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NEWS FRONT

24 GREEN ISSUES

Hot QPP news in print

Look who’s cleaning up in print?

10 NEW PRODUCTS

26 NEW PROFIT CENTRE

What’s new and in store for you

Readers research revealed

17 QPP RAFFLE AND NEW YEAR PLANNER

30 READERS SCRIBES

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Your jokes, on us.

18/19 DUPLO LONDON CALLING EVENT REVIEW Looking forward to the next 30 years inspiration in print

32 FINDA PRODUCT / SUPPLIER

QPP preferred suppliers in print and on the web

20 OKI ES9541 COVER STORY

Case study success for CMYK +1

22 DIGITAL IMAGERY

Martin Christie – pixel prophet

34 BUSINESS 2 BUSINESS

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We are trialling the new CMYK +1 OKI ES9541 in our beta test suite in Brighton, case study on page 20, yet in the picture above I am covering the Duplo London Calling event.

Report in our centre page spread.

Not known to be vain of course, but perhaps my obsessive exhibition and open day following is finally catching up with me. All these new novel innovations are finally turning me 50 shades of grey, and not in a good way.

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4 | NEWS | QUICK PRINT PRO | NOVEMBER 2014

Roland new head office and Creative Centre ROLAND DG (UK) Ltd has officially opened its new head office and Creative Centre in Clevedon, near Bristol in a ceremony officiated by the global President of Roland DG Corporation, Mr Tomioka. Also present at the event were members of the Roland DG UK team, as well as CEOs and representatives from Roland DG offices around the world.

Davies, Managing Director, says: “We’ve had a very successful few years of growth here in the UK, and this state of the art facility gives us everything we need to ensure we can continue to grow and serve all our customers in a manner they deserve and are accustomed to.”

The new Creative Centre is a unique space, showcasing the vast range of applications possible with Roland’s machines and highlighting the markets that customers can sell into including signage, sublimation and textile, retail, personalisation and promotional items, 3D printing, milling and engraving, interior decoration and an array of fun, creative and new applications you wouldn’t expect. Roland’s Creative Centre is designed to inspire, excite and ultimately showcase profitable business opportunities for sign makers, print and 3D professionals and others from across the visual communications industry. Visitors should particularly look out for the photo opportunity wall, where they can travel to outer space and an incredible range of items which have had the ‘Roland treatment’, including a fridge, games machine, mini motorbike and helmet, drum kit, piano, skis, skateboards, wedding albums, 3D printed functional parts and a sailing boat!

With dedicated service and support areas, the new Roland DG HQ houses the RolandCare team and a high-spec Roland Academy training facility which offers a programme of practical technical courses and business boot camps throughout the year. Mr Davies says the new head office will provide Roland DG with the perfect foundation from which to continue to build its business in the coming years.

Continues Mr Davies: “We’ve been eagerly awaiting the official launch of our new head office and I’m very proud of the team and the work they’ve put

in to get us to this great day. It’s a fitting tribute to all their hard work to not only have our global president here for the opening, but also representatives from Roland offices from across the world. This truly is an outstanding facility and one we believe to be unique in the industry in terms of both its size and scope of what it offers customers. We look forward to welcoming visitors to our new home.”

A full schedule of open days and training events, giving customers the opportunity to experience the Creative Centre, will be announced shortly.

Visits can also be scheduled by request at any time. www.rolanddg.co.uk

Printed Interior Decoration Conference

WHEN introducing a new trend into the world of print, the right partners from different industrial segments need to be involved. As such, the ESMA-organised Printed Interior Decoration (PID) conference, taking place on 26-27 November in Düsseldorf is acting as an introducer as it will connect together two very different markets – the industries of construction and printing.

Printed Interior Decoration is a new area for large format printing which is bringing new lucrative segments to many printers. This first edition of PID will present many innovative solutions but will also reveal new opportunities on how to build strong partnerships or how to succeed in the world of construction and print.

Markus Benesch, Owner of Markus Benesch Creates, Birgit Spielvogel, Diplom-Designerin (FH), trend-trade are among the four keynote speakers who will explain the power of digital print and how digital print technology can help creative designers build a successful business model.

Additionally, the conference will host speakers and exhibitors from Coldenhove Papier, Canon, Durst,

EFI, Grünig-Interscreen, Hexis, HP, Kala, MacDermidAutotype, Mactac, Marabu, Pongs Technical Textiles, Saati, Sentec International, SGIA, Xennia. In total, no less than 16 presentations on a variety of topics such as the best usage of waterbased inkjet inks for interior design, the power of digitally printed paper for interior decoration or how digital technologies are bringing creative textile printing to the next level.

The international character of the conference is also highlighted through the Platinum sponsorship of SGIA that fully believes in the new market potential of PID. SGIA Expo in the U.S. is home to the widest range

of specialty imaging technology and equipment.

Further, The Global Wall coverings Association (IGI) and the Association of German Wallpaper Industry will demonstrate the growing importance of the possibilities in wallpaper printing – in particular high end options that are creating a new exclusive position in the world of decoration.

The solutions presented meet all the requirements of traditional products or materials and have a good carbon footprint and sustainability performance. Peter Buttiens, CEO from ESMA, comments: “Visual communication is no longer

a pure poster or banner issue.

In interior decoration, it brings atmosphere, a global message and invokes feelings in visitors. The interior is becoming more and more part of a global marketing approach to provide the visitor or consumer with the right surroundings to enjoy his shopping experience, dinner in a restaurant, a drink at the bar or the time spent in his hotel room to a maximum satisfaction. Colours and patterns which can be customised or even personalised bring the most out of a design and avoid the standard look and feel.”

A new frontier of design and custom-made on-demand products with an endless choice of materials such as glass, textile, ceramics, wood, laminated floors, wallpapers and carpets have opened up through digital printing. This great technology ensures the pricing of materials with special requirements stays within the traditional competitive price range but brings outstanding additional individual design and creative possibilities.

More information can be found on www.printedinteriordecoration.org

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HP’s 7600 gives Entwistle Competitive Advantage MANCHESTER based print service provider, Entwistle Group, has boosted productivity and turnaround times while saving costs by doubling its print capacity with an HP Indigo 7600 Digital Press.

The Entwistle Group offers full colour display graphics, marketing collateral, BID documents, cross media solutions and short run digital print as well as traditional print services.

“With volumes increasing by 20 to 30 per cent per year, we were working weekends and additional shifts to cope,” says Jason Richards, managing director, Entwistle. “We opted to supplement our two HP Indigo 5000 Digital Presses with an HP Indigo 7600 – almost doubling

and diversity of its products while reducing operating costs.

Enabled by HP Indigo’s liquid ElectroInk technology, the HP Indigo 7600 Digital Press supports increased creativity with the widest digital colour gamut including white, textured and special effect inks, as well as the ability to print on a diverse range of media including transparent, coloured and metallic substrates.

“Print service providers are facing a variety of challenges in today’s market,” says Richards. “The added our capacity. The new printer has helped us deliver a faster turnaround and flexibility and shorter response times save overtime costs. It also gives us the ability to use added-value products such as white ink, thick substrates and special effects to differentiate Entwistle of the HP Indigo 7600 Digital Press give us an important differentiator.” and drive new business acquisition.”

For more information visit The new HP Indigo 7600 Digital Press has enabled Entwistle to meet ever-tightening deadlines and improve the quality, colour consistency www.hp.com

Sign & Digital UK gears up for biggest show in 2015

FOLLOWING a bumper 2014 show, Sign & Digital UK confirms that stand bookings for 2015 are up by 20% year-on-year, with over 100 exhibitors already confirmed.

The UK’s leading trade exhibition for the sign making, display solutions and digital printing industry returns to the NEC, Birmingham on 24 to 26 March 2015.

With just under six months until the show, Sign & Digital has already confirmed a high number of bookings from first-time exhibitors across the board. They include BaltLED, Blackman & White Cutters, Emo Neon, Substance Europe, Texo Trade Services, Think Sub International and Universal Image Systems.

2015 will also see the return of leading brands with considerably bigger stands than in 2014, such as Amaya, Art Systems, Atech, Bannershop UK, Caslon, Complete CNC Solutions, Friedheim International, Hewlett-Packard, Inktec/Jetrix, Maxicam, Paperlinx UK, PrintMax and Perfect Colours.

Other confirmed exhibitors include Agfa

Graphics, Colourgen, Grafityp, Graphtec GB, Hybrid Services/Mimaki, i-Sub, Landor UK, Resolute DTG, Signwaves, Soyang Europe, Ultima Displays, Vivid Laminating Technologies.

A full exhibitor list can be found at www.signanddigitaluk.com.

Following independent visitor research carried out after the 2014 show, Sign & Digital 2015 will see a greater focus on business advice including how to capitalise on growing industry sectors and new market opportunities.

Textile printing for interiors, soft signage and POP & POS displays for retail are just three of the key growing sectors the 2015 exhibition will delve into.

The show will also feature more on-stand practical kit and product demonstrations.

Rudi Blackett, event director for Sign & Digital UK,

said: ‘‘We celebrated a fantastic exhibition in 2014, with high numbers of signmaking, display and digital printing companies in attendance, as well as many end-user visitors keen to see what’s new in this vibrant market. There was a real buzz at the event and the level of investment in equipment and products was extremely high with exhibitors reporting record on-site sales. As a direct result, the 2015 show floor plan is already nearly full and current demand for stand space means we will need to increase the size of the show again soon.

“We are delighted with the industry’s ongoing commitment and enthusiasm for the leading sign and display trade show, Sign & Digital UK. With new technology demonstrations and plenty of business advice on offer, the show is shaping up to be better than ever.”

Sign & Digital UK is free to attend. To enquire about exhibiting, please contact the show team by email signanddigitaluk@fav-house.com or call 01342 332000. www.signanddigitaluk.com

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Canon Ticks the Fine Art Box for Harwood King HARWOOD King Fine Art Studio, market leading fine art screen printers, Newhaven, East Sussex, has replaced its primary large format printing devices with the Canon iPF 8400 and Canon iPF 815. The printers were purchased from and installed by Canon reseller M Partners Wide, the large format equipment distributor based in Surrey, a division of M Partners Limited.

The new additions to the Harwood King production line-up provide, respectively, high quality print and film output. The iPF 8400 is a 12-colour, 44-inch wide printing device, ideal for the company’s fine art print production and proofing. The iPF 815 is a five colour 44-inch device focused on film production for the subsequent creation of silkscreen originals.

