Printing

• Heidelberg MOZ/P/S – two Colour / Perfecting litho press, sheet-fed.
  Sakurai Oliver 66 – single Colour sheet-fed litho press, with multiple numbering and perforating capability.

PC and Mac drove typesetting and artwork generation, including scanning and digital photography, and various digital laser and inkjet output options, for proofing and short run work.

Studio software includes Adobe Creative Suite: Photoshop, Pagemaker, Illustrator, Acrobat (including Pit-Stop Pro editing), and Distiller. Quark Xpress, Corel Suite including Draw, as well as Windows based applications, MS Word, Excel, Publisher etc. with Postscript and PDF compatibility, and fluent working between Windows and Mac environments.

• Harlequin RIP, Postscript level 3
  Linotype Herkules Pro digital image-setter
  Burgess Vaculux printing down frame
  Agfa Rapiline 95-3 in-line film processor
  Escofot 5005 darkroom camera
  Luth Superspeed film processor
  Various light tables and planning benches

Cutting, folding and wire stitching

• Wohlenberg MC52 and 1150 guillotines x 2
  Stahl TD78T folding machines x 2
  Müller 321 (insert, stitch, trim) 4 stations plus cover-feed, ‘Opticron’ digital signature recognition
  Loop stitching – 2, 3, 4 loops, 5 knife – 2up work and small size options

Perfect & Sewn binding – drawn on covers and book-block preparation

• Wohlenberg Golf Binder, 8 station gatherer with ‘Opticron’ digital signature recognition, book block feeder,
  back-lining option, in-line trimming and packing.
  Müller Martini ‘Star Plus’ Binder, 15 station gatherer with ‘ASIR /ASAC’ digital signature recognition, book block feeder, PUR adhesive option, in-line trimming and packing.
  Polygraph 18 station off-line gathering machine, with ‘Opticron’ digital signature recognition.
  Astronic 180 high-speed section sewing machines, with ‘Opticron’ digital signature recognition.
  Smythe Freccia No.14 sewing machine
  Smythe No.4 sewing machine (sizes A4 landscape and above)
  Hydraulic book block pressing machine

Case binding

• Hunkeler endpapering and tipping machine
  Sulby Mk2 Auto Minabinder, drawing on cover or spine lining
  Gantenbein Bufalo 500 Binder – drawing on cover or spine lining
  Rebord Automatic case making machine
  Casemaking Jig HHS131 x 2
  Casemaking Press AUR164
  Case turning-in unit PYX15
  PräLeg Neo XL – Casing In Machine
  PräForm Neo – Book Press
  Kolbus EM281 3 blade casing in machine
  Foil blocking presses x 2
  Swift gluers x 8

Ancillary machinery

• Thompson Hydribind index cutting machine
  Singer lockstitch sewing machines x 2
  Rollem rotary perforating/creasing machine
  4 headed Dürselen drill
  Round cornering machine
  Step indexing machine
  Treadle creasing machines x 2
  Shrink wrapping line – ‘L’ sealer and shrink tunnel
  Shrink wrapping Line – Heavy duty polythene
  Automatic Pallet wrapping machine
  Fork lift truck, pallet handling machinery etc.