Disciplines

Newspapers used to be described as ‘tomorrow’s chip paper’ back in the day when it was okay to repurpose this plentiful printed matter down at the local chippie.

Demand up, input costs under control, and fewer firms in severe financial distress; while not exactly in full bloom during this year’s early onset of spring, the printing industry showed overall signs...

Although common in the US and Australia due to their low cost, ease of storage and recyclability, cardboard polling booths had not been seen in the UK until last week.

Summer, ahem, is here and the good news is that this isn’t the only reason the printing industry can afford indulge in some seasonal cheer.

Rutherford's cost-effective closed-loop colour control system.

If ever a simple adjective could cause confusion in the world of print, it’s ‘industrial’. The term has been cropping up with increasing frequency of late in relation to wide-format machines, meaning...

If after this year’s Ipex anyone was fearful that the days of the big European shows were drawing to a close, then it’s safe to say that last week’s Fespa Digital in Munich was a welcome fillip.

The go-to print outlet for the upper-crust relies on traditional skills and discreet service.

In a world of highly successful business role models, it may seem odd to suggest printers look to a hapless character from a now-ended BBC comedy series for advice.

“It’s a lot like online dating,” said Kathy Sletten, print manager at Estée Lauder, at a recent ‘An Audience with the Print Buyers’ talk. She was referring, slightly bizarrely you might think, to the...