Our Services
We have invested extensively in our printing capabilities in order that we can be confident that we have the technical ability to offer the right solution to meet our clients’ needs in terms of flexibility of formats, quick turnaround and high quality results.
Fast, accurate pre-press delivery
We have implemented the best available technology to optimise turnaround of getting final artwork to press, and to deliver the highest standards in quality. Advanced computer-to-plate technology increases efficiency, ensures better registration and eliminates waste. Remote digital proofing allows online changes and approval via a securitised website from any where in the world, speeding up the process and give clients full control of their material. Fully automated workflow systems increase… Read More
Flexible gravure printing
Publication gravure printing provides crisp, full spectrum colours and registration, which hold true over millions of copies. It is ideally suited for very high volume production of publications and commercial products, including weekly, fortnightly and monthly magazines, catalogues, directories, retail inserts and high volume leaflets. The flexibility of Paarl Media's gravure presses allows more than 12 000 format posibilities including 4- to 72-page A4, 96-page A5, A5, tabloid and broadsheet… Read More
Specialised book press
Paarl Media Paarl has invested in a unique hybrid, high volume book press, especially designed for fast turnaround of single colour books. It combines the flexibility of formats and folds of a sheetfed press with the cost benefits of heatset web offset technology, catering for A4, A5 and narrow crown sizes. This press is capable of printing back to back, resulting in a 64-page section produced in one impression. An… Read More
Fast, flexible heatset web offset capability
Heatset web offset printing is used for medium to high-volume magazines, retail inserts, catalogues and brochures. Our combination of heatset web offset presses offer quick make-ready and flexible formats from A4, A5, tabloid, broadsheet and delta sizes. High quality coated, uncoated or mechanical and newsprint paper, ranging in thickness from 40gsm to 200gsm, can be accommodated. They are equipped with a QuadTech Colour Control system, Brünner Flight Instrument Control, Multicam… Read More
High quality sheetfed production
Our sheetfed presses meet our clients' medium volume print needs across a range of paper types and weights, delivering benefits in terms of speed of production, accuracy of colour reproduction and ultimate flexibility in formats and print run size. They can accommodate the addition of spot colours and oil varnish. Products range from high quality, full colour magazine or commercial work, including long and short run specialised products. The KHS… Read More
Fast, economical coldset printing
Coldset printing offers fast, economical printing on uncoated paper. The four Paarl Coldset plants with the thirty eight coldset printing towers cater for large and smaller print runs in broadsheet, tabloid and quarter fold formats for both high pagination and thinner products. 1 000 000 copies can be printed per hour with 800 tabloid pages printed simultaneously. Inline stitching, gluing and trimming delivers finished product off the press. It is… Read More
Powerful labels printing flexibility
Using the latest technology and innovative thinking, Paarl Labels provides the reliable delivery of UV flexo self-adhesive labels of uncompromised quality. Full inline finishing capabilities include hot foiling, cold foiling, rotary screening, laminating, embossing, UV varnishing and die-cutting. This facilitates the production of a high ISO certified quality product in the fastest possible time. Unique special features such as security holograms, printing on metal foils and "back printing" on the… Read More
Finishing
Additional finishes such as UV varnishing, laminating, foiling and embossing can be added to ensure high end results. Versatile mailing and inserting equipment can insert retail inserts into newspapers or brochures into magazines, and bag magazines or brochures in clear or printed plastic. This is enhanced by the successful enterprise development hand finishing initiatives at all the plants In Paarl Media Cape alone, up to 12 million inserts, inserts and… Read More
Binding
With the most extensive binderies in the country, clients have access to high speed saddle stitching, perfect/PUR binding and thread sewing, as well as to specialised hand binding for unique products. Read More