Highly respected in its field, Harwood King Fine Arts Studio, giclee printmakers and silkscreen specialists, has been in the business of producing fine art prints for more than 30 years. The company has produced limited edition prints for artists and galleries from all over the world.

Harwood King has always been an innovative art studio, testing new materials and techniques, particularly in silkscreen and giclee digital production. The business has not been afraid to redefine the traditional idea of a print, combining printmaking processes to produce truly collectable limited editions. As a fine example, in “Slipstream”

by Dan Baldwin they combined giclee, silkscreen and hand embellished areas, using 22-carat gold leaf and coloured foils. In other example, in the “Apocalypse” series of prints they fired bullets through the prints and collaged bank notes within the printing.

On the subject of the new Canon printers, Quentin Harwood King, owner and managing director of Harwood King, said: “Our previous device had been a good servant for many years, but it was showing signs of age. We knew that we needed to invest, and whilst Epson is the

“go to” supplier in the market place, I wanted to review other products as well. Canon, to us, was a revelation. They certainly appeared to be ahead of the game. The twelve-colour system is a huge boost for us – especially in the red area of the spectrum. Colour, for fine art work, is so critical.

The colour gamut and the stability of the system were both immediate advantages for us.

“We also create films for stencil creation for screen printing. Our previous large format machine offered little stability for the media – we would often spend huge amounts of time manually adjusting distortion in the films. Canon’s iPF 815 uses motors to drive the material in and to rewind the film. This provides a far more stable and reliable platform for our film creation. It has already saved us a huge amount of work; a saving that has a double benefit as our operators can be producing chargeable work instead of fiddling with bits of film at our expense!”

Quentin Harwood King has found a number of features of the Canon devices that provide significant advantages to his fine art print production business: “The internal memory on the

iPF 8400 is a huge boost to productivity. We are often in the situation where the final proof has been approved by our customer, and a number of large format prints are required. The fact that the Canon holds the RIPped file in its memory means that we can go straight into print mode and we know, 100%, that we have the right file and that it will print successfully – we can simply punch in the required number of prints and let the device do its stuff!

“Overall we are replacing old with new – but new with some great additional benefits for our business: the overall quality is better, it’s faster, and the colour accuracy is so good and reliable.

The colour accuracy provides us with the biggest saving: we no longer spend hours fiddling with profiles to tweak them to get a colour just right.

We simply don’t need to.”

Harwood King offers one of the few silkscreen printing services for the fine art market anywhere in the world. Whilst much of the screen printing market is focused on crudely produced T-shirt and ceramic printing, this company take the skills to a whole new level. Fifteen to twenty colour printing is not uncommon at the Newhaven company as it produces what it considers continuous-tone silkscreen. The business has produced work with up to a staggering 95 screens.

Commenting on behalf of M Partners Wide, Murray Lock, joint managing director, said: “Harwood King offers the most exciting setting for a large format printer! The work being produced by the company is both fantastic and a real challenge for any equipment. The Canon products excelled over the testing and selection phase: quite rightly, Quentin and his team wanted to push it to the limits, and it has been able to meet every challenge that they have thrown at it. Our team ensured that the customer has the right equipment for these demanding tasks.” www.mpartners.co.uk

Driving Business Through Binding CANNOCK, Staffordshire based KJB UK Ltd has recently taken delivery of a range of equipment from Renz UK. This includes a Renz Punch 500 and a Mobi 500, which has helped to improve the company’s product range and to drive new business opportunities.

Steve Egerton, Commercial Director of KJB, commented: ‘We have gone through a period of change in our business. We have been investing in digital technology and have installed several Xerox devices through the last year. Having looked at the changes in print technology, we then looked at updating our finishing department.’

This includes buying a number of

finishing devices including the Renz equipment.

Steve is very happy with the Renz machines, saying: ‘They have really improved our product range.

‘Before we were outsourcing our

wiro binding but it wasn’t very efficient, especially with the move to digital. So, we looked at the cost and logistics and decided to bring it in-house – and it has just grown and grown.’

For KJB it is the productivity and high quality results from the Punch 500 and Mobi 500 that have helped it to win new business. Currently the company is producing anything from a single wiro bound document to runs of many thousands.

‘The growth on the wiro binder has been phenomenal,’ said Steve.

‘The operators love the machines and they are very easy to use.’ He concluded, ‘Renz service is also first rate. It understands our business and the requirements of a finishing department.

‘Renz is a ‘partner’ not a ‘supplier’. It is responsive, here to support, and nothing is too much trouble.’ www.renz.co.uk

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CS Labels Switches to Canon for Proofing CS Labels, Willenhall, West Midlands, the award winning digital label printing business, has announced details of its latest equipment acquisition – a Canon imagePROGRAF iPF 6450 large format printer.

The machine has been added to provide colour accurate proofs for the company’s suite of Xeikon label printing presses. The printer was purchased from and installed by Canon reseller M Partners Wide, the large format equipment distributor based in Surrey, a division of M Partners Limited.

The Canon imagePROGRAF iPF 6450 provides up to twelve colour printing with a media width of 24 inches, and has been purchased complete with built-in spectrophotometer for a total colour matching solution.

Commenting on the purchase, Neil Churchill, Studio Manager at CS Labels, said: “When our ageing Epson finally broke down we took the opportunity to look at the proofing market to see which machine we should replace it with.

Having read good reports of the Canon products, we requested prints from some of our sample files. The results were outstanding. The colour quality from Canon was extremely impressive.”

CS Labels brought in M Partners Wide, the Canon reseller, for further discussions. “We were very impressed with their attitude and with what they had to say. They were able to install the product on an extended trial for us in order for us to test our various file formats and job types on the machine. It passed all of our tests.

“The M Partners Wide experts were able to produce profiles for us so that

we could match the output from our Xeikon machines exactly – in fact they provided a range of profiles to work with the different stocks that we print on. At one time we would have proofed very colour critical jobs on the Xeikon label printer, but that is expensive, both in terms of machine time and substrates. Now it is a faster and 100% accurate solution to proof the work on the Canon,” explained Neil.

Neil was also impressed by the support provided

by M Partners: “They use a remote log-in to call up our system and fix any software issues – we are back and running again in minutes. M Partners have been very responsive on the few occasions that we have needed their support and advice – it’s so much better to deal with a company where you can speak to individuals, and you know that they are UK based.”

Adding his thoughts with regard to Canon’s offering, Simon Smith, Managing Director of CS Labels, commented: “Neil was impressed by the quality, and that is important for our business. I was also very taken with Canon’s ability to provide machine-to-machine colour accuracy. It means that we could place a printer into a customer site and send them files to print out with total confidence.”

Commenting on behalf of M Partners Wide, Murray Lock, joint managing director, said: “I have known Simon and the CS Labels team for some time, so was aware of their needs for quality colour and an effective solution. I am delighted that M Partners Wide was able to provide the right hardware and back-up support package. The Canon colour quality is being recognised by an ever increasing audience – I am convinced that they have established a new bench-mark for large format colour.” www.mpartners.co.uk and www.cslabels.co.uk

Derby wide-format specialist is first with EFI VUTEk GS3250LX THE UK’s first order for an EFI VUTEk GS3250LX Pro with UltraDrop Technology, which incorporates the company’s latest seven picolitre greyscale print head technology, has been made by Derby-based MX Display Solutions. The 3.2m wide-format flatbed and roll-fed printer also benefits from “cool cure” LED technology and greyscale quality, and supersedes an existing VUTEk QS3200 that has performed faultlessly for the past five years.

The new printer will triple the production capacity at MX Display Solutions, as well as upping the standards required for its growing number of closeviewed applications. Finer droplet quality, true greyscale capabilities and fast job changeover from rigid sheets to rolls are complemented by the advantages of LED curing with greater versatility across a broader range of materials.

MX Display Solutions was founded 18 years ago and boasts a blue-chip client list that includes many leading design agencies. With its ability to produce creative, fine quality results, the company has moved into the interior décor segment with growing demand for prestigious applications from consultancies, architects and leading construction companies.

“Our five years of experience with the VUTEk QS3200 has given us confidence in the brand and, after researching the different types of machines available today, we opted for EFI’s new UltraDrop Technology and its proven energy-saving LED curing,” states Adrian Rushton, general manager at MX Display Solutions. “We realise that this printer will put us at the forefront of the market and provide future-proofing on our investment.

Additionally, the high quality of service we have received over the years is another important consideration when running a machine on which so

much of our production depends.”

Wesley Small, territory manager UK North at EFI, adds, “MX Display Solutions is set to benefit hugely from this forthcoming installation. The versatility and huge power savings of the LED curing plus the greyscale printing and seven picolitre UltraDrop Technology means that the company can move up to higher production speeds and finer quality while benefiting from lower energy consumption and a greener environment.”

With a staff of 25, MX Display Solutions concentrates on high quality applications, including bespoke jobs, which contain highly creative, innovative elements. Since its formation in 1996, its main area of focus has been on wide-format digital print, which has led it to become highly specialised in this field today. www.efi.com

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ProCo Installs UK’s First HP Indigo 7800 Press HP has announced that Sheffield-based communications specialist ProCo has installed the UK’s first HP Indigo 7800 Digital Press. Using new technology such as Enhanced Productivity Mode, HP’s latest digital press will improve ProCo’s up-time and efficiency. In addition, its versatile capabilities for highend, high-value applications will offer ProCo the opportunity to explore new market potential.

“Over the last few years, we have invested in the technology and the skillset to deliver automated marketing platforms, loyalty programmes and datadriven communications as an enabler for print and, as their adoption gains momentum, we have a very real need for more print production capabilities,” says Jon Bailey, Managing Director at ProCo. “The HP Indigo 7800 Digital Press is the first investment of our new financial year, kicking off an exciting period of growth and development for ProCo. More importantly, this new platform will allow us to deliver innovative applications to our customers that will really add value to their businesses.”

The HP Indigo 7800 offers direct printing on synthetic substrates with One Shot Colour technology, enabling print for high-value applications such as plastic cards, overlays, lenticular applications, point-of-sale and premium postcards. The press supports HP Indigo ElectroInk Digital Matte for spot coating effects on glossy substrates in addition to other special inks, including HP Indigo ElectroInk Invisible Red and Light Black. It also features unique special effects including raised print, textured effects and digital water marks across thicker substrates of up to 400gsm.

