNCTION

EXCLUSIVE SHOW DEALS AND OFFERS

This year’s fashion shows are sponsored by Regatta Professional, Hardwear and Standout – the new brand from Regatta, which offers ‘colour and choice, rain or shine!’

Three catwalk shows displaying the latest trends in printwear will take place each day, with an extra show on Sunday 24 February.

The following brands are taking part: SF(Skinnifit), FDM, Colortone, Trespass, JHK T Shirt, Just Hoods by AWDis, Just Cool by AWDis, Regatta Professional, Regatta Hardwear, Anvil, Promodoro, United Brands of Scandinavia, Gildan, Rowlinson Knitwear, Stedman, Front Row and Regatta Standout.

Visitors to Printwear & Promotion LIVE! 2015 will also benefit from a range of show only deals and offers.

To celebrate the launch of the Feel Good T, the Skinnifit team will be printing and giving away the T shirts to everyone who visits stand E10.

One lucky visitor to stand A74 will be sent home with £100 worth of Cubbies embroidery friendly cuddly toys. All visitors have to do is to enter the competition. On top of this giveaway, Cubbies will also be offering free shipping to all orders placed at the show over £200.

Pop along to the Screen Print Direct stand (C62) to take advantage of fantastic special offers only available for show visitors. These include discounts which you cannot afford to miss!

Visitors to Blank Products stand (P40) will be offered a 10% discount on all orders placed at the show, while anyone who registers at www. gs-ukdirect.com during the show will receive a GS promotional bag containing product samples, discount vouchers etc. All those customers that place a first order of £15 or more will also receive entry into the GS Two Night Hotel Break Prize Draw.

BAG DECORATION ADVICE SPONSORED BY BEECHFIELD BRANDS This year’s theme for Beechfield Brands is ‘Free your imagination’.

The team will be demonstrating this on the Bag Decoration Advice Stand, with a wide range of bags and headwear being decorated by a team of specialists and supported by partners in the industry, showcasing the opportunities presented by the brand’s products.

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Every visitor to stand C40 will be given a complimentary copy of the new 116-page Fruit of the Loom product brochure, a selection of easy reference literature and a Sofspun T shirt sample.

Over at Skopes a show special means customers placing a sample set order for any of the four business boutique collections during the show will receive a 50% reduction on the prices and be entered into a prize draw for a free iPad. A whole range of special offers will be available to visitors to P&P LIVE! on Steve Wood Services’ stand (P20) and from DecoNetwork at stand A32.

Alexandra Workwear will be offering an exclusive show discount, so go along and see the friendly sales team on stand A20 to take advantage.

MAXIMISE YOUR TIME AT THE SHOW

Use it to: Interact with 135+ exhibitors, including over 60 clothing brands and distributors; Plan your itinerary adding seminars, fashion shows, demos, meetings and more to the diary; Make sure you don’t miss out on anything – get notifications, reminders and mark items to follow-up Sales manager Tony Gardner comments: “Make sure you also check out the new-look, user friendly website, which offers an interactive preshow experience for the visitor.

“The dedicated show website has been designed to provide both regular and prospective visitors with an easier to navigate and complete source of reference for anything related to the show.

“With all the leading industry names taking part, Printwear and Promotion LIVE! 2015 is the ideal opportunity to see all that is new, and meet all of the major suppliers.” www.printwearandpromotionlive.co.uk Follow at @pandplive

THEMAGICTOUCH

New for 2015 is the FREE Printwear & Promotion LIVE! app, which was available from IOS and Andriod stores at the end of January. This essential visitor tool is designed to help visitors plan their must-sees and important points of call at the show.

A-Z EXHIBITOR STAND GUIDE

7 Active................................................G10 Absolute Apparel............................ C50 ACE Int. Direct....................A64 & B60 Adelco...................................................H20 Advance Apparel............................. J52 AJS Embroidery Services............ B30 Alexandra Workwear ...................A20 Alpha Omega...................................A46 Amaya....................................................E40 American Apparel...........................A10 Anvil........................................................E20 Arem Italia..........................................G72 Asquith & Fox...................................H60 AWDis – Just Hoods, Just Sub & Just Cool........ D10 & D1 BagBase, Quadra & Westford Mill..................................... B40 Balmoral Knitwear..........................G80 Barudan................................................D60 Beechfield Brands........................... B40 Benchmark Trousers......................A50 Bensons Workwear.........................P70 Blank Products..................................P40 Bling Solutions.................................G74 Blue Max Banner...............D72 & E70 BTC activewear..................................F70 Colenso Screen Services................G2

THEMAGICTOUCH introduce new and innovative transfer solutions offering an increasing range of marketing opportunities for users.

Having pioneered the ultimate in affordable dark garment decoration with the unique “no cutting, no weeding” WoW transfer process the company are again ready to

Colortone............................................G30 Comfy Co............................................... E1 Continental Clothing.....................H40 Cottonridge........................................A42 Craghoppers......................................H62 Cubbies................................................A74 D. Roper ..............................................P30 Dae Ha UK.............................................A1 Dalesway Print Technology....... B80 David Sharp........................................E62 DecoNetwork ..................................A32 Denny’s Uniforms............................E32 Dickies.................................................. C22 Digitizing Mart / Embroidery Mart............................. B24 DTG Solutions .................................G42 ETC Supplies......................................A80 etrader websites..............................A70 Exile Technologies ......................... B70 FDM.......................................................H70 Finden+Hales & Tombo................E30 Franklins International..................... F1 Front Row............................................E10 Fruit of the Loom .......................... C40 Fusible Systems...............................A56 G&B The personal gift co............ C54 GF Europe...........................................A72 GFORCE Teamwear.........................F34 Gildan.....................................................F60 GK Marketing.......................................H2

introduce some real “game changing” applications using the same tonerbased printer technology.

TheMagicTouch transfer process offers the ability to produce full colour imaging onto a vast range of garments and textiles regardless of colour together with endless marketable promotional and B2B gift products. Each and every printable product sold by TheMagicTouch has the ability to be a “one off” sample personalised and targeted to an intended new customer. The TMT/Oki 711XL with its white toner capabilities offers just that together with some clever software and three year warranty.

