A peek around the paper corner
4 June 2013
Tim Elliot, president of the NAPM The National Association of Paper Merchants (NAPM) has held its 10th annual forum. A decade on from its first…
Features
Get Your Factories in Shape
29 May 2013
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner Energy emissions are obviously fundamental to any carbon footprint calculation, regardless of industry sector. Apart from improving carbon…
Hybrid printing – a second bite of the cherry
28 May 2013
Kodak Prosper print modules fitted to the top of the CutStar unit on a Speedmaster at the Anton Group. Note the Adphos near infra-red unit for drying…
Falkland finds a new niche in packaging
28 May 2013
Andrew Lancaster, with Petratto behind Hatfield’s Falkland Press is a company that hates to say no. So when a customer asked if it could handle…
My Industry: Lawrence Dalton
28 May 2013
Lawrence Dalton with his two partners Tony Anderson and Stuart Williams Managing director of 1st Byte in London, ‘mad’ Tottenham supporter and movie buff, and winner of…
Getting an edge in packaging prepress
20 May 2013
The demands of colour management and file preparation are not diminished between printing cartons conventionally and digitally. Prepress remains a key aspect of a carton board workflow.…
Digital rich in carton print potential
20 May 2013
Glossop Cartons’s Jackie Sidebottom with the Acuity 1600 LED The proportion of packaging being printed digitally remains a fraction of the total, yet many see major growth…
Can digital cartons make the cut?
20 May 2013
Esko Kongsberg XP24 cutting table Digital printing of cartons may be the next big thing, but how are you going to cut and crease them?…
ISO 16759 Approved!
20 May 2013
The weekly Verdigris blog by Laurel Brunner After what feels like forever but what is really only a couple of years, ISO 16759 (Quantification and…
MGI and Perfect Bindery Solutions at North Print and Pack 2013
13 May 2013
MGI-Meteor DP8700 XL Digital press with long format (1020 mm), envelope and plastic card printing capabilities A3 landscape photobooks, layflat books and brochures produced on panoramic paper will…
Digital print’s new place at Apex
13 May 2013
Apex Digital Graphics’ Neil Handforth (left) and Bob Usher (right) agree the reselling deal with Konica Minolta’s regional sales manager Caroline Mannering. Reseller Apex Digital Graphics, best known…
Getting Animated about the big photobook idea
7 May 2013
Steven Brown and Dave Jackson with a selection of the company’s photobook products. High Wycombe printer Your Print Solution is pursuing two routes as it seeks…
Flat horizons lead to high margins
7 May 2013
Sample of lay-flat books produced by Ashgate on the Fastbind FotoMount and Casematic systems. All sorts of formats are possible, plus unusual covers, the one at…
High Hopes for Harrogate
7 May 2013
North Print & Pack 2013 in Harrogate throws open its doors on Tuesday May 14 for three days, with an extended focus that now, as the…
Latex gains extra bounce
29 April 2013
Wall coverings are a growing application for Latex printing – this café was done by an HP user. For the past five years HP has developed…