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HP DesignJet T870 Review: Smart, Fast and Sustainable CAD Printing - Featured Image

HP DesignJet T870 Review Smart Fast & Sustainable CAD Printing

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 design and built-in security, it’s the smart choice for modern printing needs. …

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How to Calibrate a HP Printer - A Full Guide | Perfect Colours - Featured Image

How to calibrate a HP Printer

Feb 13, 2019

Knowing how to calibrate a HP printer is crucial when it comes to producing and maintaining high-quality artwork. When a printer needs calibration, it can affect the visual outcome and standard of your work. Perhaps you already own an HP printer and need some calibration support, or you’re thinking of purchasing an HP printer and are keen to find out more about calibration before…

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What is an A1 Printer?

Dec 11, 2018

Capable of printing up to 100 inches wide (254 cm), A1 Printers are used to produce anything from banners, posters, trade show graphics wallpaper, murals, backlit film and vehicle image wraps, right through to electronic circuit schematics, architectural drawings, construction plans, backdrops for theatrical and media sets, and any other large format artwork or signage.

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Explore the future of large format printing at our new Innovation Centre

Dec 05, 2018

In case you missed it, earlier this year we opened the Perfect Colours Innovation Centre in Sheffield. This is our premium showroom, packed from end to end with a wide selection of printers, finishing equipment and software, on display to give our customers the chance to try before they buy. If you didn’t make it to one of our Open Days in the autumn, we’d still love to see you…

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What is latex printing?

Nov 20, 2018

Latex printing is becoming more popular with commercial printing companies, as latex inks can be used on a variety of indoor and outdoor materials due to their fast-drying capability and water-based formula.

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Do yourself a favour with Latex Inks

Nov 13, 2018

You probably know all about the advantages of having an HP Latex printer – they’re the most versatile large format printers on the market. But did you realise that the HP Inks you use in your Latex printer confer significant health and environmental advantages – from the print shop to the point of display to the eventual recycling. Forget about solvents, eco-solvents and UV-curable…

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Ink Cartridges Decoded: What does XL Mean on Ink Cartridges?

Aug 15, 2018

With the vast number of different types on the market, buying ink cartridges can feel a little like delving into a haystack looking for a needle. If you have a large-format printer, you’ll no doubt be looking to buy the most economical ink cartridge while also finding the one which will deliver the very best job. However, with confusing terminology and differing sizes, it can be…

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What Is Eco-Solvent Printing? Complete Guide - Featured Image

What is eco-solvent printing?

Jul 24, 2018

When you’re looking to print and produce high-quality images, there’s a never-ending number of options. Which printer to use, what type of ink cartridge to purchase and what material to print upon? A further decision you’ll need to contemplate is whether you want your printing to be eco-solvent.

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Heat Seal vs Heat Free Laminators

May 16, 2018

Laminators make a great addition to any office, college, classroom or home environment, allowing you to enhance and protect professional documents, photographs, proposals and photographs. However, when it comes to purchasing a laminator, you will quickly discover that there are a whole host of options available to you, meaning finding a product that meets your requirements can often…

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Introducing GoTx Textile Printing Solutions | Perfect Colours - Featured Image

Introducing GoTx textile printing solutions

Apr 17, 2018

GoTx from pigment.inc is proving itself to be the go-to solution for direct digital printing onto textiles, including flag, banner, soft signage, fashion, swimwear, sportswear and soft furnishings – the fast, affordable solution that produces brilliant results.

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Meet your new office printer: the DesignJet T1700

Apr 10, 2018

New from HP, an empowering and productive printer for CAD/GIS workgroupsIf you’re looking to take your CAD and GIS colour reproduction to the next level, you should be looking at the T1700 – a brilliant 44” DesignJet that delivers powerful security features, while boosting your productivity. It simply devours the most complex files and prints in the brightest, most precise colours.

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