Gemini’s fresh look encompasses elements of the environment through natural beauty.

Impressions of colour - naturally is Gemini’s way of life, we make impressions, with the best technology available, in the most environmentally responsible way possible.

The drive behind our brand will always be the partnerships we enjoy with our clients and the changes we have made at Gemini Press will add further value to the service and quality we offer.

Click the coloured tabs at the top of the page and have fun with the different colours, our graphic designers Visual Identity Ltd, thought why stick to one colour when we can print them all.

Staff members at Gemini Press have welcomed the governments initiative of The Green Transport Plan with 10 members opting to ride to work rather than drive.

We are committed to supporting ‘The Green Transport plan’ and embrace a healthy work force.

The Ride2Work government initiative allows staff to save up to 50% off a brand new bike, to find out more visit www.evanscycles.com/ride2work.jsp

Encourage your staff to do the same!

We have a comprehensive range of finishing options and we also offer bio-degradable laminate!

Options available inlcude:
UV Spot Varnish Spot varnish is a high gloss UV varnish applied to selected areas of a printed image to enhance product impact or form part of the graphic design.

Foil Blocking These finishes can provide the ultimate in decorative appeal. They are not limited to gold and silver foils, but extend to an impressive range of pigmented, holographic and security foils. All of these can be combined with embossed images to produce varying tactile effects - any one of which will enhance the printed message and provide shelf appeal for greetings cards, cartons, magazine covers, brochures etc.

Embossing Embossing gives you the opportunity to enhance your print with stunning 3-D effects. Embossing is particularly effective when used in conjunction with our other processes i.e. matt lamination and spot U.V with the spot U.V image embossed out of the lamination or foil blocking and embossing, let your imagination run wild!!!

Encapsulation Encapsulation is a process whereby two pieces of film encase a printed card. The tough transparent film is heat bonded to the substrate and to itself at the edges to form a seal that is both tough and damage resistant.

Textures Textured finishes combine extra tough gloss or matt OPP film lamination and the texture of graining, which together give durability to products such as school book covers, technical pamphlets; travel guides, art prints and menus, and provides for unusual and prestigious packaging on items such as video cassette cases where the customer wants the extra benefit of texture

Gloss OPP Lamination Gloss OPP (oriented polypropylene) lamination provides a wide range of uses across the whole spectrum of printed products. The properties of good gloss and strength and the advantages of low cost make it suitable for all the following applications: Company report and accounts, Brochures, Catalogues, Carrier bags, Greeting cards, Book jacket covers, Magazines, Maps, Labels, Point-of-sale and Displays.

Matt OPP Lamination This Matt finish coupled with its smooth texture offers a very high quality image to brochures and book covers. Matt finishes are also particularly suited to surfaces which need to be easily read such as wall maps, but can be prone to scuffing and should be handled with care.

Alternative finishes available include “Fragrance Burst” & Silver Latex “Scratch off.”

Please contact our sales team for more information on 01273 464884 or use the contact form provided and we will be in touch soon.

Gemini Press supporting ‘The Woodland Trust’ Tree For All campaign with a third donation of £3,584.10 helping children plant over 12 million trees in the UK over the next five years.

Tree For All is a new kind of movement that gives children the chance to understand nature and how to take care of it.

Its about young people taking action today that will reap benefits for their children and grandchildren - a thriving landscape teaming with life.

Its hoped that by getting outdoors and planting trees, children will develop an interest in nature and grow up with a view to protecting it.

The UK is one of the least-wooded countries in Europe. The European average is 44% compared to a total UK cover of 12%, and much of this is in Scotland. Cover in England is only 8%, Northen Ireland 6%, Wales 13% and Scotland 16%.

Trees are crucial to life on our planet, they generate oxygen, store carbon, stabilise the soil, are home to wildlife and are a stunning part of our landscape.

More trees and woods mean homes for wildlife, including threatened species like dormice and red squirrels.

Find out more about Tree For All www.treeforall.org.uk

Total donation to date £10,626.80

The arrival of the new Komori Lithrone S529 allows us to move nearer to our environmental goals of alcohol free printing and reducing paper wastage.

The Lithrone S529 automated capabilities means faster set-up and output times making us very competitive especially in the high quality, short run market.

