Digital

Greyhound invests in Speedmaster to boost capacity

Greyhound Print has bought a Heidelberg Speedmaster SM 52-2 to enable it to cope with increased demand of full-colour work and longer runs.

Xeikon 3000 series users to get metallic effects

Xeikon has become the latest press manufacturer to add metallic effects via a partnership with metallic effects software firm Color-Logic.

Mimaki cuts price of UJF-3042HG and adds 'Kebab' module for printing cylindrical objects

Mimaki has cut the list price of its UJF-3042HG small format flatbed LED UV printer by £5,000 to £24,995 with immediate effect.

Domino N610i to go head-to-head with four rival inkjet label presses at Labelexpo Americas

Domino will pitch its N610i against inkjet label presses from four rival manufacturers at Labelexpo Americas next week as part of a new demonstration programme at the exhibition, dubbed the Inkjet...

Timsons to stop manufacturing litho presses and focus on digital

UK press manufacturer Timsons has laid off “between 30 and 40” of its staff after restructuring its business to concentrate on the manufacture of digital book presses.

Don’t write off DM yet, it’s getting smarter, not just smaller

On the face of it, last month’s annual Ofcom Communications Market Report would have made pretty grim reading for the print industry: volumes are down, direct mail spend is down and the CWU is issuing...

Q&A: Clive Bramble Sales executive, The Colchester Print Group

Clive has been involved in the print and packaging game for 43 years, and has five more to go. During his time he has held 17 positions in nine different companies. This year he celebrated his 60th...

High-speed digital targets corrugated

Often seen as the carton’s less profitable and glamorous relation, corrugated packaging can often be overlooked. And yet, while digital printing of conventional cartons seems to have stalled, this is...

Me & my: Ricoh Pro C901

It’s fair to say that Gaby Purton has had a varied career. Once a midwife, before becoming a manager at a nursing agency and then a driving instructor, Purton now takes care of a very different kind...

Overmatter: pop proposal

Ah, the romance of print. We’ve had proposals writ large on billboards, and writ small in newspaper classified ads.