Welcome to the Perfect Colours Blog section, we use our blog to write about the latest industry developments, provide useful hints and tips about large format printers and keep you up to date on what's happening in the world of Perfect Colours.
Oct 06, 2025
The HP DesignJet T870 24-inch Plotter is perfect for professionals who need speed, accuracy, and reliability. Ideal for architects, engineers, educators, and marketing professionals, it handles CAD drawings, renders, posters, and more. With a compact, energy-efficient…
Jun 06, 2023
When it comes to printing, the term "collate" holds significant importance, particularly when dealing with large documents or multiple copies. This article discusses what collating entails, the differences between collated and uncollated documents, methods of collating pages during printing, and when it is appropriate to use collation. What does collate mean in printing? Collating…
May 04, 2023
In today's digital age, printers are an essential part of our lives. They are used in homes, schools, and offices to print documents, photos, and other important files. However, printers can sometimes show as offline, causing frustration and inconvenience to users. In this article, we will explore why printers go offline and provide a step-by-step guide on getting them back online. Why…
Mar 20, 2023
A printer, like any device that connects to the internet, has an IP address. This article looks at what IP addresses are, why printers use them and how you can find the IP address of your printer. An IP address is a unique string of characters and is used to identify each device that communicates across a network using the Internet Protocol. Printers rely on IP addresses as a way…
Mar 14, 2023
Like faithful friends, we’d love it if our printers lasted forever… Or would we? Because we all love getting to grips with the latest printing technology and having something shiny and new to play with. Sadly, it’s a fact of life that every printer comes to the end of the road, and when that happens service and support are discontinued and spares become hard to come by.
Feb 03, 2023
Many people don’t realise that it’s possible to cancel a print job, even when a document has already been sent to print. Whether you no longer need a document, you need to make changes and don’t want to waste a print run, or your printer queue has become stuck due to a corrupt print, it’s important to know how to stop both active and pending printing jobs quickly. Here’s…
Nov 03, 2022
Printing in white ink can be a difficult task and, in most cases, requires specialised printing equipment. Due to being an achromatic colour, white ink can not be created by the mixing of other colours, which is how printers normally produce their range of shades. To print white onto paper, you’ll need specially created white ink. Many people want to use white ink to create…
Oct 28, 2022
Printing a web page is a simple and straightforward process but can slightly differ depending on your chosen browser or operative system. Whether you want to print out directions from Google Maps or a web page has simply grabbed your attention while browsing, this article will help you to print websites page using a variety of browsers and operative systems. Print web page depending…
Sep 06, 2022
If your printer is printing nothing but blank pages, it can be incredibly frustrating. There are several reasons why your printer might be printing blank pages, many of which are, thankfully, relatively easy to fix. We’ve created a helpful guide outlining how you can fix this common problem yourself, without breaking your printer. Why is my printer printing blank pages?…
Sep 05, 2022
Over the past decade, print technology has advanced at an unprecedented rate, with newer, faster, and smarter models providing printing solutions to meet all of your needs. As a result, people are choosing to change their printers more frequently if it becomes apparent that the printer no longer meets their requirements. But how long should a printer last? Average lifespan of a…
Aug 26, 2022
RIP software can significantly improve the way you work – allowing you to get the most out of your printers with increased versatility and productivity, faster print speeds, and more effective colour management. In this guide, we’ll look at what RIP software is, what it does, and why it’s important, as well as the best RIP software for large format printing. RIP software explainedRIP…
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