John Brailsford Printers, “Yorkshire’s Favourite, Fast, Friendly Quick Printer!”, has added a Morgana Laminator Pro 450 in order to speed up and automate its laminating capability. The product was purchased directly from Morgana Systems, the UK’s leading manufacturer of equipment for digital finishing.
The Rotherham and Barnsley shop-fronted business has always had laminating in-house, but had generally been catering for smaller runs. Commenting on the arrival of the new machine, John Brailsford, company owner, said: “As the business has expanded the run lengths for laminating have increased. We also saw the need, with typical runs of 1,000/2,000 copies, for more automation. Our short run solutions required hand feeding, so taking a person out of the process actually made the new machine a very cost-effective solution from day one.
“We looked at a range of machines, and sampled some of them with in-house trials. What became immediately apparent to us was that a number of products were not sufficiently robust to give us a reasonable life expectancy. The quality of the feeder was also an issue with some machines.”
Although a user of a number of Morgana products, John hadn’t Initially considered Morgana for laminating, “Even though we have had purchased a number of products from the company, and still run Morgana numbering and creasing equipment, I wasn’t aware of them providing quality laminating solutions. Having discussed the issue of laminating with our Morgana representative she was able to offer us an in-house trial of their latest Laminator 450 product.
“We had the machine delivered and after a couple of days training we were producing perfect results. We ran the machine for six weeks before Morgana came back to ask the question. Safe to say, the machine didn’t come out again!”
Designed for easy operation, the Laminator Pro 450 is a unique high-pile automatic feed laminator. It features an integrated compressor and pneumatic system for high quality print lamination up to 450mm working width. This revolutionary new compact machine combines speed and ease of operation with quality.
This deep pile, automatic suction feed system can achieve speeds of up to 1,875 SRA3 sheets per hour. A micro-perforation and scissor roller cutting system provides for perforation and separation of sheets.
The Laminator Pro 450 is ideal for the on-demand printer. It is both easy to set up and very versatile, being capable of foiling and spot gloss as well as straightforward laminating.
John Brailsford adds: “The foiling provided us with excellent results from day one – much better than other systems that we have tried in the past, as it is better suited to a wider range of stock, and is overall a more predictable process.
“The foiling process is only suitable for working with digitally printed work, as the foil adheres to the toner. Whilst it is a £1,500 add on, being able to offer foiling to customers is most definitely an added-value capability.”
The team at Brailsford’s also discovered that whilst the product is promoted as an SRA3 solution, they have been able to run SRA2 sheets through the machine and achieved very acceptable results. “It would only be efficient for very short runs, but that is all we would ever need,” added John.
Commenting Laminator 450, Ray Hillhouse, vice-president offline business at Morgana, said: “The Laminator 450 and 450 Pro offer a range of printers the ideal in-house laminating solution. First shown on the Morgana stand at Ipex last year, we have been delighted with the interest that has been shown in the product.”
About John Brailsford Printers
It was 32 years ago that John Brailsford, 16 years old at the time, produced his first print job. The local commercial printers could not compete with the super quick turnaround, the great choice, and value for money that John Brailsford Printers provided and even today the company is proud to say that it still leads the way in offering customers, sharp, crisp quick printing, and digital imaging, with a professional unbeatable, super friendly customer service that has to be the best value in Yorkshire.
More than just a regular quick printer, the company has 12 experienced and qualified employees, coupled with the very best mix of the latest litho and digital equipment. The business runs two Presstek offset litho machines as well as Xerox digital printing equipment, from two print centres in Rotherham and Barnsley.
For more information visits the BrailsfordPrinters.comweb site.
Morgana Systems Limited provides an unrivalled range of digital finishing products from the simplest, entry-level creasing units through to highly sophisticated multi-functional systems offering a range of finishing capabilities in a single unit. Since its acquisition by Plockmatic in 2013 the product portfolio has been extended with a wide range of booklet making systems to meet every production requirement.
Beginning with the launch of the revolutionary AutoCreaser in 2000, Morgana Systems has led the way in developing new and innovative solutions to cope with the special requirements of the digital printer. Morgana products that have achieved worldwide success during this time include the AutoCreaser, the DigiFold combination creaser and folder, the DocuMaster total finishing system, and several specialist folders.
Morgana’s purpose built factory in Milton Keynes produces more than 4,000 finishing products each year, with over 80% of these destined for the company’s rapidly growing export markets.
Full details of Morgana’s product line-up can be found at: http://morgana.co.uk/
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