Wide format firm Art and Soul has installed a new digital production printer to improve its underutilised commercial print business.

Owner John Nicholas says his business has neglected smaller format printing jobs, and now he plans to win some of those jobs back with the Intec ColorSplash CS5100.

“We have always sent those small jobs out but today every bit of business counts, and we are developing the small section to keep all jobs in-house,” he says.

“The new section of the business will solely focus on small format printing, which granted is not a growing sector, but we want to offer customers flexibility and this machine allows us to do just that.

“The printer is also great value for money as it has all the advances of the larger, more expensive machines, but costs less to buy.”

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Nicholas says he looked at three different printers and chose the CS5100 because it was the most cost effective and he got good service from distributor Onyx.

Art and Soul has been running for 32 years and provides design, pre-press and installations as well as, including printing, finishing, and distribution.

Maria Gagetti from Onyx says any printer looking to add a different dimension with white and clear or wants to print on heavy stock or envelopes should invest in the machine.

Onyx says the CS5100, which is capable of printing onto envelopes, card, synthetic media, polyester substrates, and magnetic, has been selling well in 2015.

The company says the printer offers an extra station for white and clear toner as well as CMYK, with the promise of metallic gold and silver to come. It also offers up to 320gsm of duplex printing and will print up to 450gsm on stock up to 1.3m.

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