All TheMagicTouch transfers papers are compatible with the TMT/Oki 711XL white toner printer producing transfers for workwear, sportswear, promotional garments, bags, caps,

Global Print Solutions....................E50 Goccopro.............................................H74 Grafityp ..............................H10 & G12 Graphtec.............................................. B50 Green & Innocent............................ J20 GS UK.....................................H52 & H64 Headwear .............................................B1 Heat Seal Designs............................P44 Helly Hansen.....................................G70 Henbury................................................E10 Hexis......................................................A30 Hobkirk Sewing Machines.......... J80 ID Identity...........................................D80 Insync Software...............................A44 i-Sub....................................................... B62 J&B Sewing Machine Co.............H34 JHK T-Shirt.......................................... C20 Jouhar Apparel..................................F30 K.P. Rayner..........................................H80 K.T. Labels............................................P42 Karlowsky............................................G71 Keya Europe......................................G20 Kids Wholesale Clothing................H1 Larkwood.............................................E10 Lineker Machines............................A22 Listawood........................................... B20 Livingstone.........................................G11 Madeira UK.........................................E80 Mantis World.....................................H42 Marathon Threads...........................E42

ties, umbrellas, tattoos, metal, rubber, ceramics, glass, wood, leather, magnetic rubber, PU surfaces, acrylic and lots more.

Innovation continues with the development of the SatinMug colour range. Until now the individual personalisation and short-run production of ceramic mugs has been restricted to white coated mugs using the traditional sublimation transfer process. The same satin coating technology will also apply to the decoration of glass bottles, glasses, aluminum bottles and other drink based products.

The company also introduce a host of new products including 123Premium Flex, new plotters, heat presses, and new versions of Reflectra product range for embroidery and plotter based garment transfers. www.themagictouch.co.uk

Master Italia (Atlantis)...................A54 MHM....................................................... J70 Midwest Machinery....................... C70 Mumbles..............................................E10 N.M. Williams......................................E52 National Weaving Co. ..................G44 Netdigitizing...................................... C80 Nova Chrome UK.............................E54 Novoco Activewear........................D52 Okarma.................................................E10 Orn Clothing...................................... J50 PenCarrie...............................F40 & G40 Permaset Inks....................................P20 PF Concept......................................... K50 Polymark GB......................................A76 Pressmech............................................P24 Prestige Leisure UK.........................F20 Promodoro......................................... B55 Pyramid Screen Products & Pyramid Textiles Group.................P60 R.A. Smart........................................... B22 Ralawise Print Shop........................P10 Ralawise ...............................B10 & C10 Regatta Professional, Regatta Hardwear, Regatta Standout...... J40 Replica Digitizers..............................F82 Resolute DTG ................................... C30 Result & SPIRO.................................D20 Rhinestones Online.........................P64 Ribbon Print......................................G32

Ribbon Writer.....................................P74 Roland DG..........................................H22 Roly........................................................H50 Rowlinson Knitwear........................P22 Roxy Embroidery............................G82 Russell....................................D40 & D50 Sabur Digital......................................H30 Screen Print Direct......................... C62 SF (SKINNIFIT) ..................................E10 Sharon Lee.......................................... J30 Skopes...................................................E60 SOL’s from PenCarrie.....................G50 Stanley & Stella................................ C60 Stedman Active & Stedman Stars...................................F80 Stocks Sewing & Embroidery Solutions..............................................D30 Sun Angel Imaging........................G34 Sureprint...............................................F32 Target Transfers...................................G1 TeeJays..................................................E72 The Magic Touch.............................G60 Transfer Print Paper........................P72 Trespass................................................. J60 Unbranded Apparel........................E64 United Brands of Scandinavia........................................D70 Wicked Printing Stuff....................G54 Wilcom.................................................D62 Y.E.S.........................................................F10

SHOW FEATURE AREAS: Bag Decoration Advice sponsored by Beechfield Brands – A40 Corel Theatre – B72 • Fashion Show sponsored by Regatta and introducing Standout – K40 • Seminar Suite – L60

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Creating Business Connections

Three of this year’s five theatre timetables are now live online, currently featuring over 15 daily sessions set to explore the 2015 theme ‘Creating Business Connections’.

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EATURING A RANGE of expert speakers, practical demonstrations and workshops, the Sign & Digital UK seminar series is a vital opportunity for those seeking the latest industry advice, trends and opportunities.

Rudi Blackett, event director says: “We are delighted to unveil the first wave of seminars in this year’s Sign & Digital UK programme.

Always a hugely popular show feature, these practical sessions are for anyone looking to keep their business up to speed with the latest advancements in creative design software.”

ADOBE THEATRE: The ever popular Adobe Theatre will feature five workshops daily, focusing on practical tips and advice for mastering their software packages. This includes the ‘Creativity Overload’ session, designed to help people refine their Photoshop editing skills, and the ‘Don’t break the grid’ session, where attendees will be taught countless workflow improvement tips and timesaving tricks.

Adobe Illustrator and Adobe Bridge are some of the other software packages the workshops will focus and share hands-on tips and advice on.

COREL THEATRE: Combining a range of practical workshops and product demonstration, the 2015 Corel Theatre is a must attend for anyone in the design, sign making and printing, embroidery and promotional items sectors.

The seminar sessions include a practical stepby-step guide to creating various items including business cards and posters with CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X7. Attendees will also learn how to create and customise their own web store and how shoppers can customise products using DecoNetwork™.

For those working with apparel and promotional items, garment printing, embroidery and appliqué, they will have dedicated sessions in the Wilcom DecoStudio e3 workshop.

SIGNLAB THEATRE: Wide-format design and production software specialists, CADlink Technology will present a series of seminars focusing on best practice print and cut, sign and display design and production workflows.

Session highlights include an introduction to using dedicated sign-making software packages, including tips and shortcuts on the most common tools used in day-to-day design and production environments.

The ‘SignLab for Mimaki’ session will look at

boosting design and production workflows with Mimaki printers. Some of the key areas to be explored include print and cut set-up, utilising time saving tools, supersizing images and easy to use special effects features.

The ‘SignLab for Versaworks’ session will focus on features that enable Roland users to maximise the benefits of Roland’s print and ink technology.

