Disciplines

Route One adds pre-press upgrade to new site
Route One Print has overhauled its pre-press supply, with new plates, a low-chemistry plate processor, a developer and workflow software, all from Fujifilm.

Hibbert leaves as administrators strive to finalise Polestar deals
Polestar chief executive Barry Hibbert is no longer with the business.

Overmatter: salute the suit
Overmatter loves the fact that printed garments are very much on-trend at the moment. After all, somebody, somewhere, is printing all that stuff.

60-seconds with TT Litho
Established in 1975 by the Fogarty family, TT Litho Printers has been established for over 40 years and has a reputation for high quality service. Starting out in a shed in the late Tom Fogarty’s...

Q&A: Thomas Berwick, apprentice, Point Control
Thomas has been in the industry for about 18 months in his apprentice role at Accrington-based print finishing business Point Control, where his father Richard is one of the firm’s founding directors....

Star product: Gateway3D
A cloud-based product-personalisation service.

Drupa stand highlights: post-press
The fourth in our series of round-ups of all the launches attendees can take a closer look at at Drupa 2016.

A job’s not finished until it’s finished
Gone are the days when finishing could be called ‘the Cinderella of print’. While today’s industry mourns the commodification of print, there’s a greater awareness that it is the post-print processes...

Label presses that pack more punch
The basic concept behind flexo is a flexible relief plate similar to the way that letterpress works. It can print to a very wide range of substrates, from flexible films through to folding carton and,...

Killer app: Lustalux applies graphic first aid at hospital unit
Brightening up dull hospital walls and giving patients, staff and visitors alike a beautiful vista to view can only help raise spirits. Preston-based company Lustalux, was commissioned to print and...