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Quick Print Pro • Contents

March 2017

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CONTENTS What’s in this issue of Quick Print Pro

March 2017

4 News Front 10 New Products 16 Showtime 18 Sign & Digital Show Preview 22 Digital Imagery 24 Green Issues 26 New Profit Centre 30 Readers Scribes 32 Finda Product / Supplier Hot news in print for quick print pros What’s new to print and finish with Diary dates for away days in 2017 Show preview spread

Martin Christie – pixel prophet

Corporate social responsibility in print Best practice shared

These Jokes are on you

QPP preferred suppliers in print and on the web

34 Your Favourite PSPs

Comment Marvellous March This month is set to be awe-inspiring in print; we have wonderful shows to attend that have arranged spectacular speakers and absolutely fabulous workshops.

Exhibitors across our planned away days at Print Week Live, the Photography Show and Sign & Digital all deserve your attention as they will motivate you for the rest of the year.

New products are being launched aimed directly to benefit us quick print pros. We will keep you up to date across all the usual QPP media channels.

All of the above, plus Red Nose Day on the 24th, I trust you are all up for a laugh.

Peter ‘should have gone to Specsavers’ Foulkes

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The law on workplace pensions has changed and every employer in the UK must put certain staff into a pension scheme and contribute towards it.

This is called ‘automatic enrolment’.

It’s important that you understand what you need to do - and when you need to do it. This will depend on your circumstances and those of your employees. To work out what you need to do and when you need to do it contact our auto enrolment scheme advisers on:

0800 132100 or email alan.hudson@meridan.co.uk

Help is on hand from the Printing Industry Pension Scheme which has been running since 1986.

Meridan Financial LLP is the appointed advisers for the Printing Industry Pension Scheme (PIPS) and are authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). Not all Auto Enrolment services are regulated by the FCA.

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Quick Print Pro • News

March 2017

Duplo’s hands-on open house A handy new event designed to inspire printers was hosted

by Duplo at its Surrey headquarters.

Building on the success of other events, the two-day showcase enabled customers and prospects to get ‘hands-on’ with a wide range of products from Antalis, Duplo, Friedheim International, Infigo Software,

Renz and Vivid. Latest innovations and standout products that add value were on show throughout the event.

In creating stand-out products, the partners showed how printers can streamline workflows and grow revenues. Duplo’s own product range, which is the widest in the print industry included its 600i Duetto Booklet System, which combines the collating tower system used for offset work together with the with digital sheet feeder for pre-collated digitally printed sheets, the DC-746, its most powerful multifinisher, and

Alternative — Canon Production Print Accreditation

Canon UK has announced that Alternative — a supplier of Canon products and solutions — has received the Advanced Production Print Accreditation.

Alternative is one of Canon’s European Premier Partners and is the first in the UK to be awarded with the accreditation since its launch in 2016. With a full range of training both for pre and post sales, the accreditation means Alternative, in partnership with Canon, are able to offer complex professional print solutions that help to develop their customers’ businesses.

In addition to the accreditation, Alternative are the first UK partner to successfully supply and support Canon’s imagePRESS C10000VP, the 100 page per minute colour digital print engine designed to meet the increasing demand from both commercial and in-house print service providers. The device was bought by a corporate reprographics department, which will use it to deliver high-quality, printon-demand output for client documents.

Adam Poole, Marketing Director at Canon UK commented, “We’ve been working in partnership with Alternative since 1992 and have always been very impressed with the constant desire to improve and develop their capabilities to better support their customers. We are delighted to award the highly skilled team of pre-and postsales professionals with this accreditation. Congratulations to the team.”

David Allen, Sales Director at Alternative, added, “We’re really thrilled to be the first, and so far only, UK partner to have reached the strict criteria set out to achieve Canon’s Advanced Production Print Accreditation, and to be the first UK partner to sell the imagePRESS C10000VP. We have a real pedigree in this market, having been the first UK partner to sell the CLC5000 device back in 2001. This demonstrates the commitment we have made to the sector over many years and highlights the long-standing collaboration between Alternative and Canon. We look forward to continuing to work together.” www.alternative.uk.com

the PFi DI-CUT 300 system, which was first shown at drupa in 2016.

Before the event Sarah Crumpler, Duplo UK Marketing Manager, said: “The stand-out products from ourselves and partners will inspire printers and will add value to their businesses. The latest innovations will provide yet another opportunity for visitors to get ‘hands-on’ with live application printing. All our systems are designed to enable customers to work smarter, faster and more efficiently.” www.duplouk.com

Open for entries — Innovation Excellence Awards The 2017 Stationers’ Company Innovation Excellence Awards celebrating innovation, creativity and best practice in product design, services, campaigns and business processes, are open for entries in any of the five new categories: • Novel manufacturing technology in paper, print, print supplies and machinery, bookbinding or packaging • Innovative application of digital technologies across all Communications and Content sectors • Creative means of communicating with target audiences in the publishing, magazine, newspaper, advertising, books and broadcasting sectors • Novel product designs for retail markets in office supplies and book retailing • New communication programmes that enhance social development with a focus on community projects, education and the environment The Awards, which are free to enter, are open to all companies and organisations, not just those that are members of the Stationers’ Company, in all sectors of the UK Communications and Content industries: • book, magazine and digital publishing • paper, printing and packaging • printing supplies including inks and coatings • printing machinery • office supplies • design and advertising • website design, computer and mobile games • newspapers, telecommunications and broadcasting See http://bit.ly/innovation-excellence-2017 to download application forms. The closing date for entries to be emailed to communications@stationers. org is 9 April 2017.

Quick Print Pro • News

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Urgent input needed on Print Trailblazer The BPIF are asking for the whole industry’s help to ensure single standard apprenticeships do not reduce levels of expertise in the industry.

In March 2015 a consortium of employers led by James Buffoni of Ryedale Group Ltd secured the trailblazer (a new employer-defined standard for apprenticeship programmes) for the industry. The standards are employer owned, relate to specific occupations, and feature a graded end point assessment. The trailblazer secured is to develop a Level 3 standard that covers pre-press, press and postpress (finishing). The government awarded the trailblazer as a core with options, with print as the core and the options as pre-press, press and post press (finishing).

Through many focused meetings, the consortium has produced a standard which has been reviewed by the industry and, following feedback, adjusted and submitted to Government. This standard was approved by the Trailblazer panel but it was approved subject to certain conditions being met. These conditions are what the BPIF are seeking input on.

The condition applied by the government panel is that the options are combined so that

there is a single standard and an apprentice would need to master all three areas i.e. prepress, press and post-press before they would be able to pass their apprenticeship. Several drafts have been resubmitted in order to represent the views of the consortium as well as to the Trailblazer panel conditions.

The feedback has been that the position from the panel has not changed and they are still insisting that it is a single core standard. This essentially means that any new apprentice in the printing industry would need to master pre-press, printing and post-press before they would be able to complete. The BPIF believe that this requirement is impractical because it is not realistic to expect an apprentice to reach the level of technical and practical knowledge and expertise across all of these areas, to a level that employers require from their staff. The concern is that this requirement may therefore reduce

Call for entries to the Print Futures Awards The Printing Charity is calling for entries to the Print Futures Awards, which are grants of £1,500 to help people aged 18 to 30 years train for careers in printing, publishing, packaging and graphic arts or develop their existing roles in the industry.

People are eligible to apply for an Award if they are UK residents and: intend or are studying for a printing, publishing, packaging or graphic arts qualification; work in print-related organisations and want to undertake short courses to develop their workplace skills; and are apprentices or studying for NVQs in print-related organisations.

The closing date for applications is 30 April 2017. For more information and an application form, please see www.theprintingcharity.org.uk/printfutures-awards-2017 Shortlisted applicants will be interviewed in London in early June by a panel of judges from across the industry sectors and winners will receive their Awards in London on 20 July.

Neil Lovell, The Printing Charity’s Chief Executive, says: “The annual Print Futures Awards, which are a Printing Charity initiative, are part of our Education & Partnerships programme to help people gain qualifications and develop their workplace skills, as well as help attract and retain new talent in the industry.”

This year’s Print Futures Awards are sponsored by SAXOPRINT, The Book Trade Charity and Unite the Union GPM & IT Sector, and supported by the British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF), the Journalists’ Charity and St Bride Foundation. www.theprintingcharity.org.uk

overall levels of expertise compared with those achieved under the existing apprenticeship training approach. It would have significant impact for some companies on pay rates as there would be no difference between the three roles.

The BPIF see no value in us going back to the panel again, however, as you may have seen in recent newspaper reports, the Institute for Apprenticeships (IfA) is well underway with the key appointments to the board announced this week. Print sits under the Engineering & Manufacturing Route Panel which will be made up of industry representatives and not civil servants. On that basis the BPIF believe that the current challenge on our trailblazer could be resolved if they could speak directly with the panel.

What you can do: To make this happen BPIF need your support “if you believe that a single standard will be inappropriate to our industry or have a specific concern please get in contact with BPIF Programme Director, Ursula Daly, at ursula.daly@bpif.org.uk or visit www.britishprint.com/printtrailblazer and submit your support on our website, so we can approach the IfA with employer backing”.

Closing date for input is 31 March 2017.

Royal Mail tariff changes effective 27th March In order to keep providing its excellent services, The Royal Mail has announced that there will be a number of price changes across franking machine and domestic parcel tariffs. Due to come into effect 27th March, further details will be released shortly. However, good news, franking machine customers will still experience big savings over stamp users.

If you want to find out more about Royal Mail’s tariff change visit www.neopost.co.uk/royalmail-prices-2017 To ensure that you are getting the most value from your franking service, here’s some advice: Make sure you get the right price every time - If you are sending a large letter remember to change the settings of your franking machine to the ‘large letter’ setting. If you are sending franked mail abroad (including the Republic of Ireland), choose from one of the international services available through your franking machine.

Helping you to prepare and present your franked mail correctly Whether you are getting your mail ready for collection or dropping it off at the Post Office, Royal Mail has a handy range of posters and videos that explains in simple steps how to prepare and get the very best service from your franked mail.

For more information about Royal Mail’s franking services and technology, visit www.royalmail.com/franking To find out how Neopost can help you drive the most value from your postal processes, visit their website for more information: www.neopost.co.uk/equipment/franking-machines

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Quick Print Pro • News

March 2017

Insight opts for Mimaki JFX200 UV LED printer Bristol-based full service branding and print company, Insight, has recently invested in a Mimaki JFX200 UV LED flatbed printer from i-Sub Digital. Insight says it selected the printer because it ‘outperforms everything else in its price range’.

Insight was officially launched in 2010 after Kevin Davidson and co-founder Tom Simpson completed two years of careful planning. They created a team-focused, customercentric, high-quality full service print and branding provider.

Now, their team services business and retail environments, working closely with design companies or directly with brands on a broad range of projects – including the whole branding/rebranding process from prototype to finished printed product.

Insight’s innovation director Kevin Davidson explained why they chose the Mimaki printer: “Insight is best known for creating high quality, speciality bespoke projects, but we were still outsourcing some of our work. We needed to bring more of our printing in-house and we wanted to be able to print to a much broader range of substrates. We also wanted augmented quality control and a more streamlined production turnaround.

“Investing in a new printer gave us more control of the whole process. Tom and I did some research and spoke to some people and it quickly became obvious that the Mimaki JFX200 was the perfect solution.”

The JFX200 flatbed printer is able to print on a vast number of substrates including 8’ x 4’ rigid boards up to a thickness of 50mm, at up to 1200 dpi, with quality further augmented through variable dot printing down to a four picolitre drop size — and it does all this at a speed of up to 25 square metres an hour.

As well as the primary CMYK ink set, the Mimaki JFX200 ink options include white ink, clear ink, a primer, varnish, and a choice of hard, flexible and fully flexible inks for thermo forming applications. Thanks to its cool, long-life LED lamps, operators can print to more substrates, including thin and heat sensitive materials.

Kevin continues: “Now the Mimaki fits right in with our production schedules. It’s perfect. We can print and

prototype a project to make sure the customer is happy before production goes ahead.

It helps us get even more insight into the client’s needs and ensures the print fits the finished job. It also provides great scope for special effects — for example layers of varnish help create an embossed feel. It always produces a brilliant finish. We can take the project straight from the Mimaki to our Zünd digital cutter. The inks are cured straight away so there are no problems with cracking and chipping, the job’s just printed, cut and finished, Simple.”

