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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 what's happening in the world of Perfect Colours.
Perfect Colours Sponsors The Bartlett Summer Show
Jun 17, 2025
Perfect Colours Sponsors The Bartlett Summer ShowJason Burroughs Managing Director Perfect Colours and Denis Delaney Print Room Manager at UCLLondon, June 2025 – The Bartlett School of Architecture located at 22 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0QBAward winning value-added large format solutions reseller Perfect Colours is proud to announce its sponsorship of The Bartlett Summer Show…
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!
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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.
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…
Cutting the cost of printing in business
Jul 14, 2015
Constant advances in software and hardware present businesses with many ways to save money and maximise efficiency, but it’s fair to say that many institutions; such as design and architecture firms, and schools, are often unable to keep up with potentially helpful technological developments. By making a few easy changes, in key areas, smaller businesses, and those with little budget…
Bigger Picture
Jul 09, 2015
During Sign and Digital UK 2015 we released a new industry magazine called Bigger Picture and we a pleased to announce what a huge success it has been! The magazine is full of information about graphics products from HP, Epson and Canon. Including an update on HP PageWide, the highly anticipated new printer from HP, info on flatbed technology and loads of information on different…
Perfect Colours Profiles: Christina Voysey – Sales account manager in graphics division
Jul 03, 2015
Describe your typical day at Perfect Colours?I’m usually in before 9am. I have some coffee and we’re straight into the banter, as always. I’ll check emails and start planning my day – whether I need to go out and see people, sell to customers, advise on new products and so on.I deal with the Latexes, flat-beds and hybrid machines as well. I tend to be out of the office visiting…
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