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Picture the scene: a dystopian future where printshops across the land are devoid of humans, with the press halls and binderies run by an army of robots and computers.

The web offset sector has experienced another turbulent year, with further closures, lay-offs and major capacity loss all hitting the industry.

On Valentines Day this year, a landmark moment in retail was reached: according to the IBM Digital Analytics Benchmark, the proportion of online retail traffic coming from mobile devices broke the 50%...

Over the past couple of years Epson has been steadily replacing its Stylus Pro series of large-format aqueous inkjets with the newer SureColor models.

Last year was a momentous one for 135-year-old Bookbinders of London. It moved to Hertford and sold the building it had occupied since its 1880 start in Holloway Road, Highbury.

John Good, one of the UK’s largest and longest-running publishers of theatre programmes and brochures, was keen to work on its performance techniques.

Potential future uses for robots in the workplace hit the headlines recently as the result of a major BBC series, Intelligent Machines, looking at advances in artificial intelligence and robots.

On, ahem, paper it’s been a busy old year for David Hunter, Antalis managing director, UK, Ireland and Southern Africa.

The demand for luxury never really goes away but printers and associated industry sectors are getting increasingly excited about the growing opportunities in this space as the UK economy improves.

The printing industry has never been more competitive than it is today. Advances in technology have increasingly taken the guesswork – and to some extent the skill – out of producing high-quality...