ProCo’s ten years of investment in HP technology has included early adoption of the HP Indigo 3000 in addition to beta testing for the HP Indigo

5000, 5500 and 7500 digital presses, reinforcing the company’s on-going commitment to providing customers with state-of-the-art digital printing technology.

“ProCo’s continued commitment to innovation further strengthens the company’s position at the forefront of digital technology,” says Bailey. “Not only does the HP Indigo 7800 Digital Press maintain the highest possible productivity through proven quality, versatility and breakthrough intelligent automation, but its special printing capabilities expand digital applications, enabling us to address new markets.” www.hp.com

Roland Launches Texart 64-Inch Dye Sub Printer ROLAND DG has launched the Texart RT-640, an advanced, 64-inch dye sublimation transfer printer in either four or eight colour ink configurations featuring innovative print control technology and a choice of powerful RIP software.

According to Mark Elvidge, Roland DG product manager, the RT-640 incorporates a host of technological advancements which optimise sublimation transfer output whilst minimising running costs. “One of the Texart RT-640’s major innovations is our new ink. Previously, colours sublimated to fabrics could look distorted with dull blacks, missing greys and fuzzy details. The RT-640’s variable droplet technology in combination with new Roland Texart dye sublimation ink displays bold, vibrant colours and rich velvety blacks, as well as subtle gradations and fine details.”

“Adding orange and violet inks increases the colour gamut and allows for exceptional reds, oranges, deep blues and purples, while light cyan and light magenta provide subtle gradations and beautiful skin tones.”

The Texart RT-640 incorporates a gold-plated, anti-static print head capable of printing seven different droplet sizes for smooth gradations and dense colour. A newly designed Feed Adjuster, combined with a more powerful fan and an included take-up system, ensures added stability for high-speed printing up to 32.6m2 per hour.

Roland’s RT-640 is equipped with a bulk ink system that uses one litre airtight-sealed pouches. The Roland Ink Switching System allows users to load a fresh pouch without stopping the printer. In four-colour CMYK mode, this system provides two litres per colour and automatically switches to the other ink pouch when the first pouch runs out.

When purchasing, there is a choice of two

professional RIPs: VersaWorks; developed by Roland for Roland printers or ErgoSoft Roland Edition which boasts a full range of textile-specific features.

Increased convenience and ease-of-use is provided by new Roland Printer Assist – a cutting edge system that enables the operator to manage production, test printing and cleaning functions directly from an iPad tablet from virtually anywhere within the premises.

Additional user friendly features include media loading levers at both the front and rear of the printer and media brackets to make loading even the heaviest media rolls a simple task.

Mark Elvidge continues “We built this machine to answer user demand for a high production sublimation printer that’s affordable, reliable, efficient to run and easy to operate. The RT-640 delivers on all of these fronts, offering users both high quality performance and unbeatable value.”

For ultimate peace of mind, the Texart RT-640 printer is backed up by a one year RolandCare silver warranty and Roland’s world-class service and support. www.rolanddg.co.uk/products/printers/rt-640/

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Elements Light – ‘The Efficient Paper’ THE Premier Paper Group has announced the launch of a new paper, Elements Light, a new additional product range to add to its prestigious Elements range of papers.

Elements Light is ‘The Efficient Paper’, and is an innovative, low impact paper developed for optimal printing performance, guaranteed for use with laser print, inkjet print, volume copying and fax printing applications.

Its low weight and high bulk means that less energy and raw materials have been used in the production of Elements Light, making it the enlightened alternate paper choice for the environmentally conscious end user.

Also, as with all products within the Elements range, Elements Light can be Carbon Captured through Premier Paper, combining its reliable onpress performance with excellent environmental credentials.

Elements Light will join the current products within the prestigious Elements range: Elements Fire – A high performance paper for prestigious business documents and colour printing; Elements Air – A versatile, multifunctional range of papers for quality business communications and everyday printing and copying, that performs over a wide range of printing technologies; Elements Earth – A practical, no-nonsense, dependable paper for everyday printing and copying.

The Elements Light paper range is available in both A4 and A3 sizes, and in a range of weights.

The Premier Paper Group has a wide range of weights and sizes available from each of their branches in the UK, ready for either a next or same day delivery.

Speaking about the launch of Elements Light, Matthew Fisher, Business Papers Director at Premier Paper Group, commented, “Elements Light offers customers a cost efficient, reliable copier and laser printing grade, which complements the existing range of Earth, Air and Fire and helps define Premier Elements as a leading merchant own label brand.”

The Premier Paper Group is the UK’s leading independent paper merchant and through its business divisions and nationwide branch network, offers a great choice of products and services.

Equipped with specialist knowledge and extensive experience, the Premier business divisions offer a high level of guidance and advice, specifically tailored to each market sector.

Premier Paper has 24,000 tonnes of paper held throughout its branch network, offering some 5,500 different product items, from many of the world’s leading paper manufacturers, including the UK market’s widest selection of media for digital printing.

The Premier Paper Group endeavours to be an integral and valuable part of its customers’ business providing first class services, sharing its extensive knowledge and information, offering advice and a choice of quality products.

For further information about the Elements product range available from The Premier Paper Group, Email marketing@paper.co.uk or Visit www.paper.co.uk

Colortrac new large Kiian Lights Up Textiles format scanners launched Market in Fluorescent Ink NOTTINGHAM-BASED ArtSystems and their partner Colortrac will soon be launching a new range of wide format scanners into the UK market.

Colortrac are a pioneer of large format colour scanning and a leading innovator in affordable colour and monochrome wide format scanning technology. Their new Colortrac SmartLF SG wide format scanner range will offer hi-fidelity colour reproduction of large-format documents.

The new scanner has been specifically developed for professionals working in scanning and reprographics businesses. It will offer superb electronic document capture (TWAIN) and high-end technical imaging within AEC, CAD, Mapping and GIS. The SmartLF SG CCD scanner range has professional standard cameras and is quick and easy to use. It’s suitable for scanning and copying all documents up to 36 or 44 inches wide, with easy adjustment for different media thicknesses up to 15mm.

Colortrac Product Manager Declan Tyler says of the new SmartLF SG, “With a high-speed Ethernet and USB3 interface there’s no stopping or waiting. The imaging technology is based on the same CCD sensors used in professional high-quality cameras and will match the most discerning demands. On top of this, the new, completely unique feature of simple manually-operated height adjustment makes handling of different documents very easy for the busy user. So, the Smart LF SG is always the right choice.”

The first opportunity to see the new Colortrac SmartLF SG scanners in action in the UK will be in October, when a series of technology days will be hosted by ArtSystems and its partners. www.artsystems.co.uk

KIIAN Digital is set to dazzle textile buyers, printers and end-users with the launch of vivid pink, yellow and green* fluorescent transfer sublimation inks. These new additions to the company’s Digistar range are designed for attention grabbing graphics on sportswear and other textile printing applications.

Scheduled for launch at SGIA in Las Vegas, USA, and soon to be available worldwide, these highly sought-after fluorescent colours in Kiian Digital’s diverse range take digital textile printing further into the mainstream by enabling businesses to offer new benefits to customers. As well as providing a wider choice to its established popular products, users can respond to specific customer demands and add value with individual and limited edition applications as well as higher quality production runs.

In common with Kiian Digital’s existing ranges, the new inks offer excellent drying properties, high chromatic performance and a wide colour gamut.

These innovative features, along with all other formulations, are available through the company’s worldwide network of distributors and via direct sales.

The Kiian ink portfolio is matched to specific print heads for optimum performance and the highest quality results. Digistar PES HD-One inks are designed and formulated for the first generations of Epson piezo-print heads.

Digistar Hi-Pro inks, tailored for the latest DX7 generation heads, can be used with earlier versions and are designed for printing onto light and/or low coated papers. Digistar K-One transfer sublimation inks are formulated for use with the high capacity Kyocera print heads. www.kiian.com * Green option available with Digistar HD-One ink only.

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New MTEX Digital Textile Printers TWO new digital textile printers have arrived at their new home in the MTEX Technologies Demonstration Centre at the heart of the Midlands, on the Derbyshire and Leicestershire border. They’re the first in a suite of dedicated textile solutions being installed in the centre, MTEX’s new base for UK and Ireland demonstration and testing for the sign and display market, as well as the home textile and fashion industries.

Unlike many print solutions in the sign market that were designed for production banner and vinyl printing with temporary textile printing capabilities, MTEX only manufactures dedicated digital textile printing and finishing equipment and they understand the process from fibre to fabric.

Specialists in their field, MTEX was founded just outside Porto in Portugal, in the traditional centre of European textile trade at Santo Tirso and as such has a wealth of skills and heritage that can only be found in that part of the world.

The founders Eloi Ferrira and Marco Sousa and managing director of MTEX Technologies in the UK Stewart Bell, have many years experience in the wide format print and imaging market. Combined, they have a very strong understanding of what true digital textile printing can achieve for sign and display graphics companies today.

Stewart Bell comments; “We are delighted at the arrival of the first two printers in our demonstration centre – the MTEX 1800 and the MTEX 5032Pro. They will be followed by the MTEX TurboSub and MTEX 500C for fashion fabrics later in the year. The MTEX PAD, Steamer and W&D are also being prepared for shipment to the UK so companies with a need for pre-coating fabrics, steaming and post-print washing and drying will be able to put them through their paces. When

all the machines are in, we will have the most comprehensive demonstration suite of direct-totextile digital printers in the UK. It’s a very exciting time to be involved with digital textile printing and it is our aim to help sign and display makers and creators, interior designers and fashion houses to harness the power of digital using our equipment and bolster the strong and lasting heritage of textile printing in the UK.” Uniquely, the MTEX printers using direct disperse inks. All have in-line heat fixation that only kicks in when you are printing and within a metre, the colour is revealed as it uses a single path method.

There’s no need to keep it hot like traditional calendars, using up energy and money even if it is not in use. Because of the nature of direct to textile all-in-one printing and fixation, there’s no waste dye-sub or protection paper involved and the potential for spoilage or damage is virtually nil.

The MTEX 1800 was the first to be installed at the centre and is aimed at medium sized display graphic and home textile companies that want a machine that will print dedicated textiles with punchy colours. It is 1.8m wide and prints extremely high quality vibrant colours at up to 48sqm per hour and has a two litre bulk ink system for continuous printing. It is built to

exacting industrial standards as an integrated onefootprint unit with integrated workflow.