Practical skills include contour cut-lines, working with VersaWorks colour palette and working with Roland colour profiles and metallic and white ink sets.

All seminar sessions are free and work on a first come, first served bases, full timetables for Sign & Digital UK 2015 are now available online www.signanddigitaluk.com/seminars/. Sign & Digital UK is free to attend and registration is now open. Please sign up at www. signanddigitaluk.com, or to enquire about exhibiting, please contact the show team on 01342 332000, or email signanddigitaluk@ fav-house.com

SOYANG EUROPE HELPS KEEP ‘EVERY SURFACE COVERED’

SOYANG Europe returns to Sign & Digital UK 2015 with an impressively expanded range of wide-format media for Sign and Graphics professionals.

Mark Mashiter, Managing Director of Soyang Europe explained; “Historically, Soyang has been acknowledged as a provider of one of the widest and most versatile ranges of wide format media in the UK. Whilst the recent success of our new grand format products has been hugely exciting and opened up all sorts of new opportunities for the business, we are committed to continuing support of our core markets with an ever-expanding range and exciting new developments to our media portfolio, which we’ll be showcasing at this years’ Sign & Digital UK” Soyang Europe will be showcasing a wide range of different media at the show, including their highly regarded ‘own brand’ range of SoFlex

banner materials, SoStick One-way vision media, the ever- popular SoFlat banner material for frontlit, backlit and blockout applications, as well as the much expanded range of SoMagic wallcoverings. Also featuring heavily at the show, will be Intercoat, a premium quality, German manufactured self-adhesive vinyl, perfect for a huge range of applications from stickers to product labelling, to signs, badges, window and vehicle graphics. Printable with any latex, ecosolvent, solvent or UV curable wide format printer, Intercoat also has great eco-credentials thanks to the lack of solvents used in any part of the production process and water-based adhesives.

Soyang Europe’s more widely recognised product range will also complemented at the show by AlumiGraphics; a versatile, 100% recyclable, wide-format media made from pliable aluminium foil with a white finish that accepts a wide range of solvent, eco-solvent, latex and UV inks. This amazing media is durable, easy to use, printable direct to the surface with no over lamination required, moulds naturally, without heat, and can be applied to virtually any rough or smooth textured surface, offering interesting and profitable new opportunities for printers and marketers.

Mashiter concludes; “About a year ago we adopted a new strapline as part of our corporate branding review; Every Surface Covered really does define our market aims and objectives. With the sheer diversity and quality of our product range we have media that will meet just about every application requirement you could imagine, on pretty much any surface. Our customers also have the reassurance of knowing that all our products are available on a nationwide, next working day delivery from our 70,000sq ft UK warehouse.” www.soyang.co.uk

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Customers – the Next Generation

If you are reading this then obviously you survived Christmas and all that the feeding frenzy festival has become. Martin Christie previously speculated that we would suffer from an influx of customers who would normally use the internet for orders but who had realised they had run out of time for delivery of gifts and services, and this seemed to be the case. At least some realised that circumstance dictated they had to pay the list price as a result rather than the discounts possible if there was no time premium, but others felt unjustly aggrieved they had to pay for their own lack of planning.

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HIS IS JUST part of a growing trend of customers now arriving at any print on demand outlet that has an open door to the public. A certain proportion seem to have no previous experience of print or any of the production services we can provide, and as a consequence have unrealistic expectations of both cost and timescale. This is frustrating and time consuming if you are having to explain not only the complications of what you do, but also why it costs so much and takes so long.

In a demand led economy where consumers expect items to be on the shelf at all times required, the process of actual production is overlooked or completely ignored.

This is only partly due to the so-called ‘click and collect’ culture generated by internet shopping. It may work for high street shops and supermarkets where you only have to pick size, colour and quantity. It even works for take away foods where a known product can be despatched. But print is nothing like standard products in that it cannot but cooked up without the right ingredients and specification provided by the customer.

And as we know from experience, a lot of the time the customer doesn’t always know what they want, and needs advice. And even if they know what they want, they need to be guided on what

it will cost and how long it will take to do.

The other significant difference with print is that it is customer specific so that once produced, it cannot be simply put back on the shelf for another consumer. So the consequences of misunderstanding and error have a direct cost.

Years ago the pub restaurant chain Harvester had an advert which featured a friendly waitress greeting new guests with the phrase “Have you ever been to a Harvester before?”. They realised they were expecting to welcome a whole new generation of diners who might have little previous experience of eating out. The on demand print shop is rapidly needing a similar introduction to its services.

I’ve come to the conclusion we are receiving a whole new generation of customers, not in age so much as experience and expectation. It’s the instant generation of the iPhone and the tablet that have put mobile communication in the hands of people who missed out on the learning curve of digital that was a right of passage previously.

THE GENERATION GAME The first generation was perhaps those with their hands on the limited number of business computers serving the industry. They had the knowledge and everyone had to bow to their

wisdom, much like in ancient times the people had to listen to the priests as all the books were written in Latin. The second generation had the home personal computer which put at least the basic skills on the desk top of a wider public. This had a similar historic impact as the invention of the medieval printing press which enabled the books to be printed in any public language.

Despite concerns, the popularity of the PC did not wipe out the hard print industry, although it did force through some changes. What it did do was give a grounding in the creation of images and documents as well as basic production.

Though everyone usually got an A4 inkjet printer with their desktop package, it didn’t take long to discover they were troublesome to operate for the average user, and ridiculously expensive in consumables. And although popular, to put it in perspective there were estimated to be desktops in only one in four of UK homes.

In comparison, it was reported that last year over 60 per cent of the population had an iPhone of some sort, and that’s where the third generation of customers has been developed. Of course hand in hand with that was the improvement of internet service and mobile transmission which enabled transfer of much greater traffic and quantity of data. Anyone who only knows this digital democracy would never understand the limitations of previous technology. Nor do they appreciate the expertise still needed when apparently simple software can mimic jobs that would formerly need a designer or a photographer.

It’s also worth remembering that the second mentioned generation, although they had a computer with at least some internet connection, were quite reluctant to purchase anything they couldn’t actually hold in their hands. Now online shopping is almost instinctive amongst consumers that connection has been largely lost.

