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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 whats happening in the world of Perfect Colours.

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Best Large Format Printers for Graphic Designers

Mar 07, 2022

As a graphic designer, one of the most important tools in your professional kit is a quality printer.

A high-quality printer is essential when producing prints for clients that truly reflect the hard work you’ve put into creating your designs. Not only that, but they also help you to visualise a final design or project in…

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Say hello to the shiny new Perfect Colours website!

Nov 16, 2015

Always developing, always improving – Perfect Colours is proud to unveil our brand-new online presence.

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Make the most of your PageWide with specialist media

Nov 16, 2015

HP are launching a new range of large format media for its PageWide machines, which include recyclable and FSC-certified papers as well as quick drying media

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Take advantage of our UKDPN special offers!

Nov 13, 2015

We're at the fourth annual UK Design and Print Network conference tomorrow – and we're launching a range of deals especially for the event!

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All change, please! End of the line for the HP Latex 280

Oct 26, 2015

Since HP's Latex technology was officially introduced back in 2008 as a water-based alternative to solvent ink, it has continued to grow in popularity and is fast becoming the default technology for outdoor printing. By 2016, HP experts predict that it will have shipped over 45,000 printers world-wide and be responsible for more than 300 million sq m of printed media. As the range…

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The Perfect Colours #SoundsPerfect competition

Oct 02, 2015

 To commemorate the release of our theme tune, Perfect Colours is launching a competition to name our sound!Head on over to our SoundCloud where you can listen to the track in its full glory and get your creative juices flowing. You can enter by following us on @PerfectColours and tweeting any suggestions using the hashtag #SoundsPerfect. The competition runs from October 2nd –…

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HP Premium Poster Paper comes to Perfect Colours

Sep 24, 2015

HP’s new Premium Poster Paper has hit our shelves! This next generation paper has been designed to eliminate heater marks, heat strikes and inaccurate colours, making sure you have crisp text and vivid graphics no matter your output. Suitable for both indoor and outdoor applications, this substrate is ideal for creating photorealistic posters and presentations, POP and retail displays,…

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Onyx 12 - Faster RIPing Speeds ands Greater Performance

Aug 27, 2015

ONYX have just released a new update to their wide format printing RIP; ONYX 12 comes as a massive improvement over ONYX 11 with almost twice the performance boost and even faster RIPing speeds all thanks to the 64bit architecture. The main focus of ONYX 12 has been on improving its print preview technology, allowing prints to become more predictable and allowing users to print…

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World's first PageWide XL 8000 comes to Perfect Colours

Aug 19, 2015

HP Pagewide XL 8000On August the 6th we became the first company to order and install the very first HP PageWide XL 8000 in the world. By way of celebration, we invited a group of customers to come along to our headquarters to see the machine being installed and put through its paces.The day began early, with HP partner manager Yucel Salih and engineer Pere, who is more normally…

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What is UV printing?

Aug 03, 2015

While conventional printing allows ink to dry naturally on the paper, UV printing has its own unique process. First off, UV inks are used instead of traditional solvent-based inks.

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Why print is still important in the digital age

Jul 30, 2015

As we advance through this digital revolution, businesses everywhere are itching to go 'paperless' – seemingly both in and outside of their own offices. The benefits of doing so are promoted across the web, with advocates promising better cost-efficiency and improved sustainability. Some people are going as far as to claim that digital has killed print completely, but the rumours…

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