Once again Platinum have stamped their intent on the market by introducing Fuji remote proofing to its customers. This new software allows clients to upload artwork directly into the pre-press workflow, with automatic pre-flight, live annotation and many advanced approval features.

Platinum’s Production Director Mark Plummer stated: “We are very excited to launch this new system which opens up a vast array of possibilities for Platinum and its clients, once again endorsing our commitment to ground-breaking advances in the printing industry.“

Managing Director David Wyvill also commented: “We have already rolled the new system out to a number of clients and received extremely positive feedback in terms of the speed improvement and flexibility it now gives. It shows our commitment to advances in technology and ties in neatly with the web2print system which we already operate.“

This new investment is the just the latest in a series of developments for the company which has seen,  this year alone, a spend of over £250k on the purchase of a new digital press – the Ricoh C901 – a Grutzmacher mail processor and the employment of three new members of staff.

“Our aim is to keep one step ahead of the competition and offer our customers a reliable, speedy and accurate turnaround on their projects – this latest set of investments allows us to do just that” added David.

We recently completed the fourth stage of a Christmas campaign for a national client. Producing point of sale posters, window vinyls, lightbox posters, hinged promotion cards, wrapping paper, self cling vinyl baubles and even individually cut out snowflakes.

This involved production at almost 24/7 with packaging and despatch of well over 43000 items making over 1400 parcels. “We know we have a very efficient operation and this new challenge of high volume short turnaround point of sale just goes to show how quickly the team can react” – The new Mimaki once again the perfect choice as the digital business continues to grow.

Some of Royal Mail’s customers have talked to them about both their intention to do this and the timescales in which printing was due to start. They listened to the comments and, as a result, chose to take some additional time to consider their plans for the introduction of the Royal Mail mark. This included providing a longer period of time than initially advised, before implementing any changes.

To confirm, the Royal Mail will not now be deploying the application of this new mark from mid-September.

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Royal Mail’s postmen and women do a fantastic job delivering mail to 29 million addresses across the UK six days a week. In recognition of their dedication, Royal Mail will start applying a mark on all UK machine sorted letters to ensure their people get the acknowledgement that they deserve. From the middle of September all machineable mail will feature the mark: ‘Delivered by Royal Mail’.

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Platinum are pleased to announce the arrival of a further digital press – improving speed of turnaround, flexibility of paper types and repeatability of colour – all in one swoop. Continue Reading →

By Darryl Danielli Thursday, 12 May 2011. Printweek

Harrogate-based Platinum Print completed a £250,000 2011 spend with a Ricoh C901 Graphic Arts Edition digital press on the final day of Northprint.

Platinum client Keycare was responsible for raising £2044.23 for Martin House. This was achieved by a number of volunteers of the Keycare team dressing as pirates and hosting a range of games at the White Rose Centre in Leeds. There was a children’s treasure chest full of goodies, a tombola for the adults and a ‘play your cards right’ game.

Along with Keycare there were a number of other companies there over a two week period and the aim was to raise as much money as possible, Keycare were the eventual winners of this challenge and Platinum were more than happy to design and print a huge cheque on our large format printer for presentation.

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Platinum are pleased to announce the launch of our new websites, dedicated to specific areas of our business. Over the following months, both of the sites will be modified, adding new content to provide our clients, both new and old with more informative content. Continue Reading →

We have recently installed a new Grutzmacher mail processing machine, adding a further dimension to the mailing division at Platinum and enabling an even speedier service to customers. Running at full capacity, the Grutzmacher can insert over 1,000,000 envelopes a month and operates at three times the speed of a standard inserter. Continue Reading →

Web2Print or remote publishing is a quick and easy way to revise or re-order stationery or promotional material using a pre-designed template for the print items where you, your staff or your branches can alter text, typeface, copy, images and layout within the prescribed limits of your template which you control. At its most simple, this can be producing a business card for your new salesman, or something as complex as a promotional leaflet for your latest sales drive. Continue Reading →