He concludes: “We purchased the Mimaki from the team at i-Sub, and they were great. Emma Plant gave us a detailed demonstration and answered all of our questions with informed insight. The installation engineers were helpful and knowledgeable and they were always on hand to answer questions or resolve issues. They had been recommended to us and we would happily recommend them to anyone else. It was one of the rare times we have dealt with a company that matched our level of service. When we buy our next machine it will certainly be a Mimaki and our first call will be to i-Sub.” Emma Plant at I-Sub comments: “The Mimaki JFX 200 UV printer keeps proving to be the benchmark machine for the segment of the market that it represents. We have supplied many machines since its launch and it continues to offer exceptional print quality at a performance and cost point that is allowing our customers to enjoy the benefits of UV printing. Insight were a pleasure to deal with and it became quickly apparent their business would benefit from the Mimaki JFX ‘s quality, speed and low cost of ownership.”

She continues: “Insight produce some amazing work for their clients and their positive approach to what they do is no doubt paramount to their success” www.getsomeinsight.com www.i-subdigital.com

Hartgraph adds digital capacity Hartgraph Print has returned to Heidelberg for a second digital press, a Versafire CV, which runs alongside an existing Linoprint 751. It has been installed at the company’s 14,000 sq ft freehold site in Amersham.

“We are still very focused on litho and only recently moved to 24 hour operations in the pressroom,” says Steve Walters, Hartgraph partner with Tony Brooks. “However, digital is an important partner operation and this investment is spurred by technology change. We like the larger 700mm tray and the vacuum rather than suction feed mechanism which will make personalising preprinted sheets much easier. Also the white and clear varnish means we have something more to offer our customers.”

Two years ago the company invested in a Speedmaster XL 75-5+L with Inpress Control to run alongside an SM 52-5. At the same time

it upgraded its workflow, taking Prepress Manager and Pressroom Manager.

Hartgraph anticipates taking on another operator in the coming weeks. Business is brisk and Mr Walters comments that the new and impressive building has worked on many levels. It impresses clients, gives the company space to accommodate clients with dedicated customer areas and makes those used to the corporate environment more at home.

“Subliminally I am sure that when visitors come to quality premises they feel more confident about the quality print we have always prided ourselves on giving,” says Mr Walters. Now the company has a better physical layout, meaning optimum efficiency.

It uses Heidelberg plate-setting, printing and finishing kit and workflows and feels secure in returning again to make this investment, confident in the robustness of the kit but also the advice and services support available to them. www.heidelberg.com

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Avoid costly mistakes Sending confidential information to the wrong person can result in fines and damage to your reputation. The folder inserter will stop in the event that an error is detected, so intelligent folding inserting is a valuable tool to ensure compliance.

Easily manage personalised content Neopost software can vary envelope content by recipient to keep your messages relevant. All sorts of inserts can be handled – letters, mailers, brochures and even CD’s

Save money through automation Collating documents and putting them in envelopes is time consuming. If you can manually fill 100 envelopes per hour, it’s costing you at least 7p per item. Imagine how much you could save by automatically folding and inserting your business mailings at speeds from 1300 per hour.*

Take advantage of the lowest Royal Mail rates Save at least 30p per item by folding and mailing in the most cost-effective size.

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Solutions to suit your business needs You’ll be surprised how much difference a folder inserter could make to your business. As well as automating tedious manual tasks you can effortlessly improve the accuracy and professionalism of your mailings. Whatever your size of business or organisation, and whatever your mail - invoices, statements, promotions, payments or notices - there’s a Neopost folder inserter that will help you manage it more efficiently.

Neopost solutions range from office and mailroom right up to heavy duty high volume production mail. So whether you’re sending 100 items a day or 10,000, Neopost can offer a solution to fit your communication needs. And, if your business needs change and grow we can upgrade your equipment and software quickly and easily to keep you up and running.

*Speed depends on machine and application.

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Quick Print Pro • News

March 2017

Pureprint picks Renz Systems to expand services Pureprint Group has enhanced its in-house capabilities and is expanding its global web-toprint business with investment in five Renzsupplied to solutions.

Its large HP Indigo digital facility based in Uckfield, East Sussex invested in the Renz P500 ES and AP360 heavy duty punching systems and a Renz AB 500 HS high speed automated binder to upgrade their wire binding capability.

Explains Aaron Archer, Pureprint’s Business Development Director: “We have a very strong and clear production process and excellent customer service. Maintaining that was paramount in our decision to make this investment.

“We have comprehensive in house binding capabilities but with our growing calendar, diary and document products we needed to invest in a wire binding system which could handle high volume quality production. The new systems will help us support the production needs of our key customers and the extra capacity will enable us to increase our on-demand production support for the global web-2-print business.”

The versatile P500 ES and AP360 can handle all types of book and calendar punching production with ring wire, plastic comb and coil options. They enable fast die changes, incorporate two part split dies for book and calendar work. Bespoke professional dies are available on request. There is QSA (Quick Size Adjustment) for high flexibility of different paper formats, horizontal paper feeding and the ability to handle a wide range of mixed stocks.

Ian Godden Digital Manufacturing Director and Iain Bullock Renz UK MD

The highly productive AB 500 HS high speed, semi-automatic production binding machine for books, calendars and skip binding can handle wide range of different paper formats. There is touch screen assisted setup, horizontal paper feeding for easy product loading, automatic closure table and automatic product delivery onto a shingle conveyor.

The spend also included an Argos L 380 Coater and an Argos L 380 MGFE feeder from the Belgium manufacturer represented exclusively in the UK by Renz. The Argos Cold UV Coater’s unique cold curing technology eliminates the risk of burning any substrates and releases zero ozone emissions. It incorporates an air knife to handle lighter weight paper, features roller position visualisation and has a larger diameter roller for a superior finish. It offers a competitive cost

per page and energy consumption is reduced by 50% through a special function that puts the UV lamp in sleep mode. Pureprint’s system includes an automatic feeding unit.

Adds Archer: “The systems were suited to true print on demand production which is fundamental to our business approach. They are capable of handling short and longer runs and that flexibility is crucial for our mix of work.”

He continues: “We did look at other suppliers but we liked the ease of operation, build quality and service mentality of the team at Renz. We also wanted a UV coating line and to buy them altogether at the same time made sense.

“They have been in production from day one and are running exactly as we expected them to. This gives us the confidence to focus on growing this service.” www.renz.co.uk

Planning ahead at John Brailsford Printers New investments at the Yorkshire quick printer offer extra services to a wider customer base, with the purchase of two Ricoh MPCW2201SP large format colour plotters and a Gera plan folder for each of its sites in Rotherham and Barnsley.

“We’ve always offered plan and technical drawing printing since 1986 and our latest investment moves us forward with high speed digital colour plotting, with scan from glass, to file and print from file capability. We have a wide customer base including builders, architects, planners and construction sites who often need a while you wait service. Having a machine at each of our shops gives us the flexibility we need to take on any demand, says director John Brailsford”.

Craig Dyer, Sales Manager of Ricoh UK adds, “The Ricoh machines can print up to

180 A1 copies per hour and feature GEL-jet smudge-free and UV-resistant waterproof ink technology, we are proud to have supplied the latest technology to John Brailsford Printers

again, as we have for many years”.

The Gera plan folder takes A0 or A1 prints and can fold them to A4 or DL sizes for mailing and ease of use out on site.

“Each month we find new ways to promote our digital colour plotting service to our customers through the innovative options available. We have just completed a huge scanning project for an engineering company that wanted to archive over 50 years of technical drawings into PDF files and with very low cost colour prints, customers having to make do with black and white is now a thing of the past, says Brailsford”.

John Brailsford Printers completed 30 years in business in 2016 and has two shops, at Rawmarsh Hill, Rotherham and Doncaster Road, Barnsley. www.brailsfordprinters.co.uk

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Quick Print Pro • New Products

March 2017

New Canon press — the Océ ProStream

Canon Europe has launched the Océ ProStream, its next generation continuous feed colour inkjet press. The ProStream combines the best features of Canon’s existing high-performance inkjet technologies with new innovations to take high-speed inkjet to the next level of colour output quality and media versatility.

This creates valuable new opportunities for many print service providers (PSPs) by enhancing their capability to deliver high-value variable content applications such as premium direct mail and marketing collateral, personalised catalogues, brochures and books.

Christian Unterberger, Chief Marketing Officer and Executive Vice President Production Printing Products at Océ explains: “The ProStream is a natural addition to Canon’s established portfolio of continuous feed inkjet solutions, meeting the needs of progressive customers who are looking for higher quality and improved media choice for sustained highvolume production.

“With this new press, customers can now confidently migrate highvalue work from offset to inkjet. This will enable PSPs to exploit the full creative potential of variable data printing to elevate print’s effectiveness within data-led multi-channel campaigns.”

With a printing width of 540mm and maximum print speed of 80 metres per minute, the ProStream offers productivity of up to 35 million A4 pages per month.

Excellent output quality is achieved by means of a new high-definition 1200dpi Océ DigiDot print head, which produces sharp images with fine details, smooth greyscales, as well as large areas of solid ink coverage.

A new pigmented polymer ink set matches or exceeds offset colour gamut for high quality applications. The press also features new, noncontact flotation drying technology. This minimises physical stresses on the paper and leaves the printed image untouched until dry, enabling dense ink coverage for vibrant colour reproduction.

The ProStream incorporates Canon’s ColorGrip paper conditioning technology, ensuring optimal print quality on standard coated and uncoated offset papers from 60 to 160gsm.

Peter Wolff, Senior Director Customer Groups Commercial Printer and Production CRD at Canon Europe concludes: “We talk to many customers who are looking for a continuous inkjet press that combines the vibrant colours associated with offset with variable data capability on standard coated papers, allowing for cost efficient white paper solutions with fast time-to-market. With the ProStream, we can now give them that solution.”

The press will be commercially available from summer 2017. www.canon.co.uk

Ricoh Pro C5200s supports flexible production Ricoh has launched the Ricoh Pro C5200s series of digital colour cut sheet presses enabling print service providers to broaden their services thanks to its flexible production capabilities.

The flexibility of the Ricoh Pro C5200s series of digital colour cut sheet presses enables print service providers to broaden their services.

The Ricoh Pro C5200s and Ricoh Pro C5210s support print-for-pay businesses, commercial printers, in-house print centres and corporate reprographics in their quest to deliver highly responsive creative print.

The new series runs at print speeds of 65 and 80 pages per minute at 1,200 x 4,800 dpi across a wide range of media up to 360 gsm.

The embedded paper library has an intuitive User Interface to support operators. Image quality is comparable to the output from Ricoh’s higher classes of digital colour cut sheet presses. Tight registration, edge-toedge printing and long sheet printing up to 1260 mm will also help meet market demands.

Booklet production is a key application for many PSPs so the Pro C5200s has optional Cover Interposer and Booklet Finisher with saddle stitching and folding capabilities.

“With the Ricoh Pro C5200s series we can help production printing operations expand their capabilities,” says Benoit Chatelard, Vice President, Production Printing, Ricoh Europe. “Extensive media choice and a range of finishing options previously available only with Ricoh’s higher specified presses enable them to offer fast turnaround short run

creative services including envelopes and longer sheets for trifold and quadfold options.

“When clients ask for a service we want PSPs to be able to say yes, confident in our highly-developed production portfolio.”

The Ricoh Pro C5200s series has a paper capacity of up to 8,250 sheets, supporting long periods of production, even when switching media. For a high performance production printer, the series requires relatively little space for an easy fit in different environments.

The Ricoh Pro C5200s series is commercially available now and will have its first European showing at Sign and Print Scandinavia, Stockholm, from 7-9 February. www.ricoh-europe.com

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March 2017

Xerox and EFI offer ‘Best in Class Digital Front Ends’ Xerox Corporation and Electronics For Imaging have announced a strategic partnership to bring to market a next generation digital front end (DFE) to drive Xerox digital production presses. The agreement includes the sale of Xerox’s FreeFlow® Print Server (FFPS) DFE business to EFI. Under the terms of the deal, EFI will continue to produce and support FFPS so current customers do not experience interruptions in sales or service.

“Customers will gain a powerful solution with more efficiencies, performance and quality to meet the most demanding production requirements,” said Andrew Copley, president, Graphic Communications Solutions, Xerox. “EFI is an industry leader and has a proven track record with performance, ease of use and seamless integration with industry workflow solutions.”