The dilemma for the print outlet is that just because something can be ordered instantly doesn’t mean it can be created in the same time frame.

Instant has taken on a more literal meaning in the public mind, so it’s probably no longer a suitable adjective for promoting an on demand service.

What you call something in promoting it to a customer is of course an important part of marketing. A name, or a description can create an expectation in the consumer that may or may not be fulfilled by reality.

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WINDOW PAIN

Microsoft will be launching a new operating system towards the end of this year, aimed particularly at this new mobile generation, and without a single blush are going to title it Windows 10. If you are wondering what happened to Windows 9 apparently those in charge in Seattle wanted it to look like they were taking a big leap forward from the much disliked Windows 8. Whether it is or not we wait to see when features are previewed or leaked. But those of us from the previous generations will know that an apparent leap forward can easily be a slip backwards.

It’s unlikely that many businesses will be embracing Windows 10 anytime soon, and many have only just made the transition to Windows 7, from the now abandoned XP. And remember, Windows 7 was brought in to replace the awful Vista. Going back further Microsoft has several other skeletons in the IT cupboard, so the next incarnation can be viewed with some apprehension.

It can’t be ignored because it will be bound to be installed on many of the new devices that will be hitting the street in the coming year, so we will see if it has any implications for print production in the coming months. One thing it will be likely to produce is more customers new to technology with very little idea of how it is driven.

As an encouragement to users, Windows 10 will be available as a free upgrade to Windows 7 for the first year, and only chargeable thereafter. But the offer also underlines that Microsoft itself is a little apprehensive about the launch, and the longer term implications for the firm whose share prices have been taking a few knocks.

It would be ironic if one of the main drivers of the digital economy became one of its casualties.

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potentially misused. It will be popular as it can be created and viewed by some of the free tablet applications like Gimp, but it may not open in all desktop browsers, and cannot be dropped into layouts like In Design.

You can open a PNG in the latest versions of Photoshop as well as Illustrator, and Corel Draw, but the safest advice it to ask a customer to save a suitable file format for printing if they is able to.

One of the consequences of the aformentioned digital democracy has been the massive expansion Although it can support transparency, the PNG does not support other layers. of programmes and applications designed for As a guide, the TIFF is the most stable image ease of use on mobile devices without any form file and can be saved of training. These are fine for use on the particular as a smaller file with device, and for transmission to other viewing LZW compression devices, but not necessarily suitable for transfer without any loss of to print. The user may not even know what type information. A TIFF of file is being used, let alone the size and other can also contain layers important specifications. and transparency, and One of the most common now in use, and least although it will be a understood is the PNG (Portable Network Graphic). larger file as a result, it We have lived and worked with Jpegs and PDFs may enable the editing for long enough to know their good points of the file if needed. and bad points, and are still taken by surprise So it can be useful for sometimes by a new technical twist. The PNG is changing background a relatively new kid on the block and inevitably or text which is often brings its own peculiar issues. Originally designed the case. to replace the GIF as a web image format, it has A JPG file is proved to be quite useful in many applications. completely flattened, On the plus side, unlike a JPG or a PDF it uses a so no layers and no lossless compression of data and is therefore good transparency, and is for detail. Unlike a JPG it can support transparency, not suitable for editing and can contain 8 or 24 bit colour information, without considerably and as a result can be quite a large file. It is purely altering the original. an RGB format, however, so cannot provide But if that is not an CMYK separations and therefore may cause issue, a JPG can be some colour issues if a customer is using PNG saved at ten or twenty per cent of full size without to output for print. any appreciable loss of quality. The JPG will lose Lossless compression means you can exactly quality however at any greater compression and reconstruct, with bit-for-bit accuracy, the original over repeated savings. uncompressed image, so is more like a TIFF but All of these are issues which the experienced possibly with a smaller file size. It is a bitmap printer will be aware of, but which the untrained picture file rather than a vector one so it is pixel but empowered customer may blissfully ignore. dependent.

And 24 bit means it can contain 16 million colour But the consequences of a print gone wrong in hard copy are costly. Mistakes are easily deleted or options, so it is quite a flexible file, but as it is correct on a screen, but not on paper! comparatively new, much misunderstood and

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Chris Stanyon, Director of environmental sales for Premier Paper Group said: “Premier’s Carbon Capture programme has been a phenomenal success. We offer customers the option of capturing the CO2 emissions from the production and distribution of the paper that they buy and use by planting trees with the Woodland Trust. This demonstrates a clear strategy of environmental responsibility that really can help win business. The attraction of the Carbon Capture programme is that it produces very clear and tangible results; new woodland creation right here in the UK that not only benefits wildlife and the environment but also creates green space for everyone to enjoy. And of course on the tree planting days such as this, the organisations that engage with the programme can join in and actually plant the trees providing much needed manpower for the Woodland Trust.”

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The survey shows that certification labels, such as the PEFCs, are the most trusted means of giving confidence to consumers that wood-based products are sustainably sourced.

Consumers globally believe that it is important to make ethical choices, with 60% of all those surveyed agreeing that their shopping choice for a labeled product can make a positive difference to the world’s forest. Only a small minority, 10%, felt that their choice for a sustainably sourced product would not make a difference Moreover, nearly 30% of all consumers responded that they actively look for forest certification labels when shopping.

“As the leading forest certification organisation, we are encouraged that consumers recognise the benefits of forest certification, with the PEFC label enabling them to consume responsibly and to reward companies that label,” said Ben Gunneberg, Secretary General of PEFC International.

“It shows that certification is being recognised on the shelves when consumers are making their choices whilst they are deciding upon which products to purchase,” Ben added.

The research shows that over half of all consumers (54%) consider certification labels as the most reassuring proof that environmental and sustainable development considerations have been taken into account.

Other means of proof include country of origin (30%), brand (24%) and recommendations by family/friends and media (17% and 16% respectively).

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“With labels being the most trusted source of information by consumers about whether a product is environmentally and socially responsible, the PEFC label demonstrates to consumers that a company is addressing their expectations,” emphasised Mr. Gunneberg. “In short, the PEFC label adds real value to a company’s brand.”

