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.
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How We Help Design Agencies
Most of our work here at Johnsons is produced for marketing and design agencies. We value and understand our agency clients, and our investment in state-of-the-art printing presses, finishing and technology is driven by them.
We like to build relationships, involve you in our investments, and offer a service that is second to none and tailored to suit you. Our account managers and in-house specialists will consult, not sell, and will give you the support you need to deliver any size of project.
Our high quality production standards are the reason we've been around for over 190 years. And we'd love to show you how we do things here. We could just send samples in the post, but we enjoy face to face meetings and we like to get to know exactly what your clients needs actually are. This way we can find ways for you to win more business or add value to existing business.
Using our armoury of high quality print and finishing resources, together with our expertise in Heidelberg litho, HP Indigo digital and wide format print, we can offer you innovative and creative print solutions.
Creative Print Solutions
Our high quality production standards are the reason we've been around for over 190 years. And we'd love to show you how we do things here. We could just send samples in the post, but we enjoy face to face meetings and we like to get to know exactly what your clients needs actually are. This way we can find ways for you to win more business or add value to existing business.
Using our armoury of high quality print and finishing resources, together with our expertise in Heidelberg litho, HP Indigo digital and wide format print, we can offer you innovative and creative print solutions.
A Comprehensive service - More than Printing
Many of the services we supply book-end our print production. We have the specialist knowledge and resources to carry a job through from concept through production, fulfilment, delivery or installation. Your job will be managed by an experienced manager whose expertise will ensure your project runs smoothly throughout the project.Some of those services include...
Passing important projects over to people you can trust is important Direct Mail - Management of data, print, collation, fulfilment and delivery. Signage Projects - Fully managed installations including site surveys, RAMS and Manufacture. Office branding projects - Fully managed by our installations manager. Offering experience, advice and help during the design process.Pre-Press Support
We can help design agencies with comprehensive pre-press support. Sometimes this is a simple pre-flight check, but often we can offer advice that will save hours of studio time. We also encourage direct communication with our pre-press team, thus you are able to contact them at any time. Our customers enjoy being able to discuss their work with our studio and the slicker workflow it produces. Finally, take a look at what we do, we're a friendly bunch and passionate about print. We'd love to show you around, but if you can't be tempted, we can always visit you with case studies and samples at any time.
Digital Printing
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
Printing White Ink
We can print white ink onto most paper stocks using our HP Indigo press and even in our wide format printing.
A unique feature of our Indigo press is it’s ability to print with white ink. This new feature has brought added creativity to print items as the white ink can be applied to coloured and special paper stocks or board. Making your print items stand out from the crowd.
White Ink Printing
Printing white ink means you can add an extra dimension to your print work. It gives you the ability to work with colours and paper stock types you may not have previously worked with. But there is much more you can do with white ink:- Print white ink onto white paper or board to give and understated graphic
- Ideal for window graphics - clear or frosted, semi translucent substrates
- Ideal for printing white onto coloured card or coloured paper stocks
- Stunning results when printed onto metallic
- Printing white as a flood coat on metallic stock to reveal metallic colours
- Short run and variable data printing
White Ink Printing - HP Indigo Digital Press
A unique feature of the Indigo press is it’s ability to print with white ink. This new feature has brought added creativity to print items as the white ink can be applied to coloured and special paper stocks or board. Making your print items stand out from the crowd. Printing White - Large Format We have two presses than can print white ink. Our wide format presses have the ability to print white ink, (useful on clear substrates such as acrylic and window vinyls) and our HP Indigo press prints white ink for commercial print runs at sizes up to SRA3 (450mm x 320mm). 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.
Litho Printing
Quality is our main focus here at Johnsons and we want your litho printing to be the highest quality possible.
To achieve the quality we only use the best presses available. Our Heidelberg XL75 printing press produces the majority of our commercial work, running at speeds of approximately 15,000 sheets per hour. Consequently we are set up to deliver the highest quality print, and to meet your deadlines.
Litho Printing Colour Management
The in-line colour management system that sits alongside the press ensures colour consistency. It also gives rich tones and sharp images giving the best possible CMYK print reproduction. The Heidelberg presses produce a high quality print product, which give a superior finish and quality from medium to long run printing. As a result we produce a more consistent colour reproduction and are capable of printing spot colours include metallics. Furthermore, running our printing presses is a highly experienced and skilled workforce dedicated to producing high quality litho printed product. Our Litho printing and finishing takes place at our head office premises in Cheshire, alongside our digital printing. We like to think we can give you the best service anywhere. So give the team a call to discuss your litho printing in more detail, we'd be delighted to help. Or you can leave a message in the form below and we'll get back to you as soon as possible.
Colour and quality matches seamlessly with litho