Xerox’s expertise and unique functionality from FFPS will be integrated with EFI’s bestof-breed Fiery® product, giving customers a market-leading offering. Customers will benefit from EFI sales and technical field resources

working side-by-side with their Xerox sales reps to offer a best-in-class solution.

“This next step in our strategic alliance will give customers the industry’s highest performing DFE with unparalleled imaging and colour management,” said Guy Gecht, CEO of EFI. “EFI integration among the DFE, workflow software, and management information systems products deliver the higher levels of automation and productivity that are key to print businesses taking full advantage of the opportunities with digital printing.”

Xerox and EFI have established a longstanding partnership. Most recently, Xerox collaborated with EFI to develop a new print server, the Xerox IJ Print Server powered by Fiery, to drive the Xerox Trivor™ 2400 Inkjet Press. The DFE handles a range of data streams, while enabling integration, comprehensive

MetaliK exclusively from Antalis KernowPrint MetaliK®, a new range of highly reflective boards developed specifically for dry toner printers, is now available exclusively from Antalis.

The paper merchant has broadened its portfolio of graphical boards in response to customers demand for products that will help them standout with high impact products.

Printable on both sides, this innovative range comes in three stunning metallic finishes and is suitable for dry toner printing and UV printing.

The range includes desirable qualities such as static control and maximum toner adhesion, meaning MetaliK will reliably overcome print quality and machine performance issues.

The metallic surface can be used to create visually appealing designs and, with the right artwork, it offers an exquisite effect – especially when combined with the latest white ink digital technology. Customers with this equipment are invited to contact Antalis who will assist in helping them get the most out of this new range.

Stocked in 330gsm, MetaliK offers something new and exciting to digital dry toner printers, giving designers the ability to create the most eye-catching solutions for their clients. Despite being engineered for strength and rigidity, MetaliK can be easily folded without the risk of unsightly cracks. This makes it extremely versatile and a perfect solution for luxury product packaging such as champagne boxes, greeting cards and brochure covers.

To request your free sample, visit www.antalis.co.uk

colour management and seamless integration with customer workflows.

The next generation DFE coming from this partnership will be integrated with EFI’s marketleading Productivity Suites, which include management information systems such as PACE, PrintSmith Vision, Monarch, and Radius ERP. Additionally, the DFE will integrate with Xerox FreeFlow Core and XMPie® workflows as well as industry-leading third-party prepress solutions such as Agfa Apogee, Heidelberg Prinect, and Kodak Prinergy. The Fiery DFE, which is the industry’s only JDF certified DFE, will also offer a modern API to allow customers to easily develop integration to any customized applications.

The agreement is for FFPS only and does not impact the Xerox workflow solutions that carry a FreeFlow sub-brand name (FreeFlow Core, FreeFlow VI Suite, FreeFlow Makeready and FreeFlow Digital Publisher). The workflow solutions will remain independent key planks for Xerox customers’ workflow strategy. www.xerox.com • www.efi.com

New developments for Intec ColorCut500

The Intec ColorCut500 is a digital cutter designed to complement any print shop or packaging company seeking to produce labels or packaging prototypes direct from their digital copier, printer or printing press.

An incredibly affordable desktop sheet cutting device, the ColorCut500 enables the production of short run sheet labels and card items for point of sale applications, swing ticketing and prototype packaging, expanding the range of products print shops can offer customers whilst entering the lucrative labelling and prototype packaging markets.

Targeted at the light production sector, the ColorCut500 can transform any printed paper, transparent, metallic or synthetic label media from an SRA3/tabloid extra and even 330x500mm sheets in 30-40 seconds, to any shape — depending on label complexity. Recent software upgrades now allow users to score card as well as cut and perforate different media types and thicknesses at the touch of a button for complex die-cutting of any shape and different cuts in one pass — no need to send out for dies to be made ensuring a quick turnaround — something demanded more and more today!

The ColorCut500 coupled with any copier, digital printer or printing press provides users with a low cost, versatile solution for producing quick turnaround labels, intricate cards, tickets and point of sale packaging. www.intecprinters.com

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Xerox: Inkjet is a reality for all print providers ‘right now’

Early adopters of Xerox’s inkjet technology say they are seeing measurable business results such as increased page volumes, savings from printing on standard offset coated stocks, and faster turnaround on high-volume transactional print jobs. The Xerox entry inkjet portfolio featured at Hunkeler Innovation Days (HID) in Lucerne, Switzerland • Xerox Brenva® HD Production Inkjet Press — cut sheet inkjet.

• Xerox Trivor® 2400 Inkjet Press — continuous feed inkjet with Xerox High Fusion Ink. • Xerox Rialto® 900 Inkjet Press — narrow web roll-to-cut sheet inkjet.

Xerox’s lower cost systems make inkjet more accessible and open new business opportunities for print providers. Throughout HID, Xerox will showcase how its inkjet solutions enable customers to move into today’s biggest growth areas including catalogues, books, transactional and direct mail.

“The inkjet opportunity is no longer on the horizon — it’s here right now,” said Andrew Copley, president, Graphic Communications Solutions, Xerox. “With our next generation production inkjet presses, customers get the right technology at less cost and space of traditional inkjet presses.”

Ramping up direct mail and transactional with Brenva HD — UK-based print, mail and digital communications provider McLays bought the Brenva HD to expand their direct mail and transactional applications. In the first month of production, page volume increased

15 percent, hitting up to 150,000 pages per day on peak days.

“We produced more than 1.5 million pages in January with Brenva HD and are confident that we can double that figure in the coming months as the machine moves into 24-hour print production,” said Gary Wheeler, direct manufacturing manager, McLays. “The press performs extremely well with low coverage, light tints and sharp black text, which are critical in our transactional business.”

Inkjet printing on standard offset coated stocks with High Fusion Ink and Trivor 2400 — Belgium-based print provider, VPrint, wanted to add more personalisation and quality to its large-volume direct mail business without the cost of using specialty stock made for inkjet printing. The company has been testing the Trivor 2400 paired with High Fusion Ink. “We wanted to print on standard offset coated stock, with offset quality and volume but with all the benefits of production inkjet,” said Thierry Ngoma, plant manager, VPrint.

“So far High Fusion Ink and the Trivor 2400 are meeting our expectations — delivering brilliant colour, high speed and the savings from using standard offset coated stocks without the need for any pre or post treatment.”

Finishing options boost productivity on Rialto 900 — During HID, Xerox will showcase the Rialto 900 with two new inline finishing options: a dynamic perforator and

second dual high capacity stacker. The dynamic perforator enables the creation of horizontal, vertical or t-section tear offs — such as coupons, reply cards and payment stubs — opening up new opportunities in the transactional and direct mail markets.

Additionally, a second dual high capacity stacker enables a continuous operation feature so print providers can keep presses running while unloading the other stacker.

These options build on the breakthrough in inkjet innovation of the Rialto 900 introduced at HID two years ago. Today, many print providers use the press to deliver everything from mono book pages to high-quality direct mail applications.

UK-based commercial printer Datagraphic has two Rialto 900 presses that produce minute-critical, data-driven transactional print for enterprises across the public and private sectors. “We deliver daily communications, which often need to be printed and processed within hours and the Rialto 900 enables us to produce high-volume, same-day dispatches of business quality documents within a narrow timeframe,” said Robert Hoon, managing director, Datagraphic.

In addition to Brenva HD, Trivor 2400 with High Fusion Ink and Rialto 900, Xerox FreeFlow® Core, Xerox FreeFlow Digital Publisher, XMPie PersonalEffect® suite, XMPie Circle and XMPie Campaigns-on-Demand will also be on display at the show. The stand will also feature various application areas and business development resources. www.xerox.com/en-us/digital-printing/ hunkeler. Follow Xerox at twitter: @xeroxproduction or with #HID17. www.xerox.com

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Vivid Laminating Technologies will showcase its awardwinning Matrix Foiling and Laminating Systems, Easycoat Gluing System and launch a new video book solution at the exhibition.

Richard Marlow, sales director at the Leicestershire-based company said, “We’ve received some great feedback for the Matrix Systems and the incredible foiling, holographic and spot UV-style effects that can be produced for all kinds of packaging, business cards, stationery, book covers, security print, wedding stationery and high end bespoke print, quickly and cost-effectively” The award-winning Matrix range of systems can laminate, foil and create spot UV-style effects for all kinds of digital print and packaging. Combined with Vivid’s range of Boss lamination films, including soft touch, anti-scratch, new glitter laminates and the Boss range of coloured foils, huge costsavings can be made by bringing print finishing in-house.

Vivid will also feature its new Easycoat Gluing System at the show, a SRA1 solution that adds a layer of adhesive to media. The sheets can be added one-by-one to create a thick substrate that can be used for many applications, including luxury packaging.

“We’ll also be launching a new service of bespoke video books,” continued Richard. “We can design, print and produce video books for all kinds of applications. It’s a perfect marketing tool for businesses looking to promote their products.”

Visit the Vivid team in Hall 1, Stand G20 to see some of the most advanced, innovative and cost-effective laminating technologies in the market. www.vivid-online.com

Six of the best reasons to attend

01 – EVERYTHING YOU NEED UNDER ONE ROOF: PrintWeekLive! Will showcase the latest technology and applications, and share to new business thinking, advice and great networking opportunities 02 –BEST PRACTICE: Conference and workshop sessions covering everything from the production of print to the business of print, which will offer hints and tips from leading manufacturers, industry experts and business leaders from inside and outside the world of print.

03 –LATEST TECHNOLOGY AND APPLICATIONS: The show floor will be packed with an impressive range of the latest print technology and experts from the leading manufacturers and suppliers will be on hand with helpful advice on how you can improve your business.

04 –BUSINESS BOOSTING CONNECTIONS: Book on the conference and workshop sessions and quiz industry experts and business leaders from inside and outside the world of print on how they overcame or, perhaps, embraced their business challenges.

05 –WIN NEW BUSINESS: PrintWeekLive! Has been designed for all segments of the industry: printers, buyers and vendors. A chance encounter with a likeminded visitor across a crowded show floor or seminar theatre could be the beginning of a beautiful relationship.

06 –AWAY DAY INSPIRATION: If Sir Isaac Newton had been slaving away over calculations instead of taking five under an apple tree then he may have just been another physicist. Inspiration comes when we break routine and open ourselves to new experiences that can inspire, innovate and initiate.

PRINTWEEKLIVE! Will provide best-practice learning and practical and inspirational ideas visitors can take back to their businesses, enabling printers to improve their businesses, through better use of technology and by applying new ideas and methodologies.

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Vistaprint founder and Cimpress chief executive Robert Keane will deliver the opening keynote speech joining an impressive line-up of speakers. Keane’s session, titled ‘The future of print and mass customisation’ will give delegates an inside look at the Cimpress journey so far and his vision for where his company — and the rest of the industry — can go next.

Other speakers on the opening morning include BPIF chief executive Charles Jarrold, Webmart founder and chief executive Simon Blitcliffe and Toyota Material Handling UK commercial director Tony Wallis.

Neil Smith, director of print procurement specialist Blue Buffalo, will kick off the afternoon session followed by Linney Group chief executive Miles Linney and Grant Thornton partner Helen Dale.

Day two: Jim Lewcock, the founder and chief executive of global media agency The Specialist Works, delivering an inspirational address on print’s place in the marketing mix and how the industry can better engage with marketers and brand owners.

Former AJS Labels managing director Andrew Scrimgeour will then discuss how he turned around the loss-making label business he acquired in under 12 months by adopting a back-to-basics approach. His session will be followed by experts from Duplo, Heidelberg and Xerox taking part in a panel discussion on the print room of tomorrow.

Wayne Clarke, founding partner of the Global Growth Institute, will wrap up the morning by detailing how print businesses can create a blueprint for growth that better empowers and engages its people and boosts its bottom line.

Three managing directors of award-winning SME print businesses will launch the final afternoon by sharing some of the secrets of their success in a panel discussion on how companies of all sizes can compete with the biggest players in print. The conference will be brought to a close by London Digital Security Centre chief executive John Unsworth who will discuss the simple steps every business should take to protect itself from cyber crime.

