Printing

HOW WE PRINT OUR MAPS

The Map Maker

The culmination of months of diligent and methodical preparation is here.

Finally seeing our maps spring to life on the printing presses is a big day for us.

Unlike a standard digital print, Lithographic printing is a real craft, so we take great care to get it just right.

The Printers

Home to the Heidelberg Speedmaster - 12 Colour Printing Press

You get exactly what you would expect from a company that has been making mechanised printing press's for over 200 years.

A stunning quality print.

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Plates are made

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The Inks

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The Setup

Paper is loaded and the first prints are checked to make sure the plates are perfectly aligned and the colour levels are correct.

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Full Steam Ahead

With checks complete the main print begins. Paper is fed through the machine one sheet at a time and the inks laid down one colour at a time.

The maps are regularly checked throughout the print to make sure the colour levels and alignment stay accurate throughout.

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Print run complete

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