Trinity Mirror moved closer to being on-edition with five ColorMAN presses from MAN Roland at its Watford, England, print site as the publisher adopts full color printing at the Daily Mirror and Sunday Mirror.

Trinity Mirror purchased the presses in 2006 to replace 12 older MAN Roland machines. The 9-cylinder satellite ColorMAN presses are being commissioned at a much faster clip than originally anticipated, according to an article posted by U.K. business publication PrintWeek.

“The installation program is ahead of schedule and we are able to offer additional color now, much earlier than we expected,” PrintWeek reported Mirror Group managing director Richard Webb as saying.

Watford is expected to completely switch over to the five presses early this year. A sixth ColorMAN, ordered last year, will go on-edition this summer (see Newspapers & Technology, September 2007).

Trinity Mirror also produces papers at sites anchored by presses from Koenig & Bauer AG, WIFAG and Goss International Corp.