Conference sessions are limited, so register today to reserve your seat. www.printweeklive.com

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DISCOVER THE LATEST APPLICATIONS, IDEAS & ADVICE

Meet with 180+ leading manufacturers and suppliers Thousands of cutting edge products, technologies and services NEW! Sign Trade Services Pavilion featuring sign making tools, fixings & fittings Live demonstrations of skills and equipment Exclusive product launches and show offers Free seminars in the Business Theatre and the NEW! Creative Theatre Free software training from Adobe, Corel and SignLab Networking opportunities to make new business contacts

Source: Independent visitor research by Zing Insights, May 2016

Pre-register now for free entry at www.signanddigitaluk.com

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Sign & Digital UK 2017

SIGN & DIGITAL 30 YEARS ON Sign & Digital UK, the trade exhibition for the sign making, display solutions and digital printing industry is back again, this time celebrating 30 years as a national exhibition.

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ver the last 30 years the exhibition has grown dramatically.

It first appeared as a national exhibition at the NEC as ‘Sign UK’, but has since evolved to fill two NEC halls in the prime springtime exhibition season. Since the turn of the century the show has almost tripled in size, and now ranks in the top 25% of UK trade shows*. It brings together professionals from all corners of the digital printing, sign making and display solutions communities together, supporting businesses large and small.

This year’s exhibition will showcase a wide range of products and services aimed at printing professionals: from software, colour management systems to large-format printing and finishing equipment. It offers visitors unrivalled opportunities to discover the latest innovations and launches from over 180 suppliers, as well as take advantage of exclusive show promotions and expert advice.

PURCHASING DESTINATION — Since the late 1980s the show has earned a reputation amongst printers as the show to research, discover and purchase their first or next wide format print and finishing solutions. Of course, Sign & Digital UK always attracts the industry’s leading manufacturers and suppliers, and this year‘s exhibitor list includes HP Inc UK, Roland DG, Epson, Canon, Hybrid Services/Mimaki, Colourgen/Mutoh, Fujifilm, Grafityp, Spandex, Jetrix, Esko, Perfect Colours, Colourbyte, Papergraphics, Granthams, Ultima Displays, CMYUK, Signmaster Systems, printMAX, Antalis, Atlantic Tech Services and many more.

The show will feature many new and returning exhibitors in 2017, including Brett Martin, Arken POP, Boxford and APA UK. For visitors looking forward to the latest large-format launches Colourgen (E40) plans to present new Mutoh large format sign and display printers and solutions, while DATAPLOT (H52) will introduce the current range of EMBLEM inkjet media for large format inkjet printers.

Hybrid Services Ltd (E10) will be hosting the first showing of the new Mimaki UJF MkII small format flatbed LED UV printers at a sign and graphics exhibition in the UK. While InkTec (J20) will host the worldwide launch of the JETRIX LXi8 LED-UV Flatbed Printer, featuring a host of new features, including InkTec’s latest generation LED-UV ink.

The latest promotional wear and product printing options, as well as new inkjet and digital ink technology, can be seen at Quality Print Services (J12), while Doro Tape (B60) will show off new coloured and decorative films, largeformat digital print and garment textile films.

Corel (D44) will give visitors the opportunity to win a copy of CorelDRAW Graphics Suite X8 Small Business Edition, featuring three licenses, worth over £750. While visitors to the Roland DG (H30) have the chance to walk away with the latest TrueVIS SG-540 - featuring £12,000 worth of Roland DG print and cut technology.

A full list of exhibitors is available on the Sign & Digital UK website

PRACTICAL APPLICATIONS — Print professionals visiting the show can try out new practical skills and techniques. Daily seminars and workshops, spread across six theatres, offer something for everyone. All seminars and workshops are free to attend at Sign & Digital UK 2017, and there’s no need to book, so visitors can just drop in. Scheduling information is available on the show website ahead of the show.

The popular Business Theatre will have a full line-up of seminars and case studies to help visitors grow their operations and increase revenue. Seminars, workshops and case studies, will illustrate where key revenue opportunities for small and medium-sized businesses lie, as well as how to improve services for the year ahead, with plenty of practical applications and real-world tips.

Visitors can master the art of becoming a franchisee in ‘Franchise opportunities: benefits and practicalities’ on Tuesday 28 March, where they will hear first-hand from the experts at Signs Express. This session will look at the many pros of starting a franchise including national buying power and better brand visibility.

Industry visitors looking to invest in printing and copy kit can attend sessions on accessing new or used equipment to grow their businesses. In addition, there will be seminar content devoted to equipment maintenance and care, to help ensure any new purchases are properly protected.

While for anyone wanting to expand their operation, the session ‘A toolkit for growing your business’ will showcase the experience and learning of two industry heavyweights, Ed Currer, Founder of Vinyl Impression and Frazer Chesterman, Co-Founder of InPrint and FM Brooks.

For those looking to get up to date with the latest software developments, the Adobe, SignLab and Corel Theatres will return in 2017, providing visitors with the chance to learn and engage with the latest products and services on offer. Drop-in workshops are also available, and visitors are invited to bring along files on a memory stick to get advice from industry experts.

Sign & Digital UK 2017 takes place at the NEC, Birmingham from 28 to 30 March 2017 and is free to attend for visitors. To enquire

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about exhibiting please contact the show team on 01342 332 000, email signanddigitaluk@fav-house.com or visit www.signanddigitaluk.com for more information or to preregister for free as a visitor.

Sign & Digital UK 2017 Opening Times

Tuesday 28 March: 10.00 – 17.00 Wednesday 29 March: 10.00 – 17.00 Thursday 30 March: 10.00 – 16.30 Halls 17 & 18, NEC, Birmingham.

Entrance to the show is free for pre-registered visitors.

Business Theatre line up

This year’s Business Theatre will host an extensive programme of free daily seminars, workshops and case studies, identifying new revenue opportunities for business owners looking to expand and improve their services for the year ahead.

Session topics range from practical ways to grow your business, funding options for the purchase of capital equipment, benefits and practicalities of being a franchisee and how to make the apprenticeship levy work for your company.

The programme will also look at new areas for product diversification, including wide format printing, soft signage and pop-up retail.

Session highlights include ‘More money, more customers, more focus’, exploring how business owners can differentiate themselves in a competitive market and add value to customers. Chaired by Colin Gilman, editor, Graphic Display World, expert panelists include James Priest, managing director of Assured Systems and Tony Kenton, strategy specialist for It Has To Be Brilliant.

The ‘Where are the opportunities in wide format?’ session will discuss the current and future mix of applications available for people looking to forge a path in wide format

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printing. Combining real world insight and advice from experts working in the industry, current panelists include Ed Currer, founder of Vinyl Impressions, Robert Long, managing director of Kingswood iOptus and Richard McCombe, managing director of Matic Media and will be chaired by Barney Cox, editor, Digital Printer.

Opportunities for business diversification will be explored further in the session ‘Business Diversification: temporary pop-up and retail structures’. Run in association with the Shop and Display Equipment Association (SDEA), it will be chaired by its director Antony Behiels and includes industry experts from Unibox and Tecna UK. The session will examine how companies can benefit from this growing market by diversifying into the production of temporary or seasonal short term retail structures and displays.

Another new seminar for 2017, ‘Business Diversification: soft signage’ will explore how companies can get into this rapidly growing sector and will explore investment strategies, how to use existing equipment, floor space planning and the skills necessary for finishing. Presented by Grafenia, this session is ideal for businesses looking to understand the benefits of trade supply.

For those visitors looking for inspiration to grow and develop their business, then the seminar ‘A toolkit for growing your business’ presented by Ed Currer, Founder, Vinyl Impression and Frazer Chesterman, Co-Founder, InPrint & FM Brooksis is a must attend.

David Catanach from the BSGA will return to update visitors on the standards and regulations surrounding sign design and construction, as well as a session on the sign maker’s obligations under planning law.

Other seminar topics include the ‘Accessing equipment to build your business – what are the options?’ from Paragon Bank,‘Cover maintenance and service contract agreements’ from RolandCare; ‘Making the apprenticeship levy work for you’ presented by Charles Jarrold, chief executive of BPIF, and ‘An investment in knowledge pays the best interest’ presents an overview of training options available for businesses, delivered by Joe Wigzell, academy and creative centre manager for Roland DG. As digital signage continues to take market share, a panel of experts including Tech Resource and Michael Gietzen, managing director, Identity Group will take a look at ‘Where physical meets digital’ providing an insight into the opportunities for growth. *Source: Based on Net Promotor Score (NPS) for UK events

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i-Sub shows new Mimaki UJF 6042 MKII Visitors to stand B12 will see how Mimaki’s latest LED UV flatbed printer brings increased productivity and ease of use to ondemand, direct-to-object printing.

With a print area of 610mm x 420mm the UJF 6042 offers limitless opportunities for printing onto almost any material and provides outstanding, businessbuilding potential in the rapidly expanding field of personalised products. Vivid colour precision is provided by the latest print technology and a

vast colour gamut that includes CMYK, light cyan, light magenta, white, clear and primer.

Primer allows printing onto surfaces that would normally be UV ink-resistant, including glass, plastics and metal.

Benefits of the new model include: direct printing onto substrates up to 153mm thick and weighing up to 8kg; Mimaki bulk ink system

SENFA Decoprint SENFA, the Alsace, France-based Technical Textiles division of the Chargeurs Group, will be showcasing its Decoprint fabric on UK distributor Soyang Europe’s stand (C60) .

Since its introduction in 2004, SENFA’s flagship product ‘Decoprint Pearl’ has become a leading fabric for backlit display applications installed in lightboxes in retail outlets, shopping malls and airports all over the world. The smooth finish, the perfect diffusion of light, the excellent white point and — of course — all the necessary fire certifications, renders it thenumber one choice for many international brands. www.decoprint.eu/en

Drytac Protac Anti-Bacterial film NEW PROTAC ANTIBACTERIAL — Making its European debut at the show will be Drytac’s new Protac AntiBacterial film ideal for use in environments where hygiene is of particular importance, such as schools, nurseries, restaurants/cafeterias and hospitals. Its textured finish gives it good resistance to abrasions, making it also useful for exhibitions and POP displays, whilst its clarity ensures that no colours are diminished. It is resistant to chemicals and many common household cleaners, allowing for ease of cleaning in all applications.

As well as launching Protac Anti-Bacterial Drytac will be focusing on its range of ReTac, SpotOn and ViziPrint films.

The company will also be showcasing floor graphics created with FloorTac and protected by Protac ScuffGuard film on Antalis’s stand.

If you would like to book an appointment in advance of the show, please email garypike@drytac.com Drytac’s entire range of films and adhesives is exclusively distributed throughout the UK by Antalis. www.drytac.co.uk • www.antalis.co.uk

with 250ml or 1,000ml bottles; exceptional print quality thanks to Mimaki’s MAPS4, MFD1 and variable dot print technology; choice of LH-100 or LUS-120 inks, each with 9 colours including white, clear and primer; and a fully enclosed print area offering protection from dust affecting print quality The i-Sub team will also be exhibiting the Epson dye sublimation system, plus the stand will feature numerous examples of finished dye sublimation applications created on Mimaki, Epson, Dgen and EFI machines. www.i-subdigital.com

Spandex

With a 40 year history in the sign and graphics market, Spandex is a leading supplier of a wide range of materials and equipment from prominent industry brands, supported by high levels of customer service and product availability.

Spandex’s unique portfolio of brands includes: Avery Dennison, 3M, Orafol, ImagePerfect, Arlon, Epson, HP, Roland, swissQprint, Mutoh, Rollsroller and many others.

Spandex will showcase swissQprint’s Impala 2 modular flatbed systems that allow customers to ‘build’ their machine to their specific business needs Spandex will also demonstrate HP Latex and Roland eco-solvent wide format printers during the show and its unique range of materials from leading suppliers.

Visitors to Spandex’s stand (K6), will have the opportunity to see textile thermal transfer applications with Sawgrass’ Virtuoso printer, the industry’s first fully integrated sublimation printing solution of this size, used in conjunction with a heat-press to produce garment decoration products with outstanding visual impact.

“We look forward to welcoming visitors to see our range of hardware in action and explore our comprehensive product range, while getting expert advice from our product experts. With over 20 industry leading brands, next-day delivery, application know-how, customer training and technical support, we are ready to support our customers to grow their businesses”, concludes Leon Watson, Spandex UK General Manager. www.spandex.com

Grafityp Wrap

Grafityp will be offering quick print pros the chance to view the extensive range of sign vinyls, automotive and decorative films, print media, and laminates in the GrafiTack, GrafiWrap, Colibri PVCfree films and GrafiPrint collections all produced by Grafityp in Belgium.

