Goss’s first UK turnkey inkjet/offset hybrid press will print a mix of high volume personalised and targetted products.

The 16-page M-600 for Gask & Hawley includes inkjet capability and automatic plate changing. It will be configured as four units with a Contiweb CS zero-speed splicer, a Ecocool dryer, JF-48 jaw folder and a Vits Rotocut S sheeter, all supplied by Goss.

Kodak inkjet heads are to be mounted inline after the dryer to provide zoning and personalisation capabilities.

Managing director Dave Hatton says the initially proposal was for black-only inkjet but after discussions with customers and visits to sites in the USA, the company decided to add four-color inkjet capability from the start.

The Manchester, UK, based commercial printer, data management and print fulfillment specialist manages entire marketing campaigns for many of its clients, and hatton says, “the more we can successfully integrate and streamline processes, the greater the advantage to everyone”.

Most of the regular repeat print jobs requiring personalisation or zoning are currently printed sheetfed, and will be taken over by the M-600.

Goss sales director John Chambers – who took Hatton and colleagues to installations in the USA – says Goss users there have considerable experience of this kind of operation.