Posted on October 15 2019 at 03:32:05 PM
Making a decision on what piece of equipment to buy is one
thing, but then you have to decide how the finance the thing……………
Below is a quick summary of the main options available when
purchasing equipment.
We would be happy to discuss the various options further
and to put you in direct contact with finance specialists with in depth knowledge
of the printing industry.
Hire Purchase
Exclusive use of the equipment purchased with repayments
spread over an agreed term.
T
he full VAT is payable in advance along with any deposit.
Interest is fixed so the repayments remain the same
throughout the Agreement.
There is an option to purchase the equipment at the end of
the Agreement for a small fee.
Lease
Exclusive use of the equipment acquired with repayments
spread over an agreed term.
An advance rental plus VAT may be required and all
subsequent rentals attract VAT as they fall due.
Repayments are calculated to maintain the same amount
throughout the Agreement.
At the end of the Agreement you may continue to hire the
equipment or a sale can be arranged
Lease Purchase
This has all the benefits of hire Purchase including the
treatment of VAT but has the repayment profile of a lease.
Posted on October 11 2019 at 07:01:10 AM
UV or not UV – that is the question
A lot has been published recently about the “new” UV technology that is being installed in the UK and around Europe with many commercial printers looking at this as an option to differentiate them from their competitors - whilst at the same time making them more productive, reducing overall production costs and increasing profitability.
The larger press manufacturers have all come to market with their various offerings of UV, H-UV, LE-UV and LED-UV with KOMORI leading the way and working closely with Baldwin in Slough to become the leader in this area of Lithographic UV printing.
Before making a decision on a new press with new technology The videotape format war needs to be considered – for those of us old enough to remember the late 70’s and early 80’s there was intense competition or "format war" between incompatible models of consumer-level analogue video cassette and video cassette recorders (VCR’s) involving the Betamax and VHS formats. VHS ultimately emerged as the pre-eminent format before technology moved on again (and again………)
Buying a new press can be a difficult decision in itself but making the wrong decision on the technology that is to be fitted to it could be very costly in the long term – keeping in mind that until very recently you could still get films on VHS but Betamax has not been available for nearly 30 years.
Automation has been fitted to presses since the early 90’s and has evolved and improved over time. This, along with new technology in the prepress department, has reduced make ready times to minutes rather than hours – there is very little room for further improvement in these areas and so the focus has moved from make ready to the speed at which jobs can be backed-up, finished, boxed and invoiced.
This change in focus has brought about increased interest in press drying systems as a way to further improve productivity. LED-UV printing is the future. It gives you
Posted on October 11 2019 at 06:54:54 AM