For textile decorators, they offer films for vinyl cutting and printing. The majority of which are produced by Siser in Italy. You can also see all the latest in print technology from Roland DG, with demonstrations of the SG and VG TrueVIS Print & Cut Series, as well as the LEF-300 UV-printer, which offers a versatile solution for printing directly on to any item.

In addition to this, there will be vinyl cutters from Roland and GCC and a selection from the wide range of laser engraving/cutting machines in GCC’s excellent LaserPro range. www.grafityp.co.uk

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PIXEL PROPHET

DEVIL IN THE DIGITAL DETAIL Last month, as often in previous columns, Martin Christie underlined the importance of taking a portion of manual control of many of the automatic functions of all of our electronic tools; computers, scanners, printers and cameras. As so often happens, this was reinforced by an interaction with a customer at the counter, and an exchange, the kind of which will be all too familiar with those working in print on demand.

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or once this wasn’t one of my customers, but just a random order of standard toner digital prints on card. Not even a big run, but a mere handful of individual A3 prints in some of which, because of heavy photographic coverage, and the thick card, there were minor printing marks visible.

Experienced customers know that absolute quality is traded for speed and price, and even on a quality digital press, there will be some compromise for what is essentially an economy service. But here the expectations of the inexperienced kick in, and this customer is studying the sheets with x-ray eyes and talking about his disappointment and how he really expects a reprint free of charge.

This type of customer is always difficult to deal with and always has been, especially if the shop is full of other customers and his demands appear to be reasonable to the casual observer.

In these social media days it’s even more of a minefield as a rant on a network site can do a lot of harm when the case is only presented onesided, and it’s always more likely for a complaint to be aired rather than praise. A confrontation can easily intimidate junior members of staff, especially if they are not confident in explaining the case for the defence.

If the issue involves a costly print job, it’s obviously a very delicate situation to be resolved.

In this particular case, it was only a matter of a few prints, and I didn’t get directly involved. After the customer had gone, and I had a free moment, out of curiosity I checked out the contentious prints and the customer’s details.

He was, at least according to his business card and his smart website, a professional photographer. So why, my first thought, was he choosing a cheap alternative for portfolio images rather than a more expensive, but higher quality inkjet print? Did he even know the difference, as many people who now only exchange images via the internet? A quality print is the ultimate statement of an image’s true quality. So why would you want to compromise your professional presentation with an inferior product?

My curiosity was now turning into more

vindictive research, so I retrieved his print images from the shop’s computer. I checked out the file information normally embedded in every digital file; not just the date, time and file size you get from the thumbnail, but the real data that exposes the full truth, not only of the file, but the very nature and operational use of the camera, and even its operator. Looking at the image on the screen is one thing, but if you can look into this metadata it gives you a priceless breakdown of exactly what you are looking at, and the facts are your best ally regardless of what the customer may claim.

The data is accessed via Adobe Photoshop, Bridge or Lightroom, all part of the Creative Cloud package. In Photoshop it’s under File > File Info which gives you a choice of details from basic, through camera facts to a complex field of statistics which are the actual digital bones of the file and the device that created it. In both Bridge and Lightroom, it is in a more readable form contained in a Preview side panel, and the exact amount of details can be selected through using the Preferences option.

Where this is immediately useful is that it will tell you what type of camera was used and

what settings were used to capture the image — giving a clue to lighting conditions, for example — which has the most important effect on the printed result, regardless of how clear it looks on the screen.

If it was taken with a good quality camera, there is a chance it will be fine; if it was taken on a phone it may not be, but as ever, the devil is in the detail. If you are not familiar with the camera model, a quick Google serach will provide the answer, and put the rest of the information in perspective. Everything else is then relative to the basic facts. It may be a good camera, but if the settings have been badly chosen, or simply left to the device’s own processor to decide, as is the case with the majority of digital images, the results may be less than perfect.

When we look at something, it takes a fifth of a second for our brain to translate the information from our eyes, and sort out colour and issues of light and darkness. The camera has often less than a tenth of that time, and its digital brain cannot draw on the knowledge base a human has without help. Manufacturers have incorporated all manner of settings into modern devices to try

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and anticipate different shooting conditions, but ultimately if the operator choses the wrong one, the camera can only do what it has been told to do.

The basic camera controls are shutter speed and the aperture of the lens, a bit like our eyes blinking and squinting. When we blink we lose sight of the world for a split second, or as long as we hold the lids shut.

For the camera it’s the opposite way round — it sees the world for as long as we hold the shutter open, and therefore let in more light. When we squint we reduce the amount of light but this often makes the subject sharper. In dark conditions we open our eyes wide to allow for it, and this is exactly how the aperture of a camera lens works. And, as much as we can be blinded momentarily by bright light or disoriented when moving into darkness, the camera image is compromised; it isn’t given the time or information to resolve the issue.

Shooting speed and aperture are listed in the metadata as values of a fraction of a second, and F numbers, the latter ranging from F2 to maybe F22 depending on what is confusingly called the speed of the lens. The higher number is the smaller aperture, like the squint, the

lower being wide open. A very rough guide, and one around which most basic cameras were set, would be an ideal speed of 1/60th of a second and an aperture of F8 in reasonable lighting conditions. A slower shutter speed risks an amount of movement when the button is pushed, resulting in an image slightly blurred. A wider aperture risks pushing the performance of the lens and thus also losing a certain sharpness in the picture.

There is a further factor that

particularly affects digital images, and that is sensitivity to light, measured as an ISO number.

Conventional film used to be graded as 100 or 200 ISO for your holiday snaps. Professionals may have gone to 64 for super quality, or pushed to 400 or 800 for low light performance. Digital cameras can push these figures into extremes in the thousands to cope with low light, night-time etc, but the trade off, especially in colour, is noise.

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caused by the processor trying to decide between one colour shade and another. Beware of high ISO figures in metadata because that may produce unpleasant pixel effects in print that aren’t immediately obvious on the screen.

The effect of noise can be reduced by filters in both Photoshop and Lightroom, but that is an advanced option, and should be chargeable.

It’s not just the push of a button, and may still not satisfactorily correct a fundamental file error.

This is a simple guide but at least armed with these facts you can prove to the customer that the problem is with his file, not with your printer, or something you have done in the process of printing.

As with our customer questioning print quality on cheap card, my trawl through his metadata revealed some interesting statistics. A top range Nikon camera, and an expensive prime lens, both virtually new (you can find out the shutter count in RAW data). Total outlay: over £4,000…and he’s haggling over a £2 print! Best of all, with all that expensive technology at his disposal, and a tricky shot of a subject backlit by a bright sky, how did he adjust his camera settings?

Automatically…doh!

THE PHOTOGRAPHY SHOW

I don’t know if our customer is going to the Photography Show at the NEC this month, but he could certainly learn a few things if he did.

The fourth year now under new management it takes place between 18-21 March, offering visitors the chance to try the latest technology

from leading photography brands and access a variety of seminars, demos and conferences, designed to suit all levels of user.

It’s the mixture of trade and public visitors and the broad range of exhibitors which makes this exhibition unique, and also of special interest to the digital print and image trade. With so much of our workflow dominated by images captured by all manner of devices, there can’t be many people

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who won’t find something of interest and value in what is both an industry showcase and a market place. If you aren’t planning to visit, you can bet a good number of your customers, or potential customers will be.

All the familiar names in hardware and software will be there with their latest offerings, as you would expect, but there are always surprises and novelties. This year it is an attack of the drones inevitably!

Well worth the price of admission if you have missed your chance of a free trade ticket, it starts over a weekend so you don’t even need to miss a day of work. www.photographyshow.com

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Duplo Top marks for energy efficiency Duplo is top of the class for energy efficiency and environmental campaigns.

The print finishing pioneer is celebrating after being accredited for using energy that is 100% generated from renewable resources.

Total Gas and Power Ltd has awarded Duplo a Renewable Energy Supply Certificate for its international headquarters, Automation Precision House, in Addlestone, Surrey.

Since moving there five years ago, Duplo has launched a series of initiatives to ensure best energy and environmental practices. Starting with a Derby University-commissioned environmental Ecotect Report, Duplo has been on a mission to become carbon neutral.

The roof has solar power panels and a bank of wind catchers funnelling fresh air directly into the offices. Sun pipes bring natural light into the building and water collected from rainwater channels is used to flush toilets.

Special hand driers reduce carbon emissions by 70%, air source heat pumps regulate the temperature, while recycling points have reduced Duplo’s landfill waste by a third. There is raised awareness for ISO14001 certification, which is already held by parent company Duplo Corporation, while 90% of its sales are now for products sourced from factories that have the same accreditation.

Sarah Crumpler, Duplo UK Marketing Manager, said: “Duplo takes its responsibilities to its staff, the communities we serve and to the environment seriously, while staff have some fun at the same time. We’ve organised numerous fund-raising initiatives for charities, often enlisting the practical support of customers and suppliers as well. Duplo’s not just a great and friendly company that has the best print finishing systems on the market, it also has the best staff too who have boundless energy and a commitment to the environment!” www.duplouk.com

Wood Richardson, promotes ‘go green’

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York based printer Wood Richardson has announced that it is using FSC accredited paper as its house stock in a bid to be as environmentally friendly as possible and in order to help its customers to make their own informed print decisions.

Based on Haxby Road, York, Wood Richardson made the decision to use Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) accredited paper to encourage responsible printing for others and to promote best practice.

Alan Coulson, Sales Director at Wood Richardson said: “For years we’ve been an FSC certified printer. It was a strategic decision which made good business sense and proactively encourages responsible printing to our clients. By using FSC accredited paper as our house stock we are trying to help our customers make informed decisions as we work together towards sustainable print solutions.”

Wood Richardson works with its clients to ensure that a range of options are considered for every print occasion. Measures include:

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recommendations on paper sizes to reduce waste; suggestions on environmentally friendly inks such as vegetable-based inks, making informed decisions about paper stocks and finishing considerations to make the finished product more easily recyclable.

One tonne of recycled paper saves approximately six mature trees and 3.3 cubic yards of rapidly diminishing landfill space. Aside from statistics such as these, to be FSC certified makes good business sense too. Businesses who consciously ‘go green’ have been proven to improve market access, achieve higher revenues and enhance their public image.

Making the commitment to sustainable forestry is doing a huge job in making a stand against deforestation. FSC certifies forests all over the world to ensure they meet the highest environmental and social standards. Paper from FSC forests are marked with the ‘tick tree’ logo and buyers can be confident that choosing this paper won’t mean harming the world’s forests.

At Wood Richardson, in addition to guiding customers through the process of sustainable printing and making responsible choices, the business ensures that through continual investment in its production processes and presses, their equipment is state of the art. By operating ‘computer to plate’ and ‘closed loop colour control’, the number of ‘make ready’ sheets needed are reduced, thereby minimising overall energy consumption. www.woodrichardson.co.uk

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PEFC has appointed a new industry member to its UK Board. Elisabeth Piveteau, UK & Ireland Export Manager at PiveteauBois, brings a fresh new voice to PEFC and also brings invaluable knowledge of the European timber supply chain and issues surrounding sustainable forestry.

PiveteauBois is one of France’s leading softwood saw millers and manufacturers of timber products for the construction, landscaping and energy sectors and is France’s number one supplier of wood pellets.

PiveteauBois is a family-run business with a deep passion for wood and over 65 years expertise of selecting the best quality softwood from certified forests in France and Poland. Its services include wood processing as well as designing, manufacturing and delivering high-quality and innovative timber products ranging from sawn timber, structural components and glulam to cladding, decking and UC4 fencing and landscaping products.

Elisabeth joined the family company after 20 years’ experience in sales and business development in the intellectual property and scientific information markets. She has previously worked at industry leaders Thomson Reuters, Lexis Nexis and Macmillan. Her mission at PiveteauBois is to develop and grow a customer base for its value-added products in the UK and Ireland in addition to raising awareness of France as Europe’s joint 4th largest softwood producer alongside Austria.

Commenting on her appointment Elisabeth said: “I am delighted to have been asked to join the Board of PEFC UK. Representing a French company in the UK market, I recognise the importance of being able to supply our British customers with certified timber and provide them with assurances of responsible sourcing. I am happy to be able to contribute to the valuable work PEFC does in promoting sustainable forest management around the world.” www.pefc.co.uk

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Print on Trucks

March 2017

Print on Fire Engines The city of Hull are all fired up for their City of Culture 2017. As part of this year’s programme of events for City of Culture 2017, Signs Express (Hull) has provided a full truck wrap for Humberside Fire and Rescue Service The Hull sign makers fully designed and completely wrapped the fire engine at the station using the community brand guidelines for the City of Culture 2017 — an independent company and charitable trust, set up by Hull City Council.

