About us

Plant List

We have invested heavily in some of the very best printing machinery available and this gives us great quality and flexibility. So for those of you who are interested in seeing what's behind the Bishops way of printing, we have listed our major equipment below. If you would like to know more, please email your question to enquiries@bishops.co.uk

Office

Optimus 2020 QS computerised estimating, order processing, production and stock control system. Enables efficient accessing of information, from inbound enquiry to finished product.

Prepress

Screen CTP B2 plate-setters (for computer-to-plate output) (x 2)
Heidelberg Prinect Printready JDF workflow system
Apple, G5's (x 4 terminals)
Apple, iMacs (x 8 terminals)
IBM compatible PC's (x 2 terminals)
CD/DVD writers (x 14)
Epson Stylus 9900 pro
Epson Stylus 7800 pro (x 2)
Konica Minolta C360 Laser Printer
FTP site with 20Gb of storage space

Press Room

Heidelberg B2 Speedmaster XL75 10-colour 5/5 perfector (x 3)
Heidelberg B2 Speedmaster SM74 10-colour 5/5 perfector
Heidelberg B2 Speedmaster SM74 8-colour 4/4 perfector
Heidelberg B2 Speedmaster CD74 10-colour 5/5 perfector
Heidelberg B2 Speedmaster 74 CPTronic CPC 5-colour 2/3 perfector
Heidelberg B2 Speedmaster 74 CPTronic CPC 5-colour
Heidelberg B3 GTO 52 2-colour

Finishing

Wohlenberg City e 16-station perfect binder
Heidelberg ST 450 6-station stitcher
Heidelberg ST 400 (A3)
Muller Martini eight station, gather, stitch and trim machine & cover feeder (A3)
Polar programmatic guillotine with stack lifts (with transmat and jogger) (x 4)
Heidelberg Stahl Folding Machines with VSA presser stackers:-
- TH82 round pile feeder (x 3)
- T36 pharmaceutical sizes & cross fold (x 1)
- TH66 (x 3)
- KH82 (x 1)
- KH66 (x 1)
- TH56 (x 1)
BOBST SP76-E B2 forme-cutting and creasing service
Heidelberg forme-cutting and creasing cylinder
Fidia capacity/non-capacity folder assembly machine
Longford CF100 mini card folder
Autobond Mini 74 THS SAS lamination machine - double sided
ADPAK EFK-250 shrink wrapping machine

Also equipment for:

Domino Numbering / Perforating / Drilling /Shrink wrapping / Miscellaneous hand finishing

Despatch

Unmarked Ford Transit/Mercedes Sprinter vans with satellite navigation x 7
Fork lifts and other handling equipment

Security

CCTV-monitored office and factory

Recycling

Separation of ink, metal, paper, plastic and cardboard for recycling