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Gold foiling: The facts and myths David Chill of Versatility in Print give us an insight

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T IS A misnomer that foil printing is difficult to source and expensive to produce, but I will perhaps agree that many companies cannot find a local foil printer in their area. I know these are sweeping statements but as a foil printer for nearly 20 years I hear this all the time!

What I would like to do is dispel a few myths and perhaps give a few explanations to the above statement, but also over the series of the next few articles talk about some of the trends that we have seen in foil printing over the last few years and go back and explain a little bit about the recent history of foil printing from a perspective of a small print /copy shop and their requirements.

Let’s go back to the late 1970s and early 1980s when foil printing for the small user exploded in

this country. This was a time before the internet (who can remember that now – it really does seem like a distant memory) a time of recession and mass redundancies and a time when the print industry was yet again in transition and changing from older technologies to newer practices. Many typesetters and compositors were being laid off and with their redundancy money and knowledge of printing were buying small hand operated hot foil printing machines and setting up in business. Times and profit margins for these people were good .

With their industry contacts business came to them. For a small set up fee you could purchase and run your own business from home or small premises – those were the days. Hot foil printing was popular with the small business owner as it

would give them access to good quality looking printing, in small quantities at an affordable price with a fairly quick turnaround – and it looked unique. Colour printing was mainly lithographic and expensive in comparison, Oh! howtimes have changed.

Fast forward 30 years and all the people who bought hot foil printers have long since retired or passed away. Most processes are now digitally printed and automated; business print owners do not wish or want to print by hand. Printing is now not the craft it used to be. We rely on computerised programmes for everything we do, therefore foil printing has been left behind as it has not adapted, just stayed the same — but as I will come to later it is now attracting a whole new and different sector of individuals . It is still popular and going strong you just need to open your mind to the possibilities it offers.

To give you an idea of its rise and fall and now rise again, I can give you some figures from the early 1990s as one of the founding members of Foilink and in later years the Chairman of The National Foil Printers Club – an organisation dedicated to the smaller foil printer.

We had around 900 members at the summit of membership and just less than that number attending our annual exhibitions. When we closed in 2009 we had less than 100 members and very little new blood coming into the profession.

Let’s not dwell on the past, but let’s move on to the future. Foil printing for the smaller organisation is still ‘Alive and Kicking’ in 2015, but still difficult to find, Why? To be brutally honest foil printers are just not good at marketing themselves, in fact they are lousy at it and letting people out there

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know who and where they are and what they can do, in fact I bet you every city and large town will have several beavering away in small back rooms and sheds — you just can’t find them, unless you know them! I have to say that the internet has at least helped with this in some way.

NOW PERHAPS A LITTLE ‘FANFAIR’ FOR FOIL PRINTING It can be great for small runs of items from 50 – 2000 pieces by hand (an average order size); It looks expensive, but is relatively cheap to produce; You cannot do it on your own small printer at home; It adds class and quality to whatever it goes on to; Turnaround can be fairly speedy (quicker than most people think – to dispel the myth); You can print not only on paper and card but also on to plastic, leather, wood and a variety of other substrates; Foil printing is not just gold and silver but so much more, not only matt and gloss colours, but metallic colours and holographic foils which lend themselves to create unique effects on printed matter; and it’s great for printing onto made up promotional items.

Ideal for the latest trends which are double thick/ heavy duty boards that cannot go through digital printers such as 540g, 700g and 1050g GF Smith Board (duplex and triplex stock).

Also for the current trend of debossing onto business cards (I shall come on to debossing and embossing at a later stage, everyone always mixes these two up) – this cannot be done by litho or digital machines. And because it can’t been done with ‘mass production’ is perhaps the appeal of the cards.

It seems as the economy improves business people are looking for alternative ideas and ways for promoting their business. The trend seems to be to create a simple but elegant business card, with simple type faces . Popular colour combinations are often gloss black foil on matt black or just a debossed impression on a solid black or colour Because customers and in fact printers get it muddled up all the time here is the definition of

the various methods…

Embossing is when an item is raised above the surface of the board or paper.

Debossing is when you make an impression into the stock or board often by the application of extra pressure on your machine and this creates an indent. The more pressure the greater the deboss.

Blind Embossing or Debossing is using these methods without a foil or ink colour and is becoming increasingly more popular with customers as it gives a very subtle and classic effect on stationery creating a high quality finish.

The enquiry that ‘always gets me’ is when people ask for a card or an item to be embossed when they really mean foil printed. It always takes a time just to educate the customer a little but often you will find that it is worth it and in the long run I have found the customer will always be delighted with the outcome.

The other bonus to you as a copy shop/digital print shop is that foil printing cannot really be achieved at home or by the budding graphic designer as it is a slightly specialist area and they will need to come back to you time and time again for reprints as you will hold the blocks/plates on their behalf and once they have paid for the initial plates to be made, which in most cases are relatively inexpensive, (these can be used for well in excess of 50,000 impressions) you have a good loyal retained customer.

You can as I am sure you are aware foil print on to most types of stocks and media from serviettes to inch thick books and four inch high boxes – and so much more.

So who are the new breed of foil printers and to which areas do we sell most of our machines.

Over recent years there has been a massive trend towards the personalisation of products especially.

IPad covers, notebooks, pen cases, leather tags and telephone covers.

Also there seems to be a growing demand for personalised book covers for both private use and for dissertations and thesis. The wedding market as always stays strong and attracts many people to hot foil printing.

Like all things these days everything seems to follow fashion trends. If I go back 10 years perhaps a good 70% of items I printed regularly were printed in gold compared with 30% in silver. In the last couple of years that has almost exactly reversed with 30% being printed in gold and now a massive 70% in silver( or if you want you can call call it platinium). But the biggest trend in the last year has certainly been customers asking for rose gold (basically it’s a pink/gold colour mix as the name suggests ) and I have to say it looks absolutely stunning and is now the height of fashion. My tip for the future is also copper and bronze – you heard it here first.

What a lot of people are often unaware of is that foils do not necessarily need to be metallic, we are all used to gold, silver and copper and all the other metallic shades, but a lot of people do not realise that foil also comes in matt and gloss colours with no metallic finish at all and it is one of the most effective ways of printing white onto a coloured solid background — also one of the best ways of printing white on black and other varieties of reverse out printing.

