Press Release
Specialist white ink workshop from CMYUK inspires business-boosting investment for Cowen Signs
30 November 2016
An investment in a new EFI H1625 LED printer - inspired by a White Ink Workshop from wide format print specialists CMYUK - has proved a tremendous success for sign and graphics company Cowen Signs.
Digital Design Technician James Clarke explained that the printer's white ink capability was a crucial factor in the decision to invest, after the team took advantage of the CMYUK White Ink Workshop.
He said: "While the workshop demonstrated some exciting opportunities and got us thinking about how to apply white in the correct method using Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop, we had never had white ink on our previous printers and were still unsure if we would actually use it very much once the EFI was installed.
"We were so wrong! We now produce white ink prints every day, mainly for back lit displays and window graphics. We especially love the three layer white ink function, as we can now produce impressive day/night acrylic prints with ease."
Cowen Signs' new EFI H1625 LED was installed by CMYUK at their Birkenhead manufacturing facility in November 2015. James said they received excellent, comprehensive training from EFI engineers and that the support over the last year had far exceeded their expectations.
Discussing how the new printer had improved their production efficiency and boosted sales, he added: "The overall print quality and vibrant colours have been noticed by our customers and the new printer has drastically helped with turnaround times and winning new business.
"We offer conceptual design work and proofing, and print onto a wide array of industry standard and sustainable materials. The H1625 is mostly used to create wall graphics, large format signs, canvas, backlit displays, textiles and banners and thanks to the production aspect of the printer, we can now move a lot of our screen printing over to the EFI."
Cowen Signs cut and finish jobs in house and also install their own work using their dedicated fitting teams.
The company has an impressive history in the sign industry, manufacturing for some of the country's largest companies on some of the biggest projects since 1887. They are currently carrying out several rebrands for the UK's largest and brightest energy companies, fitting four sites a week, and they also produce a lot of internal environmental graphics for global brands like Unilever.
James concluded: "The outlook is really promising. Our turnover is up, our job capacity and throughput have increased massively and we are still growing. Investing smartly in the right technology, through specialist partners such as CMYUK - put together with the skills and dedication of our growing team of 16 full time staff - are key to our success."
About the EFI H1625 LED printer
Prints four colour plus white on an extended range of flexible and rigid substrates
Produces near photographic image quality, saturated colours and smooth colour gradations with true eight-level variable drop grayscale print capability
Comes standard with white ink and single-pass, multi-layer print capability for even more profit opportunity
Prints on more substrates and open doors to more applications
Increases up time and productivity while reducing maintenance with instant on/off LED lamps
Drives down operating costs with decreased power consumption, fewer consumable parts, and less waste with consistent colour output and simple operation
Available with EFI H1625 LED 3M™ or POP inks
Offers a greener printing solution
Integrates with EFI Web-to-Print and MIS/ERP solutions with native JDF connectivity.
For more information, visitwww.cmyuk.com, or for more information about Cowen Signs go towww.cowensigns.com, call 0151 647 8081 or email sales@cowensigns.com.
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Photo caption: Art exhibition prints produced on the EFI H1625 LED for the National Oceanography Centre
About CMYUK
CMYUK is the leading UK solution specialist in super-wide digital print and the UK's long-term partner of EFI. Supplying the full portfolio of wide- and superwide-format VUTEk® printers, the company also supplies for Zünd, Mimaki, MTEX and the Spirit-TEX fabric system.
Along with the very best hardware offering, CMYUK provides a unique range of digital print materials, with exclusive offerings from Berger Textiles and ATP adhesive products as well as UTACK removable and repositionable materials and UDECO interior décor and wallcovering medias.
CMYUK has a unique stable of products and experienced staff that specifically meet the needs of graphic display markets, supporting applications such as soft signage, point of sale and retail displays, customised home and retail décor, exhibition displays, soft textile graphics and out of home advertising. All the latest equipment and medias can be seen with applications demonstrated at the state-of-the-art showroom in Shrewsbury.
Further information on media is available from Michael Crook onmichael.crook@cmyuk.com, telephone +44 118 989 2929 or +44 7771 357659.
Further information on hardware is available from Robin East on
Robin.east@cmyuk.com, telephone +44 1743 810000.
CMYUK Demo & Training Centre: Unit 3B, Vanguard Way, Battlefield Enterprise Park, Shrewsbury, SY1 3TG www.cmyuk.com