Disciplines

Overmatter: iBag
Just as we’re reeling from Apple’s “courageous” (puh-lease) decision to ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack on its new iPhone 7, we learn the tech giant has designs on the design of another everyday item.

60 seconds with Visual Print & Design
Visual Print & Design is a dedicated print and design company with over 20 years’ experience. The firm’s aim is to provide clients with the talent and expertise to develop, plan, organise and produce...

DTG goes XL!
Janet Warren, founder of personalised fabric printer Print Me Pretty, has never used anything other than a direct-to-garment (DTG) digital printer.

A+B’s Epic calendar really brings landscapes to life
Cuffley, Hertfordshire-based Allan+Bertram is no stranger to making luxury calendars, it’s what it does best, but this year the £3m-turnover outfit teamed up with acclaimed Dorset-based photographer...

Fundraising plans could benefit DM
Printers that produce charity mailings could see their volumes increase following an imminent overhaul in the ways charities will be allowed to contact members of the public who sign up to a new...

In an era of consolidation what works best for printers?
Another week and another raft of mergers and acquisitions announced in the printing industry, some large, some small, some domestic and some global.

The trials and tribulations of buyers
Who would really want to be a print buyer these days?

The flexible friends who do a grand job
"I contacted these guys about some varsity jackets,” reads one client testimonial on the Custom Planet website. “They responded within the hour. I made payment on a Friday for 25 embroidered jackets...

Signature installs i300 in new factory
Personalised gift supplier and manufacturer Signature Gifts has taken delivery of a Canon Océ VarioPrint i300 in its new purpose-built factory in Wigtown, Scotland.

ABC Print (Hereford) leaves shortfall of more than £1m
Commercial printer ABC Print (Hereford) has left an estimated shortfall of more than £1m.