Our Graphic design specialists will help you, our clients, to communicate an appealing image through digital, electronic and print media. Our Graphic designers create visual concepts, by using computer software, to communicate ideas that inspire, inform, or captivate consumers. They develop the overall layout and production design for advertisements, brochures, magazines, and corporate reports. Their main concern is to assess client challenges and design a graphic solution to aid you with your product branding and your sales. This they will achieve by assisting you with the design of anything from your Company Logo, over to Business Cards, flyers, banners, etc.
Use:
Mostly used to print directly onto Cromadek, Wood, Glass, Tiles, etc but can also be used on most plastics, PVC and Boards. Flatbed printing is just amazing, able to print on any flat surface, even glass. The moving gantry can even be raised to print on flat media up to 48mm thick – in other words, you can print any design or image onto a regular door, or a tabletop. As long as the object is relatively flat and smooth, and less then 48mm thick. The printer has white ink as well, which offers you even more freedom when printing on various surfaces.
Ink:
The Flatbed Printer uses a UV Latex Ink and it can print White, when printing on darker substrates.
Paper type and size:
The maximum paper size printable on these machines is 2500mm x 1250mm, yes, 2.5 Meters by 1.250 Meters
Flatbed Printing – Why?
Flatbed printing give you the opportunity to print DIRECTLY onto the substrate that you want, not like it was normally done, by first printing it on Vinyl, and then applying it to the substrate. Also we use UV inks, which last a lot longer under South African conditions. The conclusion is that the printing will last a lot longer, as you have no vinyl that can peel off, inks that fade, etc.
Whether you are an architect or construction trade professional, we are the printing company to take the pain out of your plan printing. We can do your printing while you wait. We offer a broad range of plotting options! Printing is available in either colour or black and white. So plotting your scans in various sizes, poses no
problem for our expert team! Our plan plotter is a high quality printer for plotting and it enhances your quality on your prints. We are able to print your drawings from your USB, CD, e-mail or make direct copies for you. We are also able to scan your drawings or plans for you to your USB stick, for future records or backups.
Size:
900mm wide, with a maximum of 25 meters long.
Our prices are highly competitive and we pride ourselves in the quality we produce.
Use:
Dye-Sublimation Transfer Printing is mostly used, for Short-Run, On-Demand printing onto various products, from T-Shirts and Caps, to Cups, Mugs and Plates. It can produce just about anything with your logo on it! Affordable high quality, durable, branded advertising to leave that lasting impression. We offer great prices for great quality products, so you won’t have to look any further!
Ink:
Again, this process uses a Ink-Jet Technology, and a big advantage is that it has White as a colour available.
Paper type and size:
The maximum size is A3 (420mm x 297mm).
Dye-Sublimation Heat Transfer Printing – Why?
This process again is made typically for Short-Run On-Demand Printing, as there no screen, plates, etc are needed, so 1 or 100 prints cost you just about the same. Also it is a lot more environmentally friendly, which you might have noticed by now, is very important to us.
Use:
Mostly used for printing Banners, Posters, Canvas, Blacklight Film, Vinyl, Contra-Vision and various other materials.
Ink:
The machine uses water based Latex inks which dry quickly. It prints in a variation of CMYK + light Cyan and light Magenta, to keep tones continues.
Paper type and size:
As it prints from Rolls of paper, 1.360m wide, and up to 50 meters long, so the sky is just about the limit with this printer.
Large Format Latex Printing – Why?
Customers walking into our shop can watch the printer print without wearing a mask, it has no smells! Nothing stinks because HP Latex Inks produce virtually odorless prints. The water-based inks are nonflammable and noncombustible and, unlike many “eco-solvent” inks, they do not require hazard warning labels and contain no hazardous air pollutants. Additionally, no special ventilation equipment or external dryer is required for safe and productive operation, helping to keep energy costs down.
Use:
This machine prints at a very high speed, around 6000 A4 per hour, in single colour only, but the running costs are extremely low! It uses plates, same as the Litho Offset does, but these plates are made from paper and wax, so the cost is very low. It services the market of cheap leaflets, small internal booklets, Pay Packets, etc.
Ink:
Inkjet printing uses a liquid oil based ink, which gets absorbed by the paper.
Paper type and size:
The maximum paper size printable on these machines is 297 x 420mm. The machines are made to print on 60 – 160gsm paper and board, that is NOT COATED, also please be aware that you have, especially on thin paper, a show-through on the pages.
Inkjet Printing – Why?
Duplicators are an economical way of printing in a single colour. The quality is not the greatest, it prints up to 300dpi, single colour, double sided, and therefore has its very important place in the market.
Use:
Full Colour Inkjet printing often gets used for Leaflets, Internal Newsletters, Certificates, Notices, and even books – everything where it is important to bring the message across, but where there is either no budget or a low budget for it. Every page can be different, “Personalisation” and Database Printing are only some of their strong points. This machine also has an Envelope Attachment, which makes database envelope printing with addresses so much easier.
Ink:
Inkjet printing uses a liquid oil based ink, which gets absorbed by the paper.
Paper type and size:
The maximum paper size printable on these machines is 312mm x 540mm. The machines are made to print on 60 – 210gsm paper and board, that is NOT COATED, also please be aware that you have, especially on thin paper, a show-through on the pages.
Inkjet Printing – Why?
Inkjet Printing is an economical way of printing in either Black & White or Full Colour. The quality is not the greatest, it prints up to 600dpi, full colour both sides, and therefore has its very important place in the market.
Use:
Remember how we all used to try and get the stickers onto CD’s or DVD’s, mounted in the centre and without and folds, or they just peel off again – and pray that this does not happen in the drive. What are the other advantages of printing directly onto a CD/DVD instead of printing a label and attaching it to the disc? The answer again is costs, as you don’t need to purchase discs and adhesive labels, but only the disks, and you avoid a lot of frustration.
Ink:
The Printer uses quick-drying Inkjet Inks that are specially made to hold onto the disks.
Direct CD/DVD Printing – Why?
It’s an easy, one-step process. You won’t have to waste time dealing with label placement, and you avoid possible damage to your CD/DVD drive or player, which can sometimes occur with labels that peel off from heat, wear and time. Many manufacturers of CD and DVD drives warn customers against using adhesive labels on CDs or DVDs because the adhesive label could peel off and damage the drive.
Use:
Laser printing is used for either Full Colour and/or Black & White printing, as it prints with great quality and colour, and is cost effective for Short-Run’s. It gets used for just about everything, from Letterheads to Annual Reports, from Newsletters to Books – your Everyday General Printing Needs! Every page can be different, “Personalisation” and “Database Printing” (variable data printing) are only some of their strong points.
Ink:
Laser Printing Machines print with Toner, which works well on most stock and paper types.
Paper type and size:
Our Laser Printing Machines can print on most paper stocks from 80gsm to 350gsm. The maximum paper size printable on our Laser Printing machines are either 320mm x 460mm, or 310 mm x 941mm.
Laser Printing – Why?
Laser Printing is an economical way of printing in either Full Colour or Black & White, for “Short Run” and/or “On demand” printing. The quality is very close to Litho offset prints, it prints up to 2400dpi, both sides and in full collation.
