tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post2416284284328578643..comments2024-01-12T00:20:22.174-12:00Comments on Machin Mania: Litho Verses GravureMachin Manhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09518381259926478157noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-43258891863453349032011-05-11T19:46:30.048-12:002011-05-11T19:46:30.048-12:00Sheet-fed litho production is centred on Cartor, w...Sheet-fed litho production is centred on Cartor, with gravure and litho reel-fed production at Walsall. This was a conscious business decision according to Paul White, MD at WSP, when I interviewed him 18 months back. <br /><br />He told me: "Until recently, work was allocated between plants on the basis of capacity, whereas now Cartor will undertake sheet-fed litho work (the smaller print runs), and WSP the web-fed gravure and web litho orders. A reallocation of presses reflects this strategic change within the Group."<br /><br />So, unless Cartor / Walsall has re-allocated presses between factories again in the past few months*, which seems highly unlikely, Cartor does not have any gravure printing capability on-site. It could not, therefore, have printed the PSB panes, unless by litho.<br /><br />The uncertainty as to the process used goes to prove how superb litho printing has become, for only a short while back the difference would have been visually obvious.<br /><br />*Cartor's plant list as of last October comprised only litho presses according to Ian Brigham, MD at Cartor, when asked the question at a stamp printing seminar held by RPSL in London.Glenn Morgannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-55974218755520096172011-05-11T05:12:23.921-12:002011-05-11T05:12:23.921-12:00Thanks Cathy,
I had not seen Ian's change of ...Thanks Cathy,<br /><br />I had not seen Ian's change of description. Cartor it is then, which is incidentally a subsidiary of Walsall.Machin Manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09518381259926478157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3322543472485475876.post-72578147113307361992011-05-11T04:59:40.125-12:002011-05-11T04:59:40.125-12:00They look gravure to me with a DOP to the left, I ...They look gravure to me with a DOP to the left, I thought it had been confirmed by the RM that they were gravure from Cartor. (Source http://www.norphil.co.uk/2011/05a-william_morris.htm)<br /><br />Of course the precedent of King George V would suggest they were from Walsall.Cathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04022755905123937670noreply@blogger.com