Hoddesdon-based commercial printer PWP FS is aiming to double production in the next couple of years with the Kodak Nexpress SX3300 digital production colour press.
Managing director Keith Robertson visited the Print Efficiently event in Hemel Hempstead on the opening day and signed an order for press.
He said: ‘We have a M700 digital production colour press which has helped build up our highly successful digital printing service over the past four years. The M700 is producing 300,000 A4 pages per month and we believe our new press will help us double that production in the next couple of years.’
While the productivity gains were a decisive factor in choice, it is the Fifth Imaging Unit Solutions that Mr Robertson expects to help elevate his service provision.
‘We are keen on the ability to use the clear dry ink for spot and flood coating and interested in what the dimensional ink will allow us to do,’ he explained. ‘We think it is an exciting way to extend what we can offer our customers and it will enable us to be more creative. Designers in particular are open to suggestions and we look forward to presenting them with a greater range of options.’
The Fifth Imaging Unit Solutions deliver high impact print with Dimensional, Red Fluorescent, Light Black, Intelligent Color, Coating, MICR and Glossing solutions. These help drive new, valued-added applications, resulting in higher margins. The latest addition to the ink line up is Gold Dry Ink. It enables printers to add a gold metallic effect as a fifth color.
David McGuiness, marketing manager for UK & Nordics, said: ‘PWP FS may have chosen the Kodak Nexpress press initially for the Fifth Imaging Unit Solution to add a clear dry ink for spot for flood coating but already the teams are excited about the impact dimensional and gold inks could have on their print capabilities. When being proactive with customers, it is so important to have something concrete to present them with that can make a big difference to retaining and winning new work. That is why Kodak believes the Fifth Imaging Unit Solution is such a key addition to the print production environment.’
