Disciplines

Star product: Manroland Sheetfed Roland 700 Evolution
The revamped 700 delivers a highly flexible offset platform.

Me & my: Hubergroup’s NewV News UN-4000
The Barnsley Chronicle didn’t get to be more than 150 years old by staying behind the curve on technology.

Q&A: Tracey Hemingway-Wright, studio manager, Hibiscus
Since getting a job as a paste-up artist/typesetter 25 years ago, Tracey and print have been inseparable. Moving to specialist commercial printing firm Hibiscus as a Mac operator, she now manages the...

Fresh-faced chic: reviving your identity
Consignia, New Coke and Choco Krispies are just three of many infamous attempts at rebranding over the years. While some companies ride out the storm that often accompanies major change, these three...

Set your pay schemes to suit your sales strategy
For years the tried and trusted method print bosses used to motivate their sales staff was the ‘carrot and stick’ approach: the promise of cold hard cash if certain performance-related targets were...

60-seconds with Copyprint
Copyprint was established in 1980 in the former owner’s garage. It grew substantially in the early 1980s and moved to an industrial unit in Treforest. It has since taken over the neighbouring units on...

Killer app: Apprentices step up to create print industry promo
To celebrate National Apprenticeship Week earlier this month, the BPIF recently gathered together 11 print apprentices from member companies at its London office to work together with a designer to...

Print’s tomorrows need today’s yoof
To avoid any possible confusion, this edition of PrintWeek is 100%, officially the apprentice issue.

Old-school schemes find favour with a new generation
Ink-stained apprentices were a feature of the printing trade for centuries. At least three US presidents – Thomas Jefferson, Warren Harding and Lyndon Johnson – worked as so-called ‘printer’s devils’...

Brother’s springboard to new markets
It’s 30 years since Domino Printing Sciences floated on the stock market. As it happens, the year of this anniversary will also involve the company being de-listed – assuming all goes to plan with...