Case Study
From Gutenberg to digital: EFI Fiery brings high tech to the Bernadinum Printing house
Established in 1998, the Bernardinum publishing and printing house is famous for facsimile prints. You will fi nd a perfect copy of the famous Gutenberg Bible dating back to the 15th century amongst its work. High-quality reproductions of old prints are a real challenge for printers, as these entail an exact representation of both the background colour, on which the original was printed, as well as the ink colours and any marks which the printer left on the ancient sheets. To that end, Bernardinum has been using digital technologies for over ten years. EFITM Fiery ® digital front end (DFE) and software have become the go-to technologies in undertakings of this kind. “We have found our niche and have become facsimile specialists,” says Miroslaw Chyla, director at Bernadium. “