Digital printing has grown at a staggering pace over the last fifteen years and H&A Design & Print has kept up with all the technical developments.

Colour laser printers have evolved from being suitable only for rough proofs for off-set printing, into digital presses with the capacity and speed for production runs of high quality work. Our digital press is the only one of this quality between Wellington and Hamilton. If you need speed without compromising looks this is the way to go.

No aspect of print production has been unaffected by the changes. Design software developes year by year into more powerful and sophisticated tools. Effects that once took a lot of time and skill to achieve can now be added with a couple of mouse-clicks and everybody gets a better looking design.

In 1995 we bought our first image-setter to produce film for platemaking. This was a major step, reducing darkroom work and making four colour printing hugely more affordable. In 2006 we took the next step and installed a computer-to-plate system. Film has now become obsolete, removing another bottleneck in the offset printing process and reducing the impact on the environment.

The computer-to-plate technology ensures correct registration for crisper, clearer printing and brilliant colours.

The changes in the printing world have by no means slowed down and we are keeping an eye on the future to make sure we can continue to deliver quality at the right price.