Printing Services
MediaTec Print offers a complete Printing Service. We are conveniently located in Ponsonby, Auckland . Our focus is on high quality printing using both 4 colour process and the Pantone colour system. MediaTec Print utilise the latest generation of Heidelberg equipment to provide you with the best quality printing, faster than you ever believed possible, at competitive prices. We also offer digital printing for short runs using the latest in laser printing technology from Fuji Xerox.
MediaTec Print have invested in computer to plate technology allowing us to go very quickly from Artwork to having you job on the printing press. We also have in house a Heidelberg Stahlfolder folding machine and a Stitchmaster 100 saddle stitching machine. This allows us to fold and stitch booklets from 120mm x 120mm right up to A4, our ability to do this in house saves our customer's time and money.
MediaTec Print also offers a wide range of finishing options. We can hot stamp or foil your print as well as embossing and blind embossing. We offer either a matt or gloss varnish. Matt or gloss laminate or a UV gloss. The UV gloss and the varnish can be applied to either the whole sheet or as a ‘spot' to highlight text or images, or to provide a subtle effect depending on your artwork.
We also offer an excellent graphic design service. Our full service studio can turn your brief into reality.
The process of lithographic offset printing works by transferring the image to be printed from a metal plate to a rubber blanket, then from the blanket to the paper. There is one plate for each colour. Most offset printing is made up of four colours, Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. The plate is a flat piece of metal with a raised image area. The image is right reading on the plate, the plate is inked and then the ink is transferred on to the rubber blanket, at this stage the image is reversed. The blanket is coated in a thin film of water, the ink is oil based so it is repelled by the water. The inked blanket is them rolled on to the impression cylinder which holds the paper. The image is transferred onto the paper where it is once again right reading. The process is repeated for each colour. Offset Lithography is the most widely used process for printing onto paper. If you need commercial printing, MediatecPrint is the company for you.
