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PrintWeek Awards 2018: Final call for entries
The final entry deadline for this year’s PrintWeek Awards has been announced, meaning there’s still time to enter the industry’s flagship scheme and raise the profile of your business.
The final entry deadline is 3 August, meaning you have just under three weeks to complete your entry into the industry’s leading awards programme, which this year celebrates ‘The Magic of Print’.
Remember, if you want to try and wrestle one of our 24 coveted Prisms from last year’s winners the only way you can have a chance of winning a PrintWeek Award is by entering. So, don’t delay – register today and show our judges, the industry and thousands of potential clients just how magical you are.
Entering is easy: all you need to do to conjure up your award-winning entry is register online here, follow the simple instructions on completing your entry and send us your samples or supporting evidence.
The awards, the most credible in print, are presided over by an independent judging panel made up of leading buyers and experts in their fields and a judging process designed to ensure a level playing field, so that every business – large or small, first-time entrant or past winner – has an equal chance to be crowned the best in their chosen field.
If you’ve never entered before, visit www.printweekawards.com and check out some of our top tips here. And if and want some advice on completing your entry, please contact Awards manager Sam Dewey on 020 7501 6782 or sam.dewey@markallengroup.com.
C&T Matrix launches new PVC creasing matrix
Rapido was developed by the company following a request from its Italian subsidiary Mito. Unlike traditional plastic matrix, where the matrix is formed from two separate shoulders, Rapido is made up of a single PVC strip, out of which the channel is then routed.
This single-strip design gives users product durability and stability benefits, C&T said, as it is impossible for the shoulders to delaminate or split from the base.
Other unique features include a rounded chamfer on both shoulders, which assist the flow of the board over the matrix, as well as an extra flexible locator to allow easy removal, the manufacturer added.
Rapido is available in multiple sizes with heights ranging from 0.3mm to 1.4mm. In addition, as well as centred matrix, C&T said the new range is also available in special sizes such as mini, off centre and double crease.
C&T Matrix managing director Simon Shenton said the UK commercialisation of Rapido follows on from a successful launch in Italy.
“This latest innovation demonstrates how C&T is leading the way in terms of new products and outstanding service for die cutters, plate makers and the print and packaging industries,” he said.
Wellingborough, Northamptonshire-based C&T offers several brands of creasing matrices, including Kiss, Jazz, XTC and Trax Plus, and also manufactures and supplies a range of accessories for die-making, die-cutting and print finishing.
Ricoh targets in-plants with new launch
Ricoh has extended its portfolio with a new digital colour cut-sheet printer targeted at the corporate reprographics department (CRD), print rooms and other corporate, on-demand environments.
The Pro C7200sl can handle a variety of media up to 360gsm
The entry-level four-colour Pro C7200sl is based on the Pro C7100 platform and Ricoh said enhancements include improved registration, increased productivity of 85ppm and auto duplex long-sheet production up to 700mm, and simplex up to 1,260mm. The device can handle a variety of media up to 360gsm.
A new 17in operator panel is said to increase usability, while image quality is comparable to the other new sheetfed models – the C7200 and C7200X, which were launched earlier this year.
Ricoh UK director of commercial print Tim Carter said: “We had tremendous success with the Pro C7100, mainly around commercial print environments, but the C7200sl is designed to extend the appeal within enterprise and in-plant print room environments.
“Affordability is the key area of focus for this product. We’ve maintained and built upon the fantastic capabilities around image quality, performance, productivity and uptime and it’s also a very compact device for space conscious environments.”
A range of digital front-end (DFE) options are available for the Pro C7200sl with an embedded EFI E-35A Fiery and Ricoh’s GWNX print server.
Carter said the machine’s ability to integrate with a couple of different DFEs makes it more affordable for in-plant environments.
“I think there is still appeal for the C7200sl within commercial print environments, but it’s more specifically aimed at print-for-pay type organisations and companies.
“It is probably more aligned to the requirements of those environments because it ensures ease-of-use and fantastic automation but it also maintains the ability to integrate to a lot of sophisticated and effective in-line finishing operations and capabilities as well.”
The C7200sl is commercially available with immediate effect and shipping will begin next month. While pricing has not been disclosed, Carter said it will be “significantly lower” than the the C7200 and C7200X.