Sustainability and the printing industry
5 January 2016
The printing industry has been improving its environmental impact for years, in response to changing customer expectations. It is now well-placed to respond to new…
Features
Flying the flag
5 January 2016
These may not be considered halcyon days for British manufacturing or ingenuity, but in the printing industry there remain a number of world class companies…
Carbon balanced paper
4 January 2016
Balance can be difficult to achieve. You may struggle to balance your books, get your socks on of a morning without excess hopping, or offset…
Data is the device for DST
21 December 2015
Head of creative development, Frazer Church DST tasted double success at the recent Digital Printer Awards. Andy Knaggs visited to discuss what’s driving growth,…
Expanding visions
21 December 2015
One of the all-in-one GR Matrix image cameras reading QR codes on a Pitney Bowes 72K cutting station Simon Eccles visits Lake Image Systems,…
Heidelberg explores the fourth dimension
21 December 2015
Jason Oliver: ‘We take a 3D object and we print on it – that’s the fourth dimension’ Simon Eccles interviews Jason Oliver, Heidelberg’s head…
Licence to export
15 December 2015
James Buffoni, Ryedale Group For the right printing company, there are big opportunities in exporting their expertise and their products. What has been the experience…
In with the old and the new
15 December 2015
Duplo executives including managing director Peter Jolly (left) and chairman Robin Greenhalgh (right) celebrate with Rapidity’s Paul and Ben Manning (centre and centre right). Duplo…
Start small, grow later
15 December 2015
Steve Walter, director at Hartgraph in Amsersham, with his recently installed Mailmaster C4 Compact from KAS Paper Systems. Bringing mail services inhouse can be a…
Mark to market
14 December 2015
A number of very large industry associations are arguing for carbon markets at the COP21 meeting in Paris. The reasons for a global carbon market…
Doors wide open
7 December 2015
GPT claims to have done good business at Printoberfest There was a touch of Bavaria in Berkshire in October, as wide format dealer GPT opened…
Chinese choices
7 December 2015
The MeiTu R180 UV system can print on rigid and roll media Repro Sales & Repairs is finding success with a range of Chinese-built wide…
Information is currency
7 December 2015
Jason Cort, European director of product planning and marketing Along with some 850 dealers, customers and partners, Digital Printer was invited to Sharp’s Inspire Expo…
Making the maths work
30 November 2015
Spread across six days in October at the adjacent premises of IFS and Apex Digital Graphics in Hemel Hempstead, Print Efficiently gave rise to a…
Crossing the finish line
30 November 2015
The Horizon Stitchliner Drupa 2016 could be a key show for finishing technology. Industry author and journalist Cary Sherburne assesses current trends and looks…