Plant Facilities

Digital Pre-Press Software & Hardware

Pre Press Hardware

  • Mac OS Operationing System 10.4
  • x 2.5 Dual processor G5 1 x Power PC G4 with 450 mhz.
  • x Power PC G4 with 733 mhz.
  • x Power PC G4 with Dual 867 mhz.
  • x 1.3 GHz Dual processor G4 Auto CAD

Software Packages

  • Adobe Illustrator CS2
  • QuarkXpress 5.0, 6.5, 7.0
  • Macromedia Freehand 8.0,10
  • Microsoft Office for Mac (Word 8.0, Excel 8.0, Powerpoint 8.0)
  • Adobe Photoshop CS
  • Indesign CS2
  • Adobe Acrobat 6.0,9
  • ArtPro 7.5, 8.4 (2 seats)
  • Platemaking
  • CreoScitex Trendsetter 5067
  • Horsell Plate Street

Proofing

  • Epson 9800
  • Kodak Professional large format proofing printer
  • HP medium format proofing printer

Colour control

  • Gretag macbeth spectrophotometer
  • Colour control software

Sheet Fed Offset Printing Presses

General Specifications

KBA Planeta 142

 

Number of Printing Units:

5 plus Coating Unit

Printing Configurations: 5/0
Maximum Sheet Size: 1020 x 1420mm
Minimum Sheet Size: 600 x 720mm
Maximum Print Area: 1010 x 1420mm
Paper Range: 70 - 350gsm
Maximum Output: 14,000iph

Heidelburg Speedmaster

 
Number of Printing Units: 5 plus Coating Unit
Printing Configurations: 5/0 or 4/1
Maximum Sheet Size: 720 x 1020mm
Minimum Sheet Size: 5/0 - 280 x 420mm, 4/1 - 400 x 420mm
Maximum Print Area: 700 x 1020mm
Paper Range: 60 - 600gsm

Maximum Output:

5/0 - 13,000iph Straight Printing
4/1 - 10,000iph Perfecting 1

Wallet Style Envelope Conversion Equipment

General Information

Number of Converters: 5

Equipment Type:

1 x Winkler & Dünnebier Type 327

2 x Winkler & Dünnebier Type 527

1 x Winkler & Dünnebier Type 249 (Large Formats)

1 X Winkler & Dünnebier Type Classic

Envelope Size Range (Wallet Style Products)

Minimum Size: 76 x 127mmm Maximum Size: 305 x 420mm

Paper Range

Minimum Paper Weight: 70gsm Maximum Paper Weight: 200gsm

Please note minimum & maximum paperweights vary across the above equipment and are size and product dependant.

Our Technical Support Staff will be pleased to assist you.

Flexo Printing Capabilities

All the above converters have flexographic printing units. As a general rule all flexo printing is restricted to internal opaque printing.  

Pocket Style Conversion Equipment

General Information

Number of Converters: 10

Equipment Type:

1 x Winkler & Dünnebier Type 33
2 x Winkler & Dünnebier Type 32
2 x Winkler & Dünnebier Type 46(L)
1 x Winkler & Dünnebier Type 49(L)
1 x Winkler & Dünnebier Type 249 (Large Format)

1 x Paulzen Type PB11
2 x Paulzen Type PB11E

Pocket Size Range

Minimum Size: 45 x 32mm Maximum Size: 400 x 225mm

Paper range

Minimum Paper Weight: 60gsm

Maximum Paper Weight: 200gsm
Please note minimum & maximum paperweights vary across the above equipment and are size and
product dependant.
Our Technical Support Staff will be pleased to assist you.

Ancillary Equipment

1 large Format Guillotine

Halm Jet Press Folding machines

2 x Schön Punching machines

2 x Sysco Punching Machines

DC5 In-Line Envelope Press & Converter

General Information

Please Note

This equipment is dedicated to the in-line production of C5 Mailing Envelopes

(Wallet Style only)

Forms Press Specification

Number of Printing Units: 6 Litho plus Coating Unit

Printing Configuration: 5/1

Maximum Reel Width: 546mm

Cylinder Circumference: 736.6mm

Envelope Converting Unit

Output: Twin Stream

Window Patching: Multi-positional

Size: C5 (165 x 229mm only)

Heatset Web Offset Printing Press

General Specifications

Polygraph Zircon 8pp Mini Web

Number of Printing Units

4 plus Flying Imprinter

Printing Configurations 4/4
Maximum Reel Width 660mm
Minimum Reel Width 300mm
Cylinder Circumference (Cut-off): 452mm
Plate Gap: 20mm
Maximum Pint Area: 432 x 644mm

Paper Range:

 90 - 175gsm

Economic Size out of the Cylinder Circumference

2 x Products Round:

Non Bleed Images Bleed Images 216mm 210mm

3 x Products Round:

Non Bleed Images Bleed Images 144mm 138mm

4 x Products Round:

Non Bleed Images Bleed Images 113mm 105mm

Maximum Products Width Across the Web

1 x Product Across:

644mm
2 x Products Across: 318mm
3 x Products Across: 209mm

In-Line Finishing Facilities

Videojet SR50 Inkjet Personalisation

Perforating, Slitting & Ribbon Shifting

Remoist & Pattern Gluing

Coin React Ink

Peel & Seal Pressure Sensitive Tape Application

Die Cutting & Kiss Cutting

Window Patching & Secondary Material Application

Multi-Folding & Line Gluing

Videojet SR50 Ink Jet System

General Information

Personalisation Width

The Videojet SR50 Ink jet heads are 50mm wide.

Image Resolution

100 x 300 dpi

Number of Fonts

A number of fonts are available.

Rotating Text

Text can be rotated in a variety of positions

User Possibilities

Logos, barcodes, variable text and graphics

Overlaying

Simple diagrams & maps

Ink Colours

Black

NB Video jet Ink is a permanent ink and can be used on a variety of substrates including plastic,

Polythene, acetates, synthetic papers etc