The MTEX 5032Pro has also been installed ready for demonstration and customer testing. This machine is a 3.2m wide direct-to-textile printer with integrated fixation and runs at 58sqm per hour. It is the second generation version of the 3.2m wide MTEX 5032 which has a proven track record in the industry as the market leading direct-to-textile printer in Europe. Different fabrics can have varying tensions across the roll, so MTEX developed an electro-pneumatic feeding system that handles the challenges inherent with printing onto textiles with ease, and prevents errors occurring during the print process. The feed and take up system has compressed air shafts which can now handle bigger and heavier rolls of material than the previous model and is married with the un-interrupted bulk ink feed system for continuous printing. This printing solution will enable users to produce a wide range of fabrics for a huge variety of applications including soft signage, interior displays, home textiles, flags, retail point of sale, lightboxes and much more.

Please contact Stewart or Rick on 0116 232 5204 to arrange a personal visit, interview and demonstration.

Canon launches new online hub to help PSPs CANON has announced the UK launch of Digital Dimensions – a subscription based online hub designed to help print service providers (PSPs) both manage and grow their businesses through access to expert advice, profiling and planning tools and mentoring programmes.

Digital Dimensions is available to both commercial and in-house printers, providing a source of inspiration, knowledge and resource to help PSPs adapt to market changes, diversify into new application areas, attract new business and, ultimately, improve profitability.

“PSPs are acutely aware of the need to adapt to the modern communications landscape, but often struggle to find ways to facilitate this,” said Mark Lawn, European and UK Marketing Director, Professional Print. “They are also having to work harder than ever to remain competitive and differentiate the services they offer. Digital Dimensions is a platform that provides easy and instant access to business led information. This ensures that it is convenient for our customers who have extremely busy schedules, and

complements the existing business development tools offered by Canon.”

The new hub features a wealth of exclusive content from subject matter experts that spans business strategy and planning, selling and marketing digital print, as well as masterclasses dedicated to getting the most out of print technology and workflow solutions. Digital Dimensions allows users to interact via a blog and ask questions of industry experts through ‘ask the expert’ seminars.

In addition, Digital Dimensions hosts information on upcoming events, industry-specific news and insight, as well as providing a platform for industry peers to interact and market their services.

This allows PSPs to build a professional print community online whereby they can improve business success based on the sharing of best practice.

Paul Squires, Print Services Manager, Manchester Metropolitan University – and one of the first print service providers to explore the new platform — commented: “Canon Digital Dimensions

demonstrates how we can best leverage our core skills across data and graphics and is an ideal source of information to assist us in the process.”

Marcus Clifford, Partnership Development Director of the BPIF also commented: “Canon Digital Dimensions provides genuine inspiration to achieve cost and efficiency improvements for clients and highlights how to deliver printed communications diligently and effectively.”

Jo Lloyd, Managing Director of Cotmandene Training & Development Ltd, and an industry contributor to Digital Dimensions, commented: “The hub is ideal for the busy company owner or print room manager who knows he/she needs to read business books but doesn’t know which ones to choose, and how to find the time to do it!

“For those who can’t get out to a workshop or event, this new platform provides an opportunity to stay in touch with the industry and pick up some new ideas and inspiration.”

To register your interest in Digital Dimensions, or to contact Canon about this opportunity: https://digitaldimensions.canon-europe.com

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Christmas Raffle Ticket Enclosed Look out for your unique raffle ticket in this issue and check out the prizes that our favourite print industry suppliers have donated.

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UPPLIERS LAST CALLING please to get involved and donate a prize in exchange for a sleigh load of free PR across the QPP four media fronts. Hard copy posted magazine, website, e-newsletter and solus e-broadcasting.

Print shops can all win by offering their own seasonal raffle ticket service to existing customers and attract some new ones too.

We have again teamed up with our regular seasonal supplier to offer all our QPP readers the chance to win some new raffle ticket business.

Chris Richards at www.nelsonpress.co.uk is looking forward to working with our 6600 professional print shops and is supplying this season’s Christmas and New Year Raffle/Draw tickets, check out the quality then register your unique number.

When ordering your own tickets for customers or even your own business raffle, please send artwork or use the freely downloadable templates www.nelsonpress.co.uk We have also road tested the online design

service at www.raffletickets4u.co.uk – kids play – unassisted, the editor produced the sample here in a matter of minutes.

Advice to any legal implications is available along with list prices to ensure our Christmas GP extra bonus.

To best show off these tickets, Chris has again offered to print a batch of 6700 raffle tickets inserted in this month’s QPP. This generosity has lead our chief scroungers to phone a few special suppliers to donate some prizes for you hard working readers to have a chance to win in this year’s Christmas QPP Raffle.

Return your tickets before 12th December to enjoy the seasonal goodwill and compliments of our favourite suppliers. You’ve got to be in it to win it!

Swing into some rather swish marketing and get noticed using your very own Aquabase Swing Sign. It features: Swinging pavement sign with a water fillable base; Double sided graphic area; White printable aluminium sign blank; Printable graphic area 910 x 640mm; Quick and easy

assembly; Stainless steel hanging brackets; Robust frame and water fillable base give great stability even in adverse weather conditions; and Wheels in base allow unit to be manoeuvred into position Thanks to: www.plexdisplay.com, 01905 798123 QPP have positively tested this new signage on our own shop customers in Brighton leading by example promoting our services using the tools that are also our new print products.

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2014 PRIZE LIST INCLUDES Duplo Hamper: Well it just wouldn’t be Christmas without the top prize of a bumper Duplo hamper – www.duplouk.com, 01932 263 900; Harrier Photo Gifts: Watch this space for seasonal surprises – www.harrierllc.co.uk, 01626 322680; Plex Display: Another three lucky QPP readers will win a Plex Display Folding Swing Sign. Use it as a demo and sell loads more to your customers – www.plexdisplay.com, 01905 798123.

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In their special 30th anniversary year, Duplo brought together key print and finishing suppliers for the sixth annual event at East Wintergarden, Canary Wharf. QPP are pleased to share who we met and what they were up to.

WHETHER you’re running a quick printing company, a graphic design agency, a print in plant, or FM site, the digital guys from Antalis have something to make your customers look good on paper, great on card and stand out on board. They also supplied the media for all of the equipment on show throughout the event including my personalised beer bottle. www.antalis.co.uk

DUPLO unveiled several innovative new products leading with the live showing of the Duplo iSaddle Duetto System, one of three new iSaddle systems; the fully automatic stitching system offers intelligent automated precision combined with PC controlled technology.

The iSaddle brings the advantages of flatter publications from the old-generation saddle stitchers and combines them with the automation of modern bookletmakers with many additional features including A4 landscape capability.

Building on their award-winning range of multifinishers, Duplo also launched the DC616PRO, the DC-646 and the integrated folding system for the DC-646 models.

Maureen’s favourite is the DC-616, just the right size for our print shop as space is tight and this all-in-one solution will finish standard short run

jobs such as greeting cards, invitations, menus and 24-up business cards. It is able to slit, cut, crease and perforate bringing automation and greater efficiency to the finishing process.

The DC-646 is the latest variation of the DC646PRO launched at IPEX replacing the DC-645i, the optional integrated folding system also being launched, works without impacting the productivity of the multifinishers.

Other new products for London Calling included the DP-F850 digital duplicator and the DM230Vi direct mail collator with barcode driven variable data capability, as well as the commercial launch of the UB-6000 PUR Binder.

The UB-6000 is a closed tank system ideal for producing a number of different jobs in the same day. The hotmelt side gluing “locks the book in” meaning it can be trimmed and packed for the customer faster than conventional PUR-only devices. www.duplouk.com

LUMEJET is a UK digital print innovator and supplier of the revolutionary LumeJet S200, a photonic printer that makes it possible, for the first time, to combine true contone images and pin-sharp text on the same page with superb colour fidelity. We printed our photo book pages here and took them off to be finished on the Ashgate stand.

The LumeJet S200 is a photonic, digital printer and LumeJet’s first commercial offering. The inkless technology features LumeJet’s innovative, patented Digital Print Head, and works in a similar way to an inkjet using light, rather than ink to make tiny dots (less than 0.005 mm) on photosensitive media. The RGB colour model achieves outstanding colour fidelity, including hard-to-print Pantone special inks like reflex blue, and flawless black across the entire printable area. With maximum print size of 1000 x 305 mm, output from the LumeJet S200 is ideally suited to A3 landscape layflat books and panoramic images.

LumeJet technology has been designed from the ground up to exploit the proven, continuous tone quality of Silver Halide (AgX) media and its extended RGB colour gamut. This produces vibrant, smooth and colour accurate images. It also exploits the inherent micron-sized grain resolution of the media for ultra-sharp text and graphics.

“We are very pleased to be a part of London Calling”, said Miles Bentley, LumeJet’s Commercial Director. “It gives us a fantastic opportunity to show the LumeJet S200 press working for the first time in public, to a very focussed audience. It is also nice to support Duplo in its 30th anniversary year”.

Our tour of this real scenario print room was reaching perpetual motion levels, forward and upward… www.lumejet.com

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HERE we were greeted by Terry Haddock who offered to complete our lay flat photobook. Now this was quite magical, seeing the book, without the addition of any spine, being built up layer by layer from plain creased prints. What I had not understood about the Fastbind Fotomount binding system now made perfect sense.

The premium photo album is made by using self-adhesive ‘melt sheets’. No heat required as they simply line up and adhere the book pages together.

Add a pre-creased cover and this mounting lifting album is complete. All clever stuff, we want one. www.ashgate.co.uk ESKO really is a cut above the rest for shaping packaging, labels, signs, and display boards. Esko products and services drive profitability in the packaging and printing supply chain by reducing time-to-market and raising productivity. www.esko.com NEOPOST is Europe’s leading vendor of mailing and communications solutions and one of our favourite suppliers of new opportunities to make profit in print and everything post press, or should that be pre post? Anyway we met Theodore, who is a Neopost enterprise mail account manager, and he is coming down to Brighton to see how we can add value to our customers with mailing list cleansing, envelope inserting and addressing and everything else we can offer to do leading up to posting. The journey of our printed products needs to be seen through to the point of need, otherwise those pesky mailing houses will offer to do all the printing too! Our words not Theodore’s, just my take on keeping print in our print businesses by offering a complete service. More of this to follow in future issues…

Neopost showcased how their technology can provide a platform for the simple delivery of both marketing and transactional communications.