Another trend which seems to have come over the water from our American friends is edge painted cards particularly popular on the thick GF Smith Board. Using specialist Japanese Inks you can now offer a range of cards with thick edges painted in your colour of choice to give a little bit of the ‘WOW’ factor. Choose a vibrant colour and really make your cards standout from the competition. The thicker the card the more dramatic the impression but it works particularly well on 540, 700 and 1050 gram boards. Edge painting I doubt will become mainstream because it really needs to be done by hand on small quantities, but it really does make a difference.

These days in a difficult and competitive market you need to be able to offer your customer a product that is either unique or they cannot produce with a home printer.

For more information in gold foil contact David Chill of Versatility in Print on 01905 776730 or visit www.vipprinters.co.uk

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Print on Windows WHEN Melony Rocque-Hewitt took over her newly-built year three classroom at Handcross Primary School in West Sussex she faced the challenge of creating artwork for its many windows. She turned to Epson who helped her transform the room with stunning Egyptian window graphics.

“My new classroom is part of a new several hundred thousand pound extension. Large and bright it has a wall that is basically all glass,” says Melony. “As I have a background in large-format graphics and printing, I knew that window graphics would not only make my classroom unusually striking, but the images would provide a perfect backdrop to the learning experience.”

Luckily for Melony ancient Egypt was the topic for the autumn term. “I couldn’t have asked for a better project. The images from ancient Egypt are very arresting and powerful. I knew that the images I had chosen would not only add colour and depth to the classroom but would really inspire the children to want to learn about this fascinating subject.”

She had thought of printing them out on A3 acetate and then placing these decoratively on the windows and glass door. “Although they would probably look OK for a while, it really felt like a massive compromise. I’ve seen what great window graphics can do to a space. I wanted to make the new classroom look very special and I wanted to create a real wow factor for my children and their parents. Also, as I have external windows it would only be a matter of time before the acetate came unstuck and the images faded due to temperature changes and UV light.”

Before teaching Melony had been involved in the large format digital print industry, writing about it for 15 or so years. “I decided to approach Epson to ask them for help and they were fantastic. Epson not only created five largeformat window graphics for my classroom but also three extra images for the other junior classes so that they could have some great window art too.”

The window graphics were printed onto high-performance self-adhesive vinyl using Epson’s 64-inch SureColor SC-S70600 wide-format printer. The combination of Epson’s UltraChrome GSX ink-set and proven Micro Piezo TFP printheads ensure that the vivid colours, solid whites and metallic effects were of the highest quality and clarity and long lasting. Besides featuring CMYK, light magenta, light cyan, light black and orange, the 10-colour SC-S70600 supports white and metallic ink simultaneously - perfect for the colourful, highly-detailed, eye-catching designs that Melony had selected.

Additionally, the GSX inks are hard wearing, odourless and nickel-free perfectly suited to the application within the classroom.

“The window graphics form a great backdrop to the children’s own mummified cats, scarab beetles and papyrus paper,” says Melony. “Our next topic is the Stone Age and I’ve already got an idea of what I want my glass display to look like. It’s just a case of making it happen!” www.epson.co.uk

Print on Cushions

IRISH born textile designer Berni Raeside has launched her debut collection which includes digitally printed textiles as well as her more traditional knitted items.

Inspired by the windswept and craggy coastline of the west coast of Ireland, each knitted piece is hand-made on vintage knitting machines as heirloom pieces to be handed down - just like the Aran jumpers before them.

She also introduced her unique collection of designs for knitted-look wallpaper and digitally printed cushions, tote bags, table cloths and napkins.

Born and bred in Dublin, Berni has lived in the East Midlands for over 20 years and recently graduated with a First Class Honours Degree in Textile Design. She was also confirmed as a full member of the Design and Crafts Council of Ireland just in time for the official launch of the Detta brand at Showcase Ireland in January.

“It is such an honour to have my work recognised by the country I grew up in, and where I was first introduced to textile design – and what better place to launch my debut collection than my home town of Dublin at the start of a new year in 2015.”

The blanket and cushion designs lend a nod to the traditional stitches of the Aran jumper but with a modern, fresh approach. Traditional knitting techniques are mixed with designs for digital textile printing and wall coverings to create unique designs for cosy, warm and inviting spaces.

Her debut collection included a range of surface pattern designs, printed fabrics, wallpapers and knitted blankets and cushions for the home.

The starting points of this collection are Berni’s creative sketchbooks and photographs of the landscape taken during a field trip to two of the islands; Aran Mor and Inis Meain. These include images of the miles of stone-walls that cover the islands, the crashing Atlantic sea and craggy rock formations.

In addition to photography, ink and bleach drawings form the basis of the original artwork in the sketchbooks and mark-making represents the natural patterns of the landscape, capturing the movement of the sea.

Strong brush strokes are combined with looser patterning and when the bleach is applied on top it creates a three dimensional effect.

For this collection, Berni created a series of Aran-inspired knitted fabric samples that she then scanned in and worked on to create repeat patterns for digital printing onto surfaces such as fabrics and wallpapers.

For more on information: visit www.raesidecreatives.com

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JOB DESCRIPTION A monastery decided to start a fish and chips store.

When the store opened, a client comes in, and asks one of the clerics: are you the fish fryer?

Oh, no, the cleric answers, I’m the chip monk!

THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA A seaman meets a pirate in a bar, and they take turns to tell their adventures on the seas. The seaman notes that the pirate has a peg leg, hook, and an eye patch. Curious, the seaman asks “So, how did you end up with the peg-leg?”

The pirate replies “I was swept overboard into a school of sharks.

Just as my men were pulling me out, a shark bit my leg off”.

“Wow!” said the seaman. “What about the hook”?

“Well...”, replied the pirate, “We were boarding an enemy ship and were battling the other sailors with swords.

One of the enemy cut my hand clean off.”

“Incredible!” remarked the seaman.

“How did you get the eye patch”?

“A seagull dropping fell into my eye”, replied the pirate.

“You lost your eye to a seagull dropping?” the sailor asked.

“Well...” said the pirate, “That was my first day with the hook.”

