Butler Tanner & Dennis is the leading printer of colour books and brochures in the UK. Based in Frome, Somerset the company specializes in the production of colour books, Fine Art printed projects, brochures, corporate reports, maps, high end magazines and quality marketing literature. Operating large format litho and digital presses we deliver efficiencies in cost and time combined with premier quality.
Email: enquiries@butlertanneranddennis.com
Plant list
PRE-PRESS
Image scanners and document scanners
*Screen SG 8060P drum scanner
*Scitex EverSmart Pro flatbed scanner
*Heidelberg document scanner
Workstations and servers
*Extensive Intel Macintosh and PC Network
*Xinet Webnative Digital Asset management
*Customer room with Intel Macintosh and VeriVide canopy viewer
Dedicated proofing
*Mono / Colour lasers
*Two colour managed Epson proofers
*GMG RIP and GMG Proof Control verification
*Gretagmacbeth iCColor Calibration
*Gretagmacbeth eye-one Spectrophotometer
*OKI duplex Colour blueline book proofer
*Normlicht White Screen viewing booths
Computer-to-plate
*Kodak InSite web based job submission and approval
*Prinergy 5 Connect Workflow System
*Kodak Preps Pro Imposition system
*Kodak Magnus VLF 5570 Platesetter
*Kodak Mercury T-HD Plate processor
*Heidelberg Trendsetter 3244 AL
PRINTING MACHINES
Sheetfed printing
*Heidelberg XL 162
6 colour plus coating (1210 x 1620mm)
*KBA Rapida 162a
8 colour 4/4 (1200 x 1620mm)
*KBA Rapida 162a
6 colour (1200 x 1620mm)
DIGITAL PRINTING
*1 x Kodak SE 3000, colour sheetfed (360 x 510mm)
*1 x Kodak NexPress 2100, colour sheetfed (350 x 470mm)
* Dedicated finishing equipment includes PUR binding, cased binding, booklet making and lamination.
FINISHING EQUIPMENT
Folding
*9 x MBO buckle folders
Guillotines
*Schneider Senator McVideo 155
*Perfecta 132
*Polar 78ES
Gathering/sewing
*2 x 12-station Multiplex each with two sewing machines
*Muller Martini Prima
Case making
*2 x Kolbus DA232 casemakers
*Kolbus DA260 casemaker
Blocking
*2 x Kolbus PE 70 blocking machines
*Miller Johannisberg 104S sheet foil stamping press
Case binding with jacket
*Kolbus Compact 3600 (up to 374 x 297mm)
*Kolbus BF512 book production line (up to 370mm x 305mm)
Paperback binding
*Kolbus KM600 perfect binding line (up to 420 x 300mm including 6 or 8pp gatefold covers)
Lamination
*Billhofer EK102-50 water based laminator
UV varnishing
*Sakurai SC102AII silk-screen UV varnishing (max sheet size 1020 x 720mm)
Packing/polywrapping
*CMC Ritmica SH-70 poly/shrinkwrapping line (up to 400 x 300mm)
*Shanklin shrinkwrapping line
Paper map finishing equipment
*Schneider Senator 137 H CT Guillotine with auto waste removal and full ancillary equipment
*2 x Heidelberg SBG Cylinder die cut and crease machines for map covers
*Stahl GD 142 T specialised map folding machine (2/2, 5/5 + knife unit)
*Stahl GF 142 BGL specialised map folding machine (2/2, 5/5 + knife unit)
*2 x Hunkeler KF map casing machines (gluing of cover to folded map)
*1 x Hunkeler KFM map casing machine
*CMC map casing machine