The company demonstrated how its hardware and software technologies can facilitate multichannel campaigns to meet an organisation’s communications needs.

Neopost held a seminar, titled Future Focus: A look at the UK Printing Industry – produced in conjunction with the British Printing Industries Federation – into the challenges faced by the UK print industry presented by Neopost UK’s head of marketing programmes Antony Paul. www.neopost.co.uk OPTIMUS showcased Optimus dash, the EDP award winning (MIS) Management Information System software package. It is specifically designed to cater for all methods of Digital, Screen, Litho and Specialist Print Production. If one of your 2015 New Year resolutions is to get organised, then this is for you. www.optimus2020.com

BALREED’S growing reputation in front of our readership has grown, not only as a leading provider of digital print and production systems, but also for printing my own beer bottle label on the new KonicaMinolta bizhub PRO C1060L. www.balreed.com RENZ UK has been involved with London Calling since its inception six years ago. The worldclass venues have obviously been a big draw for customers but one of the main reasons for the continuous success of London Calling is the customer-focussed innovations that improve every year. Renz has been at the forefront of this innovative approach with improvements in their punching and binding technologies.

We have found through personal experience that the more you automate the more binding you produce. More calendars, diaries, presentations, reports and books. Improving the productivity of your finishing room will attract a bigger print volume. I would like to put this growth down to my marketing genius but like most of you we are too busy to always promote our improved services. Maybe it is down to the ‘Build it and they will come’ principle or just that our customers are aware of the time and quality of our finished product delivery. Certainly our print presentation increased from our hand punched earlier offerings.

Suffice to say, thank you to Paul Simpson at Renz for finding a local dealer to supply our new kit. www.optimus2020.com TAOPIX manufactures and sells the world’s leading photobook and photo gift software platform. If you want a rapid ROI when moving into personalised books and albums then you need to get your artwork print ready in the easiest of moves. Check out Taopix to organise your customer’s photos pre print. www.taopix.com WHATEVER next Richard, a transparent laminator? Yes we are used to seeing through our lamination supplies but to show you how the film is applied check out the clear front cover on this show case kit.

Vivid Laminating Technologies are Europe’s leading designers and manufacturers of laminators, from the entry-level desktop Peak Pouch range, to their new double-sided Matrix Duplex OPP film system. For small cut sheet or going large in laminating for 2015 check out their website. www.vivid-online.com GREAT to meet up again with Kelvin Bell and even better as he offers to stand me a beer. When you want a web2print solution that saves time, money and hassle, talk to vpress as with over a decade providing web2print solutions, they are the market leaders and know how to support quick print businesses of all sizes. www.vpress.co.uk

PRINTIT! is a nationwide education initiative that has been teaching students about the print and paper industries since 2005 with 140,000 pupils and nearly 2000 schools taking part in the programme to date. The aim of PrintIT! is to give students the opportunity to learn more about the many varied facets of the print and paper industries and offer them an insight into the range of career opportunities that exist within these advanced and high-tech industries.

With the support of industry there are no limits to how far this programme can reach. Another aim for 2014/15 is to double the number of participating students as well as providing a new range of careers support helping young people into industry related training, apprenticeships and careers.

“When you talk with the students and teachers, you realise just how much PrintIT! means to them and how inspired they are by the exciting opportunities that careers in Print and Paper offer.

I look forward to celebrating 10 years of Proskills and PrintIT! and to working together with industry partners to ensure that future generations have an even better chance of joining such dynamic and exciting industries.” says Jonathan Ledger, Managing Director of Proskills UK. www.proskills.co.uk/printit LEFA Print is a quick print company that closely works with MakieLab providing prototyping, short run products and the constantly evolving print and packaging items they need. Lefa use digital print and the range of Duplo and Esko finishing equipment. Ed from Lefa said, “The versatility of Duplo’s range allows us to discover and take advantage of new opportunities in print. Digitally driven products and ideas need a new type of print production to create the physical items that remain a vital part of the finished piece.

MakieLab is a new kind of toys and games company based in London. They have developed technology that can produce and manufacturer 3D printed toys www.mymakie.com. www.lefaprint.com A big thank you to Sarah Crumpler, Marketing Manager at Duplo for a wonderful day out of our print room and into a far more futuristic print production area.

Sarah said: “We are genuinely excited to celebrate this special anniversary year at London Calling and have brought to market such a wide range of new products that will bring huge growth opportunities for our customers. All the visitors have been inspired by us and our partners to encourage further new developments that will be of benefit to our industry.”

Peter Jolly, Duplo’s UK managing director confirmed the exhibition a success with around 300 visitors attending the event at Canary Wharf’s East Wintergarden over the two days.

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20 | CASE STUDY: OKI | QUICK PRINT PRO | NOVEMBER 2014

Digital printing’s future is... BRILLIANT!

Our thanks to Andrew Hall, UK Marketing Manager at OKI Systems, for arranging a hands on appraisal of the OKI ES9541 pioneering CMYK +1 printer. The quality of the prints produced defies the production method.

FIVE COLOUR DIGITAL PRINTER The OKI ES9541 offers quick print professionals new business opportunities to print solid or spot white and clear gloss in house, on demand. You can now offer more to your customers whilst giving your business a competitive edge and a new revenue stream, without the need for a huge investment. The ES9541 changes the possibilities available to those producing short print run materials including stationery, brochures, packaging prototypes, point of sale and window graphics. And, with a low total cost of ownership, you can increase your margins whilst growing your business through offering new services.

PRINT ON HEAVY WEIGHT MEDIA Print on a wide variety of media with weights starting from 52 gsm to 360 gsm single sided and 320gsm for double sided stock, sizes from A6 to oversized A3 and SRA3, plus 328 x 1200mm banners, giving you complete printing flexibility.

EFI FIERY XF 5.0 COMPATIBILE Fully compatible with an optional EFI Fiery XF 5.0 server, which enables advanced colour management, including spot and process colours, optimising colour depth and print quality.

EASE OF USE AND VERSATILITY An Auto Media Detect function keeps productivity high by automatically detecting and selecting trays containing the correct paper, and automatic calibration keeps the quality of output consistent from the first page to the last. Specialist media can be handled with ease thanks to a convenient bypass tray. We tried out

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INTERCHANGEABLE SPOT COLOUR KIT Switching between white and gloss spot colours is simple. OKI provide a Spot Colour Kit for each option, which includes a toner cartridge, an image drum and a toner supply duct.

These can be swapped in and out of the printer in a matter of seconds, removing any possibility of cross-contamination of toners, ensuring the continued operation of the device without impacting on quality.

SAY YES TO PRINTING IN WHITE Historically printing solid, crisp white on a range of backgrounds and media has always been a challenge in our part of the print industry.

Traditionally printing white text or graphics has been limited to either using white media or the costly and lengthy process of screen-printing.

OKI’s ES9541 provides the ability to print white, in addition to CMYK, enabling cost effective short run printing on coloured or transparent stock, providing a new vibrancy and definition of colour.

Imagine; you can now reproduce stunning colours on dark media by printing a white background and then overlaying your colour design. Or, create impactful window graphics on clear vinyl through the same process.

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Printing spot clear gloss to draw attention to particular elements of a design adding a new vibrancy to colour, creating an instant visual impact, has traditionally been restricted to costly, intricate and lengthy processes with the expense far outweighing the benefits.

We are discovering the opportunities that being able to apply a clear gloss finish to our customer’s short run printing can offer. OKI’s groundbreaking ES9541 offers an affordable way to add that extra gloss to your print card stock and report covers. As a fifth colour option you can print in four colours

and then add a spot clear gloss finish in one pass, fast and on an extensive range of media up to 360gsm. Take your printing to the next level with affordable clear gloss toner.

Imagine highlighting point of sale imagery, business cards, leaflets, tickets and more with a spot clear gloss that gives depth and definition.

In practice, the QPP print team were hugely impressed with this new printer, and as you regular readers know the editorial team is made up of professional quick printers who run Colourfast, our own frontline print shop in Brighton. In particular the gate fold brochures, 630mm x 297mm finished with a gloss coating is very saleable. Other products our customers cannot print in-house were window graphics, printed, including white on clear transparent film and a job for short run labels for bottled water.

The local artists approved their watercolour prints and even the EFI test chart proved how easy colour matching can be. Our usual mix of flyers, tent cards, business cards, menus and posters all enjoyed their enhanced possibilities. We will have to phone the QPP lease broker to invest in this kit, or our customers could be more revolting than usual!

For print pioneers the extra bonus is that these new services will not be price sensitive as quality sells on improved presentation. Even sticking to our on demand principles these upgrades in quality are now do able or should we say OKI printable.

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A Bridge Not Too Far

The story so far: Just a click away is a really useful programme often overlooked and underused. Adobe Bridge may not have the high profile presence of mainstream software like Photoshop and Illustrator but its ability to span the disciplines is invaluable for sorting files in these days when we are bombarded with multiple images and file types for print. Martin Christie organises his files… the output module were really useful. Adobe say it is available as a plug-in for Creative Cloud but a number of users are experiencing problems installing it or getting it to work.

I’ll try and get to the bottom of the problem for next month’s column, and also reveal how Bridge can be used in conjunction with Lightroom.

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RIDGE HAS BEEN around for some time, starting life as a browser tool for image folders in Photoshop. Now, in Creative Cloud mode it is a powerful stand-alone tool for searching, interrogation, and organisation. Older readers may remember Extensis pioneered what they called Digital Asset Management, long before many realised how vital it would become as the sheer volume of files and folders increased, and the problem of actually finding the proverbial needle in the haystack became critical. Not just original files, but copies of copies and subsequent edits would make it a vast soup of confusing information.

Extensis realised that you could not rely on human memory or logic to see through this looming mess in the way that you could once rely on filing clerks to find a missing parchment.

Through research they actually established that what seemed logical one day might be different the next, or even later the same day.

So instead of relying on a filing system of A for apple or B for blackberry it was better to load up more key descriptive words in the event of them both being placed ‘logically’ in a folder marked F for fruit. And that’s not even mentioning the tomato which is technically a fruit but which most people would expect to find in the vegetable section, not in a fruit salad.