The fully operational fire engine will still attend fires and emergencies, but it will also be used to cover events. Seeing the vehicle driving around the local area is sure to turn heads!

Signs Express (Hull) was delighted to be involved, with franchisee Rob Gibson commenting: ‘We jumped at the chance to help with this project which is a fantastic campaign for the city of Hull, it’s great to see the engine driving around the local area!’

Signs Express (Hull) provides signage to the city of Hull, as well the nearby towns of Beverley, Hessle, Cottingham, Hedon, Hornsea and Withernsea and have established an excellent reputation locally for excellent customer service and quality signage. www.signsexpress.co.uk/branch/hull

A fleet of 10 Freshlinc trailers now boasts bespoke works of art after vehicle graphics specialists RGVA applied high definition vinyl wraps to them as part of a campaign to encourage people to engage in the arts.

RGVA’s highly skilled applications team worked with the Lincolnshire-based fresh, chilled and horticultural haulage business to apply the striking liveries to the 10 refrigerated trailers, that will travel an average 2,500 miles each week across the UK and Europe for the next three to six years.

Each 13 metre Schmitz Cargobull trailer features a different famous resident from the Boston and South Holland region who has made a significant impact on the world, including the founder of the Royal College of Nursing, Dame Sarah Swift.

Transported — the community arts organisat ion that commissioned the project – asked Freshlinc employees to nominate subjects for the project, and the staff who made the winning suggestions are featured on the respective trailer’s rear door graphics alongside an explanation of their choice.

Freshlinc’s Commercial Director, Ashley Holland, says: “Transported aims to bring art into the community, so this is a perfect collaboration as thousands of people see our trailers every single day. We have effectively put an art gallery on wheels.

“It’s creative campaigns like this that underline just how powerful truck-side promotions can be in reaching vast audiences.”

The self adhesive vinyl (SAV) designs, produced by local design agency Electric Egg, were latex printed on 3M IJ40 laminated vinyl, and are among the most detailed the team at RGVA has fitted to trailers of this size. The pin-sharp reproductions, which were fitted at Freshlinc’s Spalding base over three weeks, illustrate the power of the team’s HP Latex printers and the quality of the 3M materials it uses.

Holland adds: “These trailers are literally works of art and we needed to be confident they will look their best for their entire working life. RGVA has a proven track record in the industry, and their work means these spectacular liveries will be seen far and wide for years to come.” www.rgva.co.uk

Print on Racing Cars When award-winning Worcester-based creative communications agency drp were approached by their client Jaguar Land Rover to come up with a highly creative campaign to raise the profile of Jaguar’s race team in Formula E, they knew they would have to ‘think outside the box’.

The objective was to encourage all Jaguar Land Rover staff members to get behind the Jaguar Formula E race team by getting them to ‘FanBoost’. The top three drivers with the most FanBoosts are awarded a temporary boost in power in each ePrix — so getting their staff behind it provided multiple benefits! drp’s execution involved a pit stop style structure, featuring a life-size Formula E race car floor graphic. Being mindful of the need for excellent print reproduction, high durability and superb adhesion, drp turned to wide-format media specialists Soyang Europe for their input, with their aluminium foil-based AlumiGraphics material being selected for its ability to meet all those requirements. drp’s Lee Whitehouse takes up the story. “We really needed to create a huge impact with the whole display concept and the floor graphic of the race car was a really key element in this. Soyang’s AlumiGraphics material was perfect for the job.”

AlumiGraphics is 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 or UV inks. Durable, easy to use, printable direct to the surface with no over lamination required; the material moulds naturally, without heat, and can be applied to virtually any rough or smooth textured surface.

David Hunter, sales manager at Soyang Europe also commented, “drp are an incredibly innovative team and it’s always great to work with them on such creative projects. It’s also particularly rewarding to see ground-breaking products like AlumiGraphics being used in such an artistic way.” drp’s efforts seem to have hit the mark, as Whitehouse concludes, “The whole install was further complemented by additional printed communications material and graphics as well as some very passionate staff who toured key employee sites over the course of a week. Initial analysis has been really positive and the client is thrilled with the activity’s impact.”

As well as its main Hartlebury, Worcester site, drp also has offices in London and Leeds. More information can be found at www.drpgroup.com www.soyang.co.uk

And then there were

N e t tl w e b s t u d io s The Nettl network of neighbourhood web studios has doubled in a year.

“It’s a franchise, right?”

Wrong. Stay independent. Keep your brand.

“Isn’t it just web design software?”

No. No it’s not. It’s so much more.

“What the tallywags is it then?”

It’s marketing, designed to sell more web, print and display to your clients. It’s sales techniques to help you confidently win the order. It’s training to get more from your existing team. It’s software which lets you design, manage and deploy sites more quickly, more profitably. It’s an entire business system.

It’s also exclusive. The first 100 locations are now taken. We’re adding new partners like you every week. Will you be in the next 100?

Start today – email partners@nettl.com or call 0207 490 0011 to arrange a 30 minute

“In a tough print market, we wanted to evolve and start creating websites, apps and ecommerce websites for higher value sales.”

Billy, Nettl of Cambridge

“Since taking on Nettl, amazing things have happened. We’ve attracted new clients, got more referrals and have become more profitable. Our team is more confident and have learnt new skills. We’re doing a lot more design work and find people are now coming to us at the start of their business journey rather than the end. That’s enabled us to upsell print.”

Dally, Nettl of Leeds

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Print on Balls

Print on Bean Bags

On your head Jim! Using the latest in toner-based transfer technology the company has developed a new process to personalise football, rugby and various other sport balls with full colour logos and images.

Until now the personalisation of balls for the promotions market has been mainly restricted to single colour designs applied using traditional pad or screen printing techniques which involves a degree of set-up and is not suitable for full colour or photographic images and certainly not for individual designs.

Using the ProSeries Oki 7411WT white-toner printer and CPM transfer paper full colour images and logos can be applied to almost any type of ball using a modified ball-shaped platen manufactured by the UK’s leading press manufacturer A.Adkins. The process is quick, easy and very durable with the cost per printed panel at less than 10p per image.

Over the past six months the company has successfully conducted various trials with leading European ball manufacturers to ensure the various PU surfaces available are compatible to the lowheat application and remain durable.

Jim Nicol, Managing Director, explained “We recently produced some personalised balls for a local football club decorated with 18 team member photos which was very well received and offers a great business opportunity for those in the awards and recognition market to develop over the coming months and years”.

Using the white-toner option also enables all colour panels to be decorated.

For further information on the new ball decoration process or any of the other transfer applications contact sales@themagictouch.co.uk www.themagictouch.co.uk

While Nettl Brighton finalises its theme, it can be revealed that a relaxed atmosphere will generate new print leads from website building business.

Utilising some great Nettl introductions to new print products includes printing on bean bags.

More info: becky@colourfast.co.uk

And then there were 100 Well if proof was required, I always said that Becky at Colourfast was one in a hundred, or was it a thousand? Regular readers to this column will know that the publishers of QPP have invested in training to compliment our Colourfast print business with a lead generating web division.

We are in good company…

Nettl, the network of neighbourhood web studios has hit 100 locations in the UK. New partners joining in February include Nettl of Inverness, Nettl of Hereford and Nettl of Sunderland. However, it was Nettl of North Shields that claims the kudos of being the 100th Nettl studio in the UK. Peter Gunning, CEO of Grafenia plc, the people behind the Nettl network said “we’re really pleased to welcome so many new businesses to the Nettl family. We’re proud to bring so many talented and interesting characters together and to grow our businesses together.”

Nettl is a bolt-on for graphics businesses. It’s designed for printers, sign-makers and designers who want to do more web for their clients.

“We speak to potential partners all the time. We see the same common problems. Some have tried to do web in the past and got their fingers burnt. Some have hired a web developer, only to see them leave and take the knowledge with them. Others have built successful businesses, but are turning down entry-level web work because they can’t do it cost-effectively. And some have got really far on their own, but lack the skills to tackle things that clients want like inventory management, Epos integrations or ecommerce.”

Billy Searle, who owns Nettl of Cambridge, said, “In an Increasingly tough print market, we wanted to evolve our company to start creating

websites, apps and utilise Ecommerce websites with EPOSNOW tills for higher value sales.”

“Some people still say to us, you’re a franchise aren’t you?” said Gunning “No. No we’re not. We don’t use the ‘f’ word any more. Nettl takes the best bits about being part of a branded network, without having the restrictions. Our partners can keep their identity. They get geographic exclusivity. They use our marketing to sell more web, print and display. They use our software and systems to deliver web projects more quickly.

And they use our training to teach them how to do it all, with their existing team. It’s entirely up to them how much they adopt.”

Dally Purewal, from Nettl of Leeds said “Nettl transformed our business.

Before Nettl, there wasn’t really a clear direction of where we were going and how we were going to evolve as a business. However, since taking on Nettl, a number of amazing things have happened. We have attracted new clients, a lot more are coming through referrals and as a result we have become more profitable. Our team is more confident and they’ve learnt new skills. We’re doing a lot more design work, including logos.

We have found people are now coming to us at the start of their business journey rather than the end. That’s enabled us to upsell print. We believe through Nettl, the relationship with our clients is stronger. They see us as their team and tend to consult us with every idea they have to market their business.”

Nettl plan to double the size of their network. Exclusive territories are still available in most regions. The Nettl bolt-on costs less than hiring a part-time member of staff and less than you might pay a freelancer.

Could Nettl help you grow your business? Find out more at www.nettl. com email partners@nettl.com or call 0207 490 0011.

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READERS’ SCRIBES

SOMETHING TO SHARE…?

Insect Day

An ant walks into a bar with his good friend Mister No, who is not an ant. The bartender says, “I’m sorry. We only serve ants here.”

The ant says, “But this is my good friend Mister No.” The bartender says, “Sorry, but I don’t take No for an ant, sir.”

Play it again Sam

“Grandpa, do you mind if I play my new harmonica in here?” asked little Phil.

“Of course not, Phil. I love music. In fact, when your grandma and I were young, music saved my life.”

“What happened?” asked Phil.

“Well, it was during the famous April 1977 flood. The dam broke and when the water hit our house it knocked it right off the foundation.

Grandma got on the dining room table and floated out safely.”

“How about you?”

“Me? Well, I accompanied her on the piano!”

This Lawyer Is Thorough

The solicitor tells the accused, “I have some good news and some bad news.”

“What’s the bad news?” asks the accused.

“The bad news is, your blood is all over the crime scene, and the DNA tests prove you did it.”

“What’s the good news?”

“Your cholesterol is 4.5”

Weekly Staff Meeting

Mr. Frobisher always scheduled the weekly staff meeting for four-thirty on Friday afternoons.

When one of the employees finally got up the nerve to ask why, he explained.

“I will tell you why. I’ve learned that’s the only time of the week when none of you wants to argue with me.”

Poker Face

A man walked by a table in a hotel and noticed three men and a dog playing cards. The dog was exhibiting an extraordinary performance.

“That is a very smart dog,” the man commented.

“Not really,” said one of the irked players. “Every time he gets a good hand he wags his tail.”

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But when I went in the other day and asked the cashier to check my balance…

She leaned over and pushed me!

Must Be the Camera

A photographer was invited to dinner with friends and took along a few pictures to show the lady of the house. She looked at the photos and commented, “These are great!

You must have a good camera.”

He didn’t make any comment, but as he was leaving to go home he said, “That was a really delicious meal! You must have some very good saucepans.”

Like a Rolling Stone

At my ten-year-old’s request, I loaded my Rolling Stones tunes onto his iPod. “I had no idea you liked the Stones,” I said.

“Sure. I like all that old-fashioned music,” he said.

“What do you mean, ‘old-fashioned music’?”

“You know,” he said defensively.

“Music from the 1900s.”

Where’s Your Mother?

I walked into my sister’s kitchen and found my nephew having a snack. “Where’s your mother?” I asked.

“She is upstairs, said she was going to take a shower. Hang on, let me check.”

He stepped into the nearby bathroom and flushed the toilet. A second later a sharp yell came from upstairs.

My nephew walked back out and said, “Yep, she’s in the shower.”

