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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.

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Printers at the end of the road…

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.

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Best of Inkjet, Scitex and Designjet honoured by HP

Apr 24, 2012

Hewlett-Packard has recognised the best examples of creativity and print quality from designers using its Inkjet, Scitex and HP Designjet printers.More than 20 companies reigned supreme in HP's Print Excellence Awards 2012, reports packagingeurope.com; each demonstrating that little special something when it came to printing across a wide selection of categories.Such award categories…

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A successful Sign & Digital UK 2012

Apr 16, 2012

Perfect Colours had a great 3 days and Sign & Digital UK 2012.

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Buyer survey launched by Two Sides and Print Power

Apr 16, 2012

Companies working in the print sector have been asked to encourage their contacts to complete a survey launched by two of the industry's leading bodies.Created by Two Sides and Print Power, the survey will tackle the debate over digital versus print; with the aim of demonstrating how important print still is to the world.Printweek.com reported on the move, stating: "The survey has…

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Perfect Colours Score a UK First with a HP L28500 Printer

Apr 05, 2012

Perfect Colours has won the race to become the first company to install the recently announced HP Designjet L28500 Printer in the UK. We have installed the new latex solution at Print Designs' (www.printdesigns.com) Staffordshire-based premises.Established in 1999, Print Designs is a full service print agency primarily focused on the wide format sector. It offers a full gamut of…

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Carlisle printing company snapped up by H&H Group

Apr 03, 2012

Cumbrian-based Cypher Digital, a specialist in large format printing, poster design and exhibition displays, has been purchased by holdings company the H&H Group.NEBusiness.co.uk reports that as a result of the acquisition, H&H is now the largest print company in the north of England.Cypher Digital, which also works in website production, joins signage and vehicle wrapping company…

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Ellesmere Port printing firm goes it alone

Mar 14, 2012

A printing firm based in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire, has cut ties from its franchised background and is re-branding itself as an independent business.Bell Graphics entrepreneur Steve Bell says that by dropping the Prontaprint name, his firm will be able to be more "flexible" and "agile" in the way that it delivers its trade to customers.The Ellesmere Port Pioneer says that the company…

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Rich Thompson named World Print Champion

Mar 13, 2012

Rich Thompson, the president of AdGraphics, has been named as FESPA's World Print Champion; earning him a place in the Hall of Fame 2012.According to Print Week, the honour is bestowed upon those who are the "leading lights of the wide format print community". Some 6,000 votes were casts in the competition, from professionals like wide or large-format printing specialists spanning…

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Perfect Colours scores a HP hat trick with K2 Digital Print

Mar 12, 2012

Perfect Colours has scored a sales hat-trick with K2 Digital Print. K2 Digital has bought three HP printers from Perfect Colours comprising a UV flatbed, as well as latex and aqueous Designjet machines.Tunbridge Wells-based K2 Digital Print has been providing great value, high quality digital print services since 1997. As a business, K2 continually invests in new technology so that…

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Print Handbook looks to educate the uninitiated

Feb 29, 2012

A new guide book aims to "remove the confusion and guesswork" designers face when moving between screen and print, reports The Drum.The second edition of the Print Handbook, created by Warwickshire design agency The Media Collective, has been written for both designers and students alike.Despite it's small size (just 24 pages), Media Collective will be looking to replicate the success…

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SMEs will drive print sector sales, claims BPIF labels chairman

Feb 10, 2012

Wide format printing sales companies should look to owner-managed small and medium sized companies (SMEs) as a key market for business growth.John Bambery, labels chairman of the British Printing Industries Federation (BPIF), told industry representatives at an open house event that SMEs today present a better sales opportunity for printers and labellers than big companies; contrary…

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