Colour and quality matches seamlessly with litho

HP Indigo - Superior Digital Printing

Using wet ink technology, our HP Indigo digital press delivers a higher quality of print compared to the results generated by the copier style machines that use toner based ink. The Indigo’s superior imaging enables a quality and consistency of print which is comparable to litho print, giving you:

• smoother tones
• sharper images
• richer colours

Not only does the HP Indigo press supply the highest quality digital print, it also has advanced capabilities. It can print white and metallic inks such as gold and silver.  And can also print a host of special effects that can help you achieve premium quality print product with a difference. The Indigo is capable of applying a matt mask to a printed sheet, allowing the gloss of the paper stock to create a highlighted area.  Whilst not as strong as spot UV, it does give superb and cost effective options in design. If you're not already familiar with the Indigo quality, get in touch and we'll send you a few samples.  We'd also be delighted to show you around or we can visit you with samples. call the team on 01270 625207 or leave a message in the form below, we'd be delighted to show you what we can do.

Johnsons are now into their second HP Indigo press having initially entered the digital print arena in 2009.  Being renowned for high standards within commercial print, it was essential the digital print option matched quality, immediately ruling out the powdered toner machines. But ultimately it was our customers who had the biggest say in which press we chose.  We're now using the 4th generation of Indigo 7000 series and such is the quality, our customers rarely stipulate whether we should be printing digital or litho.  That choice usually being made by economics.

So why do Creatives insist on HP Indigo?

The Indigo has quite a few tricks up its sleeve that toner based machines cannot achieve.  But essentially its the fact that the Indigo represents the best comparison to litho printing quality that makes it the first choice for design agencies. Those qualities include the reproduction of accurate and consistent colours.  The integrated spectrophotometer offers automatic ICC profiling giving a tailored colour profile for each paper stock it prints on.  And the paper stocks available are wide and varied, with most paper mills offering HP Indigo specified choices.

Consistent Colour Reproduction

The consistency also comes from the inline Spectrophotometer and the liquid ink technology used by the Indigo. Being able to produce consistent colour matches, no matter when, where or what its printed on, is a major factor. The ability to reproduce the same accurate colour time after time, was an obvious advantage to our customers, and the Indigo delivers this for our customers. The press also offers a host of "special" effects, ink colours and tactile print. Put this together with the usual digital printing advantages of short-run and variable data, you can understand why our customers chose this press. Advantages of the Indigo Press include:

• Inline, controlled colour management
• Perfect registration
• Higher colour consistency over time
• ICC profiling - Media specific
• White Ink Printing
• Invisible red ink (visible under UV light)
• Fluorescent Inks
• Textured/tactile print
• Spot Matte/Gloss varnish effect

For examples of the kind of work the Indigo can produce, please get in touch on 01270 625207 or leave a message below.  We can send samples or print examples of your work for comparison.

Printing with Silver, Gold and Fluorescent Inks

Our ability to print with special inks means that we can create unique and bespoke print finishes to give your printing that extra special sparkle or fluorescent glow. As well as the standard silver and gold, we can combine colours with the silver ink to create metallic colours to match your brand. Together with our metallic foils, you can be sure we have the solution for any kind of metallic printing or finishing.

Fluorescent Printing

Our fluorescent ink printing allows you to choose from dayglow pink, yellow or green.  Our investment in the HP Indigo has given our customers the ability to easily add fluorescent colours to branding or add even more creativity to printed media.  And where this isn't possible our fluorescent foil laminates can enhance further. Whether we're adding fluorescent foils to your print, or printing onto fluorescent paper stocks we think we have a solution for you here at Johnsons. Covering all angles, we like to think we have the solution for every project.  Give the team a call to discuss in more detail, or leave us a message on the form below and we'll get back to you as quickly as possible.

Printing Gold or Silver Inks

The Indigo also allows us to print gold or silver inks in short runs, making this kind of creative print very cost effective. Silver ink printing is a very common part of our Indigo print production, giving our clients the ability to have truly metallic finishes on text or image.  Gold ink printing is used commonly in coat of arms, logo's and texts across all kinds of printed media such as menu's, brochures and gift vouchers to add that added security. If you would like us to send you a sample, please just complete the form below or call us on or call us on 01270 625 207.