Technical Feature
Flexo widens its appeal
Back in July we looked at how advances in automation and fast drying are allowing the latest litho presses to increasingly compete what were once the USPs of digital processes: short runs and fast...
Best of British: Rollem plays its cards right
About half of our Best of British subjects and future candidates have surprisingly long histories. They’ve survived by adapting to the huge changes in technologies, social and economic conditions over...
Best of British: Hamillroad’s big screen test
How does a small Cambridge developer produce halftone screening software intended to outperform the big pre-press players? This is the story of Hamillroad, which sells advanced Digitally Modulated...
Bells and whistles litho can take on short-run digital
In the quarter century or so that digital colour presses have been around, most of the debate has been about if, how, and when they would take over from ‘conventional’ printing processes.
Digital print gives indie fashion labels more autonomy
A growing number of independent fashion brands are using digital print to produce their own sustainable clothing.
Get your site right and watch your business take off
Websites that convert potential customers into actual customers are essential in today’s marketplace – if yours doesn’t, your rivals’ might.
Best of British: A historic type firm that’s still at the cutting edge
Next year sees the 300th anniversary of the company that is today called Caslon Ltd. In 1720, a London based engraver called William Caslon cut the punches for his first typeface, and went on to set...
Best of British: The sky’s not the limit for this exporting superstar
Machines that convert large rolls of material into smaller more manageable rolls may not quite count as the unsung heroes of the industry, but they’re certainly vital and need both precision...
Best of British: Essex business plotting to exceed your expectations
Blackman & White today is known as a builder of flatbed plotting and cutting tables that are mainly bought for large-format CNC applications including print signage, textiles and packaging.
Early birds can catch the slug-a-beds napping
Simon Biltcliffe’s beard is not (quite) in the same league as Kim Kardashian’s derrière as a personal physical attribute with the ability to break the internet but it may be as close as the UK print...