October 2017 – messages from happy customers

Many thanks once again for stepping in with the annual reports job for us. We have received them and they look (and smell) great! I love the smell of freshly printed reports for some reason! Alex.W

Just a quick note to say thank you for the leaflets. Your driver was extremely helpful too. Dagmar.S

July 2017- messages from happy customers

All has gone down well over the past 12 months, so thanks to all at PLP Phil .R

Thank you so much for my invites – I love them! And thank you so much for folding the outers for me 🙂 that’s saved me a lot of time! I really appreciate it, it’s really kind of you. Eloise.L

By the way the Academy brochure you did for me went down really well. Dan.C

The flyers look amazing, thank you so much for all your hard work on it and the quick turnaround.Nat.G

 

 

March 2017 – messages from happy customers

Brochures arrived today and look fantastic! Thanks again for such a quick turnaround Josh.N

A massive thank you for the folders we just received this morning, They look absolutely stunning . Well done! Tom. D

The booklet look super smart and I’m really pleased. So happy. Thanks to Tim for the spot on match on the yellow. Bridget. L

The schools flyer has arrived in and it looks great. Thanks for doing such a great job and getting it here early. Wendy. R

Just to say thanks for a nice clean job and to all of you at Park Lane Press for all your help throughout the project. Lydia. T

Thanks for the Autumn Performance Guide print – really pleased with the job, and it went down really well at our event yesterday. Fiona.M

Harvesting used water reduces costs

The days have long gone where printers create film and then expose the image onto plates using a print down frame. Making plates for the press is now completely automated. Once a customer approves their Epson proofs the files are sent to the plate processor where a set of lasers fire the image into the surface of the waterless plate creating holes in the silicone coating . It is then developed in water with fine brushes, which washes any debris from the image surface and is then stacked in sets at the end of the machine.

This continual process means that we use a considerable amount of water during the developing stage. We harvest the water from the waste pipe which leads into two large tanks which are located in the room above the toilets, we then use the water to flush our toilets, and general cleaning. Good for the water bill, great for the environment.

February 2017 – messages from happy customers

Many thanks for the fabulous stationery. We are delighted as usual. Thank you also for the care and attentive service that Park Lane deliver! Hopefully we will giving away lots of the delicious new business cards at the Listed Property Show this weekend. Wendy T.

Yes, they’re all here and look great Jess P.

Thank you so much for the boards, they are perfect. Paula P.

Great, thanks Marc – I’ve had delivery of the file copies this morning. They look great 🙂 Gemma B.

Yep we’ve got them, they look fantastic Chris B.

Thanks for your help with the reports for our House of Commons event! Katy B.

Got our catalogues – everyone is happy. Thanks for doing a good job! Phil F.

Thank you the cards have arrived safely and are looking great Ute D.

 

Voltage Power Optimiser

I love green technology that continues to pay you back! We purchased this Voltage Power Optimiser around 10 years ago. This is an electrical energy saving device which is installed in series with the main electricity supply to provide a reduced supply voltage to our site equipment. It saves in the region of 12% p.a. on our electric bill which in turn more than offsets the extra cost for the 100% renewable electricity we use in the business.

The art of mixing ink

Accurately mixing an ink to a specific pantone colour is certainly an art. In this case we are mixing pantone 375 a green. As you can see blue and yellow weighed to the correct proportions should hit the colour correctly, but at Park Lane we also add other colours or additives to make it print better or improve the match to the pantone book. In this case we have added opaque white which produces a better lay down of solid ink. For 25 years we have been mixing inks and have a huge database of formulas, its the extra touches that make the difference, a bit like baking!

Maintenance is the route to quality

Printing using the waterless process requires the printing press to be maintained to the highest of standards, in order that it can be operated to an expected quality and consistency, which is then translated onto the printed sheet. Today new rollers have been installed in the yellow unit, and the unit is in its final stages of re-calibration.

The ink film thickness on the duct roller has to be set at its minimum of 6 microns.  This little gadget (in the image) reads the thickness to ensure that the ink applied to the new rollers is accurate.

It is imperative that this measurement is correct to ensure that the printed sheet matches to the Epson proofs quickly, as any variation which adds time and therefore loses efficiencies in the production process.

Other factors that may impact the thickness of the ink film may include air temperature.  If the pressroom is cold the ink will become stiffer and less mobile.  Air conditioning within the factory provides a consistent working environment, to eliminate these types of variations.

This is a very small part of the maintenance required to ensure that the manufacturing process limits any possible defects.  This helps to provide the exceptional quality we work towards – every time.

Lily and Me – Autumn Winter 2017 Collection

This clothing collection is inspired by rural woodlands, landscapes and gardens and the prints are bursting with beauty and the colour of nature.

Park Lane Press has had the pleasure of producing the brochures for this brand for a couple of years now.  The quality photography provides an opportunity for us to show what we can achieve on uncoated stock.

Reprographics

The higher the image dpi the higher the screen ruling we can run to achieve the best results in terms of detail even on uncoated paper. In this instance, we ran to 225 lines per inch, our maximum is 300 line.

Print

Using our waterless process allows us to run a special ink set which lifts the images providing a greater colour gamut, beyond what is normally achieved on a conventional four colour set and towards the original RGB images, giving a life like reproduction even on uncoated.

Finishing and mailing

Even though the brochure has 64pp it has been saddle stitched, great importance is always given to the page creep and we adjust accordingly within our normal protocol to ensure the creep is minimised. Adding a carrier sheet, we polywrap and mail on our Royal Mail account.