INSTANT PRESS A copier salesman and his wife were cleaning out their car one day when he came across a ticket from the local dry cleaning shop. The date stamped on the ticket showed it was over three years old. They both laughed and tried to remember which of them might have forgotten to pick up his suit so many years ago.

‘Do you think the suit will still be in the shop?’ the salesman asked.

‘Not very likely,’ his wife said.

‘It’s worth a try,’ he said, pocketing the ticket.

He went downstairs, hopped into the car, and drove to the dry cleaning shop. With a straight face, he handed the ticket to the man behind the counter. With a face just as straight, the man said, ‘Just a minute. I’ll have to look for it.’ He disappeared into a dark corner at the back of the shop.

Two minutes later, the man called out, ‘Here it is!’

‘No kidding?’ he called back. ‘That’s terrific! Who would have thought it would still be here after all this time.’

The man came back to the counter, empty-handed.

‘Your suit will be ready next Thursday,’ he said calmly.

DANGEROUS BREED A woman was leaving a coffee shop with her morning coffee when she noticed a most unusual funeral procession approaching the nearby cemetery. A long black hearse was followed by a second long black hearse about 50 feet behind.

Behind the second hearse was a solitary woman walking a pit bull on a leash.

Behind her were 200 women walking single file. The woman couldn’t stand the curiosity. She respectfully approached the woman walking the dog and said, ‘I am so sorry for your loss, and I know now is a bad time to disturb you, but I’ve never seen a funeral like this. Whose funeral is it?’

The woman replied, ‘Well, that first hearse is for my husband.’

‘What happened to him?’

The woman replied, ‘My dog attacked and killed him.’

She inquired further, ‘Well, who is in the second hearse?’

The woman answered, ‘My motherin-law. She was trying to help my husband when the dog turned on her’.

A poignant and thoughtful moment of silence passed between the two women.

‘Can I borrow the dog?’

‘Get in line!’

A salesman runs into the bar and says, “Quick, pour me five shots of your best scotch.” The bartender pours them and the man drinks them as fast as he can. “Wow that’s the fastest I’ve seen anyone drink,” says the bartender. “Well you’d drink that fast if you had what I had,” The salesman says “Oh really,” the bartender says, “What do you have?”

The man replies “no money.”

A WOMAN’S RANDOM THOUGHTS If you love something, set it free.

If it comes back, it will always be yours.

If it doesn’t come back, it was never yours to begin with.

But, if it just sits in your living room, messes up your stuff, eats your food, uses your telephone, takes your money, and doesn’t appear to realise that you had set it free...

You either married it or gave birth to it.

SALE FROG IN A BANK...

A frog goes into a bank and approaches the cashier. He can see from the teller’s nameplate that her name is ‘Mrs Patricia Wack’.

Trying not to think about sniggering or to laugh out loud (the poor girl obviously married into the name), he says:’ Hello Mrs.Wack, I’d like to get a loan to buy a boat and go on a long holiday.’

Patti looks at the frog in disbelief and asks how much he wants to borrow. The frog says £30,000.The cashier asks his name. The frog frowns at this interrogation. He says that his name is Kermit Jagger and that it’s OK, he knows the bank manager. Patti has some doubts about the name ‘Kermit Jagger’, but keen to give good customer service she politely explains that £30,000 is a substantial amount of money and that he will need to secure some collateral against the loan. She asks if he has anything he can use as collateral.

The frog says, ‘Yes, I have this,’ and produces a tiny pink porcelain elephant, about half an inch tall.

Bright pink and perfectly formed.

Very confused, Patti decides to talk to her boss, and she explains to the frog that she’ll have to consult with the manager and disappears into a back office. She finds the manager and says: You’re not going to believe this but there’s a frog out there who claims to be called Kermit Jagger, saying that he knows you, and that he wants to borrow £30,000. And he wants to use this as collateral.’

She holds up the tiny pink elephant saying. ‘I mean, its ridiculous: what on earth is going on? So the bank manager holds up the pink elephant and replies… It’s a knick knack, Patti Wack. Give the frog a loan.

His old man’s a Rolling Stone.

DOCTORS ORDERS Maurice an 82 year-old man went to the doctor for his physical.

A few days later the doctor saw Maurice walking down the street with a gorgeous young lady on his arm.

A couple of days later the doctor spoke to Maurice and said, “You’re really dong great, aren’t you?”

Maurice replied, “Just doing what you said, Doc: “Get a hot mamma and be cheerful.”

The doctor said, “I did not say that.

I said, “You got a heart murmur. Be careful.”

MAKE A WISH A married salesman left work early one Friday afternoon. Instead of going home, however, he spent the weekend (and his money) partying with the boys.

When he finally returned home on Sunday night, his wife really got on his case and stayed on him.

After a couple of hours of swearing and screaming, his wife paused and pointed at him and made him an offer,’ How would you like it if you didn’t see me for a couple of days?’

The salesman couldn’t believe his luck. So he looked up, smiled and said, That’ll suit me just fine!’

Monday went by, and the man didn’t see his wife. Tuesday and Wednesday went by and he still didn’t see her.

Come Thursday, the swelling went down a bit and he could see her a little... just out of the corner of his left eye.

GIVE US A RING! A sales guy was standing at the bottom of the stairs listening to the bells. He decided to go up and meet the ringer. So he raced up the many stairs until finally he was standing not three meters away from Quazimodo.

In a soft voice he said “can I ring the bells” as the hunchback pushed his head against the bell.

“No, training is needed or you will be in danger” The sales guy replied to this “C’mon please, I’ll be careful” “OK, but be very careful” Minutes went by as he prepared himself and then pushed the bell with all his might.

Alas on his first heave he lost balance and when the bell swung back it hit him on the head and knocked him clean out of out the window. He fell down the tower to his death. Quazimodo raced down the stairs with all possible speed, when he was at the bottom a small crowd had gathered with a policeman examining the body.

He yelled to the crowd “Does anybody know this man?”

Quazimodo then answered “No, but his face rings a bell”

SALES AGREEMENT An old salesman goes to the Wizard to ask him if he can remove a curse he has been living with for the last 50 years. The wizard says, “Maybe, but you will have to tell me the exact words that were used to put the curse on you.” The old man says without hesitation, “I now pronounce you man and wife.”

