Using the theme of the classic children’s novel The Secret Garden now showing at the West Yorkshire Playhouse, Digital Plus took this opportunity to showcase its specialist abilities in printing supersized graphics. 

In total, 160 large format fine art photo prints were created as part of Belgian photographer, Stephan Vanfleteren's exposition 'Portret 1989 – 2009', taking place in Ghent, Belgium, until end of December. The photographer selected the Mutoh Zephyr UV printer to reproduce his striking portraits.

Q. What makes a laminate UV resistant?

A. A laminate is made UV resistant by the components added to the film and the adhesive system of the film. At Seal Graphics, we use two components: UV absorbers dispersed within the adhesive and UV inhibitors, which lie within the film.

Opening its first Chatham-based print facility in 1986, Speedscreen's core business was serving the London advertising community. A subsequent move to Maidstone in 1996 allowed the company to expand, now operating a 15,000ft2 facility from which it offers a  range of printing services to a broad client base, including blue-chip companies.

Indoor and outdoor ‘eco' friendly graphics were produced for 52 Portuguese railway stations using a new HP Designjet L65500 printer installed at B2R of Lisbon. B2R used the printer's environmental benefits, as well as its high productivity to complete the job on time and produce a mix of customer friendly graphics for station decoration, directional signage, customer information and promotional purposes.

Up to the nineties, most of Letters and Logos' work comprised Foamex with cut vinyl, and printed graphics. The substrate was hand cut by knife. Subsequently, the company increasingly used aluminium composite materials, cut with a foam board cutter. However, cutting accuracy proved a problem.

Gardners has installed the UK's first HP Scitex FB7500 printer to increase its capacity and offer customers a competitive alternative to screen printing.

Cardiff-based Gardners operates a range of HP printing equipment including pairs of XP2300, FB6100, XP5100 and TJ8350 printers, plus nine XP2100 machines. The company specialises in the production of high volume banners, posters, billboards, retail point of sale items, plus the development and production of specialised software solutions.

Made to giant proportions, the larger of the two replica shirts measured 18  by 15.5m, with the second shirt measuring 7.4 by 6.45m. Both shirts were taken on a promotional tour of the UK by HSBC, the sponsors of the British Lions, before being sent out for a further promotional tour in South Africa. At the end of the tour, the garments were then handed over to the British Lions team itself.

EGO is Mark Bric Display's new large-scale exhibition display system. Using just three components, EGO allows the build of an amazing array of displays that simply snap together without tools. The framework is hidden, ensuring the graphics get full attention.

WHEN GRAPHICS services supplier, John E Wright, decided to increase production at its main print facility, it added an HP Scitex FB6100 UV printer to its equipment line-up. The investment will not only increase throughput, it will also help grow the company's existing UV direct print-to-substrate business.

Established in 1998 by Cyrus Norton and Ray Turner in a garage housing just one printer, two computers and a workbench, Digital Factory now operates out of two busy sites totalling 6,500ft2 and employs a staff of 12. The company provides sign and graphics solutions, primarily to the point-of-sale, exhibition and special event markets, using processes including digital printing, vinyl cutting, lamination and cardboard engineering.

AXYZ Automation (UK) and Pacer Systems will exhibit at The Sign Show as a joint enterprise. Their machines will demonstrate both companies' abilities to meet contrasting routing and engraving requirements, particularly complex design concepts.

Stylo is one of the UK's leading providers of complete graphic solutions to the retail industry and enjoys a highly successful history of growth through investment in the latest technologies.  Stylo has built a strong reputation for delivering creative print solutions to an enviable client base including some of the leading design and advertising agencies and with blue chips such as Vodafone, Next, Caffè Nero and TK Maxx, as well as niche clients such as Moyse and Stevens.

In this Q&A article, Quarmby Colour Studio's managing director, Damian Quarmby, illustrates the benefits of direct to substrate printing with an EFI Vutek QS2000

Retail Print Solutions is bucking the trend going into 2008 with a number of high value contracts. With its unique flatbed litho presses and a commitment to ‘green' issues, the company states it is continuing to attract clients looking for extra services from traditional print companies.

Hygiene requirements in the medical, food, cleanroom and pharmaceutical industries are extremely high. All surfaces and items which staff touch must be sterile. Surfaces of frequently used membrane keypads are potential breeding grounds for germs, bacteria and other microorganisms. However, this risk can be minimised by using antibacterial coatings.