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The entrance to Kerrypress is at the top of a grand staircase in a fantastic character filled old building |
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Kerrypress Gazette XML Typesetters to major UK publishers since 1982 |
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The Kerrypress main |
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The entrance to Kerrypress is at the top of a grand staircase in a fantastic character filled old building |
Newer . . . Faster . . . Better! In the last few months Kerrypress have made major upgrades to their servers and network environment to further enhance the speed of service offered to their clients. The Kerrypress network is now running at Gigabit speeds which has improved all aspects of the typesetting environment. Total automation . . . Web Services Our Web Service has also had some subtle (but very effective) tweaks that have improved the experience of our customers using this innovative 21st century service. Some quotes from satisfied users:
Talk to Kerrypress today to see how the Web Service can revolutionize your typesetting throughput. |
A novel approach to typesetting: ‘On a wet Wednesday in October 2007 it became clear to Phil and Colin that Kerrypress, the best kept secret in Typesetting, could turn the skills of the ten individuals out in the office and the processing power of the XyEnterprise XML Professional Publisher system to a different use. Its day to day work consisted of legal and academic work, setting looseleaf, books and dictionaries. . . . but they knew the system could do more, much more. ‘You know,’ said Phil, ‘We could turn this system to anything, but what would really work is setting novels, autobiographies and other straight text volumes.’ Colin rose, thumping the table and shouting, ‘And, by God, we can do it quicker and more cost effectively than anyone else out there.’ Phil jumped to his feet, ‘You’re right! The system we use can turn round novels, autobiographies, anything like that, inside three or four days! We can even cope with high picture levels in a similar time. Imagine what that might mean to tight stretched Production Departments? The changes in stress levels for Editors and Authors? Imagine a project not just running on time but running ahead of time?’ To learn more about Kerrypress, please visit the Kerrypress website or contact Phil Conquest on 01582 451331 |
‘It has been my great privilege to have worked with Kerrypress Typesetters of Luton for the best part of 20 years, firstly in my role as Managing Editor at Lexis Nexis and more recently as MD of my own publishing services company, Etica Press Ltd.
Throughout this time, my relationship with Kerrypress has been marked by a number of factors. They have offered a very high dregree of professionalism at all times. They have been completely honest and reliable in all their dealings. And they have combined a warm, friendly and always supportive relationship with editorial and production staff with a uniquely forward-thinking and innovative approach to the production process.
Phil, Ian, Barry and the other staff that I have got to know at Kerry over a long period have become part of the team, always willing to go that extra mile to achieve the best possible result, and I feel privileged to have known and worked with them. ’
Julian Roskams
Managing Director
Etica Press
XML has become mainstream for content and knowledge management, as well as open systems architectures in IT. For content and knowledge management deployments, XML adds structure and intelligence to data that can help organizations find, assemble, reuse and deliver content in print, Web and other electronic forms, while IT organizations have embraced XML as an open standard for system integration and data processing. Generally, use of XML has spread more widely in the IT domain than it has in content authoring and delivery environments. This is largely due to the fact that XML initiatives in IT are transparent to end users within the organization who can continue to use familiar interfaces on their desktops. Because XML is “under the hood,” it has little impact on how people go about their daily jobs.' Why Hasn’t XML Growth Happened Sooner? XyEnterprise builds solutions that help workgroups simplify and expedite the automated creation, delivery and reuse of content across the enterprise. With unmatched XML expertise, built upon a 20-year heritage of successful deployments, XyEnterprise excels at delivering configurable and scalable XML content management and publishing solutions for commercial publishing, technical documentation groups and departments with a need to communicate or document information. Quoted from 'Extending XML across the Enterprise' by |
In July 2006, Darren Craig, who had already worked for Kerrypress for 14 years, originally in our print department and more recently as assistant production controller, stepped into Barry Perry’s shoes as Production Manager when Barry retired. Talk to any production controller and they will tell you that the most important aspects which determine the value of a supplier is accuracy combined with the ability to keep to the agreed schedules at a reasonable price. At Kerrypress, we pride ourselves on our ability to maintain very tight schedules without compromising on quality or value. Our Production Team, headed by our Production Manager, Darren Craig, are in daily liaison with Publishing controllers to ensure that jobs are not allowed to slip in their production cycle. Large enough to cope . . . small enough to care Kerrypress is very much a family business run by two brothers-in-law, Phillip Conquest and Ian Craig with younger members of the Craig and Conquest clans eager to follow on in their footsteps. We follow the old-fashoined adage that the "customer is always right" and that we are only ever as good as our last job. Customer satisfaction is always at the top of our list of priorities! |
‘Formally as Tolley, Butterworths and now as Lexis Nexis we have worked with Kerrypress for approximately 20 years.
During that time they have worked on a wide variety of our products including looseleafs and books.They have offered us a consistent and reliable service and have always done what they can to meet our schedules even when these change. We have had a good working relationship with the staff at Kerrypress and have met with them on a regular basis to discuss ongoing work, future developments etc.Their use of the XPP system was of great value to us and allowed us to introduce an element of automation into our processes.’
Caroline Bailey
Head of Production, Distribution & Electronic Fabrication
Lexis Nexis
Web Services . . . the way to go! The move to XML production using Xyenterprise XML Professional Publisher has revolutionised typesetting within Kerrypress with XML projects now accounting for 90 per cent of our current workflow. Our customers supply us with their valid XML or SGML along with their DTD. This data is imported directly into the XPP system without conversion. Recently we took this technology one step further! By utilising Kerrypress Interactive Web Services our customers can view files, edit files, and upload XML or Microsoft Word files directly to our XML Professional Publisher system and see the resulting PDF almost instantly. |
Total control They can also control pagination with starting page numbers for each file, and whether that file should start on right or left hand page. Late amendments can be taken in by the editor on their Word/XML files and uploaded and PDF’d without any intervention by our staff with the result that the Web Services system could be available 24 hours a day.
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‘The staff at Kerrypress are always helpful and efficient - quick at turning our work round and proactive in flagging up errors.
I have every confidence in recommending them.’Linda Whittle
Editorial Assistant
Tottel Publishing
Disaster Recovery All data is backed up on a daily basis to DAT tape, and also archived across the network to a computer in a different part of the building. The backup tapes are removed from the premises the next day on a two-week rotation. Regular backups are also made to DVD Rom and removed from the premises for permanent storage. In this way we can ensure that the disruption in the event of a disaster is kept to an absolute minimum. |
Location, Location, Location Kerrypress is based in Luton, about 30 miles north of London. We make daily deliveries into the City which is just 25 minutes by train. Our offices at Britannia House, Incorporate excellent conference facilities and provide a bright and modern air-conditioned working environment We welcome visitors to our offices, and can promise you an informative and interesting insight into the world of typesetting and data manipulation. We also make a lovely cup of coffee! |
‘All of the titles that have been set by Kerrypress have impressed both ourselves and our authors. They stick to deadlines and are always reliable.
Kerrypress provide a convenient solution to our typesetting needs.’Jeremy Kay
Production Manager
Melrose Books
Kerrypress Ltd Britannia House, Leagrave Road, Luton, Bedfordhsire LU3 1RJ Tel: 01582 451331 - Fax: 01582 400287 Registered in England no: 1638458 Kerrypress are proud to be an equal opportunities employer |
