100th Blog & Counting
11 April 2014
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner We started the Verdigris blog in 2012 just before a highly successful drupa and here we are with…
Sustainability
Two Sides reaches Brazil
9 April 2014
(L-R) Fabio Arruda Mortara, president of Abigraf and Sindigraf-SP, signs the Two Sides ‘Protocol of Intent’ with Martyn Eustace, director of Two Sides UK Already…
Standards & the Market
6 April 2014
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner When ISO 16759 was published in July 2013 expectations were mixed. Would the market really care or was…
Brought to Book
21 March 2014
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner All the people who chat about print fading away must not have noticed the rising number of book…
Perfect Bindery Solutions: short run books at Ipex 2014
17 March 2014
The palamides smartliner240 Short run, high quality layflat and large format books: there is a growing market for such products because they stand out both aesthetically and…
Flat book market is booming
17 March 2014
Layflat books are an attractive way of presenting photographs but are increasingly being adopted for high value promotional print too. Simon Eccles surveys the production options. One…
See The Proof program extends to commercial print
14 March 2014
Xeikon is inviting packaging and commercial printers to put digital print to the test through its See The Proof program, first launched in 2013. The…
Environmentally Friendly Substrates
14 March 2014
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner One of the biggest concerns with print’s environmental impact is disposing of it when it reaches end of…
Refurbished printer makes quality accessible
19 February 2014
The imagePRESS C7000VPe Canon has launched the imagePRESS C7000VPe factory produced new model (FPNM) digital colour press, designed to help organisations take a first step…
Pulp Fiction
14 February 2014
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner We recently came across an environmental story that is just too good to be true, and yet it…
Deinking Simmering Along
31 January 2014
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner We have had a terrific response to the idea that the industry would benefit from a deinking standard.…
Complete book production workflow on show with LumeJet
29 January 2014
LumeJet’s S200 printer LumeJet has joined with Transeo Media and Ashgate to show a complete high-end web to finished book production at an open day…
Awards Idea Looking for a Home
27 January 2014
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner OK so here’s the thing. We would like to see an environmental award initiative for the graphic arts…
Sustainable model wins accolade for Ricoh
22 January 2014
Ricoh has been rated as one of Global 100 most sustainable corporations in the world for the tenth time and was presented with the news…
Customers Starting to Care
17 January 2014
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner Pushing the value of environmental awareness has been tough over the last forever of business slump and economic…