A UK trade printer just spent £12 million on new Canon kit. The press is fast. The real problem sits at the finishing end. I see this every week. Route 1 Print added a Canon varioPRINT iX3200 to print up to 9,120 sheets per hour. Faster print output floods the finishing line. Smart post-press machines, like rigid box and hard cover...
New presses at LOUPE Americas run faster every year. Your finishing line still lags behind. That gap steals profit. So start with the finishing step. Finishing is the step that turns a printed sheet into a rigid box or a hard book cover. Strong finishing machines stop fast printing from becoming a bigger bottleneck. I run Kylin Machine, and I have watched...
A 40-year-old Telford printer collapsed into administration, and this week its administrators walk away. Around 180 jobs hang in the balance. You may wonder if your own shop is next. No single failure decides your future. Precision Colour Printing struggled with cash flow, paper shortages, and lost customers. The shops that survive this market are the ones that move into higher-margin...
Screen printing earns money on big orders. But small, colorful orders kill your margin. Kornit's All-Inclusive Click removes that pain and lets one shop run screen printing and DTG together. The All-Inclusive Click is a pay-per-print plan. One flat rate covers ink, service, parts, and printheads. You pay only for what you print. So a shop keeps screen printing for long...
A shaker that overheats stops a whole DTF line in minutes. That risk grows in a new country. The Azonprinter Chorus upgrade removes both. The upgraded Azonprinter Chorus now runs on both 50Hz and 60Hz power. It works in the US, Canada, Mexico, and South America. It adds a touchscreen, many languages, and two-stage overheat protection. Film width stays at 60cm. This...
An online auction looks cheap. But one wrong bid can stop your whole line. I will show you how to bid safe and save money. You can buy high-end printing and finishing machines at online auctions and save money. But you must check the machine condition, the real market price, and the seller first. I sell these machines at Kylin Machine,...
I read the news this week. Konica Minolta now teams up with Color-Logic. Printers can make shiny metallic labels with no foil machine. It made me stop and think about my own business. The short answer is this. The new system prints metallic colors on silver label stock with white toner. It needs no post-press foil. But it does not kill...
Most print shops buy a machine, plug it in, and hope for the best. A wrong power setup can stop production cold. That is the real story here. Azonprinter upgraded its Azon Chorus DTF powder shaker to run on both 50 Hz and 60 Hz power. This one change lets the 24-inch shaker work in the US, Canada, and the Americas,...
A big printer in the UK has just gone into administration. One hundred and sixty jobs now hang in the balance. I want to explain what this means for you. Precision Colour Printing entered administration on 27 August 2026. The company prints magazines, catalogues, and brochures in Telford. Administrators from Alvarez & Marsal now look for a buyer. About 160 staff...
I have seen many good products lose attention because their packaging looked plain, weak, or forgettable. That problem hurts sales fast and makes price pressure worse. Custom packaging helps a business stand out, protect products better, support brand recall, and improve buyer trust. It also helps B2B sellers present more value, reduce damage, and win repeat orders when the box fits...