Adobe seem to have taken a lot of Extensis development in hand, and it is likely the two have worked closely together. Like Extensis’ ground breaking Portfolio, Bridge creates thumbnails of all files in a given folder and saves them in a cache.

This enables simple visual recognition of files which is often a better way to identify particular items than digital codes.

In addition, there is the metadata which is the actual embedded reference to information on date, time, size etc. Then there are keywords that can be added by the operator to make cataloging and subsequently finding again a much easier task.

Thus the tomato could be tagged as fruit, and plant, as well as red, juice, source, etc. Colour tags in several bright shades can also be added to particular files, for example, if a folder has lots of pictures or tomatoes, but only one or two are required or are suitable for printing.

The information on the Bridge workspace will also reveal, size, colour space and resolution to determine whether it is suitable for printing at the size required. It may also have useful information on original source, or subsequent edits.

Selected files can be moved and renamed from Bridge, to be placed in more convenient folders, or copied from a customer’s memory stick for example. They can also be opened in any appropriate Adobe programme for editing, like taking them directly into a saved action in Photoshop for resizing.

With InDesign files there often are missing links to other files or images, and here the track to the source should be visible, as will be fonts, colour swatches and display material that saves a lot of time.

Bridge is specifically developed to work seamlessly with all other Adobe programmes, but is perhaps sometimes overlooked as a tool because of its historic connection with Photoshop.

It is so much more than a browser, but an essential part of digital workflow.

Adobe has moved some functions in and out of Bridge in recent versions, some of which like

A mention of Epson’s new A4 flatbed scanners in last month’s magazine underlines the variety of equipment an up to date digital studio requires to meet the possible needs of customers. Whether it’s the demise of the high street photographic specialists, or the move to do more production at a distance on-line, we have certainly seen an upturn in demand for high quality scanning of film and original artwork.

Because it’s often delicate, or inevitably required urgently – or both – it’s not something you would want to pass on to some anonymous entity in the clouds, via a package chucked in the back of a white van by an overloaded courier service. It’s definitely something that requires that one-to-one conversation and exchange with a human being over the counter.

It’s almost always unique, and needs individual attention, but that’s nothing new to the traditional copy shop, as it’s very much like a lot of the items that used to be brought to the counter long before the digital society when customers had no other option than to bring originals.

It may not be a main revenue earner these days, but it is a service that can demand at least a modest premium, and often will generate other print purchases. With a modest investment, a small amount of space and a minimum amount of expertise needed to operate, the small flatbed scanner has a place.

Of course, most shops will have a working flatbed scanner on top of at least some digital printers, but the quality varies considerably, and there are generally few controls over scan settings.

Therefore a dedicated scanner is a better option for artwork, but more importantly, in being able to scan all types of film. Despite the digital camera, there are still some people using film, and of course a century-and-a-half of common usage means there are still plenty of negatives, transparencies and slides in albums and shoe boxes throughout the land.

Scanner costs are relative to size. A good quality photo scanner at A4, like the Epson V800/850 range, will cost from £500 to £1,000. An A3 version

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will be at least twice that, but will make it feasible to scan as well as film, larger flat artwork of A2 or even A1 size, by scanning in parts and stitching together. This is the process most specialists use as A2 flatbeds and beyond go into the £10,000 price bracket — and they won’t even scan film. They are very rare in the UK. Copy shops that offer large format scanning are almost certainly using roller fed machines that are not suitable for thick or delicate items, and this is where customers may be confused if they are searching on line for such a service.

Artists and designers working on original hard copies are almost certainly working at a minimum of A3 size which is where the need is, and a flatbed of some specification is the only solution.

As reviewed previously, we have a very good Snap Scan overhead book scanner which is

brilliant for a lot of things up to A3, but for fine detail does suffer from slight optical distortion at the extreme of its range. This can also be the case with digital copier scanners if they are pushed to see things on the edge of the glass.

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It may only be a small distortion, but it will be enough to make accurate stitching difficult, especially if you are relying on an automatic process by using stitching software. The most reliable is still to use the human eye with a lot of help from Photoshop layers, to piece the sections together.

If you missed the last lesson, a few months back, the trick is to scan sections of larger artwork with at least a 30% overlap so that they can be blended together seamlessly.

Take one section and make the canvas size that of the final output, and then copy and paste the neighbouring section in place above it. Selecting ‘Difference’ in layer properties will identify the difference between the pixels in one layer from the other. When all the technicolours merge to black you have a perfect match and any slight mismatch can be cleaned up with a mixture of eraser or clone. Repeat the process one section at a time to complete the final image. With a little practice, it gets easier, and you can recognise originals that will be problematical.

One of the advantages of the dedicated photo scanners, as much as the resolution and quality options, is that the hoods are usually removable so the sections can be scanned in the same direction, rather than having to turn them. Because scanners scan in one direction only, turning the scan may result in some difference in colour between opposing sections.

With so much reliance on digital input from customers, via email or on memory stick, it’s easy to forget that there is still a considerable amount of original hard copy that needs to be tackled with these devices and by a happy coincidence three jobs came in this very week that underlined this.

The first was a customer with a lengthy hard copy menu, with a few minor adjustments needed, and no digital version. No problem, the Snap Scan has the latest Optical Character Recognition software, and had the job done accurately in a couple of seconds, converted to Word or PDF, ready for editing.

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Then there was a folder of slide film from a 1970s concert by folk guitarist John Martin, needed for a re-mastered CD collection. Although some of the images were a little out of focus, taken in variable light in the days of manual focus, they didn’t need much cleaning of dust and Epson’s Ice technology did the job pulling out crisp colour from the 35mm originals.

Finally, quite a touching sight, an original 1945 print, now a little aged and crumpled by being rolled, of an entire RAF squadron posing proudly in front of a Lancaster bomber in the closing months of WW2. Three foot long, but only one foot high, this was scanned in three 400dpi sections on our Konica Minolta Bizhub and pieced together to produce some stunning reproductions that someone will treasure as a priceless image.

Good examples of how adaptable the on demand market can be these days.

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Fujifilm raises over €150,000 for WaterAid

FUJIFILM has raised over €150,000 to date in its continued support of WaterAid, the international charity dedicated to providing access to safe water in some of the world’s poorest communities.

Since 2012, Fujifilm has donated a percentage of the sales of every square metre of Brillia HD PRO-T3 processless plates sold in Europe, Middle East and Africa to the global organisation. And, it is thanks to the success of PRO-T3, that the amount of money raised has surpassed all expectations.

Since the start of the initiative between the two companies in 2012, Fujifilm has consistently surpassed its targets, raising €65,025 – over double its €30,000 target – in the first 12 months, and culminating in a total of €150,299 raised to date in just over two years.

Corporate account executive, Asma Rafiq, says: “We are delighted that what started out as a 12-month initiative two years ago, has developed into an ongoing partnership with Fujifilm. The money they’ve already raised has made a major impact on our mission to give the poorest communities across the world access to safe water, improved hygiene and sanitation. Their support will continue to transform these people’s livelihoods for the better.“ Takashi Yanagawa - Senior Vice President, FUJIFILM Europe GmbH, comments: “With water very high on both WaterAid and Fujifilm’s agendas, together with the fantastic work this charity is doing, I cannot think of a better cause to support through our Brillia HD PRO-T3 sales. The overwhelming market success we’ve had with PRO-T3 has allowed us to donate a significant amount of money to WaterAid’s cause already, and we look forward to continuing our partnership with them.”

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Metsä Board recognised for climate change

METSÄ Board has been awarded a position in the CDP’s Nordic Climate Disclosure Leadership Index (CDLI). MetsäBoard achieved an excellent score of 98 out of 100 for the depth and quality of climate change data it discloses to investors and the global marketplace.

High scores indicate that a company provides robust climate data and conveys a strong understanding of corporate climate-related issues. Only companies with a score in the top 10% are awarded a position in the CDLI, showing they have provided a high level of transparency in their disclosure of climate-related information.

Mika Joukio, CEO of Metsä Board, says: “We are delighted to have gained such a significant score for our data submission and that it has helped us win a place in the Nordic CDLI. It is a tribute to commitment of everyone within Metsä Board, as sustainability lies at the heart of our organisation,

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Arjowiggins Graphic restores Woodland

ARJOWIGGINS Graphic has helped to revitalise a local area of ancient woodland in Chineham for the first time in 30 years.

Working with Chineham Conservation Group, the team of nine spent the day restoring and coppicing an overgrown area of Great Sorrell’s Copse that supports local birds and plants such as the Great Spotted Woodpecker, Early Purple Orchid and Herb-Paris for the past 400 years.

David Glover, Secretary of Chineham and Popley Conservation Volunteers, said that: “The support from local businesses, such as Arjowiggins Graphic, is incredibly valuable as we need many hands for the crucial process of coppicing.

Clearing the overgrown areas in this way sustains the long-term health of the woodland and provides a more suitable habitat for the thriving wildlife.”

Julian Long, National Key Account Manager from Arjowiggins Graphic in Basingstoke commented, “The core focus of our business is to mitigate the impact of our manufacturing processes on the environment and helping to restore our local woodland fits well with these values. The Copse had been neglected for over 30 years, so we had a big job on our hands and worked really hard to return this area to the coppice lifecycle.”

The Arjowiggins Graphic headquarters, based in Basingstoke, is part of Arjowiggins, a leading manufacturer of creative high-tech materials and papers.

The team from left to right in the photo are… Dave Walker, Jeremy Taylor, Angela De Vorchik, Julian Long, Andy Smith, Ian Braithwaite, David Glover, Shelia Walkolm www.arjowigginsgraphic.com and will motivate us to increase our efforts in the future.”

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Irongate Grows Photo Applications with Xerox BUSINESS supplies and services provider Irongate Group has turned once again to Xerox technology and software to support its expansion into emerging markets including confectionery photo gifting.

The installation of the Xerox iGen 150 Press and investment in XMPie software will support the manufacture of niche, highly personalised products such as photo gifts and books, which require high quality, fast turnaround digital print.

A Xerox Premier Partner, Irongate has worked with Xerox for more than 20 years – transforming from a copy shop to a large-scale digital

manufacturing specialist.

“Xerox products provide us with outstanding quality at a competitive price and continue to be the backbone of our business as we diversify and move into new markets,” said Adam Noble, managing director, Irongate Group.

