Andrew Tribute
DM screening will offer real benefits for some printers
Having followed its development over the past three years, I recently had the opportunity to evaluate Hamillroad's DM screening technology, which will be available as ECRM DMS at Drupa, running on...
Three firms stand out from pre-Drupa announcements
We are now entering the pre-Drupa announcement season, when vendors tell us a little - but often not a lot - about what they will be showing in Dsseldorf come May. Three companies I feel may provide...
Litho and digital - a complementary mix
Today it is becoming much more common to find printers using more than one printing technology. In most cases this is adding sheet fed digital printing to complement a predominantly offset printing...
Drupa to light way as print industry keeps advancing
At next year's Drupa, the industry's suppliers will announce, and possibly even deliver, many new or upgraded products that will give an insight into the direction that print will take in the future....
Quark poised to build on history of innovation after private equity acquisition
As the software giant moves into the next phase of its development after its recent acquisition by Platinum Equity, print technology consultant Andrew Tribute takes a look at the history of a firm...
Publishers are still wary of the digital business models
One of the promises of high-speed continuous-feed inkjet presses is that they will change the way we produce newspapers, enabling personalisation, micro-zoning, targeted advertising and very-short-run...
An effective online offering can revitalise your business
I recently attended and spoke at the Xerox Forum, an event run in Berlin by Xerox Europe. I was asked what I would recommend printers invest in over the next year. I suggested printers should develop...
'The Colour Company' is seeking to set the template on colour-critical apps
Most people reading this will probably know X-Rite only as a supplier of colour measurement instruments to the printing industry. I doubt there are many who know of the position that X-Rite holds in...
To survive, print firms need to become integrated communications providers
In these economically testing times, it's difficult to see how printing businesses can remain commercially viable in an increasingly electronic world, and this is particularly true for the many small...
Inkjet technology is about much more than speed bumps and bigger formats
This year has been the year of high-speed inkjet. But there's far more going on in inkjet development than just increases in speed and the new B2 format sheetfed presses - inkjet is generating...