Christer Print Taken Over by Aztec

From 3rd January 2012 Aztec Colour Print are happy to announce the incorporation of W. Christer & Sons based in Houghton-le-Spring.

We look forward to starting up new business relationships with all of W. Christer & Sons customers and moving forward together in 2012.

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Hybrid Mail at Aztec Mailing Centre

At Aztec Mailing we are using existing technology to offer our client the opportunity to use Hybrid Mail services. This will reduce the need for a printer, printing cartridges, and stationary in your office and you don't even need to go to the post box. In the current economic climate business will be looking at new ways to save costs, Hybrid Mail will save you money and start reducing the costs almost immediately.

When you produce a letter you need five things, a computer, a printer, an envelope, paper, and a way of posting the letter (usually a stamp or franking machine). With our solution to Hybrid Mail you just need a computer with internet access, and we will supply the envelope, paper, printing equipment all at one low cost.

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‘New look’ Northprint voted a resounding success by visitors and exhibitors

The new look Northprint 2011 has been given the seal of approval from visitors and exhibitors alike, voting the event a huge success. Visitor numbers to the Harrogate International centre during the three day event topped 2250*, which were over 40% up on 2009. A steady first day of quality visitors, the buzz of an excellent flow of visitors on day two and a good footfall on the final day all resulted in a resounding endorsement that Northprint has a key role to play in the UK print calendar. Sales started within the first half hour of the show, with exhibitors taking orders up to the final hour of day three, demonstrating that visitors came to Northprint to do business.

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Large Format Display Solutions

The latest edition of our E Mail marketing Newsletter is to be sent out this week. Containing all the latest news and information on our latest offers and services. Need to advertise at a new show or have a great marketing opportunity but don't have the correct Point of Sale Displays, find out what we can offer you in our latest E Mail Newsletter.

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Latest April Newsletter Due out This Week

The latest edition of our E Mail marketing Newsletter is to be sent out this week.  Containing all the latest news and information on our latest offers and services.  Your webpage looking old and out of date, no problem contact us at Aztec Colour Print to find out about our NEW Web Page Design Team and see all the detail within our newsletter.

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Continued Growth at Aztec Print

Over the past year at Aztec Print we have made major improvements to our business and our customers needs.  We have installed a new Konica Minolta Biz Pro 6500 digital machine capable of producing high quality digital print outs for low run items.  This in conjunction with our Mimaki JV33C large format printer allows us to produce high quality posters and display materials.

We have also invested in the electronic side of the business and have upgraded our website and E Mail facilities.  We are now able to produce monthly E Mail marketing newsletters and can offer this service to all our clients.  Customers are now offered the facility to order goods online and keep track of stock management issues through individual login and passwords to gain access to a private area.  We are looking foward to another successful year at Aztec and continued improvement to our customers needs.

New Konica Minolta Biz Pro 6500 Installed at Aztec

We are expanding again at Aztec Colour Print and have recently installed a new Konica Minolta Biz Pro 6500 to our expanding digital department.  The bizhub PRO C6500 combines a fast colour speed, impressive media flexibility and superb output quality with durability and reliability. 

This machine along with our Mimaki large format machine gives us two high quality machines in our digital department, offering the customer new possibilities for marketing and display material.

Contex Offers Free Workshops at Autodesk University on "How to Scan Drawings for Use With CAD and BIM"

Contex, the world’s leading developer of wide format scanning and imaging solutions, today announces free workshops that will show CAD and BIM users how to leverage their hard copy drawings with Autodesk products. The workshops will be held daily at Contex booth #1515 at Autodesk University conference in Las Vegas, November 30 - December 2. The workshops will show how users can mark up, scan, and share hard-copy drawings with other Autodesk users. These sessions will also highlight how to scan a document directly into an online plan room or into the Autodesk environment as lines, arcs, circles, and text. The workshops will help Autodesk users to improve productivity, avoid unnecessary interruptions, and save valuable time.

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Epson Style Printer Used to Cover Bugatti Veron

One of Epson stylus printers has been used to produce a vinyl wrap for the Bugatti Veyron, the fastest and most expensive car in the world. Epson worked with consumables firm Avery and modifications company SkinzWraps to produce the wrapping for the Veyron from one of its Stylus Pro GS6000 printers.

It took seven days to design, print and apply the vinyl cover to the supercar, which will be on display at the Speciality Equipment Market Association (SEMA) 2010 event in Las Vegas. "is extremely excited to work with Avery and SkinzWraps to unveil what's surely the most prestigious and high-priced automobile ever to be wrapped," said Reed Hecht, product manager, America. Read More .....

Japanese scientists are planning to print smells with ink-jets

Kenichi Okada and his cohorts are planning to present their latest invention in Florence, Italy this week. The Keio University scientists have figured out a way to use a modified ink-jet printer to squirt scents. If Okada has his way, his team's work could lead to prints that aren't just super glossy but could also stimulate the nose.

Okada's team worked with Canon, experts in cameras and printing to convert a regular printer into an "olfactory display" that can switch between four aromas. Okada says that ink-jets are perfect for creating smells because they can "emit tiny pulses of material to achieve precise control" — perfect for scents.
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Canon's New imageCLASS Laser Printers Extend Award-Winning Solutions Lineup to Small Office Environments

Canon U.S.A., Inc., a leader in digital imaging, today announced the addition of four new imageCLASS laser printers to its lineup of small office and home office solutions. The new Color imageCLASS LBP7200cdn and imageCLASS LBP6650dn/LBP6300dn/LBP6000 black-and-white laser printers deliver robust performance and high-quality output in a compact, easy-to-use device. In addition, the new printers mark the entry of the imageCLASS brand into the U.S. single-function printer market.

"This is an exciting time for Canon imageCLASS, as the addition of these laser printers enables us to offer small business customers a complete solution, comprised of both multi-function and single-function laser printer products," said Jim Rosetta, vice president and general manager, Imaging Systems Group, Canon U.S.A. "These fully-featured color and black-and-white devices offer advanced imaging quality, energy-savings, ease-of-use and the performance required to help customers meet the changing needs of today's fast-paced business world." Read More .......

Magazine print revenues rise hints at recovery

Magazine printers have reported unseasonally strong revenues in July and August, following a gradual increase in paginations from the consumer sector.

Derbyshire-based Buxton Press reported a 15% surge in turnover last month, compared with July 2009, largely due to the upward trend in paginations.

Kirk Galloway, director and general manager at Buxton, said: "In the past two to three months, print runs have started creeping up by an extra 500 or 1,000 copies, but most of the increase has come from paginations and also some new business." Read More .....

Asda To Introduce Printing Service For Facebook Photos

Supermarket chain Asda is to launch a new Facebook photo service that allows customers to print photos directly from their online account.  Specialised photo kiosks are being added to Asda’s 187 in-store photo centres as part of an exclusive three-month deal with Fuji and PNI Digital Media. The kiosks will allow people to print off their Facebook pics, create customised collages and design gift items such as calendars. Read More .....

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Lancôme picks Trucard 1 gloss recycled for fragrance packaging

Tullis Russell's Trucard 1 gloss recycled 350gsm has been chosen for the outer packaging of Lancôme's Aroma Blue body treatment fragrance. FSC-certified Trucard 1 gloss recycled contains 50% post-consumer de-inked recycled fibre and is manufactured at the independent paper manufacturer's Scottish mill.

Tullis Russell sales and marketing director Malcolm Sinclair said Lancôme, which is the main brand in the luxury products division of L'Oréal, valued the fact that the Trucard range was FSC certified.  Read more ......