Along with the iGen 150, Irongate’s product portfolio includes a Xerox iGen3 Press, Xerox Colour 1000 Press and two Xerox Nuvera 144 Production Systems.

“Irongate has seen significant growth over recent years, developing into one of the largest independent business services providers in the

Midlands,” said Mike Holyoake, general manager, Graphic Communications Operations, Xerox U.K. “They continue to diversify into new innovative application markets and with this iGen investment, will further solidify their footprint as a leader in the specialist print market.”

Contact Shaun Todd at Irongate if any of your customers have a sweet tooth. 01332 345950. www.xerox.co.uk and www.irongategroup.co.uk

Get Personal with the Futuristic Laser RNLI this Christmas Cut Printing THANKS to Julian Marsh at Harrier LLC for pointing us at the perfect present from printers. I do love to promote print at every given opportunity and often buy our younger family members personalised books with their names in.

I am pleased to recommend the RNLI Big Christmas Rescue personalised storybook.

This exciting, personalised tale of Christmas courage gives children a magical introduction to the work of the RNLI’s volunteer lifesavers.

The sale of these unique presents raises important funds for the RNLI, a lasting gift that encourages reading and an example of what is now possible in our industry today. All this in proper tactile print your family will enjoy getting to grips with.

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It’s a wet and windy night before Christmas and most boys and girls are tucked up in bed. But when Santa crashes his sleigh, who can call for help – and who will go to the rescue? This book puts a child you know at the heart of an exciting sea rescue.

Make your little one the star The A4 book features illustrations by the award-winning Hannah Cumming.

Hannah says: ‘It was such a pleasure illustrating this book, not least because it’s the sort of lovely, heart-warming Christmas story I used to read. ‘ ‘But also because it was an opportunity to celebrate the vital work the brave volunteers of the RNLI carry out all year. They are just normal people being heroes; role models for children and adults alike.’

THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ANY CHILD! Relatives or friends of the family can order the book and specify the child’s name, gender and skin tone. Then he or she will be the star of a story that also features Santa, Rudolph and an RNLI lifeboat crew. http://bit.ly/RNLIChristmasRescue

LAST month we featured 3D printing pioneers One Touch Laser and the discoveries from Lucy McNaughton now seem endless: QPP are continuing the research into the marvels of 3D printing, which incidentally every time I type 3D it appears £D, is this an omen? We will report back over the coming issues. Lucy has now introduced some very interesting print opportunities using laser cutting and engraving systems. Training is available, but here are some end product possibilities to wet your appetite and add to your 2015 wish list.

Contact Lucy McNaughton, One Touch Laser; tel: 0844 257 8280 email: lucy.mcnaughton@onetouchlaser.com, www.onetouchlaser.com

Hey Presco YES it is the right time to conjure up some seasonal profit with a little help from our friends. To punch those thumb cut outs and insert the hanging loops is easy when you invest in the right kit. Choose your pitch and size of wires and make some samples up to promote sales of your on the wall calendars.

Alternatively desktop versions are all the rage so produce some calendar case artwork too. When you have your templates print ready, just add customer images and contact text to personalise. www.presco.eu, telephone: 01793 716300

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Smart print finishing solutions

QPP has kept hold of some demonstration kit to explore the new profit making opportunities to share with you all. Following the insert from Printers Mart we have got to grips with shaping, creasing and cutting out new print products for our own end user customers.

The ShapeSmart 440 is a desktop die cutting machine that saves you converting an old cylinder press to make bespoke shaped print.

We are converting a colour A4 laminated print with a retail price of around £1.50 as a one off to a one off jigsaw puzzle, retail £3, not bad as the bought ledger is less than 25p.

Turning out original merchandise is where the profit is and selling just five puzzles a week will cover your investment. Other products are laminated ID badges that can be sold at a one-off premium. We are waiting for one bespoke cutting forme of Brighton’s Wheel, as this will make a brilliant flyer shape that only we can produce. You can charge the customer for their cutter block, circa £40 each or invest yourselves to tie in some customer loyalty.

Cash price for the ShapeSmart 440 Die Cutting Machine is at a QPP reader’s special offer of £2395.

Also on our Christmas wish list is the CreaseSmart 450SA Programmable Semi Automatic creasing and perforating machine at £3995. Plus a CardSmart 325 Heavy Duty Modular Business Card Cutter for £1200.

The crease smart is ideal for tri-fold menus or try six page A4 on one sheet, as this is now possible to print on the latest print engines. This makes superb brochures and covers to collate normal A4 into. Use this for some estate agent visuals and print what they can’t in-house if you can excuse the pun! In practice the set up for the number of folds is simple. Pre-pass the sheet through the crease smart and it will measure the length, programme the number of creases and the distances between are worked out for you.

No need to know the beginning of your 99 times table!

The card smart will convert ten sheets of ten to view business cards, cost say a round pound, or thereabouts, retail 100 perfect business cards for £25. ROI on this kit £1200 divide by £24 profit per job = 50 jobs. We should all be doing this.

PrinterSmart – Smart Print Finishing Solutions, call 0333 123 0166, info@printersmart.co.uk www.printersmart.co.uk

Profit in joining your QPP print club WELCOME to all new members of the print trade association created by professional printers to share best practice. Your founder member status can be recognised by using the logos on your promotions and advertising including signage, letterheads, vehicle livery etc.

If you missed the recent invitation please request the application form and forward as soon as possible. We need your input.

Print club aims: Build a quality brand affiliation; Establish a nationally recognised industry accreditation; Publish a QPP Health and Safety Policy template; Circulate a group CSR statement; Create a usable DRP and BCP template; Agree standards and procedures for industry recognition; and drive a positive, responsible agenda of growth in our part of the print industry.

Print club benefits: Give end user assurance of quality procedures; Be able to tender with professional qualification; Display accredited print supplier logo on stationery, shop front, vehicles, websites etc.; Access accredited supplier discounts; Share best practice in print; and drive a sustainable standard.

Thanks again for those already signed up to a new benchmark of quality in print. As a member of the QPP Quality Print Professional register you can reach a wider market and help steer the best way to monitor the directory.

Work has started building an end user directory website to share our best principles with the public and business community at large. This will take some time and a big share of our initial budget. Your ideas are always welcome.

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The revenue from your print club subs will help build the end user website and directory and launch the interprinter network, similar to interflora but print instead of flowers. Only use the benefits best suited to your business, a FM site may not want extra work to deliver locally.

Please remember that your subscription includes updated stationery logo and directory listing each year. Invoiced as a tax-deductible professional subscription in two half yearly instalments of £26 each.

The subscription replaces the present QPP magazine subscription of £30 per annum.

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It is not widely known but it is now a legal requirement to have a written Health and Safety policy in place if you have more than five employees.

At QPP we are aware that there are many quick printers, or copy shops, as we are still widely known, who have just that number of staff and as such have slipped through the net.

With the growing popularity of apprenticeships it is essential that you have a policy in place, as the organisation placing somebody with you is obliged to check the suitability of your workplace.

We have now produced a template that is easily adapted to your own individual circumstances. This has been well received by members and encouraged other busy print shop owners to sign up!

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Christmas Cards SEND your own cards out early to lead by example and jolly your customers along to get their own festive greetings on order.

When your customers are clueless and artwork shy, but want to simply choose a modern design card from your recommendation, makes use of the friendly trade service www.christmascardblanks.co.uk Gill Duroe posted QPP her favourite choice of this year’s greeting cards, which you won’t find elsewhere. You can print on to these card blanks with some equipment or print a paper insert and fix inside. These look top class as the extra leaf adds value.

Gill understands the confidentiality of a trade print service and has built an end-user gallery for your customers to browse and order through you. www.christmascardgallery.co.uk

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SHORT SHORTS I couldn’t quite remember how to throw a boomerang, but eventually it came back to me.

My friend’s bakery burned down last night. Now his business is toast.

What is the difference between a nicely dressed man on a tricycle and a poorly dressed man on a bicycle?

A tyre.

Two hats were hanging on a hat rack in the hallway. One hat says to the other, ‘You stay here, I’ll go on a head.’

The magician got so mad he pulled his hare out.

Two peanuts were walking in a tough neighbourhood and one of them was a-salted.

FACTS OF LIFE If you are single, read through this: if you are engaged, read carefully; and if you are married, don’t bother…it’s too late.

Love is holding hands in the street; Marriage is holding arguments in the street Love is dinner for two in your favourite restaurant; Marriage is a pizza delivered when working late Love is cuddling on a sofa; Marriage is deciding on a sofa Love is talking about having children; Marriage is talking about getting away from children Love is going to bed early; Marriage is going to sleep early Love is losing your appetite; Marriage is losing your figure Love is sweet nothing in the ear; Marriage is sweet nothing in the bank Love is a flickering flame; Marriage is a flickering television In short, love is blind, marriage is an eye opener

ANIMAL BEHAVIOUR A policeman brought four boys before a judge.

“They were causing an awful lot of commotion at the zoo, your Honour,” he said.

“Boys,” said the judge sternly, “I never like to hear reports of juvenile delinquency.

Now I want each of you to tell me your name and what you were doing wrong.”

“My name is George,” said the first boy, “and I threw peanuts into the elephant pen.”

“My name is Pete,” said the second boy, “and I threw peanuts into the elephant pen.”

“My name is Mike,” said the third boy, “and I threw peanuts into the elephant pen.”

“My name is Peanuts,” said the fourth boy.

SALES GENIUS A blonde saleswoman went to her doctor complaining of pain.

“Where are you hurting?” asked the doctor. “You have to help me, I hurt all over”, said the sales lady.

“What do you mean, all over?” asked the doctor, “be a little more specific.”

The sales woman touched her right knee with her index finger and yelled, “Ow, that hurts.” Then she touched her left cheek and again yelled, “Ouch! That hurts, too.” Then she touched her right earlobe, “Ow, even THAT hurts”, she cried. The doctor checked her thoughtfully for a moment and told her his diagnosis, “You have a broken finger.”

POST PRESS PLANNING Joe was a single guy living at home with his father and working in the family print business. When he found out he was going to inherit a fortune when his sick father died, he decided he needed a wife with whom to share his fortune.

One evening at an investment seminar he spotted the most beautiful woman he had ever seen.

Her beauty took his breath away. “I may look like just an ordinary man,” he said to her, “but in just a few years, my father will pass, and I’ll inherit his large printing business.”