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JOE’S HEADACHE Joe was a successful copier salesman, but as he got older he was increasingly hampered by incredible headaches.

When his career and love life started to suffer, he sought medical help.

After being referred from one specialist to another, he finally came across an old country doctor who solved the problem.

‘The good news is I can cure your headaches...

The bad news is that it will require castration. You have a very rare condition, which causes your testicles to press up against the base of your spine, and the pressure creates one hell of a headache. The only way to relieve the pressure is to remove the testicles.’

Joe was shocked and depressed.

He wondered if he had anything to live for. He couldn’t concentrate long enough to answer, but decided he had no choice but to go under the knife.

When he left the hospital he was without a headache for the first time in 20 years, although he felt like he was missing an important part of himself.

As he walked down the street, he realised that he felt like a different person. He could make a new beginning and live a new life.

He saw a men’s clothing store and thought, ‘That’s what I need, a new suit.’

He entered the shop and told the assistant, ‘I’d like a new suit.’

The elderly tailor eyed him briefly and said, ‘Let’s see ... Size 44 long.’

Joe laughed, ‘That’s right, how did you know?’

‘Been in the business 60 years!’

Joe tried on the suit. It fit perfectly.

As Joe admired himself in the mirror, the shop assistant asked, ‘How about a new shirt?’ Joe thought for a moment and then said, ‘Sure.’ It was nice being sold to for a change.

The assistant eyed Joe and said, ‘Let’s see... 34 sleeve and 16 and a half neck.’

Dolphins are so intelligent.

Joe was surprised, ‘That’s right, how did you know?’

‘Been in the business 60 years!’

Joe tried on the shirt, and it fit perfectly. As Joe adjusted the collar in the mirror, the shop assistant asked, ‘How about new shoes?’

Joe was on a roll and said, ‘Sure.’

The shop worker eyed Joe’s feet and said, ‘Let’s see... 9-1/2.’

Joe was astonished, ‘That’s right, how did you know?’

‘Been in the business 60 years!’

Joe tried on the shoes and they fit perfectly. Joe walked comfortably around the shop and the assistant asked, ‘How about some new underwear?’

Joe thought for a second and said, ‘Sure.’

The shop assistant stepped back, eyed Joe’s waist and said, ‘Let’s see...

Size 36.’

Joe laughed, ‘Ah ha! I got you! I’ve worn size 34 since I was 18 years old.’

The shop assistant shook his head, ‘You can’t wear a size 34. A 34 underwear would press your testicles up against the base of your spine and give you one hell of a headache.’

FOOD FOR THOUGHT A Doctor was addressing a large diet conscious audience, ‘The material we put into our stomachs is enough to have killed most of us sitting here, years ago. Red meat is awful. Soft drinks corrode your stomach lining… Chinese food is loaded with MSG. High fat diets can be disastrous, and none of us realises the long-term harm caused by the germs in our drinking water.

However, there is one thing that is the most dangerous of all and we all have eaten, or will eat it. Can anyone here tell me what food it is that causes the most grief and suffering for years after eating it?’ After several seconds of quiet, a 75-year-old man in the front row raised his hand, and softly said, ‘Wedding Cake.’

Within a few weeks of captivity

PLANE LOGIC Four people are in an airplane, the pilot, the smartest man in the world, the richest man in the world, and a teenage graphic designer.

The airplane experiences some difficulties, and the pilot informs the three passengers that the plane is going to crash, and there are only three parachutes on the plane. The richest man in the world takes one, because he says that his lawyers will sue everyone else on the plane if he doesn’t survive. The smartest man in the world takes a parachute, because he thinks that the world would be a worse place without him. The pilot says to the graphic designer “There’s only one parachute left, I’ll fight you for it.” “That won’t be necessary,” said the young designer, “The smartest man in the world took my backpack.”

PASS THAT BOUNCER This guy wanted to get into a night club with a few friends. Unfortunately the dress code stated that without a tie he couldn’t get in.

His friends didn’t have a spare necktie between them but one of them said, ‘Hey, I’ve got an idea. I have a set of jumper cables in the back of my car. Tie them round your neck, tuck in the ends and you should pass by the doormen.

On re-entering the club, one bouncer was suspicious of his neckwear. On inspection, he relented as long as the guy behaved and didn’t start anything!

ALARM IN THE HIVE

A long time ago, there was a beehive in the middle of a forest. Every day, as worker bees do, they would go out into their fields, gather pollen from the flowers, and bring it back to DOCTOR, make honey.

The bees had a problem, though, CHECK MY LEG because every so often an intruder A man walks into a doctor’s office would come around, such as a fox and asks the doctor to inspect his who wanted the honey, or kids who leg. The man says, “Here, put your ear thought it’d be fun to throw rocks at to my knee.” the hive. Finally, the bees got tired The doctor puts his ear to the of it. man’s knee and hears very faintly, Being the intelligent bees that they “Come on, can I have five pounds, are, they built an alarm system for just five pounds?” the hive. They built it such that one bee pulls a lever, which triggers the The doctor steps back in horror, and the man says, “I know, but it gets alarm that the bees will hear from the fields, and then the bees can worse. Put your ear to my shin.” The doctor puts his ear to the man’s shin come back to protect their home.

There was one bee who was and hears very faintly, “Come on, can exclusively assigned that job, and I have ten pounds, just ten pounds?” he was aptly named the “Lever Bee.” Once again, the doctor stands up, His job was to watch for potential very perplexed. The man then says, “If adversaries, and pull the lever to raise that surprises you, put your ear to my the alarm. ankle.” The doctor puts his ear to the Now clearly, the safety of the hive man’s ankle and hears oh so faintly, depends on this one Lever Bee. So “Come on, can I have twenty pounds, it stands to reason that he has to be just twenty pounds?” constantly ready and on the alert so The doctor then stands up and that he can do his job. says, “Well, I can I make just one And that, friends, is why people say, conclusion. Your leg is broke in three “I’m as ready as a Lever Bee.” places.”

Thanks to Jack Jones grandson for that one!

they can train a man to stand on the edge of their pool

and throw them fish three times a day.

FELIX THE COPY CAT

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