In June Steve Jobs Announced the Newest version Of Mac OS X Snow Leopard. Snow leopard has no major new features but is a transitional releases concentrating on increasing performance in particular:

• Faster installation times and lower hard drive footprint.
• Support for up to a theoretical 16TB RAM.
• Grand Central: a parallel-programming technology that aims to have the OS take full advantage of multi-core CPUs.
• QuickTime X which will feature optimised support for modern codecs.
• OpenCL (Open Computing Language): allowing developers to code applications to use the GPU for non-graphics purposes.
• Improved Safari performance using SquirrelFish core to improve JavaScript performance by 53%. Although this Safari update will be included with Snow Leopard, it is expected to be available for OS X iPhone, 10.5 Leopard, and 10.4 Tiger.
• ZFS File system with support for storage pooling, data redundancy, automatic error correction, dynamic volume expansion, and snapshots
• Power PC Support dropped

For the printing industry this should allow applications like Photoshop to make better use of multi core systems and larger memory configurations, also the ZFS file system has a lot of advantages for professional users.

Gemini Press environmental certification ISO 14001

First published in 1996, ISO14001 is the internationally recognised standard for Environmental Management Systems and is aimed at introducing a continuous improvement process into a company’s drive to reduce its negative impact on the environment caused by energy usage and generation of waste.

The prospect of undertaking ISO 14001 was daunting at first, but it soon became apparent we were doing the right thing - we just needed to document it. With help from Phil Chambers, associate consultant of the BPIF we have implemented an environmental management system that works and what’s more it’s paperless!

For full information about ISO 14001 visit BPIF’s14001 article - Steve Cropper, Managing Director at Gemini said:

“The print industry often has a negative image mainly for the materials used in the printing process. At Gemini, we already have in place a number of procedures to help reduce the impact on the environment such as sourcing paper from sustainable forests and using vegetable based inks. A company’s environmental performance can have a significant impact on its success so to gain the ISO14001 certificate is a great achievement”.

Steve continues

“In today’s competitive market many private companies and public sector institutions will only look at those that comply with the highest environmental standards. For example all material produced for the London Olympics has come from companies that have ISO14001”.With less than 5% of printers nationwide being ISO14001 accredited printers. Gemini Press is now in a very strong position pitching for new business. As well as generating significant cost savings over time, Gemini are also reducing their environmental impact.

Does ISO14001 play a part in your decision making process, when choosing your print provider? ”Please comment on the blog and let us know your views.

We have had some issues recently with duotones not printing from QuarkXpress 7.3, It’s very strange but once a duotone is placed in Quark, all you get when printing to a proof is a black or grey box, however after searching the blogs we found a remedy:

• Import a Tiff with a blank or white background into a separate picturebox the same size as the original duotone
• Make sure it is in front of the original image
• In the colour palette; make the background none
• Hey presto the original image prints perfectly

Just another quirk of Quark it seems perhaps we should call it QuirkXpress (Duotone images print fine from InDesign).

Tech Help team

The Heidelberg SM102-10P is big by nature and has an even bigger reputation for top quality reproduction.

The machine runs up to

• 14,000 B1 sheets per hour.
• B1 Sheetsize (1020 x 720mm) with a print area of (1000 x 690mm)
• 10 printing units giving 5 colours (or 4 colours plus seal) both sides
• Or, up to 10 colours one side in a single pass through the machine

State-of-the-art technology making for speedy makereadies and shorter printing times, showing our clients a significant saving, particularly on longer runs. Precision registration ensuring a top quality job every time. In addition, Gemini Press offers

• Unequalled customer support from start to finish of each and every job
• Commitment to fast turnarounds
• Upholding delivery dates
• Ensuring quality is maintained at every stage of production
• A large range of repro equipment and other printing machines
• A complete range of finishing equipment

Call our sales team to discuss your print requirements on 01273 464884 or email enquiries@gemini-press.co.uk

Alternatively use our online contact-us form.

Beards Digital, Gemini Group’s newest member, is a huge asset to the group. Beards Digital was formed in 1952 and is now regarded as a forerunner in digital print across the region.

Now located in Shoreham, Beards will increase the Gemini Group’s digital capabilities. It also offers the group extra finishing facilities including perfect binding.

The merging of Beards with Gemini will provides a strong offer for all print work across the UK with an unrivalled track record in delivering quality and print , on time and within budget.

Visit Beards at http://www.beard-digital.co.uk/