Impressed, the woman took his business card and three months later, she became Joe’s stepmother.

Women are so much better at estate planning than men!!

SALES CALL A couple of salesman were out on a jolly hunting game in the woods when one of them fell to the ground.

He didn’t seem to be breathing; his eyes were rolled back in his head.

His friend took out his mobile and called 999.

He gasped to the operator, ‘I think my friend is dead! What can I do?’

The operator, in a calm soothing voice said, ‘Just take it easy. I can help. First, let’s make sure he’s dead.’

There was silence, and then a shot was heard. The guy’s voice came back on the line. He said, ‘OK, now what?’

BAD TASTE A cannibal son and his father are out looking for food. They are watching people walk down the street. The son suggested a particularly plump woman and the father rejected saying that she’s too fatty. Later on the son asked about a very skinny woman. Again the father refused saying that she’s to skinny. After a while the son pointed out a very attractive woman.” sure son” the father replied, drooling. “We’ll take her home and eat your mother!”

LET’S FACE IT – ENGLISH IS A CRAZY LANGUAGE. There is no egg in eggplant nor ham in hamburger; neither apple nor pine in pineapple. English muffins weren’t invented in England or French fries in France.

Sweetmeats are candies while sweetbreads, which aren’t sweet, are meat.

We take English for granted. But if we explore its paradoxes, we find that quicksand can work slowly, boxing rings are square and a guinea pig is neither from Guinea nor is it a pig. And why is it that writers write but fingers don’t fing, grocers don’t groce and hammers don’t ham?

If the plural of tooth is teeth, why isn’t the plural of booth beeth? One goose, two geese. So one moose, two meese? One index, two indices?

Doesn’t it seem crazy that you can make amends but not one amend, that you comb through annals of history but not a single annal? If you have a bunch of odds and ends and get rid of all but one of them, what do you call it? If teachers taught, why didn’t preachers praught? If a vegetarian eats vegetables, what does a humanitarian eat?

I hope you pre press proof readers are getting all this? In what language do people recite at a play and play at a recital? Ship by truck and send cargo by ship? Have noses that run and feet that smell? How can a slim chance and a fat chance be the same, while a wise man and a wise guy are opposites? How can overlook and oversee be opposites, while quite a lot and quite a few are alike?

There’s more so hang on in there, your only course for revenge is to send in your own QPP readers scribes to be published here to share the agony. Now, have you noticed that we talk about certain things only when they are absent?

Have you ever seen a horseful carriage or a strapful gown? met a sung hero or experienced requited love? Have you ever run into someone who was combobulated, gruntled, ruly or peccable? And

where are all those people who ARE spring chickens or who would ACTUALLY hurt a fly?

You have to marvel at the uniqueness of a language in which your house can burn up as it burns down, in which you fill in a form by filling it out, and in which an alarm goes off by going on. English was invented by people, not computers, and it reflects the creativity of the human race (which, of course, isn’t a race at all). That is why, when the stars are out, they are visible, but when the lights are out, they are invisible.

And why, when I wind up my watch, I start it, but when I wind up this scribe, I end it?

Feel sorry for Maureen as she has to proof read this stuff you lot send in!

More shorts for next month PLEASE.

REVIVED 45 We have printed this before but as it reminded me of my son’s father in law’s wedding speech, where our good friend Martin Warner MD of printers, Allstar Services, gave a great rendition of this joke: A young boy approaches his mother and asks, ‘why do women get married in white?’

Mother replies, ‘because they are angelic, virginal creatures and white is the colour of angels.’

The boy asks his dad the same question to which the father replies, ‘All kitchen appliances are white’

PICKUP A PENGUIN A police officer sees a man driving around with a pickup truck full of penguins. He pulls the guy over and says, “You can’t drive around with penguins in this town! Take them to the zoo immediately.”

The guy says okay, and drives away.

The next day, the officer sees the guy still driving around with the truck full of penguins -- and they’re all wearing sunglasses. He pulls the guy over and demands; “I thought I told you to take these penguins to the zoo yesterday?”

The guy replies, “I did. Today I’m taking them to the beach!”

PAIR OF SHORTS Why do seagulls fly over the sea?

If they flew over the bay, they’d by bagels Everybody should pay their taxes with a smile, said Bob. “I tried it but they wanted cash.”

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100% MEETINGS We have all been to those meetings where someone wants over 100 per cent. How about achieving 103 per cent? Here`s a little maths that might prove helpful in the future. What makes life 100 per cent?

If: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z can be represented as: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26.

So, H A R D W O R K; 8 1 18 4 23 15 18 11 = 98%: K N O W L E D G E; 11 14 15 23 12 5 4 7 5 = 96%: But, A T T I T U D E; 1 20 20 9 20 21 4 5 = 100 %: And B U L L S H I T; 2 21 12 12 19 8 9 20 = 103% It stands to reason that hard work and knowledge will get you close, but attitude and bullshit will put you over the top!

CAUGHT OUT LATE Two married blokes are out drinking one night when one turns to the other and says, ‘You know, I don’t know what else to do. Whenever I go home after we’ve been out drinking I turn the headlights off before I get to the driveway. I shut off the engine and coast into the garage. I take my shoes off before I go into the house, I sneak up the stairs, I get undressed in the bathroom, I ease into bed and my wife STILL wakes up and says: ‘AND WHAT TIME TO DO YOU CALL THIS?’ His mate looks at him and says, ‘Well, you’re obviously taking the wrong approach. I screech into the driveway, slam the door, storm up the steps, throw my shoes into the wardrobe, jump into bed, rub my hands on my wife’s head and say, ‘How about some nookie?’ and she’s always sound asleep.

BOB HOPE AND NO HOPE Every man wants a wife who is beautiful, understanding, economical, a good cook, and great in bed...

But the law allows only one wife.

A mother and baby mouse were walking along, when all of a sudden, a cat attacked them.

BRILLIANT DEDUCTION Sherlock Holmes turned to Dr Watson and announced: “The murderer lives in the house with the yellow door.”

“Good grief, Holmes,” said Watson.

“How on earth did you deduce that?”

“It’s a lemon entry, my dear Watson.”

ATLANTIC BRAIN DRAIN A copier sales guy took his new American girl friend to her first American NFL football game at Wembley. They had great seats right behind their team’s bench. After the game, he asked her how she liked the experience. “Oh, I really liked it,” she replied, “Especially the tight pants and all the big muscles, but I just couldn’t understand why they were killing each other over 25 cents.”

Dumbfounded, her date asked, “What do you mean?”

“Well, I saw them flip a coin and one team got it and then for the rest of the game, all they kept screaming was: Get the quarterback. Get the quarterback! It’s only 25 cents!

CONTROL FREAKS Three sales guys were drinking in a pub. Two of them were talking about the amount of control they have over their wives, while the third remained quiet. After a while one of the first two turned to the third and said, well, what about you? What sort of control do you have over your wife?

The third salesman said, ‘I’ll tell you.

Just the other night my wife came to me on her hands and knees.’

The first two sales guys were amazed. ‘Wow! What happened then?’ The third salesman took a healthy swallow of his beer, sighed and uttered, She said, ‘Get out from under the bed and fight like a man!’

The mother mouse goes, “BARK!” and the cat runs away.

WANTED Please send in your favourite Christmas cracker jokes for the next issue where, hopefully, we will be publishing the best collection of one-liners ever to grace these pages.

Do all join in as contributing to QPP readers scribes entitles you to run round this Christmas shouting, It’s a cracker!

THE JAR IN THE BAR... (PG)

A guy walks into a bar and notices a very large jar on the counter and sees it’s filled to the brim with £10 notes. The man guesses there must be thousands of pounds in it. He approaches the bartender and asks, “What’s up with the jar?”

“Well, here’s the deal. You pay 10 pounds, and if you pass three tests, get all the money.”

SALES OPPORTUNITY you The man certainly isn’t going to A salesman come would be art pass this up, so he asks, “What are the three tests?” collector is walking through the “Pay first,” says the bartender. city when he notices a mangey cat “Those are the rules.” lapping milk from a saucer in the So, the customer puts £10 into the doorway of a store and he does a jar. “OK,” the bartender says, “Here’s double take. He recognises that the what you need to do. First, you have saucer is extremely old and very to drink an entire gallon of pepper valuable, so he walks casually into tequila. The whole thing, all at once, the pet shop and offers to buy the and you can’t make a face. Second, cat for two pounds. there’s a pit bull chained up out back with a sore tooth. You have to The shop owner replies, “I’m sorry, remove the tooth with your bare but the cat isn’t for sale. hands. Third, there’s a 90-year-old The salesman says, “Please, I need woman upstairs who has never had a hungry cat around the house a French kiss. You’ve got to make to catch mice. I’ll pay you twenty things right for her.” pounds for that cat.”

The man is stunned. “I know I paid And the shop owner says “Sold,” my 10 pounds, but I’m not an idiot. and hands over the cat.

I won’t do it. You have to be nuts to The unscrupulous salesman drink a gallon of pepper tequila, and then do those other things!” continues, “Hey, for the twenty “Your call,” says the bartender, “but pounds I wonder if you could throw in that old saucer. The cat’s used to it your money stays where it is.”

The man has a few drinks, then a and it’ll save me from having to get few more, then finally asks, “Wherrre’s a dish.” zaat tequil-l-la?” He grabs the gallon And the shop owner says, “Sorry with both hands and downs it with mate, but that’s my lucky saucer. So a big slurp. Tears are streaming far this week I’ve sold sixty-eight cats.” down both cheeks, but he doesn’t Modern parenting make a face. Next, he staggers out After a young couple brought their back where the pit bull is chained new baby home, the wife suggested up. The people inside the bar hear a that her husband should try his hand commotion, then they hear the pit bull barking, and the guy screaming, at changing nappies. ‘I’m busy,’ he then the pit bull yelping, and then said. ‘I’ll do the next one.’ The next silence. Just when they think the time came around and she asked man must be dead, he staggers back again. The husband narrowed his into the bar. His shirt is ripped, and eyes as he looked at his wife. ‘I didn’t he has large, bloody scratches from mean the next nappy. I meant the head to toe. “Now,” he says, “where’s the old woman with the sore tooth?” next baby.’

“See?” says the mother mouse to her baby.

“Now do you see why it’s important to learn a foreign language?”

FELIX THE COPY CAT

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