Long Life

Doctor: You’re in good health. You’ll live to be 80.

Patient: But, doctor, I am 80 right now.

Doctor: See, what did I tell you.

Best close

A salesman named Strange passed away. His friend asked the stonemason to inscribe on his headstone, “Here lies Strange, an honest man, and a salesman.”

The inscriber insisted that such an inscription would be confusing, for a passer by would tend to think that three men were buried under the stone.

However, he suggested an alternative. He would inscribe, “Here lies a man who was both honest and a salesman.”

That way, whenever anyone walked by the gravestone and read it, they would be certain to remark, “That’s Strange.”

Strange Headache

Joe was moderately successful in the career, but as he got older he was increasingly hampered by incredible headaches. When his personal hygiene and love life started to suffer, he sought medical help. After being referred from one specialist to another, he finally came across a 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.

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, his mind was clear, but 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 walked past a men’s clothing store and thought, “That’s what I need: a new suit.” He entered the shop and told the salesman, “I’d like a new suit.” The salesman eyed him briefly and said, “Let’s see. size 44 long.”

Joe laughed, “That’s right, how did you know?” “It’s my job.”

Joe tried on the suit. It fitted perfectly. As Joe admired himself in the mirror, the salesman asked, “How about a new shirt?” Joe thought for a moment and then said, “Sure “ The salesman eyed Joe and said, “Let’s see 34 sleeve and 16 and a half neck.” Joe was surprised, That’s right, how did you know?” “It’s my job.”

Joe tried on the shirt, and it fitted perfectly. As Joe adjusted the collar in the mirror, the salesman asked, “How about new shoes?” Joe was on a roll and said, “Sure “ The salesman eyed Joe’s feet and said, “Let’s see, nine and a half wide.” Joe was astonished, That’s right, how did you know?” “It’s my job.”

Joe tried on the shoes and they fitted perfectly. Joe walked comfortably around the shop and the salesman asked, “How about some new underwear?” Joe thought for a second and said, “Sure “ The salesman stepped back, eyed Joe’s waist and said, “Let’s see size 36.”

Joe laughed, “No, I’ve worn size 34 since I was 18 years old.”

The salesman shook his head, “You can’t wear a size 34. It would press your testicles up against the base of your spine and give you one hell of a headache.”

The Longest Sentence One friend says to another, “Did you know that the shortest sentence in the English language is ‘I am’?”

“Really?” replies the other. “What’s the longest sentence?”

“I do.”

The Second Million Two guys walking down the street talking. One says to the other, “I wish I had a million pounds.”

The second guy says, “Oh, I’m working on my second million.”

“Really?” asked the first guy, surprised.

“Yea, I gave up on the first million, didn’t quite work out.”

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March 2017

Car Troubles I feel inadequate when talking with a mechanic, so when my vehicle started making a strange noise, I sought help from a friend. He drove the car around the block, listened carefully, then told me how to explain the difficulty when I took it in for repair.

At the shop I proudly recited, “The timing is off, and there are premature detonations, which may damage the valves.”

As I smugly glanced over the mechanic’s shoulder, I saw him write on his clipboard, “The man says it makes a funny noise.”

More Shorts Why should you take a pencil to bed? To draw the curtains!

What do you call an unpredictable, out of control photographer? a loose Canon What do you call a frozen dog? A pupsicle.

What does the Lone Ranger say when he takes out the garbage? To the dump, to the dump, to the dump dump dump.

How many books can you put in an empty backpack? One! After that it’s not empty!

What kind of button won’t unbutton? A bellybutton!

What do you call an 80s synth pop band with a scoop of ice cream?

Depeche a la Mode.

What do you call a group of men waiting for a haircut? A barbercue

“Hi.” “Hi.”

Why do sea-gulls fly over the sea?

Because if they flew over the bay they would be bagels!

What dog keeps the best time? A watch dog.

What do you call a condiment with a hit single? a must”heard” What do you call two large people having a chat? A heavy discussion Why did the tomato turn red? It saw the salad dressing!

What do you get when you plant kisses? Tu-lips (two-lips) What did the daddy chimney say to the baby chimney? You are to little to smoke!

What do you call a ghost’s mum and dad? Transparents Why did God make only one Yogi Bear? Because when he tried to make a second one he made a Boo-Boo What did the grape do when it got stepped on? It let out a little wine!

What do you call the new girl at the bank? The Nutella! What did the judge say when the skunk walked in the court room? Odour in the court.

What did the fish say when he swam into the wall? Dam! Why don’t skeletons fight each other? They don’t have the guts.

What do you call cheese that is not yours? Nacho Cheese What streets do ghosts haunt?

Dead ends!

Did you hear about the astronaut who stepped on chewing gum? He got stuck in Orbit.

What did the penny say to the other penny? We make perfect cents.

Why did the man with one hand cross the road? To get to the second hand shop.

“Did you eat?”

“Did you eat?”

Why did the boy sprinkle sugar on his pillow before he went to sleep?

So he could have sweet dreams.

What do you call a nervous javelin thrower? Shakespeare.

Did you hear about the painter who was hospitalised? Reports say it was due to too many strokes.

Why did the robber take a bath?

Because he wanted to make a clean getaway.

What happens if life gives you melons? Your dyslexic What did the judge say to the dentist? Do you swear to pull the tooth, the whole tooth and nothing but the tooth.

Why did the boy tiptoe past the medicine cabinet? He didn’t want to wake the sleeping pills!

What do you call a funny mountain? hill-arious What goes up when the rain comes down? An umbrella.

Why did the belt go to jail? Because it held up a pair of pants!

Did you hear about the calendar thief? He got 12 months; they say his days are numbered What did one raindrop say to the other? Two’s company, three’s a cloud Why did the balloon burst?

Because is saw a lolly pop Did you hear about the sick juggler? They say he couldn’t stop throwing up!

What kind of driver never get a parking ticket? A screw driver What did the stamp say to the envelope? Stick with me and we will go places!

“Are you copying me?”

“Are you copying me?”

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Who can shave 10 times a day and still have a beard? A barber.

What do you call a horse that can’t lose a race? Sherbet What do you call a dentist in the army? A drill sergeant What did the triangle say to the circle? Your pointless!

Why does a milking stool have only 3 legs? Because the cow has the udder.

What’s easy to get into but hard to get out of? Trouble Did you hear about the guy who died when an axe fell on him? The police are calling it an axe-i-dent.

Ordering In My husband and I both work, so our family eats out a lot.

Recently, when we were having a rare home-cooked meal, I handed a glass to my three-year-old and told her to drink her milk.

She looked at me bewildered and replied, “But I didn’t order milk.”

Pedantic or what?

People say that there is no difference between ‘finished’ and ‘complete’. I say there is...Marry the right person, and you’re COMPLETE.

Marry the wrong person, and you’re FINISHED. 10 reasons why large men are lazy: 1)

“I love you!”

“Yea,I ate already.”

FELIX THE COPY CAT

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PREFERRED SUPPLIERS HUB ABBOT PRINT

Tel: 01442 867600 Fax: 01442 867601 Email: sales@abbotprint.com www.abbotprint.com

COPYMATTERS

Contact: Dan Tester Tel: 07957 291718 Fax: 01273 609135 www.copymatters.co.uk

Manufacturers of business stationery, books and pads.

Copywriting, proofreading, design, print and web services.

ALMABYTE

CUSTOM PRINTED

Contact: John Clark, tel: 020 7924 1087 1A Mallinson Road, Battersea, London. SW11 1BW

ALLIED IMAGES

Tel: 01970 808808 Mob: 0777 333 0203 Email: sales@customprinted.co.uk Web: www.customprinted.co.uk Glanyrafon Enterprise Park, Aberystwyth SY23 3JQ

Distributor of Contex Large Format Scanners and MFP solutions with touch controllers, Scan Copy Print. Large Flatbed scanners up to A1 size, Microfilm Scanners and Book Scanners up to A2 page size.

Manufacturer and distributor of business promotional items printed with your Company name, business logo and contact details. We have one of the largest ranges of promotional and packaging solutions including printed carrier bags, pens, mugs, coasters, key rings, trolley key rings, badges, wrist bands, fridge magnets and boxes customized to your requirements. We offer a top quality service, competitive prices and fast turnaround.

ART SYSTEMS LTD

DURAWELD

Tel: 01604 670679 Fax: 01604 670876 www.allied-images.com 53 Tenter Road, Northampton, NN3 6AX

Sales: 0870 224 2612 Units 10-12 Glaisdale Parkway, Glaisdale Nottingham NG8 4GP www.artsystems.co.uk marketing@artsystems.ltd.uk Colortac Scanners, HP Designjets, MakerBot 3D printers, Canon wide format printers.

CALF HEY DESIGN

Tel: 01484 542 795 Fax: 01484 421 435 www.calf-hey.com Unit 23, Colne Valley Business Park, Manchester Road, Linthwaite, Huddersfield, W. Yorks HD7 5QG Label manufacturer, trade-only, plain, printed, laminated, barcodes, numbering, one- to full-colour, we do it all, total label solutions at trade prices. Call for free sample pack.

CANON UK

Tel: 01737 220000 Fax: 01737 220022 www.canon.co.uk Canon (UK) Ltd, Woodhatch, Reigate, Surrey RH2 8BF Canon’s broad professional portfolio includes the revolutionary imagePRESS digital colour engines, high-volume monochrome and large format printers.

With Canon, you can.

CASLON LTD

Tel 01727 852211 www.caslon.co.uk, info@caslon.co.uk Lyon Way, Hatfield Road, St Albans Business card cutters, Digital print finishing,, Finishing products and systems, Foiling equipment, Print finishing equipment and Thermographic equipment & supplies

COLOR CONFIDENCE

Tel: 0121 689 1042 Email: info@colorconfidence.com www.colorconfidence.com Spectrum Point, 164 Clapgate Lane, Birmingham, B32 3DE. Tecco PHOTO — high quality inkjet papers, printer profiling devices, colour referencing guides and software, viewing booths and viewing lights.

COLOURFAST GROUP

Tel: 01273 674321 Fax: 01273 609135 Email: sales@colourfast.co.uk 36 Cheltenham Place, Brighton BN1 4AB High Volume B/W and Colour Photocopying and Brighton’s Original Copy Bureau Centre. Artwork, Design and Print. Trade work undertaken.

Tel: 01723 584091 Fax: 01723 581509 Email: sales@duraweld.co.uk www.duraweld.co.uk Salter Road, Eastfield Industrial Estate, Scarborough, North Yorkshire YO11 3UP Manufacturer of presentation products to package, present and protect printed paper and multimedia.

Ring Binders, Tabbed Dividers and Indexes, Files and Folders, Wallets, Polypropylene Boxes, Multimedia Packaging, Self Adhesives and Presentation Ring Binders. Customise to your requirements through screen or litho print, pockets and accessories. Quality service, competitive prices and fast turnaround.

ELMSTOK

Tel: 01945 463434 Fax: 01945 582598 Email: sales@elmstok.co.uk www.elmstok.co.uk 4-6 Algores Way, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire PE13 2TQ A leading worldwide supplier in document presentation systems and finishing equipment including Binding Machines and Supplies, Manual and Electric Guillotines, Laminating Machines and Supplies, Paper Drills and Punches, Folders, Booklet Makers and Shredding Machines.

GFSMITH

Tel: 020 7407 6174 Fax: 020 7403 1037 Email: london@gfsmith.com www.gfsmith.com Paper and card suppliers of prestigious printing and presentation media.

HARRIER LLC

Tel: 01626 322680 Email: sales@harrierllc.co.uk www.harrierllc.co.uk Brunel Road, Newton Abbot, Devon.TQ12 4UH The UK’s leading HP Indigo digital printer and finisher offering unbeatable TRADE ONLY prices, litho qualty and customer service.

HARDY SIGNS & DIGITAL Tel: 01283 569102 Email: sales@hardysigns.co.uk www.hardysigns.co.uk 11 The Maltsters, Wetmore Road, Burton upon Trent. DE14 1LS

Professional Signage, Digital Displays, Large Output Graphics and Vehicle Wrapping..

KONICA MINOLTA BUSINESS SOLUTIONS (UK)

Tel: 01268 534444 Email: info@konicaminolta.co.uk www.konicaminolta.co.uk Miles Gray Road, Basildon, Essex. SS14 3AR Manufacturers of the bizhub PRO range of high quality production print devices ranging from 55cpm colour to 105cpm black and white.

