FastPrint, a commercial printer in Hastings, has significantly accelerated production, halved turnaround times and boosted profitability following its investment in Konica Minolta’s AccurioPress C4070 and AccurioPress C7090 digital presses, supplied and supported by Service Offset Supplies (SOS).
The upgrade has enabled the business to take on larger commercial volumes, deliver greater colour accuracy for fine art clients, and run 10,000+ print jobs without manual checking or batching – transforming day to day operations and strengthening competitiveness.
These operational gains have been driven by FastPrint’s expanded digital production setup, which includes the AccurioPress C4070 for dependable, high quality output and the flagship AccurioPress C7090 equipped with Konica Minolta’s latest IQ501 Intelligent Quality Optimiser. The IQ501 provides automated colour and registration control, enabling long, uninterrupted runs and dramatically reducing operator intervention. SOS has also provided FastPrint with a Konica Minolta bizhub 751i Flux multifunctional device for its Hastings shopfront, ensuring consistent quality across walk in and commercial work.
The investment has opened new opportunities across healthcare, local councils, political campaigns, arts organisations and high volume commercial clients. Lower click rates and reduced waste have strengthened profitability, while improved colour stability supports demanding fine art and craftsmanship focused applications.
Darren Rogers, director at FastPrint & Design Limited, comments:
“The new IQ501 delivers even greater automation. We literally load the machine with paper and walk away, fully assured it will deliver the results we need. Because we’ve slashed turnaround times in half, we can take on more work. The new machines also give us higher quality and let us push further into fine art printing. We can now take on bigger, longer runs with total confidence.”