LISTAWOOD PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS Tel 01485 529100 Fax 01485 529200 Web www.listawood.com Tattersett Business Park,Fakenham Norfolk. NR21 7RF UK manufacturer of promotional products including mousemats, ceramics, liquid filled products, usb Flashdrives and magnets. 100% trade only.

LISTAWOOD TRADE SUPPLIES Tel 01485 529742 Fax: 01485 529756 Web www.listawoodtradesupplies.com Tattersett Business Park,Fakenham Norfolk. NR21 7RF A one stop shop for consumables and equipment for dye sublimation and chromablast. Authorised distributor of Hix heat presses and parts.

LUCAS FETTES Tel. 020 7392 2800 Email: andrew.thompson@lucasfettes.co.uk www.lucasfettes.co.uk 1st Floor, 13-15 Folgate Street, London. E1 6BX Insurance — CSMA premier business policy.

THE MAGAZINE PRODUCTION COMPANY Tel: 01273 467579 Web: www.magazineproduction.com Email: info@magazineproduction.com Comprehensive cost-effective design,production and print solution for independent publishers.In-house company newsletters,brochures and magazines — we can send print compliant artwork back to you for printing for your customers.

METRO UK Tel: 01753 884811 Email: hunterslodge@onetel.net A0 Plan Copiers, Plotters and Cad Printers.

Specialists in the supply of quality pre-owned Océ and Xerox plan copiers.

MORGANA SYSTEMS LTD Tel: 01908 608888 Fax: 01908 692399 Davy Avenue, Knowlhill, Milton Keynes Manufacturer of a comprehensive range of finishing products and systems. Booklet makers & Trimmers, Collators, Business Card Cutters, Creasers.

NCR PADS LTD Tel: 0330 111 5040 Email: lets.talk@ncrpads.co.uk www.ncrpads.co.uk NCR Pads Ltd, 6 Waterside Gardens, Shrewsbury, SY3 9AG Bespoke printing​in the UK for trade NCR pads, sets, books and continuous forms.

NELSON PRESS Tel: 01794 340100 Fax: 01794 340696 Email: sales@nelsonpress.co.uk www.nelsonpress.co.uk Unit 5, Home Farm Business Centre, East Tytherley Road, Lockerley, Hampshire, SO51 0JT Now part of the Whitehill Print Group, Nelson Press offers competitive trade prices on Draw tickets and other numbered/perforated tickets & books.

OCÉ IMAGING SUPPLIES

Wide format materials: 0800 623 623 Small format materials: 0800 212 943 Chatham Way, Brentwood, Essex CM14 4DZ Reknowned supplier of copying and printing equipment to copy shops, carries one of the world’s largest and most comprehensive range of consumables, for both small and wide format machines, from A4 white paper to display graphic materials such as backlit films.

OKI SYSTEMS (UK)

Blays House, Wick Road Egham, Surrey. TW20 0HJ Tel: 01784 274300 Email: ukenquiries@okieurope.co.uk www.oki.co.uk

PEN WAREHOUSE

Tel: 01252 400270 Email: sales@pens.co.uk, www.pens.co.uk Trade pen supplies.

PERFECT COLOURS

Tel: 0845 680 9000 Fax: 0845 680 9014 Web: www.perfectcolours.com Email: info@perfectcolours.com Unit 2 Glengall Business Centre, 43-47 Glengall Road, London, SE15 6NF HP Preferred Partner specialising in large and grand format printing and finishing solutions, supplying Durst, Jetix, HP, Canon and Epson LF printers.

For more information or to book a free printer demonstration call or email us.

PDC PRESENTATION SOLUTIONS

Tel: 020 8810 5770 Fax: 020 8810 9190 Email: sales@pdcuk.com www.pdcuk.com PDC are the UK’s Coil/Spiral experts, we manufacture 45 coil colours in any length up to one metre, in diameters from 6mm up to 50mm and in a range of 45 colours. Call or email for free samples and pricing.

PRINT ON

www.printonbeermats.co.uk www.printoncoasters.co.uk Email: info@printonbeermats.co.uk New, easy entry, full colour printing system.

Advertising in print has become more refined. It’s cooler, more refreshing and its smooth message lasts to the bottom of the glass.

RAFFLE TICKETS DIRECT

Tel. 01933 411332 Fax 01933 411514 Email sales@raffleticketsdirect.co.uk Web: www.raffleticketsdirect.co.uk Lower Farm, High Street, Irchester, Northants. NN29 7AB One colour to full colour raffle tickets. Fast free express delivery. Cheapest prices in the UK at the best print quality. All tickets are glued within the stub (no metal staples used to fix books).

RENZ UK

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

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

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SA PUBLISHING

1 Lowry Close, Church Hill Street, Smethwick West Midlands. B67 7QT Tel. 07434 483777 email info@sapublishing.co.uk web sapublishing.co.uk

SOVEREIGN

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

STANFORD MARSH

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

SUPREME LABELLING

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

MAGIC TOUCH (THE)

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

UMG UK

Tel: 0800 915 4263 www.uchida.uk.com Jasmine House, High Street, Henfield, West Sussex, BN5 9HN

VIVID LAMINATING TECHNOLOGIES

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

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

XERETEC

Tel: 02380 574100 Fax: 02380 574200 Email: info@xeretec.co.uk. www.xeretec.co.uk Brickfield Trading Estate, Brickfield Lane, Chandlers Ford, Hampshire. SO53 4DR Xerox Technology, Document Consulting, Office Supplies

XEROX UK

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

B2B LED Printers...................................................................OKI Europe B2C Print Shop......................................................................... Almabyte B2C Wide................................................................................ Almabyte B2C Print................................................................................. Almabyte Badges............................................................................ Custom Printed Banner & Display Systems.................................... Print Finishing Solutions Beermat Printing........................................................................ Print On Bespoke Design........................................ Smethwick Advocate Publishing Bespoke Envelopes.....................................................................GFSmith Binder Covers (Printed)............................................................. Sovereign Binders....................................................................................Duraweld Binding Machines & Supplies........................................... Binding Supplies Binding Machines & Supplies........................................................Elmstok Binding Products.............................................. Scotia Plastic Binding (UK) Binding — PVC Coils in 45 colours...................................................... PDC Binding — Thermal Strips................................................................. Renz Binding — Wires / Plastic Combs / PVC Coils..................................... Renz Binding Wires / Combs / Fastback / Velo and more.............................Vivid Bizhub Pro Production Press..............................................Konica Minolta Booklet Makers & Trimmers........................................................ Morgana Book Printing....................................................................Konica Minolta Brochures........................................... The Magazine Production Company Business Card Cutters................................................................ Morgana Business Card Cutters....................................................................Caslon Busienss Card Cutters.................................................................UMG UK CAD Plotting.......................................................................Allied Images CAD Printers.............................................................................Metro UK Café Pads..............................................................................Abbot Print CD Packaging...........................................................................Duraweld Canon Wide Format Printers...................................................Art Systems Canon / HP Large Format Printers.......................................Perfect Colours Canon Photocopiers..................................................................Canon UK ChromaBlast Consumables and Equipment............ Listawood Trade Supplies Coasters.................................................................................... Print On Collators................................................................................... Morgana Coloured and Textured Media.......................................................GFSmith Colour Copier/Printing.......................................... Apple Office Equipment Colour Photocopiers.................................................................Canon UK Colour Printing Systems.....................................................Konica Minolta Colour Printing Systems..........................................................OKI Europe Colour Printing Systems................................................. Sharp Electronics Colour referencing guides and software............................. Color Confidence Comb Binding.................................................. Scotia Plastic Binding (UK) Colortrac Scanners.................................................................Art Systems Continuous Forms..................................................................Abbot Print Contnuous Forms.....................................................................NCR Pads Copywriting......................................................................... Copymatters Creasers................................................................................... Morgana Creasers....................................................................................UMG UK Cut Sets.................................................................................Abbot Print Design Services.............................................................. Colourfast Group Digital Displays........................................................Hardy Signs & Digital Digital Printers...................................................................... PMT Digital Digital Printers.........................................................................Canon UK Digital Printers..................................................................Konica Minolta Digital Printers............................................................................ Xeretec Digitial Printing......................................................................Harrier LLC Digital Print Finishing.......................................................... Binding Store Digital Print Finishing....................................................................Caslon Display Graphics Printers.................................................. Stanford Marsh Dividers........................................................... Scotia Plastic Binding (UK) Document Covers............................................. 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Almabyte Keyrings.......................................................................... Custom Printed Labels....................................................................................... Calf Hey Labels.............................................................................Supreme Labels Labels (Flat Sheet).................................................................... Sovereign Laminating Machines........................................................... Binding Store Laminating Machines and Supplies, all types..................................Elmstok Laminator Pouches & Supplies..........................................................Vivid

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Stanford Marsh Large Output............................................................Hardy Signs & Digital Laser Labels....................................................................Supreme Labels Leaflets.............................................................................Marstan Press Letter Openers.................................................................................. UK Logo Design......................................................................... Copymatters MakerBot 3D Printers............................................................Art Systems Magazine Design................................. The Magazine Production Company Magazine Production........................... The Magazine Production Company Magazine Printing............................... The Magazine Production Company Marketing Print Mediums.......................... 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Custom Printed Paper Drills & Punches.................................................................Elmstok Paper Supplies.........................................................Océ Imaging Supplies Pencils............................................................................Pen Warehouse Pens...............................................................................Pen Warehouse Personal Attention.................................... Smethwick Advocate Publishing Photocopiers...................................................................... Image Runner Photocopier Supplies................................................Océ Imaging Supplies Plan Printers.............................................................................Metro UK Plastic Pockets and Wallets........................................................Duraweld Plotters....................................................................................Metro UK Polypropylene Boxes.................................................................Duraweld PosterJet Software.............................................................Perfect Colours Presentation Packaging (Printed)................................................Duraweld Printers............................................................................. Image Runner Print Finishing Equipment.................................... Print Finishing Solutions Print Finishing Equipment..............................................................Caslon Printed Carrier Bags.......................................................... Custom Printed Printer profiling devices.................................................. Color Confidence Printing Systems...............................................................Konica Minolta Printing Systems....................................................................OKI Europe Printing Systems........................................................... Sharp Electronics Professional Signage.................................................Hardy Signs & Digital Project/Product collaboration.................... Smethwick Advocate Publishing Promotional Printing.................................................................. 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Scotia Plastic Binding (UK) RISO Inks and Masters.......................................... Apple Office Equipment RISO Repairs and Service....................................... Apple Office Equipment RISO New and Refurbished Machines..................... Apple Office Equipment Scanners........................................................................... Image Runner Screen Printing........................................................................ Sovereign Security Labels........................................................................... Calf Hey Self Adhesive Labels................................................................... Calf Hey Self Adhesive Labels.........................................................Supreme Labels Self Adhesive Pockets................................................................Duraweld Short Run Litho..................................................................... PMT Digital Shredding Machines............................................................ Binding Store Shredding Machines — Document Shredders, all types.....................Elmstok Signs (Printed)......................................................................... Sovereign Speciality Papers........................................................................GFSmith Sublimation Solutions.....................................................The Magic Touch Tecco PHOTO — high quality inkjet papers........................ 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Calf Hey Vinyl Labels.....................................................................Supreme Labels Web Design......................................................................... Copymatters Wedding Stationery Stock...........................................................GFSmith Wire Binding................................................... Scotia Plastic Binding (UK) Wire Binding Machines........................................................ Binding Store Xerox Office Equipment..............................................................Xerox UK Xerox the Document Company....................................................Xerox UK Xerox Digital Press...................................................................... Xeretec Xerox LFP.................................................................................. Xeretec

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SURPLUS PHOTOCOPIERS?

Trade Copiers are one of the leading exporters of used copiers in the United Kingdom. Because of the high demand from our export customers we are constantly looking for new suppliers of used equipment.

We offer free UK collection using our own fleet of vehicles, top prices paid and excellent customer service. Why not contact our purchasing team to find out more?

Call us on 01768 210800 purchase@tradecopiers.co.uk www.tradecopiers.co.uk

Frame what you print Everything for canvas stretching, mounting & laminating and picture framing

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Service and Support available: • Konica Minolta – Bizhub Pro colour inc. Oce and IKON variants • Develop ineo – Pro colour and Pro mono • Ricoh high volume mono – pro 907, 1107, 1357 ex range.

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